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[b]Leader:[/b] Grand Duke Arthur Reinfred

[b]Age:[/b] 24

[b]Story:[/b] As the youngest  son of the King, Arthur was never expected to rule. And so, much of his youth was spent abroad studying, his three older brother's bearing all weight of royal responsibility. This drastically changed just a few months after his twentieth birthday, when a failed coup d'état plunged his home nation into a bitter civil war. His father and two brothers executed by the treacherous armies, and his third brother fled for his life, the leadership of the remaining loyalists fell to the young Arthur. Promising riches, Arthur hired a cohort of mercenaries and sailed homewards with all haste. Using the strategies he had studied abroad, Arthur was able to crush the rebels in less than a year, a brutal naval campaign quickly robbing the usurpers of supplies and support. Exiling his cowardly brother, and taking control of the nation himself, Arthur enacted a number of sweeping reforms, severely reducing the armies of the nation, as well as removing the title of King, instead taking the title "Grand Duke" for himself.  

[b]Beliefs:[/b] Brilliantly intelligent and cunning, Arthur has great ambitions for the Dukedom he has inherited, seeking to expand the nation and ensure it is never brought low by civil war again. While he prefers to use his silver tongue, Arthur commands a fearsome navy and stands ready to defend his nation's shores. 

[b]Appearance:[/b] 
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[b]Nation:[/b] Albion

[b]Flag:[/b]
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[b]History:[/b] The region that is now the Dukedom of Albion had long been home to a number of feuding kingdoms and fiefdoms. Centuries ago, a foreign ruler sought to add the island nation to his own domain, expecting the weak lesser kingdom's to fall easily to his armies. At first, the foreign army butchered their way across the land with ease, until they encountered the kingdom of Albion. The King of Albion, seeing the approaching danger, had rallied the surrounding fiefdoms and kingdoms to his cause, and so a great host stood in defence of Albion. The foreign king suffered a crushing defeat, from which he never recovered, his armies swept from the island and cast back into the sea from which they had come. Standing as the now undisputed leader of the region, the King of Albion bound the remaining lesser nation's under his rule, forging an empire that stood for generations. 
Sadly, recent centuries have had a toll on Albion. A proud, but stubborn people, the nation was slow to advance, and a string of weak rulers eventually led to open civil war. Following the bloody civil war, Albion is in a weakened state, but as the year 1800 dawns, Grand Duke Arthur stands ready to expand, the blood of his distant ancestor, the first King of Albion, coursing through his veins.

[b]Claim:[/b] 49, 53 and 54

[b]Military Strength:[/b] 

-1st Battle Fleet "[i]The Hellhounds[/i]" in Province 53

-2nd Battle Fleet "[i]Furies of Albion[/i]" in Province 54


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