Numidius the Great

Numidius the Great or Numidius Phillipos I, born as Numidius Aquallina Phillipos (2E 3,293 - 3E 41) aged 73 at death, was the first emperor of the First Imperial Empire. He was born from a notable noble house, House Phillipos. When he became emperor, he used his families crest as the flag for his new nation. Hailing from a small duchy in which his family ruled, the Duchy of Phillipa, he would unite it with 4 other neighboring duchies creating the Kingdom of Phillipa-Ogdorn before going on a massive campaign to unite many Imperial nations, eventually forming the Imperial Empire and starting the beginning of the Third Era.

Childhood
Born in 2E 3,293, he was the firstborn son of Duke Wahvan Phillipos the Younger and his wife Edreana Phillipos. He was the third of 7 siblings, and was set to eventually rule the Duchy of Phillipa. At 10, he was enrolled into an early military academy, and by 14 graduated to the premier military academy and was taught the ways of warfare completely and the way of politics.

As Duke
At the age of 20, Numidius'father Wahvan died suddenly and unexpectedly, causing Numidius to become Duke. Within months, he had taken on his father's plans to unite neighboring nations to form a larger nation for protection. Wahvan had barely begun his work when he died, and Numidius began preparing diplomatic envoys to those nations. Only one of the duchies agreed to unite, and the other three were hesitant or unwilling, seeing no threat around them. In response, Numidius prepared an invasion force, and invaded the three unwilling duchies; causing the War of the Wineholds.

After just 3 months, the war ended and the duchies were united, Numidius would name his new kingdom Phillipa-Ogdorn, in respect to the only duchy that didn't resist the unity.