Name: Alviero Censar Talvane Age: 54 Nationality/Region: Marineer – Delvárin (Merchant Republic of Delvárin, Mariner Delta) Role: Primar of Delvárin (Elected Head of State) Class: Statesman / Merchant-Prince -Measured: Never rushes a decision; silence is one of his tools. -Pragmatic: Values outcomes over ideals, but knows how to dress necessity as virtue. -Cultured: Well-read, multilingual, and genuinely appreciative of art and history. -Cautiously Compassionate: Prefers stability and mercy, but will sacrifice individuals to save the state. Alviero Censar Talvane was born into a second-rank merchant family—wealthy enough to educate him broadly, but not entrenched among Delvárin’s ruling dynasties. He studied trade law, navigation contracts, and foreign customs from a young age, serving aboard counting ships and later as a clerk in the Hall of Ledgers. Unlike many peers, he cultivated relationships beyond Delvárin, spending years in Kasei, Lunae Planum, and the Mariner Sound city-states, quietly learning how republics rise and rot. His ascent to the Primarship came not through popular fervor but exhaustion: after decades of factional gridlock, Alviero was elected as a “temporary compromise.” He proved difficult to remove. Through careful arbitration, controlled transparency, and the quiet use of mercantile pressure, he stabilized Delvárin’s currency, broke two shipping cartels, and expanded the republic’s influence without overt conquest. To the public, he is a calm father of the city; to rival states, a polite but immovable obstacle. -Always folds official documents himself, even in formal sessions. -Drinks watered wine exclusively, claiming clarity of thought. -Keeps old trade seals from abolished guilds in a private drawer. -Refers to Delvárin as “she,” never “it.” -Sleeps lightly and rises before dawn, regardless of ceremony the night before.