Dolan Teva

Lord Dolan Teva was the eighth Ealdorman of the Sixteen States, son of Ealdorman Rowan Teva the First of Aerona and Doyenne Petra Sable of the Royal House of Howlmore. Despite inheriting the Ealdorman crown during the Century of Peace, the true reason for his succession was due to the assassination of his father at the hands of Reave Cultists. He wedded Lady Emmeline Lovat of Augurwood and they had two sons: Landon and Wells Teva.

An effective leader and strategist, he often worked to advance policies and practices that favored the downtrodden and destitute. He served as an integral figure in the events of the Grand Insurgence and the end of the Tellus Connexus Project. Despite prioritizing the people of the Sixteen States, his favorability was mixed, and his handling of the death of Emmeline Lovat, his relationship with the Dennerant, and his disloyalty to the Casper Fellowship proved to be keystones in the resistance against him.

Early Life
Dolan was born in Casper, a town on the eastern border of Aerona, to Rowan Teva and Petra Sable. At the time, Rowan Teva held the Seneschal throne of Aerona and Dolan, being the oldest of two sons, was expected to inherit that role. His childhood was spent predominantly in the Aerona capital of Edwenden, and he would occasionally visit his mother's hometown of Brimlock in Howlmore. However, after the untimely death of Ealdorman Warda Fielder, the sixteen Senechals convened and elected Rowan Teva to be the next Ealdorman. As such, Rowan, Petra, and their sons moved to Zenith, and Dolan spent the remainder of his childhood within the halls of the palace of Earnest Pike.

The Trial of Lurdan Reave
One of Rowan Teva's first actions as the Ealdorman of the Sixteen States was to renew the charges against revolutionist Lurdan Reave, and he commanded the Court of Judicators to summon him from his imprisionment in the Aradia Compound. The following proceeding was a spectacle that drew crowds from across the Atlas to Zenith, and Dolan and his younger brother, Clive, watched firsthand in the courtroom chamber. Dolan was still a child at the time, but the trial was a formative experience form him and greatly influenced his perception of the role and influence of the Ealdorman crown.