In the Selathine name order, the family name is Sedorague.
Sedorague Hufarii (1724 - 1774) was a Baselorian-born Selathine revolutionary, general, statesman, and writer who served as the dictator of the First Selathine Republic from 1758 to his assassination in 1774. Regarded as the founder of modern Selath, Sedorague led Selathine forces to victory in the Selathine Revolution against the Kingdom of Baseloria. He championed revolutionary republican and anti-monarchist views which led to his exile shortly after the Revolution. During his exile in Chinau, he also became a key figure in the Chinauese War for Independence; after which he returned to Selath and launched a bloodless coup against his former allies, overthrowing the briefly-crowned king and establishing a republic. He continues to be celebrated as a hero in both Selath and Chinau.
Sedorague was born as the fifth child into a wealthy land-owning family in Brandishad in southern Baseloria. A rebellious child, he was sent by his father to a military school in Sudoph. Graduating as a Second Lieutenant in the Baselorian Imperial Army at 17, he continued to be stationed in Baselorian Selath, quickly becoming enamoured with its revolutionary cause. By age 19, he was made a minor general after commanding troops to put down a border raid from bandits in Fashi-held Selath; being extremely conservative of casualties on both sides. Despite this, he reconciled with the bandits and connected with other Selathine rebellious cells, transporting letters and supplies between them on the side. In 1748, he was tried and arrested for treason for this, stripped of his rank, and thrown into a military prison in Sudoph. It was during this time in prison where he began to adopt republican and anti-monarchist views.
When the Selathine Revolution broke out, he and fellow revolutionary Sumas Cham escaped prison disguised as mail carriers; establishing contact with General Asseri Hufeni in Aghazat and joining the revolution. They made it to Pashed in four days, meeting up with several lower-class bandits and revolutionary thinkers such as Benedyri Asiguan. Sedorague unified several of these organizations into the Red Owls in 1752, before charging across the border with cavalry. He led the Red Owls’ ambush against Baselorian regiments in Ambush at Gaemad, and earned the respect of the Revolutionary Convocation after a decisive victory at the Battle of the South; after which he established the County of Pashed. In 1753, troops under his command in Aghazat managed to capture the Baselorian king, Mardulis XVII, ending the war with the Treaty of Salsnie later that year.
Following the war, Sedorague was elected a member of the Revolutionary Convocation and eventually formed a governing triumverate with fellow general Asseri Hufeni and diplomat Lakin Zada; however, Asseri and Lakin pushed for a monarchy, while Sedorague pushed for a republic. Being sidelined by the triumverate following the election of Asilgoro as king of Selath, he and his family were placed under house arrest in Aghazat. He fled house arrest and went south attempting to conquer southern Selath from the Fashi Reech. By the end of the year, he ended up in Chinau fighting the Vicusians where he became Lord Protector of a Chinauese republic.
In 1758, Sedorague launched a bloodless coup with support from the Red Owls and his republican allies to overthrow the unpopular Asilgoro, assuming the title of First Consul of the Convocation; de facto leader of Selath. He strengthened the Selathine government and preserved its republican origins, and strengthened the military to the point of its de facto dominance over politics; creating a populist military dictatorship. Moving the capital to Pashed, he grew the Selathine treasury and kept high popularity among the lower and middle class via early social programs. His regime was hostile to the neighboring Fashi Reech, with the Southern War resulting in the liberation and annexation of Fashi-held Selathine land. In 1767, Sedorague launched the Second Cyarik War backed by Vicus, Baseloria, and Moremian states. Leading troops personally, he tripled Selath in size by the end of the war, annexing southern Selath, Gladria, and Fashi holdings in the Thallian desert. Following the war’s end in 1770, his popularity among the Selathines was at an all time high.
However, in early 1774 while visiting towns in southern Selath, a Moremian nationalist grieved about Selath’s ongoing occupation of Morev assassinated Sedorague. His government fell into shambles led by a triumverate of his followers, and the surprise provoked the new government into a disasterous war with Moremia. After the establishment of the Selathine presidency in 1779, he was elected posthumously as its first holder. His family continued to hold substantial power: his widow lived almost sixty years after him, and his son Sedorague Slavarii served as the nation’s president and vice president in the late 1790s and early 1800s.