Merulus (pronounced mer-OOH-lus) of the Numida dynasty was the first king of Viridia. In the early years of the eighth millennium, Merulus carved a realm for himself out of the disparate patchwork of nations in western Thadria, today part of the imperial province of Attalea Major. After finishing his conquests he declared himself monarch of the new nation in Y7030*.
A prolific writer, Merulus is remembered today as a philosopher-general, as gifted of a thinker as he was a military strategist. Many of his works, especially those addressing the morality of rulership, continue to be studied by Viridian scholars today.