Torresapet B Ordelle  

(733 - 768) Commonly known as Sir Ordelle, this Sand'Orian-born Elvaan was a world-famous adventurer. As he grew into manhood, his inquisitive nature began to take hold. He dropped out of military school in order to experiment with constructing his own firearms. He also had a habit of skipping out on church to go hunting for rare animals. This led to Ordelle being brought up on charges of heresy, which was unheard of at the time.

However, in the year 755, Ordelle had accumulated an extensive knowledge of the wilderness and caught the attention of the king. He was often commissioned for scouting and reconnaissance and personally rewarded by the king.

In the year 759, Ordelle met Gwynham Ironheart, who was in the process of mapping out the entire continent of Quon. The two quickly became rivals. Ordelle was inspired to chart lost ruins and deep caves inside the earth.

Although he was deathly afraid, Ordelle set out to explore and map a gigantic limestone cavern in La Theine Plateau. The cave turned out to be an impossible maze of tunnels, likened to the system of organs in a human’s body, from which he never emerged. It is said the natural gas produced within the cavern ultimately poisoned Ordelle and did him in. (Afterwards, the limestone cavern was named "Ordelle's Caves" in his honor)

Torresapet B. Ordelle was 35 years old when he died. On a related note, after his death, his bereaved family gained possession of the remaining maps from the cavern. Upon close examination, they discovered the location of a gold deposit and gained significant wealth thanks to Torresapet's findings.

Some/all of the information in this article has been culled from various FFXI guides, and translated by Elmer the Pointy.