Molossus

Molossus was an acclaimed Corummese operatic tenor and theater actor who is renowned for introducing the Corummese public to opera and popularizing theater with plays such as Gromeluta and Tyranno, were he played Engelfärt the Flatulent and the Caphirian Imperator Magasevetus, respectively. He was a prolific recorder of both entire operas and single arias, releasing some twenty opera albums during his opera career. In 1997 he was awarded the Meritorious Golden Crane medal by the government for his extensive work in the musical arts.

Born in obscurity and of uncertain parentage, Molossus was raised by nuns in a church and named after a breed of dog from Sarpedon. Notable for his cyclopean size (he stood at 2.6 meters), bloated appearance and bulging eyes; Molossus was born with a form of gigantism. His booming tenor voice was in large part thanks to his barrel sized chest and in his later years he suffered from morbid obesity, gout, diabetes and the odd extra vestigial limb. He died during a vacation in Trossera from heart complications. Molossus was a devoted lifelong member of the Democratic Christian Church of Corumm and the East and left all his estate to it.

Early life and training
Molossus was abandoned in front of a church as a child of mere days, hence his exact birthdate is at best guesswork. According to the nuns who briefly spoke with the woman who left him there, she spoke a form of vulgar Caphiric, hence the suspicion she might have been a runaway slave from Caphiria's embassy. An ugly, misshapen fleshy lump of a child by all accounts, Molossus would grow prodigiously in a few short years, becoming a sort of workhorse for the church. Possibly suffering from a degree of mental retardation, he nonetheless was allowed to become a choirboy by the nuns and they would spend hours helping him memorize religious songs. Recognizing his powerful voice as something worthy of being developed, the nuns raised money to hire a teacher to give vocal training to Molossus.

Realizing the potential of their oversized ward, the church began presenting Molossus at singing festivals where his size, strange appearance and powerful voice began drawing great crowds to see him. At one of these festivals he and his handlers were approached by an opera singer from Luria who offered to train him, an offer which was accepted.

Career
By 1979 at the age of 21 he was considered a professional opera singer and rising star of the genre in Corumm.

Death
Having long suffered from terrible joint pain due to his obesity, in 2016 Molossus was taken to Aciria in hopes that the warmer weather would alleviate some of his ailments. Weighing 650 kg and unable to ride or even fit in a normal car, Molossus moved around Trossera in a modified open top military truck provided by the Polizia Amministrativa Imperiale. On the night of September 25 he suffered a massive heart attack while trying to get up from his bed to urinate, destroying the bed frame as he crashed backwards into it and dying on the spot. His body was flown back to Mirzak on a military cargo plane and buried in the city's Christian cementery.