AH Figure Descriptions

[FriendlyGhost]

Daphne D´Arragon

Daphne d'Aragon was the second wife of Conrad II of Austria. The marriage resulted in a temporary alliance between Austria and France, though this broke down when Austria attacked Russia, precipitating the Great Eastern War. Popular history has it that it was Daphne's influence which caused Conrad to go to war with Russia, based on her personal hatred for the Tsar's wife. Although it was certainly true that the two ladies did not like each other, documents from the time clearly show that Conrad's decision was based on advice from his over-zealous and over-confident princes and counts. When Conrad died towards the end of the war, probably of complications following a fall from his horse, though rumours of poison abounded at the time, Daphne became one of three co-regents, with Prince Ferdinand and Count Stephen, for their 11-year old son Francis. The peace forced on Austria by the Russian-led alliance resulted in the loss of some territory and Daphne became a hate figure amongst some segments of the Austrian nobility (who were probably responsible for her being blamed for the war). However, Daphne is credited with instilling a sense of restraint in the young Francis, countering revanchist calls from his nobility. Francis himself stated later in life that it was his mother who had given him the moral basis for his reign.

Hermen van Barneveld

 

[Byzantion]

Daphne d'Aragon was the second wife of Conrad II of Austria. The marriage resulted in a temporary alliance between Austria and France, though this broke down when Austria attacked Russia, precipitating the Great Eastern War. Popular history has it that it was Daphne's influence which caused Conrad to go to war with Russia, based on her personal hatred for the Tsar's wife. Although it was certainly true that the two ladies did not like each other, documents from the time clearly show that Conrad's decision was based on advice from his over-zealous and over-confident princes and counts. When Conrad died towards the end of the war, probably of complications following a fall from his horse, though rumours of poison abounded at the time, Daphne became one of three co-regents, with Prince Ferdinand and Count Stephen, for their 11-year old son Francis. The peace forced on Austria by the Russian-led alliance resulted in the loss of some territory and Daphne became a hate figure amongst some segments of the Austrian nobility (who were probably responsible for her being blamed for the war). However, Daphne is credited with instilling a sense of restraint in the young Francis, countering revanchist calls from his nobility. Francis himself stated later in life that it was his mother who had given him the moral basis for his reign.

Hermen van Barneveld

Hermen van Barnevald had been a Dutch pirate, who started as a naval officier of the Seeland Navy during the 17th Century. Eventually he became a privateer and raided British trade ships. He than converted to Islam and worked along side the North African pirate states where he profited from slavery raids on European shores. He also led a fleet of twenty ships and sacked the coastal towns of Europe and even Iceland. He also went by the alias of Murat Bey. Eventually he led his fleet to the Carribean. He conquered Danish West India and proclaimed himself as an Emir.

Salazar the Terrible

 

[TheNerd_]

Salazar "The Terrible" was 16th century King of Cuba and a former pirate. After storming La Havana and defeating the local forces, he, wanting to establish himself as equal to the merchant nobility which hated him, coronated himself as King of Cuba. He was a ploy of the Portuguese to taunt their Spaniard adversaries, since the Portuguese wanted to rewrite the Treaty of Tordesillas, feeling confident with the might of Britan and France backing them. The Spanish, however, didn't fall for this cheap trick, and Salazar, a ferocious and cruel ruler, would be deposed and executed, as an example to what happens when you face the Spanish.

Roger "The Great"

 

[Heldenhammer]

Salazar "The Terrible" was 16th century King of Cuba and a former pirate. After storming La Havana and defeating the local forces, he, wanting to establish himself as equal to the merchant nobility which hated him, coronated himself as King of Cuba. He was a ploy of the Portuguese to taunt their Spaniard adversaries, since the Portuguese wanted to rewrite the Treaty of Tordesillas, feeling confident with the might of Britan and France backing them. The Spanish, however, didn't fall for this cheap trick, and Salazar, a ferocious and cruel ruler, would be deposed and executed, as an example to what happens when you face the Spanish.

Roger "The Great"

Traitor, king, murderer, hero. Many words are used to describe Roger "The Great". Born in a minor French noble family during the 100 Year War between France and England, Roger became known as a decadent man, a talented tactician, and a brutally efficient administrator. He managed to make himself one of the more powerful nobles in France towards the end of the war, amassing a large private army of German and Italian mercenaries and a huge amount of wealth. In the last year of the war, when it appeared England would be driven off, he made a deal with the English to backstab the French in exchange for being made King of France after the war. At the battle of Bayeux, the French army led by their King would be "reinforced" by Roger's troops halfway through the battle, only to be crushed between the remnants of the English and Roger's troops. With their army destroyed and the King captured, Roger was installed as a puppet ruler after the war, but would soon as backstab the weak English forces in occupied north France and liberate Normandie from English rule. He would rule for 44 years as a strict and cunning ruler, loved and hated by many, and beginning the Dynasty of House Roger.

Victor the Ice-Blooded

 

[NiGHTS]

Traitor, king, murderer, hero. Many words are used to describe Roger "The Great". Born in a minor French noble family during the 100 Year War between France and England, Roger became known as a decadent man, a talented tactician, and a brutally efficient administrator. He managed to make himself one of the more powerful nobles in France towards the end of the war, amassing a large private army of German and Italian mercenaries and a huge amount of wealth. In the last year of the war, when it appeared England would be driven off, he made a deal with the English to backstab the French in exchange for being made King of France after the war. At the battle of Bayeux, the French army led by their King would be "reinforced" by Roger's troops halfway through the battle, only to be crushed between the remnants of the English and Roger's troops. With their army destroyed and the King captured, Roger was installed as a puppet ruler after the war, but would soon as backstab the weak English forces in occupied north France and liberate Normandie from English rule. He would rule for 44 years as a strict and cunning ruler, loved and hated by many, and beginning the Dynasty of House Roger.

Victor the Ice-Blooded

The British King who would become infamous due to having secretly killed his grandchild since he didn't like the fact that it was the product of the crown princess marrying a Japanese noble. He would be called cold blooded, because he would put the child in a refrigerator and then blame it on one of the maids of the palace.

OOC: I've decided to change the rules. Instead of waiting for a response to a name that you make up, lets just do the name and the character description ourselves, and not have to wait for anyone to respond. It gives more freedom to everyone, especially me.

Victor I (r. 1922-1924)
The first monarch of all the British Isles to have mixed race heritage. His mother was the previous ruler of the Empire of the British Isles, while his father was the second son of the Emperor of Ethiopia, nations that are close allies. He would be quite charismatic and would often hold fantastic parties for the gatherings of native and foreign nobles that occurred during his reign. He would be quite the diplomat and would manage to make close relationships with the monarchs of Spain and Germany, which would give the Isled Empire a decent number of peaceful months with the rest of Europe. He would be quite known for his flamboyant personality and dandy dressing. Unfortunately, his more care free views would get him in trouble and would lead to his replacement as Emperor with his younger, but more jingoistic, sister. He wasn't too pleased with that, but would accept it as he had quickly grown tired of being expected to be hostile to German and Hispanic nobles. In the end, he would end up marrying the Queen of South Africa, and would be live a more happy life than his sister, who would end up as the first Queen of Canada, after the loss of her Empire.

 

[Višeslav]

Zoran was the butler and murderer of New Granadan aristocrat, Victoriano Kagari. It's unknown why Zoran killed Victoriano, and the rumors range from as mundane as Zoran wanting to steal his money, to as wild as Zoran having not actually known that Victoriano was about to eat an explosive pie, even though there was a warning on the label from which Victoriano's meal came from. Either way, Zoran would end up locked in jail, while Kagari's magnificent chocolate company would end up in the hands of his old business rival Xulio Maestri.
Matilda Blackwood

Damn. I was really hoping for some messy south Slavic history/politics in the explanation. A man named Zoran Zlatanovic is almost guaranteed to be a Serb, and that, paired with the fact that the name Zoran has been most popular in recent decades somehow immediately makes me think of the Yugoslav wars. However, apparently there is a real Serbian Chess player with this name too.

On the bright side though, at least there was an Explosive Pie

 

[NiGHTS]

Stefan Paxton
Last President of the United States and first(and only) Emperor of the First American Empire. Initially a senator from Minnesota, he would become President prior to the first Civil War and would use it to accumulate power and respect. In the aftermath of the war, he would be able to have himself made a monarch, and would have the US be reorganized into an empire. Something that many agreed with since democracy in the US had been mostly a tool of corrupt oligarchs prior to Paxton's rule. He would be Emperor for over 30 years until he would be assassinated by his right man Adam Simon, who had mostly gone through his life in Imperial Americana under the infamous alias, "David Ververs". Prior to Paxton's death, the Empire had been struggling against armed rebellion from the Southern States, again though for a more noble cause, and they would declare themselves the restoration of the United States. Unfortunately, the Restored US would only get as far as to have control of the South, including the upper South, and the West Coast. The Midwest and the North East would remain in Imperial hands for the foreseeable future. Paxton. though dead, would have various imposters who would take up his name and try to rally the Empire against the US, and though they would be successful for a time, they could never hold on to the recaptured states, and the borders would shift back to how they were. The US in the South and the West. The Empire in the Midwest and the North.

 

[NiGHTS]

Lucia Oliver-Scott
Senator of Florida, before its nuclear bombing, Lucia was an illegitimate child of Adam Simon, a fact that she would only find out from her twin brother Luke. She would become the adopted daughter of Senator Barry Oliver, who was a good friend of Lucia's true mother ,Senator Page Anderson of Minnesota. Lucia would secretly become a high ranking member of the American resistance movement, the Republican Party( no relation to the old political party), who would seek to restore the United States and its Republic. She would mostly be successful ,after a few close calls with death/imprisonment, but her first capture would lead to the devastation of her home state and her torturing at the hands of her true father, then called David Ververs. In the end, she would help restore the United States, well at least part of it, and would continue to defend its freedom against subsequent invasions from the Empire, until it finally recognized the secession of those territories. However, more tribulations would come to her life. First, her youngest child, Adam, would be killed in action by sacrificing his life in a naval battle against the Japanese. Finally, her oldest child, and US war hero, Jason Scott would lead a pro-authoritarian terrorist movement in the FFAS (Federation of Free American States. The last war was bad enough to force the US to reform itself into a different mode of government, new Constitution and looser federal structure, essentially a new government) that would last until his assassination at the hands of his sister, Jenny. These two events in her life, would take a heavy toll on her life, and would lead to her death in her 60s. But, at the very least, she would get to spend 10 years with her granddaughter, Jason's child out of wedlock, Alanna Du Scott. In the modern era, she is survived by her descendents, Mariah Flynn and Ana Scott, who ,despite sharing a common heritage, are at VERY different levels of society and importance.

 

[TheNerd_]

I've decided to change the rules. Instead of waiting for a response to a name that you make up, let's just do the name and the character description ourselves, and not have to wait for anyone to respond. It gives more freedom to everyone, especially me.

OOC: Doesn't that invalidate the point of this thread? It's supposed to be a writing prompt, not a way to dump one-shot TL's.

 

[TheNerd_]

Jacques III of Cyprus

James the III of Cyprus sometimes referred to as "The Triumphant", was King of Cyprus from 1491 to 1523. He is most famous for being able to keep at arm's length the Ottoman Empire, thus preserving the existence of the Cypriot State. He would build and fortify the Island and would clandestinely host the Knight Hospitaliers, being finally succeded in 1523 by James the IV.

David Shellenberger

 

[NiGHTS]

OOC: Doesn't that invalidate the point of this thread? It's supposed to be a writing prompt, not a way to dump one-shot TL's.

Well, hardly any one ever responded, so I decided that I wanted to do something with this thread if no one else would. Especially, since this thread only became used by a small number of people of which I did the most replies. And then if I didn't respond, it would at times take almost a week, for someone else to bring anything up. I mean before I changed the rules, this was basically a dead thread, much less active then Quotes and Culture ever were. Which I took as a sign that most people just weren't interested in making AH figures. I mean I suppose people could keep playing if they want, but I would also want people to have the freedom to do their own thing without having to wait so long for a response.

 

[TheNerd_]

I mean I suppose people could keep playing if they want, but I would also want people to have the freedom to do their own thing without having to wait so long for a response.

Fine by me.

 

[NiGHTS]

Ethel Tanaka Song
A Korean Mexican engineer and business woman based in San Francisco, Alta California. She and her husband and science partner, physicist Carlos Norales Garcia
,would form one of San Francisco's most prominent corporations, Tanaka Momentum Inc.*, from which the Tanaka Ray, the worlds fastest, and at the same time the world's safest, motorcycle would emerge. The Tanaka Ray would serve as a testament to Mexican engineering and academics, as both wife and husband had developed their skills at the world renowned San Francisco Institute of Technology, or ITSF. In addition, the couple is famous for their ages as at 27 and 26, Tanaka and Norales, respectively, were the youngest people to make headway in such a crowded industry as transportation. For the most part though, they were fairly reclusive as far as young millionaires go, and neither, publicly, even use social media. Though Tanaka is known to be an avid racer and can often be seen participating in any major race within San Francisco. Bikes, motorcycles, cars, she has raced in all of types of wheeled racing vehicles, and is known to be obsessed with pushing the boundaries of how fast things can go.
*This is the company's name in English. The original name is in Spanish

 

[NiGHTS]

Jacques III of Cyprus

James the III of Cyprus sometimes referred to as "The Triumphant", was King of Cyprus from 1491 to 1523. He is most famous for being able to keep at arm's length the Ottoman Empire, thus preserving the existence of the Cypriot State. He would build and fortify the Island and would clandestinely host the Knight Hospitaliers, being finally succeded in 1523 by James the IV.

David Shellenberger

Chancellor of New Netherland and second son of Helena Shellenberger, Founder of Shellenberger Aeronautics. He was notable for not only being the first cosmonaut to become Chancellor, but for also being the first Chancellor to order an assassination. Specifically, David would order the assassination of North American General Nathaniel Jordan, a man who was infamous for his extremist views on buffing up the North American military. For years, it was feared that if Nathaniel had his way, which looked increasingly possible, it would lead to war on the continent. But, in the end, Jordan's death only ended up invigorating the other North American militarists, and though war still did not come, fear of it led to both nations arming themselves to the teeth.

Moshe Kobayashi
Husband to the Queen of Mexico, Selena I. He was also father to Haruko I of Mexico. Beyond his family relations, and unique ethnic heritage, he was notable for being quite the painter and would paint the royal portraits of both his wife and daughter, in addition to the family portraits. He was also quite the diplomat and would be the Mexican representative during the negotiating of the Treaty of London in 1923. It was he who managed to get his German counterpart, Beatrix Zegers, to go easy on the English. Instead of punishing the English, as what Madame Zegers initially wanted, Kobayashi would be able to convince her to focus on rehabilitating them by rebuilding and re-orientating the English economy, in place of letting it continue to languish. Moshe, believed that a person should forgive their enemies, and not seek to punish them in revenge, lest others try to get revenge on them. And he was right. And to this day, he has a statue in Winchester,England that commemorates his part in rebuilding England.

If anyone wants to, here is a name-prompt.
Zayna Yazbek

 

[Heldenhammer]

Chancellor of New Netherland and second son of Helena Shellenberger, Founder of Shellenberger Aeronautics. He was notable for not only being the first cosmonaut to become Chancellor, but for also being the first Chancellor to order an assassination. Specifically, David would order the assassination of North American General Nathaniel Jordan, a man who was infamous for his extremist views on buffing up the North American military. For years, it was feared that if Nathaniel had his way, which looked increasingly possible, it would lead to war on the continent. But, in the end, Jordan's death only ended up invigorating the other North American militarists, and though war still did not come, fear of it led to both nations arming themselves to the teeth.

Moshe Kobayashi
Husband to the Queen of Mexico, Selena I. He was also father to Haruko I of Mexico. Beyond his family relations, and unique ethnic heritage, he was notable for being quite the painter and would paint the royal portraits of both his wife and daughter, in addition to the family portraits. He was also quite the diplomat and would be the Mexican representative during the negotiating of the Treaty of London in 1923. It was he who managed to get his German counterpart, Beatrix Zegers, to go easy on the English. Instead of punishing the English, as what Madame Zegers initially wanted, Kobayashi would be able to convince her to focus on rehabilitating them by rebuilding and re-orientating the English economy, in place of letting it continue to languish. Moshe, believed that a person should forgive their enemies, and not seek to punish them in revenge, lest others try to get revenge on them. And he was right. And to this day, he has a statue in Winchester,England that commemorates his part in rebuilding England.

If anyone wants to, here is a name-prompt.
Zayna Yazbek

An ancient Parthian warrior-queen. One of the five "Good Lords" of the Parthian Golden Age (247 BC-114 AD), Zayna pushed the borders of the Parthians past Mesopotamia and to Antioch, destroying what remained of the Seleucids and beginning the rivallry between the Carthaginian Empire and the Kingdom of Parthia. She is famous for her smashing victory at the Nile Delta on 177 BC, which routed the army of the Seleucid Egyptians with a mere 541 loses to her own troops. She would be the first of the Yavbek Dynasty, which would last till 120 AD with the Disaster at the Bosporus.

 

[Byzantion]

An ancient Parthian warrior-queen. One of the five "Good Lords" of the Parthian Golden Age (247 BC-114 AD), Zayna pushed the borders of the Parthians past Mesopotamia and to Antioch, destroying what remained of the Seleucids and beginning the rivallry between the Carthaginian Empire and the Kingdom of Parthia. She is famous for her smashing victory at the Nile Delta on 177 BC, which routed the army of the Seleucid Egyptians with a mere 541 loses to her own troops. She would be the first of the Yavbek Dynasty, which would last till 120 AD with the Disaster at the Bosporus.

Queen Hasina I. Sultanovic of Bosnia

 

[AltoRegnant]

Queen Hasina I. Sultanovic of Bosnia

The first queen of the modern Kingdom of Bosnia, after the collapse of the EU following the New Great Depression. The UK fell into a Neo-absolutist party around King Charles III. Queen Hasina expanded Bosnian influence in the Balkan as the premier power while Greece and Turkey were in turmoil.

Cynwulf Anglerchs, First Emperor of Prydain, Catholic Saint

 

[Heldenhammer]

The first queen of the modern Kingdom of Bosnia, after the collapse of the EU following the New Great Depression. The UK fell into a Neo-absolutist party around King Charles III. Queen Hasina expanded Bosnian influence in the Balkan as the premier power while Greece and Turkey were in turmoil.

Cynwulf Anglerchs, First Emperor of Prydain, Catholic Saint

Often referred to as the 1st War Pope, Cynwulf was the first of the Harlechian Dynasty. In a decade, the small kingdom of Harlech united all the British Isles, outside of the Norman Kingdom of Cornwall, and established the Empire of Prydain in 1088. In 1096, he led an ambitious campaign across the Channel into Flanders, conquering the Catholic kingdom after the collapse of the HRE. After this conquest, he became a patron of the arts and the church, sponsoring several different Cathedrals across Prydain. Then, in 1100, devastating news came from Rome. The Calpihate of Marrakesh, resurgent after its defeat in Iberia, had successfully sacked Rome, killing the Pope in a lightning quick raid and occupying southern Italy. Christianity was paralyzed, and many bishops and cardinals sought out the support of their monarches to become the new Pope. Many weaker states eagerly took the chance, and threatened to engulf Europe in a religious civil war.

Cynwulf took the chance to unite the bishops of Prydain and Flanders under one movement that advocated a united Christendom. He managed to gain the support of the Normans and the southern Franks, along with many Italians, and sponsored the creation of a new Papal State in Llyn Dain. With his movement becoming popular in Europe, and many bishops giving up their claims to the Papal 'Throne', Cynwulf was made the new Pope in 1118 at the age of 45. Merging his movement for a united Christendom with the fear of a Muslim conquest of Europe, Cywnulf led the 1st Crusade of 1120 against the Moors in occupied Italy. He successfully liberated Rome, Naples, and Palermo after a mere year, and annexed Sicily and southern Italy into the Empire.

Cynwulf would die in 1130 in Harlech, and his death mourned across Europe. In his life time, he established an Empire that spanned the British Isles and parts of Italy, had shifted the center of Christian power to his lands, and made Prydrain a center of culture and learning. Yet it was his legacy that would have the greatest impact. Following his death, he broke traditio by making his son the next Pope, the dying wish of Europe's most popular and powerful man. Carrying on the legacy of his father, Cynwulf II conquered Cornwall and brought more of Italy into the fold, and his grandson, Cywnulf III, would be made Pope yet again! In 1244 AD, it was decreed that the title of Pope would be given to every Emperor of Prydain. Thus began the Era of Harlech, and the rise of Catholicism as it is known today: a religion built on war and created by the clever manipulations of man.

 

[AltoRegnant]

Often referred to as the 1st War Pope, Cynwulf was the first of the Harlechian Dynasty. In a decade, the small kingdom of Harlech united all the British Isles, outside of the Norman Kingdom of Cornwall, and established the Empire of Prydain in 1088. In 1096, he led an ambitious campaign across the Channel into Flanders, conquering the Catholic kingdom after the collapse of the HRE. After this conquest, he became a patron of the arts and the church, sponsoring several different Cathedrals across Prydain. Then, in 1100, devastating news came from Rome. The Calpihate of Marrakesh, resurgent after its defeat in Iberia, had successfully sacked Rome, killing the Pope in a lightning quick raid and occupying southern Italy. Christianity was paralyzed, and many bishops and cardinals sought out the support of their monarches to become the new Pope. Many weaker states eagerly took the chance, and threatened to engulf Europe in a religious civil war.

Cynwulf took the chance to unite the bishops of Prydain and Flanders under one movement that advocated a united Christendom. He managed to gain the support of the Normans and the southern Franks, along with many Italians, and sponsored the creation of a new Papal State in Llyn Dain. With his movement becoming popular in Europe, and many bishops giving up their claims to the Papal 'Throne', Cynwulf was made the new Pope in 1118 at the age of 45. Merging his movement for a united Christendom with the fear of a Muslim conquest of Europe, Cywnulf led the 1st Crusade of 1120 against the Moors in occupied Italy. He successfully liberated Rome, Naples, and Palermo after a mere year, and annexed Sicily and southern Italy into the Empire.

Cynwulf would die in 1130 in Harlech, and his death mourned across Europe. In his life time, he established an Empire that spanned the British Isles and parts of Italy, had shifted the center of Christian power to his lands, and made Prydrain a center of culture and learning. Yet it was his legacy that would have the greatest impact. Following his death, he broke traditio by making his son the next Pope, the dying wish of Europe's most popular and powerful man. Carrying on the legacy of his father, Cynwulf II conquered Cornwall and brought more of Italy into the fold, and his grandson, Cywnulf III, would be made Pope yet again! In 1244 AD, it was decreed that the title of Pope would be given to every Emperor of Prydain. Thus began the Era of Harlech, and the rise of Catholicism as it is known today: a religion built on war and created by the clever manipulations of man.

OOC: what happens if a daughter claims the crown?

 

[Heldenhammer]

OOC: what happens if a daughter claims the crown?

I like to think that since the Empire is a fairly educated place, its society is also more liberal than other medieval kingdoms. Plus, with the absolute power that the King and Pope wielded over Christendom and the Empire, the King can simply disband laws preventing a female from taking place. So if a daughter claims the crown, she would rule like those before her. Nobles may not like it, but what can they do? The Queen would command the loyalty of the army and have the love of the people, and an attack on the Pope would lead to excommunication and more. By tying the head of religion to the head of a state, the monarch guarantees its stability.