Nikolai the Writer

Saint Nikolai the Writer was an Imperial priest from Vostroya. He is best known for assisting the reformation of the Genji Cult during the Genji Restoration.

Biography
Nikolai was born as Ivan to a religious family in Vostroya, his father a local deacon. Upon adulthood he adopted the name Nicholas and officially joined the priesthood. He was promoted from a monk to deacon, and eventually priest. As the only son in his family, he has also served as a priest in an unnamed Vostroyan regiment.

Answering the call for religious reformation, Nikolai travelled to the Genji-held planets to become a priest in a Vostroyan diplomatic mission. He studied the Genji-language to the point of mastery. During his time he converted three Genji-Japanese, including a former Genji priest that planned to kill him. Catching attention from the Tenno, he was transferred to the capital.

The Tenno, impressed with his proselytising requested the priest to reform the Genji-cult. Together the two discussed on how to reform the sect to meet the approval of the Ecclesiarchy, taking and incorporating Vostroyan traditions to the faith. After becoming the Archbishop to the Vostroyan Rite, he remained friends with the Tenno.

When the Genji Empire and Vostroya briefly engaged in a war over Guryeo vassalage Nikolai remained silent as he was torn between loyalty to his homeworld and his duties. He chose to disappear from public and encouraged his followers to pray for the victory of the Tenno. He and other priests instead tended to the Vostroyan prisoners of war, acting as a mediator.

Nicholas died towards the end of the Genji restoration on the 16th of February. His body was buried within the Cathedral of the Resurrected, a Cathedral he commissioned on his own and serve as his headquarters. Both Vostroyans and Genji name him a Saint.

Personal life
Nicholas was a friend to the Tenno, who was impressed by the man. He was diplomatic, serving as a mediator between the Vostroyans and the Genji. As he mastered the local language, he translated all liturgy books and the Treatis Elatii. He also wrote a diary in Vostroyan that he stored, to be read only by himself and the descendant of the Tenno.

Sainthood
Nikolai is venerated by the Genji Cult for his reformation that saved the Sub-sector from the wrath of the Ecclesiarchy. He is regarded as the 'Defender of Jimmu's teachings', and his feast day is celebrated on the 16th of February.