Rusty

Rusty (born in 1660 in what is today Graecia) is a Tarr leader and President of the self-proclaimed Republic of Tarrland.

Rusty grew up without any education. Born into a family of petty criminals, he developed a mind to lead and inspire. He was considered one of the top drug dealing lords in Graecia before the Exodus of the Tarr in 1687. He was purchased by the House of Laegel and taken to what is now Kaamiozyr the same year. His new Laegel master, a husband of one of the daughters of the Lady Laegel, renamed him Rusty due to his rusty complexion. Because this was the name by which he became known the following years in Kaamiozyr, he decided to keep it despite the liberation from slavery in 1690.

After liberation, he created the Tarr Party in Kaamiozyr and became its leader. He was elected to the Bailiwick Assembly – largely an advisory assembly due to martial law un the bailiwick – where he quickly won the respect even of the UDF leadership, who saw Rusty as a cooperative fellow with the interests of his people at heart.

In 1692, following the outbreak of the Second Elwynnese Civil War, he initially sides with the rebels, but later the year, with support from the rebels, he proclaimed the independence of the Republic of Tarrland once Tarr rebels had taken over the base of Kaamiozyr and ensured the total UDF evacuation from the base. He then named himself the President of the Republic of Tarrland.

He remains unable to read and write, relying on assistants to do it for him.