[center][h3][b]Friedrich len Ruthweiler, the Black Prince[/b][/h3]
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[b]Age:[/b] 39

[b]Caste:[/b] Royalty (Second son of His Majesty the Emperor)

[b]Occupation:[/b] Prime Minister of the Holy Rozarrian Empire, second only to his father, the Emperor. Titled as the Archduke of Ruthweiler, and Margrave of Nezannia. He also has considerable influence in the largest companies in the Empire, mainly due to being the primary investor for them, and is said to be the most wealthy man in the nation not currently sitting on a throne.

[b]Description:[/b] Prince Friedrich is known to be appealing in both appearance and personality, reputed to be handsome, charming, friendly, and sociable. He has quite a talent for convincing others to see things his way, and at giving people an impression that his ideas were theirs. Nor is he superficial; he may be the shrewdest statesman of this generation, and it is through his sheer competence that the Empire continues to run smoothly.

But those who know him personally often attest him to be frighteningly chilly. Beneath his gentlemanly demeanor, he cold, calculating, and ruthless to a fault. His tenure as Prime Minister has seen some of the worst horrors in the history of the Empire, with his main policy being the advancement of the nation's goals, regardless of cost or sacrifice. Deep down, there is not a shred of empathy in him.

[b]Biography:[/b] Friedrich Odmar len Ruthweiler was born in the year 97 (after the coronation of the first Emperor) in the ancestral family castle of Ruthweiler. His father was the future emperor, Norman len Ruthweiler. As third in line for the throne, he was afforded a very demanding education, one that he thrived in. His tutors commended his quickness of mind and his cleverness, while his older brother, the Crown Prince, did no better than mediocre in his own education.

When his father succeeded to the throne, Friedrich was 19 years old, and serving in the officer corps of the Imperial Army, as was custom for royals. He participated in the second Livonian-Rozarrian War, and was attached to the army which marched into the Livonian metropolis of Cozen, a mere two weeks after the begining of the war. Within another week, the war was over, the Empire had annexed a full third of the old Livonian Federation, and Prince Friedrich found himself covered in commendations. For his contribution to the war, he was awarded the Margravate of Nezannia, formed from one of the Livonian nations conquered in the war.

Though the Nezannians were rebellious and practically rioting against their annexation, within five years he had pacified it into one of the stablest Inferior provinces of the Empire. The Emperor, always with an eye for talent and needing a competent right hand to deal with the machinations of the nobility in Parliament, appointed the Black Prince Prime Minister of the Empire. He quickly brought the regime efficiency it had not known it decades.

One of the earliest crisis he had to deal with was the clamoring of an agressive noble faction, headed by the Crown Prince, that the Empire invade Xiang. A large part of the Imperial Army was of like mind, and even the Emperor was inclined to agree with the proposal. Friedrich gave his silent approval, more convinced by the need to distract the nobility with something than any real inclination to take over the Heavenly Kingdom. When the resulting war turned into the thirteen year bungle that has continued to this day, the Black Prince blamed the incompetence of the Crown prince for the debacle, much to the latter's humiliation. This began a longstanding feud between the two.

Today, Prince Friedrich still serves the Empire as the most competent Prime Minister in living memory. Currently, he is in Xiang, directing a campaign against the still=resisting republic there.

[b]Motivation:[/b] Prince Friedrich is remarkably indifferent about almost everything. His one purpose is the advancement of the Empire: if he could accomplish this by helping the people out of poverty, he would do so. If he could accomplish it by massacring every last citizen, he would also do so, without so much as hesitation. In pursuit of the glory of the Empire, there is nothing he will not do.