Praetor Gilgamesh II

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Gilgamesh II is the third recorded ruler of Arumen, and the second since The Hexarchy had its sovereignty over its current home regions recognized by Micras's premier cartography bodies. Born in 1655 AN to a peasant living in the outskirts of what is now Azul'an, he is now known as the current Great Leader by his own people (similarly to his father). After coming to power following the rise and sudden death of his father in the late 1680's AN, he was directly responsible for greatly strengthening his country and ensuring its sovereignty over the diverse people of his country. After the death of his father Praetor Gilgamesh I, he seized power and greatly expanded the office of the Hexarchy, partly by giving up rights to rule over Pyrax, shifting the national capital from Azul'an to Marduk, and splitting off the rule of the province of Arumen from that of the office of Praetor (the moment the Praetor has a second child to pass the office to, should the office remain dynastic in nature).

He was but a small child during his father's ascent to power in 1652, and survived his elder brother Imarru when the latter perished in battle in his early 20s during 1650 AN, while helping their father seize power over what is now Azul'an. (He was posthumously named "Lord of Arumen" after that conquest was complete.) Gilgamesh II played a much more active role in the slow seizure of power executed by his father barely five years after the country's independence was secured in 1685 AN. Shortly after Gilgamesh I's untimely death in battle in 1690 to a truly massive, exotic beast far to the West of the country's modern border, the 35-year-old man was nonetheless prepared to swiftly take up his father's mantle and strengthen the Praetor's power further than it had been before.

As of 1739, the Praetor is 84 years old, and is expected to reign for quite a number of years longer before he is ready to step aside and let his son Sargon take the reigns. Now, he leads a rapidly expanding and modernizing country that shares land and maritime borders with New Alexandria, with every other direction home to uncivilized people, in his own words, "just waiting to be lifted up out of the darkness."