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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. | 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 | 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=== | ===Career=== | ||
[[File:Molossus2.jpg|thumb|Molossus in his role as Imperator [[Magasevetus]]]] | [[File:Molossus2.jpg|thumb|Molossus in his role as Imperator [[Magasevetus]]]] | ||
By 1979 at the age of 21 he was considered a professional opera singer and rising star of the genre in [[Corumm]]. | |||
===Death=== | ===Death=== | ||
Having long suffered from terrible joint pain due to his obesity, 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. | Having long suffered from terrible joint pain due to his obesity, 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. | ||