User:ATeaAddict/sandbox
Principles
The purpose of the leader tables is to display all the potential leaders of a country, with or without console commands (i.e. this includes leaders of political parties who can only become country leaders through the use of set_ruling_party).
- There should be 2 seperate leader tables: the first includes the starting leaders of all 4 ideologies, while the second includes every other potential leader of those 4 ideologies for that tag (even if they cannot lead the country, without the use of console commands);
- The first table should start with the starting leader of the country, with the other leaders following the in-game order:
- Harmony --> Communism --> Supremacy --> Non-Aligned;
- Communism --> Harmony --> Supremacy --> Non-Aligned;
- Supremacy --> Harmony --> Communism --> Non-Aligned;
- Non-Aligned --> Harmony --> Communism --> Supremacy.
- The second table should follow the following ordering:
- Time
- Focuses (left-right), events (top-down), decisions (available (top-down)-unavailable (top-down)).
Issues
- Placement of puppet leaders;
- Inclusion of post-start portraits, names, ideologies, parties, descriptions and traits;
- Potential inclusion of 'Notes' section, explaining how a leader can get into power, or explaining why they cannot, and if they serve any other role;
- Potential use of in-table templates (e.g. ideology, localisation, traits);
- Potential templatisation of the table.
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Syntax
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
!colspan="6"|Starting leaders
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!Leader
!colspan="3"|Ideology and party
!Description
!Traits
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|{{Leader|Unknown Pony|LEADER NAME}}
|style="background:#F6C1DB"|
|style="height:10em;"|[[File:SUBIDEOLOGY.png|center|link=SUBIDEOLOGY]]
|style="height:10em;"|<center>[[SUBIDEOLOGY]]</center>
<center><small>[[IDEOLOGY]]</small></center>
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<center>PARTYNAME</center>
<center><small>LONGPARTYNAME</small></center>
|style="font-size:88%"|<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''See description:'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">DESCRIPTION</div></div>
|style="font-size:88%"|{{Color|Y|TRAIT}}
*MODIFIER1: {{Color|G|+XX.XX%}}
*MODIFIER2: {{Color|R|+YY.Y%}}
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|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|{{Leader|Unknown Pony|LEADER NAME}}
|style="background:#EC074B"|
|style="height:10em;"|[[File:SUBIDEOLOGY.png|center|link=SUBIDEOLOGY]]
|style="height:10em;"|<center>[[SUBIDEOLOGY]]</center>
<center><small>[[IDEOLOGY]]</small></center>
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<center>PARTYNAME</center>
<center><small>LONGPARTYNAME</small></center>
|style="font-size:88%"|<center>''None''</center>
|style="font-size:88%"|<center>''None''</center>
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|{{Leader|Unknown Pony|LEADER NAME}}
|style="background:#252545"|
|style="height:10em;"|[[File:SUBIDEOLOGY.png|center|link=SUBIDEOLOGY]]
|style="height:10em;"|<center>[[SUBIDEOLOGY]]</center>
<center><small>[[IDEOLOGY]]</small></center>
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<center>PARTYNAME</center>
<center><small>LONGPARTYNAME</small></center>
|style="font-size:88%"|<center>''None''</center>
|style="font-size:88%"|<center>''None''</center>
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|{{Leader|Unknown Pony|LEADER NAME}}
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|style="height:10em;"|[[File:SUBIDEOLOGY.png|center|link=SUBIDEOLOGY]]
|style="height:10em;"|<center>[[SUBIDEOLOGY]]</center>
<center><small>[[IDEOLOGY]]</small></center>
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<center>PARTYNAME</center>
<center><small>LONGPARTYNAME</small></center>
|style="font-size:88%"|<center>''None''</center>
|style="font-size:88%"|<center>''None''</center>
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{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!colspan="6"|Post-1007 leaders (may contain spoilers)
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!Leader
!colspan="3"|Ideology and party
!Description
!Traits
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|rowspan="2"|{{Leader|Unknown Pony|LEADER NAME}}
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|style="height:10em;"|[[File:SUBIDEOLOGY.png|center|link=SUBIDEOLOGY]]
|style="height:10em;"|<center>[[SUBIDEOLOGY]]</center>
<center><small>[[IDEOLOGY]]</small></center>
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<center>PARTYNAME</center>
<center><small>LONGPARTYNAME</small></center>
|rowspan="2"style="font-size:88%"|<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''See description:'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">DESCRIPTION</div></div>
|rowspan="2"style="font-size:88%"|{{Color|Y|TRAIT}}
*MODIFIER1: {{Color|G|+XX.XX%}}
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|-style="vertical-align:top;"
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|style="height:10em;"|[[File:SUBIDEOLOGY.png|center|link=SUBIDEOLOGY]]
|style="height:10em;"|<center>[[SUBIDEOLOGY]]</center>
<center><small>[[IDEOLOGY]]</small></center>
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<center>PARTYNAME</center>
<center><small>LONGPARTYNAME</small></center>
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|rowspan="2"|{{Leader|Unknown Pony|LEADER NAME}}<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><small>'''See alternate portraits:'''</small>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">[[File:Unknown Griffon.png|center|96px]]<center>SCENARIO 1</center>
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[[File:Unknown Giraffe.png|center|96px]]<center>SCENARIO 2</center></div></div>
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|style="height:10em;"|[[File:SUBIDEOLOGY.png|center|link=SUBIDEOLOGY]]
|style="height:10em;"|<center>[[SUBIDEOLOGY]]</center>
<center><small>[[IDEOLOGY]]</small></center>
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<center>PARTYNAME</center>
<center><small>LONGPARTYNAME</small></center><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''See alternate names:'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"><small>''If SCENARIO 1'':</small>
<center>PARTYNAME</center>
<center><small>LONGPARTYNAME</small></center>
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<small>''If SCENARIO 2'':</small>
<center>PARTYNAME</center>
<center><small>{{Hover|LONG PARTY NAME|''LANGT PARTINAVN''}}</small></center></div></div>
|style="font-size:88%"|<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''See starting description:'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">DESCRIPTION</div></div>
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<center>''If SCENARIO'':</center>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''See alternate description:'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">DESCRIPTION</div></div>
|style="font-size:88%"|{{Color|Y|TRAIT}}
*MODIFIER1: {{Color|G|+XX.XX%}}
*MODIFIER2: {{Color|R|+YY.Y%}}
*MODIFIER3: {{Color|Y|-ZZ%}}
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<center>''If SCENARIO 1'':</center>
{{Color|Y|TRAIT}} {{Hover|This trait is added to the leader's already existing traits|(+)}}
*MODIFIER1: {{Color|G|+XX.XX%}}
*MODIFIER2: {{Color|R|+YY.Y%}}
*MODIFIER3: {{Color|Y|-ZZ%}}
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<center>''If SCENARIO 2'':</center>
{{Color|Y|TRAIT}} {{Hover|This trait replaces TRAIT 1 and TRAIT 2|(–)}}
*MODIFIER1: {{Color|G|+XX.XX%}}
*MODIFIER2: {{Color|R|+YY.Y%}}
*MODIFIER3: {{Color|Y|-ZZ%}}
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|style="background:#252545"|
|style="height:10em;"|[[File:SUBIDEOLOGY.png|center|link=SUBIDEOLOGY]]
|style="height:10em;"|<center>[[SUBIDEOLOGY]]</center>
<center><small>[[IDEOLOGY]]</small></center>
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<center>PARTYNAME</center>
<center><small>LONGPARTYNAME</small></center>
|style="font-size:88%"|<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''See description:'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">DESCRIPTION</div></div>
|style="font-size:88%"|{{Color|Y|TRAIT}}
*MODIFIER1: {{Color|G|+XX.XX%}}
*MODIFIER2: {{Color|R|+YY.Y%}}
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|}Aquileia
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 King Moriset Discret
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Born: December 2nd, 950
Biography: If there is one thing that can unite all Aquileia in harmony, it is wine. It is very much not Moriset Discret. A tyrant to all republicans, and a poor leader even to many monarchists, only the most zealous supporters of the monarchy praise him in both public and private. Moriset may not be the griffon at fault for causing the first revolution, but most believe he will be the one to cause the second. With his oppressive policies and harsh punishments, Moriset indulges the destruction of his enemies and the exaltation of himself, leading a court of luxury surrounded by an angry population.\n\nNo one can quite tell when history will come for its revenge on Moriset, or how, but it will occur, someday and inevitably. Portrait by: bunnyshrubby |
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 Théodore Vérany
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Born: June 20th, 950
Biography: Loved and hated, viewed with awe, fear, disgust, and plain hatred throughout Aquileia and beyond, Théodore Vérany would have it no other way. Known across the land as the de facto leader of the first Aquileian revolution, Vérany is likely the most famous individual in Aquileia besides the King himself. An absolutely magnetic personality, Vérany has gone his whole life attracting others to his words and message. A child to a newspaper distributor in the Capital, Vérany quickly learned his way around words from his father, and furthered this study by learning about rhetoric and philosophy in school. From the first time he spoke to a crowd, in his youth to petition for a longer recess, he had a sparkle in his eye, an inspirational spark that caused others to follow him, and he would put it to world-sundering use. No one is quite sure what got Vérany into republican thought. The griff himself admits he isn't quite sure either, but once he did, he immersed himself fully in the world of underground republicanism, joining all the groups he could to prepare for the day when the Imperials would be thrown out. But then, in 978, a griffon named Kemerskai beat him to the punch, throwing the Emperor out of his own capital. Triggering his planned uprising, Vérany assumed command of the republican cells throughout Aquila and got to work. Though this work didn't last very long. Exiled from his own land, Vérany lost the spark in his eye for the first, and last, time. Since then, he has loved and lost, and loved again, but has never forgotten about his homeland. And now, he has returned triumphant, ready to lead Aquileia into a new pan-griffonian dawn. Portrait by: Echo/Martin |
The Hero of the Revolution
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 Cécile Gaudreau
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Born: August 28th, 953
Biography: The Rose of Vinovia, a name invoking respect even amongst rivals and opponents, and a life journey of rejecting the past and embracing the future. Born to a Baron within Vinovia's hilly regions, the formerly destitute Gaudreau Barons struck metaphorical gold when veins of iron and coal were discovered on their properties. With industrialization in full swing, by the time Lady Cécile was born into the house, it was a very different place than when her father was born. An only child, her parents cared for her very much, but being that Cécile was quite a bookworm, even in her youth, they didn't worry much about her and let her live her own life. Meeting and playing with the local children, Cécile became perplexed and angry how whenever she mentioned her last name to the towns' people, they would suddenly treat her; differently, she became not a friend but an enemy. Whenever she'd try to help the workers at her family's mines or local villages, they would shy away in fear. The Gaudreaus were not tyrants, Cécile knew this, but because they were part of the nobility, the commonfolk detested them. And so, Cécile turned her focus to freeing her family name of this curse, and began to plan. When the uprising came, heralded by the Aquila rising led by the up-and-coming Vérany, Cécile persuaded her parents to "flee." Simultaneously, she took command of the local cells, guiding them in public under a pseudonym, while contacting monarchist army units in the region under her real name, and persuading them to give up without a fight or defect. But all was for naught, as the revolution failed and Cécile needed to flee. It would be a while before her parents heard from her again, but when they did, her message was clear, "Je reviendrai." Since then, her name has become famous amongst republicans, both for her evolving ideas, as well as her relationship with, then split from the famous Vérany. Their clash of egos and ideals has set the scene for modern politics in Aquileia, a battle that Cécile has come out on top. The time of the people is now, and the Gaudreau name is finally cleansed. Portrait by: Echo |
The Compassionate Revolutionary
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 Léonard Rodier
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Born: May 28th, 962
Biography: The Maréchal, Hero, Traitor, the Linchpin of the revolution, the new republic's missing link. One griffon can indeed be all of these and yet also none. But to explore that would be a waste of time, as Léonard Rodier isn't one for pleasantries and long-winded stories anyway. Born in Vanguardigo in 962, Rodier was destined for military life one way or another. His family was poor, but they had earned their keep as soldiers for generations. His father had wished to end that, wanting to establish his family as small landowners in their rural region, but as the revolution and monarchist terror swept through their homes, there was no other place to go. So in 982, it was off to a military academy in Westkeep for Léonard, where he met a unique group. The MPA soon approached him on the academy's campus, noting his academic skills and strong personality, they welcomed him to their club. If only they could see him now, they would regret it. For his inviters were ardent monarchists, but as Rodier sunk deeper into the MPA, and began to rise through its ranks, he found hidden within it, new republican circles, which he was far more fond up than stuck up noble sons and daughters. After working with a certain Colonel Colette to cement a republican hold on the MPA, Rodier began to bide his time. He made connections with other republican groups, prepared for the exiles' return, and awaited the second revolution. So when his moment came, he was more than ready. Rallying the military from their barracks in the Capital, it was Rodier who seized the city and welcomed back the ever-popular Vérany, succeeding where the first revolution had failed. Now Rodier stands ready to build a new, strong Aquileia, based on his ideas of national strength and honor. Portrait by: Axidant |
The Maréchal
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Changelings
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 Queen Chrysalis
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Ruler and despot of the Changeling Hives, Queen Chrysalis was the first of her race to unite them under one banner. From her hatching in 930, she has proven to be an exceptional individual. Being the only child of the dead Queen of Vesalipolis, she was raised with extreme care and given best possible education, which made her spoiled and arrogant, but also intelligent, determined and firm. She was crowned in 945 and fended off an attack from Vraks with her army. Soon after, the Vesalipolis-Ditrysium axis was formed, and it would be the embryo for united Changeling Lands.
Under her leadership, other hive queens either joined her voluntarily or were forced into submission. She became the sole absolute ruler of her species in 988, but her ambitions only continued to grow. She plotted to coup and invade Equestria, and executed her plans in 1002. Chrysalis herself replaced Princess Cadence and had fooled nearly everyone, and had even bested Princess Celestia. It was by mere fluke that her victory was snatched away from her grasp and her people banished to the frozen North. Clearly infiltration alone is not enough to reclaim what is rightfully hers, and Chrysalis recognises the need of a powerful and modern military. Any opposition and protest to her despotic reign is swiftly crushed as she prepares to redeem her honour, or die trying. |
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 Thorax
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An outcast among the Hives, Thorax is one of the first supporters of Harmony among the changelings. His belief that love can be obtained with friendship and peaceful trading with their neighbours has been slowly catching on among the despondent drones, who feel their lives are being thrown away in pursuit of militaristic expansion. Nonetheless, Thorax's ideas are a minority in the Hives and he is mostly despised by the Hive Queens, who see his vision as detrimental to the changelings as whole. That has changed after the Changelings' defeat in the Great War, and now Thorax leads the reformed nation into a bright future, hoping to show the world that they're not all monsters. |
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 Gold Muffin
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 Hivesmarschall Synovial
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Equestria
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 Princess Celestia
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Princess of Ponies
Stout Defender
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 Starlight Glimmer
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 Chancellor Neighsay
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 Prince Blueblood
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Griffonian Empire
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 Emperor Grover V
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Born: 26th March 960 in Griffenheim
Biography: Nominally the Emperor of All Griffons, Grover V of Griffonstone has had a difficult life. Never the most healthy of griffons, he lost his father, Emperor Grover IV, to a stroke. After that, woe soon came to the Empire. The loss of the Idol of Boreas, the Republican Uprising of 978, millions of dead griffons - the young Emperor could only watch and weep as the events unfolded. Nonetheless, he could count on his good friends, notably Archon Eros VII and Duchess Gabriela Eagleclaw, to keep him safe from the worst and guide him in ruling what remained of loyalists. A unifying force for the Heartlands, Grover V has developed a sense of grim determination and does his best to maintain the Empire's legacy, regardless of his personal issues. Portrait By: Scroup |
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Edwin Van Cleef
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 Archon Eros VII
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Born: 9th December 914 in Griffenheim
Biography: One of the oldest living griffons, Archon Eros VII was born when the Empire was at the height of its power. At a young age, he joined the priesthood of Boreas out of genuine respect for the Gods. His pious devotion and humble manner has led him to quickly rise to the position of Archon, and all seemed well. Yet cruel fate had in store to render the Empire asunder, with the loss of the Idol of Boreas and the incompetent Council of Regents dragging the country to the ground. He was responsible for saving the young Grover V's life from the claws of Republican insurgents, and has maintained a close friendship with him ever since. This is why he protects the late Emperor's son, Grover VI, and hopes that once his regency is over, he will rule an unified Empire. Yet Eros has little love for the nobility of the Empire, believing them to be responsible for every misfortune that has plagued the Heartlands. And now, with the broad support of the commonfolk, Eros and his fellow Archons are attempting the restore the Empire's glory. The traitors and unbelievers will pay with their blood, Boreas wills it! Portrait By: Duke Von Kessel |
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Hippogriffia
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 Queen Novo
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Queen of Hippogriffs and the Seaponies
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 Crack Lightning
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The Ace
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 Raft Wood
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Isolationist Advisor
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Council of Students
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 Raft Wood and Crack Lightning
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Uneasy Duumvirate
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 Plumage Moonfeather
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Comically Corrupt Kleptocrat
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Queen Skystar
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Queen Novo
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Olenia
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King "Djävulen" Johan Jelzek
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 Queen Velvet
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 Kullervo Sirola
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 Alsherjargoði Jurva
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River Republic
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 River Swirl
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River Swirl is a former teacher from Rijekograd who studied abroad in Celestia's School For Gifted Unicorns. She later entered politics and quickly rose through the ranks of the Rijeka Harmony Party. She was elected Chancellor of the River Republic in 1001 and her term was mostly successful, allowing her to win the elections for the second time. However, continued modernization has led to growing social issues in cities which in turn has greatly increased the popularity of the left. Her second term is unlikely to be as unproblematic as the first. |
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 Nova Whirl
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Nova Whirl is a rising star in the political scene of the River Republic, having entered it only in 1004. She grew in the factory district of Rijekograd, where conditions were far from ideal, which influenced her political values greatly. Soon enough she joined a socialist youth club where she discussed the Stalliongrad revolution with others and eventually developed her own ideology: A mixture of market socialism, gradualism and internationalism. She finally entered politics to turn her socialist dreams into a reality. |
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Sovietych
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 Hector Lipizzan
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.png) Caramel Haze
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Some consider him a bold hero of the revolution, others a dangerous tyrannical lunatic. To say the least, Caramel Haze is a controversial figure. He joined the ranks of the army at a young age, being attracted by wages which were above those of common labourers. At this time, he cared little for politics, but meeting a Bakaran economic advisor called Bray Foam would give his life new purpose. Caramel read the writings of his namesake, Caramel Marks, and then learned of Steel Stallion and his more radical principles. Soon he became convinced that the similar names were not coincidental and that it was his preordained destiny to carry on the legacy of Marks. Filled with revolutionary fervour, he joined the SKR and rose through the ranks rapidly. While Nova Whirl never trusted him, she realized his usefulness and so the two cooperated closely. But Caramel was not fond of Whirl either, thinking she was a revisionist and a social fascist. Ever since he has patiently waited for the time to seize control of SKR from her. |
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 Arclight
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Director of the OHS
Harmonist Sympathies
Dictator (+)
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Stalliongrad
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 Altidiya
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 Caramelka Sladkaya
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 Ratibor Svetoslavovich
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 Tsar Peter the IV
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Wingbardy
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 Gallo Ventriglio
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Born: 16th November 946
Biography: Gallo Ventriglio graduated from the University of Talonin with a degree in law. He became a lawyer and solicitor and eventually entered politics, becoming a councillor and then mayor of the town of Plumerolo. When the Falcor War broke out, he joined anti-war movements and denounced the conflict that would claim the life of his son, Giovanni Ventriglio, who was shot down while on a bombing mission over Falcor. In recent years, he was appointed Prime Minister after the collapse of the Gonomi government. His outspokenness against Beakolini's fascist movement has lead to many hoping for a quick crackdown of the Blackwings. |
Anti-Fascist Pacifist
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 Don Luigi Guturzo
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Born: 26th November 952 ALB, Gullagirone, Wingbardy
Biography: Born to a religious family in rural Wingbardy, Luigi Guturzo was destined to follow his family into the ranks of the ecclesiastics. He was ordained as a priest of Boreas in 975 and served as a teacher of philosophical and theological studies in his hometown, eventually getting a doctorate in the subject from the Archonical University of Karthin. While teaching in his hometown he got a first taste of politics where in 986 he became vice-mayor of Gullagirone, a position he would serve in until 990. He was one of the founding members of the Partito Popolare Wingbardo in 990. In the party's first election it won 20% of the vote at 100 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, surprising many observers. The PPW quickly grew to be a colossal political force in the nation and it quickly found itself becoming the key for the formation of any government. However liberal and socialist parties were wary of it, seeing it as subservient to the Prelate of Karthin, and some even rumoured that it was loyal to the Archons and wished to return to the Empire. The latter was untrue however, as Luigi Guturzo would always believe in Wingbardian independence. However, Luigi Guturzo and the Prelate of Karthin where the two factors that led to the party's hard stance of never working with socialists. This is seen as one of the key contributing factors to the collapse of the Wingbardian political system. Luigi Guturzo is also staunchly anti-fascist and often speaks out against fascism, the PNF, and Giulio Beakolini. Luigi Guturzo likes to collect antique ceramic art during his spare time and often helps out with charity causes. He is respected and popular among the supporters of the PPW and is committed to building a better Wingbardy based on charity, compassion, and faith. Portrait By: MonAx |
Priest of Boreas
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 Antonino Proletarino
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Born: 22nd October 977
Biography: Antonino Proletarino is a truly polarizing name on the Wingbardian left. Born to poor dockworkers in Wrobert, he grew up filled with hatred towards the wealthy who lived far better lives. When the Winter Revolution broke out in Severyana, he volunteered to join the army, and was awestruck by Steel Stallion's leadership. After Stallion's tragic death, he returned to Wingbardy and quickly rose to leadership of the nascent Partito Comunista Wingbardo. He is determined to remake Wingbardy into a glorious Workers' Empire. But known to almost no one are his secret lust for power and his desire to oppress those who once oppressed him. He knows this is wrong and against the spirit of Communism, but it's so very tempting... Only time will tell if he will soften his stance, stay the course, or make Stallion look like a Harmonist. |
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Giulio Beakolini was born to a middle class family in 954, and from early age, he had a deep interest in politics. His family's republican leanings made them ardent supporters of the Republican Revolution in Griffonia, and their eventual defeat did not weaken, but rather intensify, young Giulio's support for the cause, especially the more radical left branches of the movement. During his younger years, he worked as a journalist and became a famous firebrand within the left wing of Wingbardian politics.
The Falcorian war, however, turned into a watershed moment for the young Beakolini, and unlike most of his peer, he was in full support of the war. Through it, he saw the workers being empowered through the fighting and a chance to bring together a divided land. This led to him being ostracized as a warmongerer, and he ended up fired, being told he could go fight the war himself if he viewed it as something good. Beakolini chose to take the insult literally and joined the Wingbardian army, where his zeal and determination let him become part of the elite Wingbardian Bersaglieri. When peace came, he was a changed griff, and whereas many had been broken on the battlefield, he had found his purpose. He returned to writing, only this time for his own ideology, and ever since then, he has tirelessly written for and organized his own political movement; the 'Blackwings'. He has realized that republicanism is weak and corrupt, socialism a false idol that will break apart the nation. The new path forward organizes the entire nation as one entity, where all griffs are soldiers for Wingbardy's glory. He has named this movement Fascism, and under it, he will see Wingbardy rise to become the master of Griffonia, or die trying. |
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Born: 5th of May, 955 in Griffing
Biography: Baron Leer was once a complacent ruler, but when the flames of Revolution swept through Griffonia they burned fiercest in Angriver, forcing Leer into a fight for his life. His lands were swiftly overrun by a Republican-Anarchist alliance of considerable strength. The rebels seemed unstoppable until Marshal Stoiber — a close friend of Leer — was able to rally his forces and begin supporting the Baron. Their partnership proved fruitful, and together they began to push back the Republican army. Leer showed the rebels no mercy in battle and displayed a shocking brutality which extended to harsh treatment of captured prisoners. Although Stoiber found this behaviour off-putting he did not have much time to dwell on it; in short order the two put an end to organized resistance in Angriver. The campaign had been a success, but it marked the beginning of a permanent rift between Leer and Stoiber. After the restoration of Grover V, Leer was rewarded for his service and Angriver was given greater autonomy within the Empire. The crisis had pushed the Baron to his absolute limit, some say leaving him a broken griffon. Although he always had a controlling personality and a propensity for micromanagement he has grown increasingly obsessive in recent years, allegedly because he envisions a day when chaos and instability will return to Griffonia with a vengeance, and that to survive both he and his country must be prepared. Portrait By: Scroup |
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Born: November 15th 958
Biography: Othmar Stoiber is a peculiar griffon by all meanings of the word. Born into the upper crust of Angriver nobility, if you were to look over his life story, you would find no reason for him to develop the political principles he plans to implement in Angriver and beyond. You would see his parents living wistfully in Griffenheim with him, living a life of luxury without care. But look a bit deeper, and you start to see the reason. Othmar Stoiber has known one griffon his entire life, a friend he has tried to care for and whose legacy he now plans to protect. Emperor Grover V. From their youngest years they had been close, playing together even as the sickly Grover had to constantly ask Othmar to slow down so he could catch up. But Othmar didn't mind; the two of them were best friends. Even as Othmar began to attend school away from the Imperial heir and registered for a military academy, they always kept in touch. Then came 978. At the age of twenty, Othmar found himself leading a sizable section of the Imperial army near the capital, fighting delaying actions against the republicans until reinforcements could arrive. Fighting day and night, tooth and nail, to try and save his friend's Empire. But he was not a harsh commander, he was not a fanatic, he was a gentlegriff. He treated prisoners well and even had dinner with many of them at his own table. Even after discovering the horrible crime that was the rape of Crona, Othmar continued to treat his adversaries with respect. Eventually, the revolution ended, and Othmar returned to Griffenheim to see his friend again. No one quite knows what they said to each other that day, but Othmar came out of that chamber a changed griffon. He moved back to Angriver and took up the running of his family estates, massively reforming how they were run and continuing to speak through his friend through letter. What would end up being his and Grover's last meeting would be when the Emperor visited Griffing in early 1007. No one has asked how he has felt since then, but a passion burns in his eyes like never before. After the Imperial collapse, the republican revolt, and his restoration, he has yet to take up a title, saying the time for that will come eventually. But he has also refused to recognize Imperial rule, saying "those carrion birds have no right to own what they have." Only those closest to him know what he means. For Grover the V's final wish has to be fulfilled. The Imperial heir must be rescued once again. For if Othmar has saved and served one Grover in his life, then he can sure do the same for another. Portrait By: Kessel |
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Born: 29th of April, 957 in Romau
Biography: Willie Scherler was once a professor of sociology at Cyrusval university in Yale. Passionate about his field and a staunch anarcho-syndicalist, he was popular with his students and became well-known for giving lively and rousing lectures. Ironically for an academic, he preferred actions over ideas and grew restless at his post. He came to resent his peers at the university for being armchair revolutionaries, and burned with a desire to take the future into his own claws. One day he resigned from his position and left for Angriver to put his theories into practice. Filling a vacuum in leadership, he quickly became a rallying point for the disorganised socialist groups in Angriver, and in time came to lead all of them. It was under his direction that the Free State Army became reorganised into a trained and formidable guerilla force. Scherler has a forceful yet compassionate personality and is a natural leader, inspiring intense loyalty in his followers. He is a devout believer in the Gods, although he disdains the rigid structure and dogma of established temples, which he views as distorting and misrepresenting the true messages of the Gods for their own gain. Portrait By: Scroup |
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Born: 31st of October, 946 outside Gerashofen
Biography: Gerhard Bluhm was born in a small town in rural Angriver, the son of poor farmers. His humble upbringing did nothing to stunt his ambition, which led him to join the Imperial Army in the hope of gaining glory, but his hopes were dashed and he found himself disgruntled with the Empire's rigid and outdated military doctrine. When Kemerskai launched his Republican Revolution in 978 Bluhm was an enthusiastic supporter, believing the Empire was in need of drastic reform to thrive in a changing world. After the Revolution failed, Bluhm declined to follow his fellow Republicans in the Long March North. He instead returned to Angriver to form a resistance, beginning what would become a decades-long fight to free his homeland. With limited resources and a rag-tag force, Bluhm was a constant thorn in the side of the Barony. Unwavering resolve and courage are traits that Bluhm's soldiers always attributed to him during this period. His short stature in combination with staunch Republican ideals earned him the nickname "Little Kemerskai." Nogriff would dare use it in his presence, though, as he bears an intense grudge against Kemerskai for his bungling of the first Republican Revolution. In Bluhm's view, it was Kemerskai's weakness and leniency that allowed a counter-revolution to take place. Bluhm swears that he will go to any length to protect the Republic and uphold the Three Principles. With the length of his résumé and the impressiveness of his accomplishments, that looks to be a great length indeed. Portrait By: cadillacdynamite |
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Baroness Margareth Featherin has been ruling Arantiga for the past decade with a just and fair claw, but even she cannot deny that under her reign, there has been a decisive lack of progress as Wingbardian capitalists seized most of the Arantigan industry. However, she believes that the pen is mightier than the sword, and that Arantiga's current woes can be resolved with a few careful words, something her more notable brother and general in the army, Dorotheos, disagrees with. |
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One of the many Wingbardian investors who made their fortune in Arantiga, Antioco Moro has made Arantiga his home. Smitten by the local culture and history, he has invested much of his profits into rebuilding Arantiga, and unlike his fellow capitalists, his workers had a fair paycheck and numerous benefits. The dreadful coup has almost destroyed his lifework, and he was one of the first to gather his political party for the elections, campaigning on the promises of a better, peaceful Arantiga. The populace have not forgotten his contribution to the society, and he now leads Arantiga to a brighter tomorrow. |
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Ciriaco Mediate leads the new Arantiga. He was content as a common soldier in the Arantigan army, proud of his state, but much changed after he read a particularly thought provoking manifesto. The Rozenkamp brothers' unique blend of socialism and nationalism great inspired him, and he began spreading his views within his battalion. Although some suspect he was covertly supporting Dorotheos in his failed coup, he dismissed all those claims, saying that the state must achieve balance between the patriots and the proletariat. Ciriaco's extreme ideology has found fertile ground in every aspect of Arantiga's society, even as some questioned its viability. |
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The younger brother of the former Baroness, Dorotheos Featherin has been yearning to learn about the Arantigan military as long as he could remember. He spent many hours in the national library perusing the tales of old Arantigos, how he had defeated armies more numerous than his, only to be felled by the plague after his latest conquest. Since then, Dorotheos has made it his life goal to join the Arantigan officer corps, with his brilliant mind astounding even the most senior leadership. His quick rise to success can be attributed solely to his capabilities, and once he was in position to reform the armed forces, he did so with great fervour, restoring some of their old glory. But this was not enough for Dorotheos, as he wished above all to restore the ancient Kingdom. The die was cast, and the coup was a success - he shall restore Arantiga's glory. |
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Konstantine Oplí was a lesser known officer in the Restoration War, but after victory was achieved he quickly worked his way up through the ranks and became a prodigy of Konstantinos Kondylis. Upon the former President's death, Oplí managed to secure his place as his master's successor and planned to continue many of his policies, however the prosperity and stability of the first few years of liberty were waning. The failure to liberate the mainland in the Restoration War and the Enótita's seeming lack of action against the griffon occupiers, along with its failure to deliver all promises made during the war has left to the party's popularity sliding. In an attempt to appease opposing factions, he allowed political exiles to return and has made promises of social reform. Never the less, he has vowed to continue the fight until all Southern Griffonia is free from tyranny. |
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Maximin was born in Cyanolisia in 973 to a family of serfs on a griffon-owned tobacco farm. In 982 his family fled to Asterion after the nation won its freedom in the Restoration War and lived there in poverty until Maximin accepted an offer to travel to Stalliongrad in 999, to study at the Steel Stallion International School of Communism. He returned to Asterion years later and was one of the founding members of the Kókkini Katharótita, quickly becoming its General Secretary. |
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Born in Lóthar, Aetiea in 941, Andris joined the Asterionese Military Academy at an early age and joined the Imperial Army's auxiliary forces. During the collapse of the Empire he defected, returned to his homeland and became a leading general in the Restoration War, fighting bravely against the occupying forces. After the victory he became the Minister of Military Affairs. During the government of Konstantinos Kondylis, he was exiled to Wingbardy due to his Imperial connections. There he met with Beakolini and came to respect the griffon and his ideas of military governance. On his return to Asterion after Konstantinos Kondylis' death he founded the Fasístas Paliá Frourá, a party composed primarily of veterans of the Restoration War and nationalists. |
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For years after the Restoration War, the liberal Enótita party dominated the political scene of Asterion, but now a new rival has entered the stage and taken their place in the spotlight. It is an unlikely and purely pragmatic coalition of the fascist Paliá Frourá and communist Kókkini Katharótita parties, for the leaders of the two, Andris Dóry and Maximin Kókkinos, knew they could only challenge the Enótita party by allying with each other. Now that they are in power however, many doubt the coalition will last long. |
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Biography: Born to a relatively poor farming family in the rural countryside of Bakara, far from the coasts for which the nation is famous, Water Lily surely would not have expected to be where she is today. Moving to Bakara city to pursue higher education, she became a teacher and was able to support herself and her new husband, a fellow university graduate. As a teacher, she became involved in her community and began to see the poverty that surrounded her in Bakara. In an attempt to amend this, she ran for the Mayorship of the city as a dark horse candidate and won against all the odds. It has been many years since then, and now Water Lily, the head of the SDH, must hold to her values and protect democracy and unity in Bakara against huge odds. This isn't just the classroom anymore. Portrait By: Scroup |
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Biography: Son of a common laborer in the north-west of Bakara, Bray Foam quickly began to rise above the circumstances of his birth. Becoming fascinated with numbers and statistics, he eventually began to study economics in depth. He soon left his town to study this in Rijektograd and returned as a economic advisor to his community. But while in Rijekograd, he met a pony by the name of Caramel Haze. While at the time they both had little to do with politics, the meeting would change both their lives. They began a correspondence and slowly both adopted socialist ideas, with Foam becoming Haze's "2nd" in many ways. From there, Bray Foam became more and more involved in Bakaran politics, and one day, when the former de facto leader of the nation's socialists died in a mining strike, many turned to the modern educated economist in their midst. From there, Bray brought the Bakaran socialists closer to their brothers in the River Republic, but whether he keeps that course remains to be seen. Portrait By: Twotail813 |
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Biography: Firm Scow is the inheritor of a legacy, and has a lot to prove to her family and her nation. The daughter of her party's previous leader, the infamous Scorch Scow, Firm has definitely made a name for herself separate from her father's legacy. While he was known to be curt and harsh, Firm is open and amenable. Where he shut the party's doors to all but the most fanatical, Firm opened the BFZ to the wider population. And this change in leadership marked a sea change for the party. Growing from a minuscule fringe under her father, Firm Scow has lead a massive expansion and is hailed as a leader many times that of her dad. But none would say this to her face, her father is many years dead now. Struck down by a "sleeping sickness". And despite her distant and often seriously troubled relationship with him, she guards his memory fiercely. And now Firm Scow stands at her nation's helm. Ready to guide it, and the Riverlands as a whole into a new age of prosperity and opportunity. And if it is not that easy, she only needs to remember her father's old adage, "Mares and stallions may say they don't want something. But there is always something that can convince them. Always." Portrait By: Vanilla Swirl |
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Biography: Tea Dip is the type of mare where you will never see a frown on her face. Endlessly charismatic and eternally suave, she rose up from a simple dock worker to the prodigal daughter of the CEO of the largest shipping company in Bakara. When he passed, she began a battle over company leadership with his biological son, eventually winning out through business guile, and a marriage proposal. With her new husband in tow, Tea prepared to do what she loved the most. Making obscene amounts of money. But to her dismay, she found herself liberated by the economic freedom allowed by the treaty of Coltstream, but stifled by the political aspects of the same body, and countless other Bakaran merchants felt the same way. Finding something to fight for, she handed control of her company to her husband and used her wealth to found the "Bakarska Stranka Pravica" and has campaigned with it ever since. Now as leader of her nation she will finally have the chance to put her ideas into practice. Portrait By: Ignacio |
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Her name is shrouded in infamy and her exploits are legendary. Blackrock, whose real name is known by few, has always been a staunch rebel against the established norm and rule, having once been a republican and participating in the revolution of 978. Griffonia at large first heard of her name when she led deserters and bandits against Count Caelen Bluecrest, slaying him personally in 1001 after a decade of war. Now, she seeks to subjugate and pillage southern Griffonia to her heart's content. |
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The young Countess is the last scion of the Bluecrest family. The dynasty ruled over these lands in a just manner as loyal subjects of Griffonstone, but when their overlords refused to reward them for their aid in the counter-revolution of 979, they declared independence. This was soon followed by a failed invasion and a bandit uprising. With their beloved Count Caelen Bluecrest slain by Blackrock herself, thugs had an easy way taking over these lands. Nonethless, the Bluecrests have persevered and Cyrille swore in her father's name to restore the rightful rulers of Blackhollow. After a bloody struggle, her dream became a reality, and now Cyrille wishes to undo the devastation of the previous decades. |
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Reeve Blyeddin was born in a family that was always a brink away from complete poverty. Despite these setbacks, young Reeve had a passion for learning, and his dedication was rewarded with a foreign scholarship in New Mareland. During his studies, he learned of something he considered impossible - an equal commune, where everypony had everything they wanted, and nopony was superior. This perfect society latched to his thoughts and desires, and once he returned to his former home, now a haven for bandits, he put every effort into replicating that community. His vision is now on the cusp of success. |
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During his rule Brodfeld grew wealthier and became known as the ricebasket of Griffonia, yet blight caused the Great Famine in 995 ALB. After the economic crisis of the new millenium, Kloseu declared a state of emergency in 1001 ALB which granted him autocratic powers and cracked down on any disorder and dissent, restoring stability in Brodfeld. The peace was brief, however, as in 1003 ALB an assassination attempt was made on him while he was spectating a military parade in Kivessin with his wife. He was merely wounded on his cheek, but his wife died in his embrace. Afterwards he blamed communists and banned all communist organizations, yet members of PCP resisted arrest, formed the GLA and rebelled. The civil war began. |
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Biography: Count Ignatius has ruled Bronzehill since the death of his father Count Georgie in 997. When he was five years old, he travelled to the Imperial City to see Grover V's coronation and was enamoured by the splendour. He returned to the city many times and studied there at Emperor's College, gaining a degree in politics. He became a close friend of the Emperor, who attended his wedding to Izzy Bones-Iron, daughter of the Lord Gems. With her he has had two children, Barnaby and Margaret. During his rule he has been a competent administrator and a beloved defender of Bronzehill and the Emperor, however his policies on supporting Griffon industry over Bronzehill's own has led to the formation of several communist organisations in Bronzehill. And while he has the full support of the Bronze Council, there are those who question his ability to lead effectively should Bronzehill be faced by a disaster such as the Republican Uprising during his father's reign. Portrait By: Scroup |
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Born: 30th November, 945 in Barkheim Palace, Bronzehill.
Former Rank: Major, Emperor's Own Bronzekreuz Hussars. Biography: Winston Copperhill is first child of Lord Rover Copperhill and a member of the prestigious Copperhill family. He grew up as a member of Bronzehill's elite during the peaceful reign of Emperor Grover IV. He was one of a few Diamond Dogs who went to the military academy in Helheim and was commissioned as a Leutnant in 966. After a time as a member of the Imperial Guard, he was granted a seat on the Bronze Council in 971 and was a close advisor to the Count. He was often controversial with his desire for social reform and his support of local Bronzehill businesses over Imperial ones. He was a founding member of the Harmonic Conservative Party and sort to bring greater representation of the common hound into the Bronze Council. During the Republican Uprising he was temporary promoted to Oberstleutnant, although did not participate in the fight to restore the Emperor to the throne. The event however convinced him that the only way to ensure the safety of the Emperor is to make Bronzehill strong and ready to fight. A rallying call that has put him at odds with many even in his own party. But his stubbornness and oratory talent have kept him at the forefront of politics. Portrait By: Flake |
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Born: 15th June 977, Bronzelöwe, Bronzehill.
Rank: Unterwachtmeister, Artillerie-Regiment Bronzekrutz, 1. Königlich Bronzehügelsche Garde Division. Portrait By: Duke Von Kessel |
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Buffalo
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Chiropterra
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Born: 31st of December, 942 in New Ayacachtli
Rank: Lord Commander Of The Nightmare Legion Biography: Baron Autumn Breeze III, one of the last scions of the venerable Clan Reed of Fillydelphia, whom a millennia ago were one of the first Equestrian noble families to recognize the righteousness of her Imperial Majesty Nightmare Moon's Rebellion, and although the first rebellion was a catastrophic failure, Clan Reed never betrayed their Empress and as such were the first of her Majesty's loyal subjects to set off for the savage lands of Zebrica, and it was they who laid the foundations for the creation of Chiropterra those countless centuries ago. Since those dark days Clan Reed and by extension the Nightmare Legion have been charged with leading, and they have lain in the shadows; slowly but surely laying the seeds of doubt that will one day lead to the return of the Empress and the destruction of Equestria. But for now Autumn Breeze must attend to the matters of the present. He is a proud supporter of Chiropterra's noble traditions, and believes firmly that the way they have lived for a millennia will guide the nation on into the future. For when Nightmare Moon does return, it shall be the venerated Nobles of the Legions who shall spread her mandate, and none shall dare to stop them. Portrait by: Kessel |
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Born: 10th of June, 930 in Moonspeaker Hollow
Biography: One of the oldest living thestrals in Chiropterra and certainly the oldest living Moonspeaker, Dusk Wane is the pinnacle of revolutionary idealism. Having remarkably served almost more time behind bars than outside of it, in his many years he has been a strong proponent of causes which run contrary to that of the Chiropterran state: from Labourer rights to advocating for Legion reform, and even - some amongst his cadre whisper - of heresy and worship of the Moon itself, rather than the Nightmare. However, with the abolition of the Legion system and the reformation of the country into a Republic, Dusk Wane now finds himself in the driving seat rather than agitating from the back wings. His bold ideals may be a stark contrast to that which many are used to, but his genuine desire to see the country serve the populace - rather than the populace serve the country, may be the critical factor in his new socialist era. Of course, keeping control of power is always a difficult thing, and consolidation and unification will surely be thoughts at the forefront of the canny old bat's mind. Portrait by: Egil |
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Chital
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Born: 6th of June, 975 in Ostkranbi
Biography: They say that uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, and that cannot be more true for Benjen V Kudlinen, Yaril of Chital and staunch reformist, beset on all sides by scheming nobles, traitorous former allies, and heartless revolutionaries. Benjen V was never a warrior like the old Sea-Kings of the continent, raiders who ravaged the Eastern seaboard of Zebrica and subjugated the native deer under their rule from Sambar to Doelhi. Born in Ostkranbi, the capital of Chital, to Benjen IV Kudlinen, Benjen would be trained in stewardship from a young age. An intelligent and soft-spoken young deer, he was quick to make friends with numerous noble fawns and even the older deer at court, and was consistently applauded by his father, even if he was not exactly the most diligent of deer. Even when his father died in 998, and his brother, Aatto, became Yaril of Chital, Benjen remained gregarious and ready to take up the mantle of chief advisor to his brother. The Yaril's life, however, would soon come crashing down. Aatto died in 1001 pacifying native rebels, and Benjen was forced to carry on the torch of the Kudlinen Dynasty. His chief advisors annuled his engagement to his fiancé, a commondeer, and Benjen was left ruling over a Yarildom that condemned him as a fat steward and doe-ish coward - "The Kind Viking". Slowly replacing Aatto's advisors with his own old friends, Benjen's reign culminated in the establishment of the Council of Seven in 1003 - meant to serve as a united advisory council of both Hindian and Olenian nobles, all originally loyal to the Yaril. Unfortunately, his opposition on the council began to resent him, and three of his greatest adversaries on it formed the Axis of Chital, to curtail what they believed to be his blatant abuses of power and failure to bring reform to Chital. With the Council becoming more and more hostile, it seems Benjen will need to act fast if he wants to ensure the survival of Chital - and his dynasty. Portrait by: MonAx |
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Colthage
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As the son of Zamilcar Zarca, former head of the powerful Zarca family and longest serving Sufrit of Colthage, Zalathel grew up in Colthaginian high society during a period of peace and prosperity. Since his birth, he was seen as the successor of his father, and thus received far more attention than his siblings. He was educated in history, military science and politics, becoming fascinated with ancient Colthage in the process. His love for his homeland grew as rapidly as the size of his ego did. By the time he became an adult, he saw himself as the embodiment of Zonician civilization, and was ready to succeed his aging father who was preparing to retire. However, everything changed when the Storm King attacked.
Despite joining his father in the defence of the city, the Storm King's forces overwhelmed the defenders. Zamilcar perished in the chaos and Zalathel was forced to abandon the city of Colthage with his sister and two brothers. The zebras fled high into the Alaudid Range to lead a guerilla force to harass the Storm King's army as it continued to rampage in Northern Zebrica. When news of the Storm King's death reached Zalathel, he led his forces to the capital and executed those who had surrendered to the enemy. With the city secure, he was seen as a liberator by many, but did not hesitate to crackdown on any opposition to the Zarcid rule. He turned to the warlords that had risen up throughout Colthage and those who would not step into line where quickly taken out. Elections were soon held, which were claimed to be rigged, and the Senate approved Zalathel as the successor of his father. Now the new Sufrit, he has enough strength and support to keep power, but his position is a precarious one. Scientifids and militarists have taken advantage of the chaos, rebuilding their power. In the west, the anti-Zarcid Constitutionalist movement is plotting against his rightful rule, while in the east, the Coltvans are rising up against their landlords. Only time will tell if he is able to continue the legacy of his father, the position he was groomed for, or if the house of cards collapses around him. |
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Jezabzella's patrician parents had a very clear future planned for her when she was a filly. As a scion of the immensely wealthy Zeshmid dynasty, her destiny was to continue the family's legacy by embracing the life of a merchant and marrying some zebra from another equally wealthy (preferably even wealthier) patrician family.
However, she has bucked traditions since the beginning, and defied her parents' will. She studied foreign literature and took up political writing, had a knack for causing embarrassment for those who courted her which earned her the nickname "Lady Oleander", and most annoying of all, she joined the constitutionalists (which was a horrid disgrace to her father, who was loyal to the Zarcas). Having studied political science from across the world, she's keenly up to date with global political discourse. She also has a fascination with the harmonic society of Equestria and is an admirer of Princess Twilight and her friends. This eventually led her to establish the harmonite faction within the constitutionalists, which quickly grew in popularity by appealing to the downtrodden masses. No matter the occasion, she usually dresses up as if she's going to the ball. In part this is because she adores high fashion and dressing up, but she also loves it when others underestimate her. Many zebras are surprised to learn that she is experienced in fencing or that she is often ruthless to her political opponents. If they are against the common zebra getting rights and dignity, it is clear that they are not good individuals, so she doesn't feel bad about crushing them like ants. |
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Zanno Mzelqatid is a son of a landowning well-off family in Western Colthage. He attended university in Wingbardy thanks to a government exchange program and there he became part of the ever growing urban middle class that read republican Griffonian literature and spoke out against the Zarcid regimen as an affront to Colthage's own republican traditions.
In 1006, when the chaos of the Storm King's invasion was dying down, Zanno travelled around the nation gathering support from the citizenry to campaign for an end of Zarcid tyranny and promised them true political and economic reform. All that had to be done was for them to make their voices heard to the Senate. Unfortunately this led to Zanno being arrested a week before the senate voted Zalathel Zarca in as Sufrit. Zanno was eventually released from prison on bail, but managed to make his way across the border into the Hippogriff-run Zumidian Mandate where he declared the election as illegitimate and began gathering supporters. Personally, he is often seen as aloof and often not in touch with reality. In Wingbardy he ended up becoming an advocate of Spiritism and believes he is a medium who can talk to the dead and magical spirits. He claims the spirit of his dead brother visited him and asked him to dedicate his life to helping others, and to never drink alcohol or smoke. He is also a strong believer in homeopathy, a system of alternative medicine denounced by practitioners of both healing magic and medical science. Regardless, he is well liked by people he meets and is held in high regard by the employees of his plantations. He introduced sweeping education, medical, and social reforms for the plantation and the nearby towns, building schools and hospitals (staffed by actual doctors thankfully). He is against slavery and the semi-official class system in the nation and wishes to see a true liberal democratic Colthage. |
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Crystal Empire
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Born: 14th of February 972, near Vanhoover
Biography: Princess Cadance's humble origins belie her future as one of the royal alicorns of Equestria. The pegasus foal, who would later become known as Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, was found in a forest close to Vanhoover by her earth pony adopted parents. Taken to a nearby village, it was a peaceful, calm life until one day, a jealous sorceress named Prismia stole the love of the villagers using a malevolent magical necklace. The young Cadance confronted Prismia and turned her own magic against her, causing her to change her horrible ways. Afterward, Princess Celestia recognised her power, adopted her as her niece and elevated Cadance as the alicorn Princess of Love. Thereafter, Cadance became a foalsitter for Princess Celestia's newest personal student, Twilight Sparkle. She would meet and fall in love with Twilight's older brother, Shining Armour. Their wedding day was going to be perfect, but unfortunately, the scheming Chrysalis, Queen of the Changelings used the opportunity to impersonate Cadance and seize control of Equestria by guile. Despite the presence of a large changeling host and their empowered Queen, Princess Cadance and Shining Armour used the power of their love to cast the changelings out of the country. When the Crystal Empire reappeared, Celestia sent Cadance to rule over it, knowing her to be a descendant of Princess Amore, its last ruler before Sombra's reign. Cadance made her stand there, defeating the nascent shadow of King Sombra that lingered after his banishment by using a mythical artefact called the Crystal Heart. With their success, she and Shining Armour have safekept the land ever since, siring a foal named Flurry Heart along the way. Portrait By: Scroup |
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Cyanolisia
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The von Liváni family have been stewards of the Cyanolisian lands since they were chosen by the Imperial dynasty to act in their stead. Each of them has attended the prestigious university of Bruma, learning the art of statecraft before they were appointed to rule the County.
Countess Taillow Sumpfkiel, taking her last name after her late husband, has ruled Cyanolisia for the previous three decades. Initially idealistic and believing that the minotaur problem could be resolved with dialogue and reconciliation, the unyielding hostility from the secessionist minotaurs, as well as several assassination attempts have shattered her peaceful nature. Hardened and firm, she seeks to protect her griffons at any cost, and yearns for the day when her people will no longer live with a siege mentality. Countess Taillow holds no love for the authoritarian measures she uses to control the coastal cities, but recognises the necessity of bold measures in these difficult times. |
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Diamond Mountain
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Dread League
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Rosa Maledicta is one of many necromancers who are struggling for control over the fractured nation which is the Dread League. Rosa has recently risen as the de-facto leader of the necromancer council, but in the fickle lands of darkness that may well quickly change. Rosa rules with an iron fist, crushing all opposition with ruthless aggression and tyranny. Once a unicorn living in the peaceful lands of Equestria, she has been called to the land of the dead by promises of power and justice. She was never happy in Equestria. Ponies rejected her dark talents and she has been betrayed by her old pony friends more times than she can count. Never again. If the world will not love her, the world will learn to fear the name of Rosa Maledicta. |
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Crown Princess of the Falcorian realm and the Queen's only child, Maximilliana has led a difficult life. Rushed home from her boarding school after her mother grew weak and ill, she was forced to become the acting ruler at the age of 14, with only the assistance of a noble council who often had different ideas on what was best for Falcor during the tumultuous years after 989. In spite of many difficulties, the young Princess has navigated through the circumstances and brought the nation a relative degree of stability. She has even found love, in the form of a local noble named Alberto, who now acts as Prince-Consort, although he very rarely participates in politics.
But the peace was not meant to last. Over the years, a large number of griffons, veterans and exiles from the war, have begun clamouring for retribution to what they perceived as Wingbardian tyranny. Thus they threaten the monarchy's rule, with their protests and strikes, and a large number of bystanders supports their side. Princess Maximilliana must find a way to placate the extremists while dealing with a hostile foreign presence, lest the line of Falcor extinguishes. |
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Born: 25th of October, 947 in Falcor
Biography: The reign of Queen Maximilliana began auspiciously, coming during a time when relations between Falcor and Wingbardy were peaceful, and close cooperation between the two nations was the status quo. Maximilliana met her eventual husband at a young age, the two becoming married shortly after her coronation in 969. She gave birth to her only child eight years later, but by that time Falcor's situation had become dire. Following the death of King Gumberto, Wingbardian relations with Falcor began to deteriorate, as the newly-crowned King Talonuel was focused on his nation's internal affairs. The eventual secession of Wingbardy and the chaotic collapse of the Griffonian Empire left Falcor geopolitically isolated, and the once nearly nonexistent border with Wingbardy had become a flashpoint of tension. After Meranclawo, war was the only option—so said her advisors—and the four year slog of the Falcorian War began. Although there were brief flashes of hope, the Falcorian army was overmatched and eventually defeated. In the face of protestations, Queen Maximilliana remained in Falcor throughout the entire course of the war, and suffered every bit of hardship along with her people. The Queen's hardships not only included shortages of food and clothing, but also the death of her husband during the city-wide plague of 988. After signing the Treaty of Asbolus, Maximilliana became chronically ill with a sickness doctors were unable to identify, although most griffons believed it to be a variant of the plague. After an extremely long period of rest, she has fully recovered, seemingly prompted by renewed hope for Falcor's future. The Queen has said she views the Falcorian War as a painful lesson in the value of diplomacy, and vows never to repeat the same mistake again. Portrait By: Cofido |
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Former colonel in the Falcorian army, Gabriele d'Artiglio has served with distinction in the war against Wingbardy. He took part in the battle of Asbolus Forest, where he was grievously wounded by an artillery shell. Dragged away from the battlefield, he could do nothing but hear news of imminent defeat, which prolonged his recovery, as he believed Falcor was just one battle away from achieving victory. To this day, he still blames neighbouring Sicameon for not intervening in their favour, although the truth is that they were unwilling to assist a despotic monarch. In spite of everything, d'Artiglio was personally commemorated by Queen Maximilliana for his valour and bravery.
Considered unfit to continue serving in the forces due to his crippled leg, d'Artiglio turned his personal attention to the arts. He became renowned for his poetry and paintings, although art critics have noted that his works were rather heavy on misery and gloom. Over the years, he became a rallying point for Falcor's many veterans and exiles, who likewise thought to have unfinished business with Wingbardy, and organised them into a paramilitary force. d'Artiglio has a personal distaste for the Wingbardian dialect, believing it to be an unwieldy, ugly language unfit for literature. In his opinion, Falcorian should be the dominant dialect of the southern griffons instead. Now with the pacifist opposition removed, Gabriele d'Artiglio will go through any obstacle to achieve the dream of a restored Falcor, exacting swift retribution on all who have done his nation harm. |
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Feathisia
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Born in the year 960 in the Ducal Estate just outside de Vleugels as the eldest son and heir apparent to the Grand Duchy of Feathisia, Gerlach has made a name for himself ever since he ascended the throne. A patient and diligent griffon, the Grand Duke immediately started reforming the Grand Duchy, which was, like the rest of the Griffonian Empire, still reeling from the aftermath of the Republican revolution in Griffenheim. Co-leading a committee with Rudolph Thorbeak, the leading liberal politician in Feathisia at the time, they strengthened the constitution and brought stable democracy to Feathisia. Although the Feathisians had to get used to their new rights, it only took a few years for liberty to blossom and all sorts of parties to pop up.
One of his most controversial moments saw him blocking the liberal democratic party from government until they expelled any republican sentiments. The Grand Duke explained that the Gods crowned the nobility and that the natural order of things had to be preserved, an attitude Gerlach inherited from his father, who helped fight the Republican uprising. Even though the country was doing fine, Gerlach never stopped working hard, championing the abolishment of public executions, leading industrial change and whenever possible, supporting Emperor Grover. All his hard work has left the Grand Duke without a wife, however, some griffons saying he gets awkward and shy alone with any possible candidate. The Silent Duke, as his subjects lovingly call him, will continue to give his all for his country, quietly praying his people continue to prosper under his rule and make him proud. |
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Fezera
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Gwanaël Godard and his family came to Fezera two decades ago, after being ousted from Skyfall for cheating with scales. Among the many merchant families in the trade capital of Griffonia, their reputation has never been positive. Few shed tears after the Iron Chancellor ordered their fortune to be seized and family itself exiled. With meager funds and endless amount of spite, Gwanaël has made it his life's mission to exact revenge on those who have defaced his family's name. The morality and legality of his actions has rarely been a concern in his mind, and now as the mayor of Fezera, Gwanaël Godard and his associates seek to expand their schemes tenfold. |
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Police chief Wilfried Pasvogel has served in the Fezeraanse Politie for over three decades with distinction and merit, despite constant lacks of griffonpower, funding and equipment. Having a firm sense of justice, he has always been moral and steadfast in upholding the law, regardless of the rampant corruption in Fezera. His colleagues in the force remark that the chief has grown cold and distant ever since his partner got shot and killed in an investigation of smuggled contraband from Skyfall. He was just an ordinary detective back then, and could do nothing as the case was closed due to the lack of evidence and suspects. Since then, Pasvogel has worked his way to the top of the Politie, surviving many attempts to eliminate from the town, and now leads the city-state as a lawful sanctuary for any griffon fleeing from war-torn lands. |
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"A wise guy, eh? So you wanna know about Willem Holveder? Listen here, kid, and lemme tell you a story...
I was but a small chick roaming the streets of Griffton. My parents, Maar curse them both, barely looked after me, and soon enough I was left on my own, begging for food and Idols. With no school or any particular talents, it looked like young Willem wouldn't last very long. That is, until I joined the local gang, hehehe. It felt so damn good to shakedown those fat merchants, who looked down on us like we were worth less than dirt. Which may have been the truth, but y'know, forget about it! But the good times couldn't last for long. Sure, the boss thought I was a good shot, and we made much selling moonshine, but all our success attracted the attention of coppers and soon after, half of the gang was dead or locked up. The rest of us who weren't caught knew they would squeal on us, so I told the birds we're tailing it outta here. So I took 'em all to a dump called Fezera, and slowly we rebuilt ourselves to something bigger and greater. I'll be honest, this place grew on me, nevermind all the rain. They told me it couldn't be done, but where are they now? Hah! I run this joint now and I've got some big plans. Now then, you've got ten seconds to start talking who sent you before I start pulling feathers. It better not be those damned coppers..." |
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Firtree
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Flowena
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Chocolat de Rosebrune is the son of the famous and respected Bronzino the Magnificent who ruled Flowena as mayor for decades before his death in 1003. Chocolat has been the mayor ever since, but in that time he has done very little besides host opulent parties at his family manor. The governance of the city has largely been left to the patricians of the Seigneurie and the bureaucrats, both of whom have no desire to change anything as in their eyes everything is fine. Recently however Chocolat has shown desire in taking a more active role and abandoning some of his hedonistic ways. |
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Anna de Indigo is the middle-aged head of her family that has long championed the rights of the commoners and wished to treat them as equals instead of inferiors. They used to lead the city's patricians over a century ago but were deposed in a plot of de Rosebrune family, their bitter rivals. She is a charismatic yet cunning griffon who owns a sizeable art collection and donates to charity every week. Despite her age, she remains unwed as she waits for the perfect political marriage to take advantage of. |
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Michael Landreau is a wool comber and a former militiagriff in his forties. His mother was a washer and his wife sells fish. He doesn't have a single drop of patrician blood in his veins, and his family had migrated to Flowena from Rila several generations ago. Michael himself joined the militia at a young age as it was one of the better paying jobs and participated in several skirmishes with Pomovarra, but was fired after he refused to beat up striking workers. He then became a wool worker, and became increasingly radicalized as he experienced the poor working conditions in person. In recent years he used his charisma to organize strikes and spread word of revolution across the working class. His goal has finally been accomplished, and he is happy to be the popular figurehead of a workers' Flowena. |
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Nicolas de Charbon is the last living member of the small de Charbon dynasty. His father was an attorney, but was too indebted to afford joining the Judges' Guild. His family had once been Princes of Pomovarra before the title had been abolished by the King of Aquileia. Ever since the family had lived in exile in Flowena, wealthy enough to be considered patricians but never gaining full citizenship. As a child, Nicolas was taught rhetoric and history, and became fluent in multiple languages. As an adult he has worked as a secretary, a diplomat and finally as a commander of the militia. With his extensive knowledge of politics and history, he wishes for Aquileia to centralize, secure its independence and regain its long-lost strength. Being disappointed with both the republicans and the Discrets, he now believes only he alone can save his homeland from chaos and barbarians. |
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Giosé Debolino Martlewing, whose regnal name is Francis IX and who is commonly known as "Francis The Stammerer", is the most unusual Count of Francistria in its history. He was the third child of Francis VIII's younger brother and the only legitimate heir when the previous Count perished unexpectedly in the Falcor War. No one ever expected him to hold any important position, so his parents had given him little attention. In fact, the only attention he ever received from others was abuse and mockery because of his stuttering, which made him withdrawn and shy.
Unlike his predecessors, Francis is not a proud and loud warrior. He is quiet and prefers to spend time in his private chambers or in the woods near Martlewing Castle, undisturbed by servants and officials. As such, the nobility, fascists and the Tarrin resistance all see their chance to gain power at the expense of the weak and pathetic Count, who will never amount to anything. |
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Some may call her a heretic, while others call her a defender of the poor and weak. Gina de Gioia is the Grandmaster of the Knights of the Trinity, whose primary duty is to protect members of their often persecuted religious sect, Trinitarianism. Her faith regards all three griffon deities as manifestations of a singular divine form, which is why practitioners of Trinitarianism do not have separate temples or priests for each deity. While the sect has members across the continent, a vast majority of them are in Francistria. Throughout the years, the knights served the Counts loyally and fought alongside them in battle, which was often the only thing keeping them safe from the Archonates that regard them as vile heretics. The Count protects them and in turn they protect the nation. Gina de Gioia herself is pious and kind-hearted, yet a fearsome combatant in battle. She is known for her height, which has earned her the nickname "Gina the Tall". |
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A fat griffon in his fifties, Mario Vicino looks like an average aging peasant. But he is first and foremost a politician, a veteran of the agrarian socialist PSA. His values are a strange mix of conservatism and communism, advocating both the end of nobility and the preservation of traditional Piumontese culture. He used his relatively friendly relations with the Count to betray and kill him, seizing power with the aid of his peasant militia. He distrusts the di Almieri Dynasty and wishes the Wingbardian communists there prevail despite their persecution. |
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Gherita Zarfatti is a veteran of the Falcor War, leader of the fascist LPF, rumoured mistress of Beakolini and, last but not least, a journalist and an art critic with a refined taste. She is the rising star of Francistrian politics, closely cooperating with Beakolini at all times. Her ultimate dream is Risorgimento, unification of all Wingbardian-speaking lands under one nation. She considers Tarrinian to be a Wingbardian dialect like Francistrian, despite most linguists claiming that Tarrinian is a dialect of Aquileian. As an expert propagandist, she is convincing more and more Francistrians to share her beliefs. |
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Erebus is an old griffon who has been active in the political scene of Greifenmarschen for around 40 years. He has held the office of Statthalter dozens of times but has gotten tired of Greifenmarsian democracy. Due to his longevity, experience and personal travels he's come to realise that their system is extremely inefficient compared to most other countries in the world. While he does respect the democratic traditions of the country he thinks they need to be bureaucratized and rationalized. |
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Archibald was not born on Greifenmarsian soil, but still has Greifenmarsian blood in his veins. His family migrated to Equestria many years ago but his father ensured his son inherited both his love of their true homeland and his Old Believer faith. Eventually Archibald emigrated to Greifenmarschen and soon joined the GVHP, wishing to spread Equestrian values of harmony and friendship among his people. Despite being only in his mid-twenties, his enthusiasm and flowery promises of change have already made him very popular, but his reputation is marred by rumours that he enjoys writing fictional stories about a secret incestual relationship between the Equestrian Princesses. |
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Wingbert is a die-hard communist, believing Greifenmarschen to be a proto-communist nation whose democracy is threatened by capitalism. He believes that it is his duty to improve the lives of his people and ensure true communism is finally embraced. |
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Dietrich is a young militiagriff who has quickly risen to prominence among the ranks of NAP, becoming its unofficial leader thanks to his charisma and reasonable yet passionate speeches. He is a Herzlander supremacist, believing that all of Herzland must be united under one banner, with force if necessary. |
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Alexander Kemerskai was born in Vinnin, the third son of Baron Aldus Kemerskai. With too late a place in succession and too insignificant a griffon to truly become one of the nobility, Kemerskai tried many odd jobs - he played cornet in the Vinnin Orchestra and was a constant guest at every event in town - eventually, however, he joined the Imperial military. He rose to the ranks of Artillerieoffizier in the Imperial Army, and was set to have a promising career in the armed forces as a Marshal. But fate had different ideas for Griffonia.
The tumultuous years that preceded 978 have disillusioned Kemerskai of his loyalty to the Emperor. He could not stand seeing the decadent nobility leech of others' hard work, nor did he approve of the awful conditions the commonfolk were subjected towards. Thus, he began plotting with like-minded officers and made use of the brewing peasants' insurrection. After a particularly crass display of authority abuse from the Regency Council, the people had enough and stormed the Imperial Palace. In the confusion that followed, Kemerskai found his way as the leader of the newly proclaimed Griffonian Republic. But this success was not meant to last. Although Kemerskai was popular and commanded respect, he could not control everygriff, and ruling the already weakened country became impossible. It did not take long for a reactionary movement to rise up and banish the republican supporters from the Heartlands. The long march began towards the northern reaches of the fractured Empire, where they have taken control of the region from nobles attempting to start their own independent nation.\n\nMany years have passed since those events, and yet Marshal Kemerskai's devotion to the republican cause has not wavered. Although even now he has to deal with unruly subordinates, he still holds all the cards in his claws. He is also a prolific author, and his many writings inspire republican movements across the entire Griffonia to follow his cause. |
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Rikard Astler, founder and leader of the Left-NRP, was born in Cloudbury in 981, when it was under the control of the Republic, one of the only ministers in Kemerskai's government to have not fought in the Long March nor the Revolution. Astler's father, a native Cloudburian, and his mother, a refugee from the Republic's territory in the Heartlands, raised him with a pro-native policy, and Astler would soon begin to idolize the Socialist Republic of Skynavia and its unique system of government.
Participating in numerous socialist and unionist movements, Astler eventually became a City Councilgriff in Cloudbury, under the banner of the Left-NRP, promising a democratic socialist government for the Republic. Although he abandoned many of his pro-Skynavian views during his tenure in the City Council of Cloudbury, many began to distrust him, and he endured slander after attack on his character. However, against all odds, Astler was elected Mayor of Cloudbury in 1005, in local elections allowed by the Kemerskai government. His opponent, a fierce Republican and anti-communist, was driven out of his seat, and Astler instantly began to further progressive reform efforts in the industrializing city. His mayoral position has now put him in an interesting situation - as one of the most powerful politicians in the Republic, Astler has the powerful and influence to become the next President of the Republic - if he does not fall to anti-Skynavnian fervour. |
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Reinhard Suntail was born in Crona, a province in the heart of the Griffonian Empire. His family was poor, and lived on scraps. Suntail, wanting to escape the dreary farmlands of Crona, joined the Imperial Army at the age of 15, and journeyed to the city of Griffenheim, where he was placed into the brigade of Alexander Kemerskai, a renowned Artillerieoffizier in the Griffonian Empire and one of Grover's most promising generals.
Suntail joined Kemerskai's plot to overthrow the empire, believing the monarchy of Griffonia was decadent, oligarchic, and drew upon the worst conditions of Griffonkind - greed and lust for power. Suntail participated in the battle for the Imperial Palace, and eventually found his way in command of an entire Republican batallion. With it, he went to his old hometown of Crona and engaged in a brutal looting campaign in an event which would be recalled as "The Rape of Crona" years later. When the revolutionaries began the long march north, Suntail began to doubt the harmonist values that Kemerskai was so dedicated to, and joined a new party - The Griffonian National Revolutionary Front, an ultranationalist organization dedicated to populism, republicanism, and fanatic devotion to the nation state and people. While Kemerskai did not trust Suntail, he was forced to make him the second most powerful griffon in the republic, and he became Kemerskai's top general. When the Griffonian National Revolutionary Front was banned after a terrorist attack in Cloudbury in 1003, Suntail sent his army North, and began to loot, plunder, and sack both Republican and foreign strongholds for weapons and loot. He became a vicious bandit warlord, known for his sheer brutality against both harmonist and monarchist insitutions. |
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Calas Bulba is a wise and wisened old griffon, and has ruled the Gryphians for over forty years. He is held in high regard by almost everyone, both for his sage advice and for his surprising youthfulness and energy, considering his age. Despite his doctors telling him that he should stop leading Raids in person like he did in his youth, he refuses to listen, for as he says "I would rather die than live the rest of my years in my bed". |
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Borad Grifnitsky is an atypical cossack - though valiant in battle, he is not fond of violence and prefers to find peaceful, long-term solutions to serious problems where possible. In the warlike Cossack society this should have isolated and ostracised him, but a combination of battlefield valor, an amicable personality, and exceptional oratory has drawn a following to him nonetheless. Seeing the poor state of the Zapzhans, he desires to reform the Host into a democratic republic and diplomatically secure their people against reprisals from the Communists and the Riverponies. |
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Cornilo Khurshevich was a confidante of Redglad's, and was one of his old drinking buddies before the Revolution in Prywhen broke out. Shortly before this, Cornilo left Prywhen to lead the resistance in his own home country. Now that he is in power, he will certainly seek out his old friend and align with him. He favors a policy of solidarity with Prywhen and caring for the vulnerable farming class as the way forward for Zaphzia. |
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Cornilo Khurshevich was a confidante of Redglad's, and was one of his old drinking buddies before the Revolution in Prywhen broke out. Shortly before this, Cornilo left Prywhen to lead the resistance in his own home country. Now that he is in power, he will certainly seek out his old friend and align with him. He favors a policy of solidarity with Prywhen and caring for the vulnerable farming class as the way forward for Zaphzia. |
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Born: 5th of October 953 in Crona
Biography: Born out of wedlock in Crona in 953 from a minor noble and a peasant, Hermann Kissenberg-Bothkamp lived a strange childhood. His father was an imperial diplomat but devoid of fortune due to gambling. He still enjoyed a life of luxury, being hosted at a mansion outside Griffenheim by a noblegriff who had an affair with his mother. This situation gave him little stability or happiness but he did get to travel with his father and to attend a prestigious military cadet schools. As a young cadet, he had little interest in the knightly ways but there was one invention that captured his mind: the airplane. Sadly, joining the Imperial Air Academy was seen as a too lowly position for him. It was during that time that his family was expelled from the mansion of his youth years and that his father, now a drunk, began to lose favor at court. In a strange twist of fate, this left him free to follow his dream. After bidding farewell to his mother, Hermann signed on for the Academy with his mother's surname: Meyer. Hermann proved to be a naturally gifted and popular pilot, graduating top of his class in 974. He spent the following years writing extensively about aerial tactics much to the annoyance of the inept nobles in charge of the Academy who saw him as nothing more than an upstart fool. They regularly sent him away on useless missions. It was not all bad as a trip to Vedina in 977 lead him to meet the love of his life: Stella who he married within a year. After the Griffonian Revolution in 978, he was put in charge of the new republican air force despite caring little for Kemerskai's dreams. When the Republic fell, he hopped in his plane with his comrades and they flew away to Haukland. While he found great success in reanimating the old Hauklandish traditions of raids and piracy, he also found tragedy as Stella died of pneumonia in Vedina in 980. Now, Meyer has made a name of himself as the Graf of Haukland and no more a simple flying ace or a traitor to both the Revolution and the Empire. But it is not enough for him. He desires more, much more. Portrait By: Scroup |
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Born: 27th of June 936 in Wingenberg
Rank: Grandmaster Biography:Born into a prominent family of Hellquillian knights, Siegfried Trappenfeld joined the Order at an early age as a squire. During his service, Siegfried has seen many battles in his lifetime, and is respected by all for his unwavering dedication, boldness and being the model of a gallant knight. He distinguished himself by bravely leading the sack of Diamond Mountain in 973. For this, he was nominated as Grandmaster of his Order in 976. Unfortunately, he was robbed of the opportunity of leading the knights in a golden age. Faced with the collapse of the Griffonian Empire and revolution in 978, he chose not to renew the oath binding the Order to the Imperial Power. While he vowed to forever protect the West from the threat of the Riverlands menace, he would forever be remembered as a turncoat. He did achieve success in maintaining the Griffonian Frontier intact but was unsuccessful in building a modern nation. Despite this poor state of affairs and the growing extremist movements in Hellquill and neighbouring Longsword, Siegfried Trappenfeld remains a living proof that the knightly ways will endure and so will Hellquill as a bulwark to protect the griffon way of life. Portrait By: Scroup |
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Born: 6th of May 959 in Hellquill
Biography: August von Ortelsberg was born into the small land-owning nobility of Ortelsberg. As a young fledgling, he showed a certain attraction towards intellectual pursuit but was still encouraged to follow the knight's life rather an academic career. As a member of the Order, August served dutifully but never showed any interest in command. Instead, his impeccable bookkeeping and detailed reports lead him to join the administrative side of the Order. Finally in 992, after the death of the Knight Archivist, August petitioned the Grandmaster for the position which admittedly, few knights cared for and many saw as an undignified position. The Grandmaster agreed, causing August to becoming the youngest knight to ever occupy the position and also the youngest knight to be elevated by right to the Inner Circle of the Order. As head archivist, August von Ortelsberg had spent many hours documenting and researching the Order's history. He has repeatedly reached the conclusion that the conflict between ponies and griffons is immensely destructive and has achieved nothing positive for anygriff or pony. His continuous pleas to the Grandmaster fell on deaf ears, and when the latter stepped down, August's exasperation only grew, comprehending that his attempts to foster peace would never be realised. In the end, August prevailed over the traditionalist Urlach and the extremist Wingfried and is now poised to reconcile the Order of Hellquill with modernity and extend a claw towards the ponies. Though in a land as filled with hatred as the Frontier is, his aim remains a tall order. Portrait By: Scroup |
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Born: 13th of December 961 in Katerinburg
Biography: Despite being a member of a minor branch of the Von Katerinburg house, Wingfried was born and raised in great wealth. Fascinated by knightly tales of old, he wished from a young age to become a knight himself. However, he was unwelcome in the order of the Argentumdämmerung due to dynastic rivalries and uninterested in the more civilian minded Silberkralle. So, he journeyed to the east, to the Frontier where heroism was welcomed and boldness more favored than in the rigid Katerin. Or so the official story says. Rumours from Katerin tell a different story, that of a troubled griff, weak willed and cursed with erratic behaviour not unlike princess Diellza. An embarrassment to his family, he was sent away to the Frontier not for glory but for damage control. In Hellquill, Wingfried was given special privileges due to his noble birth and spent more time in the knightly seats of power than in the field. However, what he didn't achieve in military honour, he made up with influence. Nogriff quite knows what lead him to develop his burning hatred of Ponies but he became an ardent member of the pro-war faction of the knights. Frustrated with the inertia and pushback regarding his increasingly extreme ideas, he began to form a new political movement, akin to a political party as they exist in the West. Thus was born the Reformisten, dedicated to nothing but absolute victory over the dreaded ponies. He found great success in neighbouring Longsword where he caught the attention of Count Pallas Dusktalon. And now that Wingfried has convinced the Inner Circle, he stands ready to rejuvenate Hellquill, bring war to the East and to achieve victory, whatever the cost. Portrait By: Duke Von Kessel |
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To the East of the internationally recognized country of Yakyakistan, Prince Bradford holds claim over a clan of Yaks whom call themselves the 'Jaki-Clan.' A long-time rival of his brother, Prince Rutherford of Yakyakistan, Bradford simply wishes for his Yaks - or Jaks, depending on who you ask - to be left alone. Unfortunately for Bradford, with tensions rising with the Changelings to the West, the griffons to the East, and Prince Rutherford practically breathing down its neck, the Jaki-Clan finds itself in a precarious position. |
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Born: 7th May 931 in Seguro
Biography: Born second child to a farmer family, Mansu Erba grew in the vast farmlands just outside the capital Seguro, spending her youth exploring nature. Unlike her peers, she and her siblings received basic education from their parents, learning to read and write. As Mansu's elder brother would inherit the farm, she had to find life elsewhere and so Mansu left for the capital, to live and work at a shop owned by relatives. However, this life was not to be as she enlisted in 950 in a Macawian military program which she graduated from in 954. As a sub-teniente, her cleverness earned her the attention of the Skapatoria Programa. For three years, she worked as an undercover agent in Austurland, Wittenland and Nimbusia, where she helped many escaping to freedom. Mansu proved herself to be a capable operative and in 957, she rose to fame for her actions in Austurland as she lead the escape of over a hundred thralls despite taking a musket ball to her gut. She received a hero's welcome at Seguro and an award for her self-sacrifice from the First Commander. Sadly, the musket ball that made her a hero also prevented her from ever working as an operative again. At the hospital, the recovering zebra would meet her future husband, a widowed doctor, and the two would be married two years later. In 960 the Advisory Council elections saw Mansu chosen as a councillor of Seguro. While Kása had continued to prosper, in 967 the Barrad Crisis erupted. As streams of refugees trickled into Kása, the First Commander of the time suffered a stroke. As the crisis worsened, an emergency election in the council saw Mansu Erba narrowly elected as the First Commander. She acted swiftly, diverting all funds from industrialisation programs and appealing to Macawia for aid. Kása suffered from it but it endured, their founding ideals upheld as Mansu argued to the critics. After all, is a factory worth betraying oneself? Despite the hardships in the following decades, Kása chose to trust in its timely hero and under Mansu's leadership, Kása slowly recovered from the crisis thanks to extensive literacy and economic reform programs. Now, she is known as A avo di Kása —Kása's Grandmother. Portrait By: Printik |
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As one of the last surviving members of the von Katerinburg family, Princess Diellza carries a legacy 300 years old. Her family was among the first who pledged allegiance to the Grover dynasty and for their loyalty they were rewarded the principality of Katerin. During Diellza's childhood, however, tragedy befell the family during the revolution that struck the empire. A mob stormed the von Katerinburg castle, seeking to overthrow the princely family. When the smoke cleared, the six year old Diellza was the only one still alive, even as she was imprisoned by the revolutionaries.
After the revolution ended and Diellza was freed something had broken inside the girl. As the only remaining eligible von Katerinburg, she was raised to the throne as Princess of Katerin, even as the trauma she had experienced began to manifest itself. Ever since, Diellza had been quietly referred to as "the mad princess" as her mannerisms have become more and more erratic and violent. Nowadays her subjects live in constant fear of triggering a violent outburst from her, and though she goes from relatively lucid to enraged madness regularly, it is impossible to predict when and what does it. One of the few things that seem to have a stabilizing influence on her is "Glitterhoof", a pony's skull that was given to her as a macabre gift from her distant cousin Wingfried von Katerinburg. Whatever the intent behind the gift was, Diellza always carries it with her, treating "him" like a stuffed animal and referring to the skull as her fiance. This, combined with her unpredictable and violent mannerisms has made her feared and hated among a people that once respected the von Katerinburg lineage, and it is doubtful if Diellza is able to comprehend this. |
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As the Grandmaster of the Silberkralle, Hector Ardennson is a knight and physician in equal measure and is held in high regard by most in the country. Born in Strassmark in 945, Hector had just become a knight when the revolution swept the empire, Katerin included. While he fought on the counterrevolutionaries' side, the many atrocities he witnessed and the longstanding suffering of the people left him disillusioned with the old order, and even as he was part in restoring the nobles' power, he began to question the old hierarchies. At least the republicans spoke of the people's suffering, and at least they tried to relieve it.
Ever since, Hector worked tirelessly across Katerin, trying to help the suffering people and mitigate the worst of Diellza's excesses, but in the end that wasn't enough, and he found himself forced to act more directly for the sake of the people he swore so long ago to safeguard and help. |
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Once one of the preeminent prelates of the Temple of Boreas, Heinrich Duskfeather could well have carried him all the way to the position of Archon. Yet, inside the temple hierarchy as much as outside of it, the political games played are vicious, and Heinrich underestimated his rival, the prelate that would become Eros VII. Losing not only the struggle for the Archon's seat, but his position as a prelate as well, he was left destitute and banished from the temples as Eros made sure to not just defeat but crush his opposition.
It was at this time, during his darkest moments, that he met a certain griffon during a train trip, one that gave him a book on socialist philosophy at the end of it. The disillusioned and destitute ex-prelate was captivated by the ideas discussed in it and started to slowly reevaluate many ideals he had held. In the end, when he returned to Katerin, he had concluded that the very structure of the temples meant that the kind of power games that had seen his downfall were not simply a part of the temple hierarchy, but rather a cancer that is rotting the temples from within, just like how the nobility is a cancer upon the people. Drifting through Katerin, he preached not from a grand altar, but at the kitchen tables and at the marketplaces of the common griffon, seeing the suffering that the nobility wrought upon the people and how the temples didn't fight this suffering as much as teach the people how to accept it. It sickens him, and he has long since realized that this order must be torn down, by force if no other option is available. |
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Erik Grimclaw is a descendant of heroes and kings both. In his veins flows the blood of those mighty warrior kings who held sway in the south of Herzland long before the empire even was a thing. Still, the Grimclaws have for a long time been a relic of the past, and it is only with Erik that the family's fortunes has begun to change. Under his lead, the once fading Argentumdämmerung has revitalized into a fighting force equal to any order in the Empire, and this is despite his young age. While stern to the point of harsh and with little patience for failure, Grimclaw has earned the respect of most around him for his military acumen and ironclad principles. One might not find him pleasant, but no one can call him unreliable.
Yet, he is also keenly aware of how Katerin has fallen, and he is determined to restore it one way or another. He is not one to lightly consider defying those he serve, but this land is his by ancient right and was taken from him through treason. Though it was centuries ago, he has neither forgotten nor forgiven. |
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Khamrin
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Kiria
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Klugetown
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A clever criminal and entrepreneur who has ruled Klugetown for over 20 years, Verko kept Klugetown in business even during the Storm King's rule. With a strict code of honor and a talent for bargaining, Verko is widely respected and feared. As a client state to the Storm King Klugetown prospered, and even following an unfortunate run-in with Tempest Shadow he held onto power. One thing's for sure: Klugetown will stay open, no matter what! |
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Capper has spent most of his life on the run. Growing up an orphan, he had to steal to eat. He wound up a low-level concat in Verko's employ. After meeting the Elements of Harmony, Capper reformed, and now pushes for a free Klugetown that can serve as a haven to the oppressed or persecuted, where freedom and Harmony are loved in equal measure—a Kása of the South. |
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"So ya wanna hear about Grumm, pal? Well, the story goes like this. Young Dragon whelp lookin' for a quick profit makes his way down to Zebrica and runs right into the Storm King. Storm King's got a mind for profit too, and a nice big army to boot. Lil' Grumm can see a beautiful friendship forming, and signs on as a logistics officer--turns out food arrives a lot faster when the courier can be food too! He sets up the most exclusive bazaar in Klugetown with a cut of the supplies, and both he and the Storm King are rolling in frags. After the Storm King gets himself killed, Grumm just keeps the money mill going. Now with Verko outta the way and Capper put in his place, I run this town. And ya best mind your manners, cause I intend to turn this dump into the richest town in the world, and it don't matter who has to bleed to get there." |
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Lake City
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League Of Four Emirs
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 Raziqa Pirani
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 Fakira Mansour
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