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Vallagne Mayoral Primary, 1927
SmokingGear replied to forwhatpvrpose's topic in The Capital City of Vallagne
GOVERNMENT NAME: Ivar Mösu, Aetheling of Nordvegr SUMMER’S OLD (AGE): 21-ish DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A CITIZEN OF PETRA?: I live in petra so I do VOTE GRANTED TO CANDIDATE: Joseph Mösu ((MC NAME: )) Smoking_Gear -
Redclyfian Treaty of Valfleur | 1922
SmokingGear replied to Chorale__'s topic in The Petran Government
It took Ivar several read-throughs before he was finally able to understand the entirety of the document's contents. Upon his understanding, he beamed proudly for not only his Brother's achievements, but of the future this document promises for his people. -
Baldovino sat in a rocking chair on the rooftop of an inn he had come to call his home. As he stared out at the sunset falling below the horizon, he thought back to where his life had taken him. The last of his family and the only remnant of the once respectable Navarro Trading Company. A life that should have been filled with the prosperousness of his family business, reduced to a frail old man, enjoying the sunset one last time. He had certainly tried to rebuild the Navarro name. Once not only the founder of a new Newspaper, but the Lord Castellan of the once mighty Castle Puremont, home of the Keen family. Through tragedy, rebellion, and rebuilding did he try. It would seem however, that those above would never allow Baldovino to fulfill his dream of restoring his family name. Even his journeys across the sea proved fruitless, leaving him in this small forgotten port, his stories ready to be lost to the passing of time. He finished one last letter, and had an attendant at the inn send them for him. He would never know if his letters would get to the people that had impacted his life so greatly, if they even still lived, but he was content in the fact that as his last breath approached, the faces and names of those he cared for filled his mind. There were many a things that he would have done differently could he rewind the clock. But alas, the sands of time flow unending, and no mere frail old man would change that. And so, with his final sigh, Baldovino watched the last light of day disappear over the waves, never to see them rise again.
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Baldovino was born the heir to the Navarro Company in the southern regions of The Holy Oren Empire. His father, Massimo was a dedicated family man, if a little strict. While most childhood affection came from his mother, Alisandre, it was obvious to Baldovino that while it was never stated out right, Massimo cared for him in his own special way. As soon as Baldovino was old enough, Massimo began having him be educated in the ways of higher society and how to manage the company as Massimo expected Baldovino to finally expand the company beyond the township of his birth and the neighboring villages, maybe even the nearby Capital of New Providence. While his training progressed steadily, one day while he was sparring with his tutor, Baldovino made the unfortunate error of stepping on a stake that had slithered onto the training grounds. After being bitten by the snake, Baldovino was beddridden due to the snake’s poison for several months. While he would recover more or less unharmed, the leg he was bitten in, his left, would forever be weakened due to the initial effects of the poison. Once this crisis was averted, Baldovino’s education got back on track, and things were running smoothly towards him taking over the company and eventually leading it to grandeur. A celebration was held on his 18th birthday to not only celebrate the occasion of his birth, but of him officially becoming the new head of the company. For the first few years, things went very well for the company and it looked like Massimo’s investment in his son would pay off handsomely. Unfortunately, around Baldovino’s 21st birthday, things did not go quite as planned. Baldovino’s younger brother, Severus, had been siphoning money from the company to fund an underground human trafficking ring for several years. Once the ring was uncovered by authorities, all of the Navarro Company’s assets were seized and the family was ruined. The family cut ties from Severus but due to the ruined reputation of the Navarro Company, it was too little too late. While the company did achieve several minor contracts in the attempt to restart things, Baldovino’s parents ended up being killed in a fire that burned down their home. With his home and remaining family gone, Baldovino took the last of his belongings and moved on from his home town, swearing to not only restore the Navarro name, but restart the Navarro Company and bring it back to it’s former glory.
