Marcessus of Nys

Marcessus was the historical founder of Lys Doré in the year 700 and often proclaimed father of modern sciences. He is a now legendary, yet mysterious, Alberean astronomer of unknown descent and heritage. As Marcessus was largely ostracised from the academies of his time, there are barely any formal writings on his life besides the few of his own making that are stored in the Lys Doré's sanctum in the current year.

Marcessus theorised through the trajectory of celestial bodies and theorems of light-reflection by landmass that there must be other continents on the world than that of Toussaint. The Faith of the Chant was as influential back then as much as in the current year, which meant that Marcessus' theorem was an assault on religious ideas of the Alberean peoples as chosen, divine beings, as well as the insight and knowledge that the Faith had over the mortal world. Marcessus was ostracised by the Archchanter of Nys and forced to leave Nys. Throughout the next decades, he would spend his years gathering a following of other, likeminded scholars with whom he form the travelling Congregation of the Golden Lily, otherwise known as the Lys Doré. Through the decades, the congregation gained much notoriety for their advancement of mathematics, physics, philosophy, and astronomy, and would be welcomed to formally settle their school of thought in Nys 10 years after the death of Marcessus.

Though there have been many expeditions by sea to try and prove Marcessus' theorem on the existance of other continents, none have ever been found. This may, however, be due to still lacking shipbuilding technology, as Marcessus himself theorised these continents to be almost impossible to reach by natural means due to their distance from Toussaint. This has all resulted in Marcessus' theorem to have lost influence over the last century.

Appearance
Though no actual portraits of Marcessus made during his life have been preserved, Marcessus is always depicted as having slightly wavy jet-black hair, a pale face, and donning a dark-green twill coat with golden ornaments as well as a cap that went over parts of his hair and ears.