Nabilius Várius Finécius

General introduction

Nabilius Várius Finécius is one of the most prominent poets of Tarrabaenian history. He lived around the time of the Tarrabaenian Empire and was known for his deeply psychological take on mythological or literary characters and motives. He was also infamous for his in part even today seen as obscene erotic poetry, which earned him the same fate as Sónius Fulgéssus Lengo, his contemporary. While Sónius was banned to the North, Nabilius had to go to the East and supposedly spent the rest of his life in a small and simple hut, living of agriculture and farming. This information might just be wrong and he might have either died soon after being exiled or even have been killed.

Family background and personal life

Nabilius stemmed from a well established family of Savínia. He belonged to the equestrian order, the econiés, the second highest ranking class of Tarrabaenian society. His family never made any big name of themselves by acquiring any distinguished position in the army or civil services or excelling in such a position. They were probably more businessmen and kept their social status by minimal involvement in the government as well as tactical investments and keeping of wealth and networks.

With a background like this, Nabilius was established enough to receive the finest education. Being the fifth son of his family, so the historian Ávius Hirsius Larsa claims to have found out in his famous work 'Poets of the Past', he was also not in a position to take much responsibility within his family and family businesses. This left him with a lot of personal freedom for his own private endeavours. What is known for sure is, that Nabilius was taught by private teachers at home, as was usual for better of Tarrabaenians and still is today. Later on in life he seems to have used a country house of his family to evade the noise and distraction of the city to dedicate his time to private studies and honing his poetry skills. It is not known, which country house it was, but Ávius insists, that it must have been the family's house in Carranca, providing literary evidence from some of Nabilius' poems from the group of the 'Cú vadádó', where he describes landscapes supposedly seen wandering through different landscapes and areas. It is highly doubtful that these poems describe real hikes in real landscapes as no toponyms are brought up, which is highly ununsual in Tarrabaenian literature dealing with landscapes, areas, itineraries and the like. Nonetheless some of the geographical features describes can, argues Ávius, be connected to sites around Carranca.

Public life and accomplishments

Career

As explained, Nabilius did not accomplish much in regards of societal engagement and public carreer. He served in the army for the normal minimum amount of time and even went to a fight down at the southern borders with the Messellat Mdûlûn. Belonging to the econiés, he fought on horse, which guarantees for a safer fight in most cases. After his military service he worked as an administrator for some years, only to retire as soon as it was possible without seeming weird or lazy. That was between age fifty and fifty-five, numbers being a bit hazy as exact dates of his birth or going into military service are unknown. The only date preserved is the year he came into civil service, which was 3126 of the Era of the Earth.

Body of works

Nabilius wrote different poems, long and short, but the longer poems are his better known ones. His most famous work is with no doubt the Pervicié, a collecion of new interpretations of ancient myths, mythological figures or motives. The Pervicié is a long continuous text with a frming narrative that glues the smaller narratives embedded into it together. Another important collection are the Cú vadádó, poems describing hikes through beautiful or eyestriking landscapes and their pychological effects on people. Some scholars believe, that these hikes describe real landscapes while others believe they are purely fictional.