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Korus Vaelans (born Korus Korenvir Vaelans-Volaria) is the head ambassador of the Principality of Elyreia, as well as the head of its diplomatic corps and the heir to the House of Vaelans-Volaria of New Volaria. The second child of the late Lord Koren Vaelans, grandchild to Konnyr Vaelans, and great-grandchild to Prince Kaevar III Vaelans, Korus is a member of the Princely Family, being second cousins to current ruler Princess Kaerys II Vaelans. Korus has excelled in matters of charisma, flourishing in both political and leadership roles during their years. This was made first apparent when they were a member of student political groups during their secondary education years. This transcended into being the unit leader for their troop of the Elyreian Youth Pioneers. Upon taking the Oath of Citizenship at age 19, Korus would enroll at the Raedyr Princely Naval Academy, placing 17th out of a class of 516, and 8th out of a class of 24 officer cadets.

Korus was one of the eight cadets chosen to serve as an executive officer on an actual frigate in the Elyreian Princely Navy, and as such on graduation was promoted to Brevet Captain and placed in charge of an older destroyer, the DLE Lady Vysane I. This promotion was made permanent a year later. Due to their lineage and closeness to the Princely Throne, Korus's orders were normally to patrol the waters between Elyreia and Kastareia, providing transport to Youth Pioneers assigned to the colonial ventures, and providing search-and-resuce assistance during turbulent seas. By Age 24, Korus was promoted to Commodore and assigned to the DLE [/i]Vaelans[/i], an honor as much as a coincidence to serve on a ship named after their House. The DLE Vaelans was assigned to port patrol and security over the Raedyr Drydocks, where the experimental cruiser DLE Kynaz the Nomad was being developed with magnetic powered weaponry.

A year later, the Great Catastrophe occurred, in which the public test firing of the DLE Kynaz the Nomad's weapons resulted in a catastrophic cascading failure, resulting in the power generators and weapons overloading and reverse-firing on themselves as the polarity of the magnetic rails reversed. This resulted in the death of many high ranking officials aboard the DLE Kynaz the Nomad, including Princess Kaerys II's fiance and the Vice-Admiral of the navy, Vaekar Vyktarian. The resulting explosion and shrapnel damaged nearby ships and observation areas, including severely damaging the bridge of the DLE Vaelans resulting in three deaths and Korus being blinded in one eye. As a result of the injury, Korus was honorably discharged, though they requested for reservist command in the case of wartime, a request that was accepted by Princess Kaerys II's consent.

Korus has spent the years since in recovery from both injuries accrued during this incident, and the Great Treason in which they fell ill from a genetically-designed pathogen. They were spared by the personal intervention of geneticists and scientist Doctor Wu Huo Haudi, and Korus has since been an advocate for Haudi's accidental creation of sapient fox-people, known as Haudian Foxes. Korus has a personal secretary, named Trini, who helps craft specially tailored clothing much to Korus's delight as an ambassador.