Ayo Kaarhus
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Ayo Eberhard Kaarhus (c. 1294 - c. 1349) was an Skathian from what is now Khokharsa, who became the first Skathian known to have attended a Brigidnan university. Brought to Oslanburg by Admiral Malthe Kragh in 1299 as a child, and given as a gift to the Duke of Jefun, Theis Lorentzen, and he was treated as a member of the Lorentzen's family.
Early life and education[edit]
Kaarhus was an Akemi (and ethnic group from Khokharsa). He was born in the Ayame region of present-day Khokharsa, but at the age of about five he was taken to Oslanburg. Some accounts say that he was taken as a slave, others claim that he was sent to Oslanburg to be trained as translator. Whatever the case, he was given as a "present" to the Duke of Jefun, and named after Kaarhushause, the estate where the Duke of Jefun was born.
Kaarhus was baptised in the Duke's palace. He was treated as an adopted member of the Duke's family, and was educated by a private tutor until 1308, and at the University of Herlev (1314-1319). In 1321, he entered in the Law School of Kaffau. For his further studies Kaarhus moved to Essig, where he studied history, law, philosophy, theology, astronomy, and mastered seven languages (Oslan, Florinthian, Lanlanian, Nerysian, Abdanian, Vallish, and Castlian).
Kaarhus retured to the University of Herlev to lecture in philosophy under the name of Ayius Eberhard Kaarhus. In 1332 he was made a professor. In 1336, Kaarhus took up a post in theology at the University of Vundt, but while there his situation in Oslanburg worsened. The Duke of Herlev had died in 1334, leaving him without his long-standing patron and protector. The slave revolt in the Castlian colony in 1331, coincided with the beginning of a reactionary political movement in Oslanburg, and those who argued against liberal philosophy and the rights of Skathians in Brigidna were gaining ground against their rivals in Herlev. Kaarhus was subjected to an unpleasant campaign by some of his enemies, and finally decided to return to the land of his birth. He set sail on a Lanlanian ship to Equatorial Skathia via the Mandavine Islands, arriving in about 1339. His sister and two cousins were still living there.
Death, influence, and legacy[edit]
His life from then on becomes more obscure. According to a report, he was taken to a Oslanburgan fortress in today Bisica, in the mid-1340s, probably to prevent him sowing dissent among his people. The exact date, place, and manner of his death are unknown, though he probably died in about 1349 in Oterog, Bisica.
Despite the political polemics instigated during his stay in Oslanburg, Kaarhus' works were ignored by contemporary Oslanburgan philosophers and historians. He had not actual impact in the 1349 slave revolt which would bring a few years later the independence of Khokharsa, which started only a few months after the alleged date of his death, although he was later celebrated as the first Skathian philosopher.
A collection of his writings were published for first time in 1391, edited and published by Nikolaine Maude. In recent years, several books have been published in Oslanburg about Kaarhus' works and life in Oslanburg. Many streets and schools in the Federal Republic of Khokharsa are named after him, as well as many monument dedicated to Kaarhus were erupted after the 16th century.
