Prophet Robert Collins

Prophet Robert Collins is the leader or "Prophet" of the Church of Yelloman. He is the absolute leader of all church forces, although he directs a few operations to members of his inner circle, referred to as Yelloman's Chosen . 
==Background==
===Birth===
Robert Joseph Collins was born on October 24th 1980 to two unknown parents. Little is known about his early childhood, other than the fact that he was born in the Kodiak Oblast and lived there for the first 15 years of his life. 
It is presumed he lived a modest life with his family, and it is unknown how he first heard of the Church of Yelloman.
===Arrival in the Church & Kodiak Civil War===
Collins arrived in the Church around the age of 15 and was immediately indoctrinated into the community. He saw limited fighting during the Kodiak Uprising against forces of the Kodiak Oblast, and would later remark that this period "made [him] know that my purpose was to be the sword of Yelloman." 
As the Kodiak Uprising ended and morphed into the Kodiak Civil War, Collins was even more heavily involved in the church's doings. He was a squad leader of a group of younger fighters, referred to as "Yelloman's Scouts" and would eagerly take part in the war against Only the Hated. Collins claims to have been present at the First Battle of Borough against the Kodiak Oblast, before later enaging in several skirmishes against forces of Only the Hated in West Kodiak. 
=== The April Coup ===
Collins around this time saw the failings of church leader Chuck Temple and saw that in order to save the Church he would have to take command of it himself. Collins also claimed himself to be a true prophet of Yelloman, having heard decrees from him about needing to save the Church and protect his followers. In light of this, Collins would gather his personal friends and those who he could convince to join his movement against Chuck Temple. He built up his following until it reached nearly 40 strong and then told them about their mission.
He gathered his followers on a cliff near Fort Fides in the shadow of Mount Temple (later renamed Mount Aprilis) and informed them of their mission to remove Chuck Temple and take control of the Church in order to save it. Collins recalled from his speech in the Yelloman writing The Voice of the Sun that he told his followers "Today begins a new day of the Church. I have been told by our Father above, our beloved Yelloman, that Temple cannot continue to hold power within the church. He has lead us into defeat after defeat, losing Anton, Southwest Kodiak, East Kodiak, and now he wants us to lose our Monaska Mountains? No more my friends! He has strayed from Yelloman's path, and Yelloman needs a new man to replace the old and corrupted Temple! If you are with me, we march to Solis and take back control for the righteous!"
As Collins forced marched towards Citadel Solis from Fort Fides they were approached by several Yelloman militias, who were convinced to join Collins' movement as he told them of prophecies and charmed them. As Collins and his followers reached Citadel Solis they now numbered 65. Citadel Solis was, as claimed by Collins, "garrisoned by at least 40 fools too corrupted by Temple to see the truth" who were determined to hold down the Citadel at all costs. On the night of April 11th Collins proclaimed that Yelloman would cover the area in fog in order to conceal their approach and more easily take the fort. On the morning of April 12th Collins and his followers found the area to be obscured by a dense fog that had arrived from a storm in the early hours of the morning. In light of this, Collins and his followers prepared to storm the Citadel.
What became known as the Battle of Citadel Solis was in reality a half hour brutal confrontation between Collins numerically superior forces and the minimal amount of men Temple had convinced to stay and defend him. Collins' forces easily pushed these men from their defenses and chased them as they fled into the hills. Collins and his close entourage entered the room Temple was hiding in and captured him as well as a few of his close friends. Temple's followers would continue their fight in the hills for many hours but soon ran out of ammunition. By midnight the entire area was under firm control of Collins' and his followers and they began the process of transitioning the church to Collins' control.
Collins and Yelloman's Chosen ran a 'trial' on Chuck Temple that found him accused of failing Yelloman and his followers, as well as for causing the loss of nearly all Church territory. Temple was found guilty of all charges and was sentenced to death by Yelloman's Chosen. Several accounts claim that the execution was carried out by Collins himself with his bare hands. Collins himself reports in The Voice of the Sun that, "Having decided that Temple was to be killed for his misdeeds, I felt a responsibility to take his life myself. I admit to you that I gave way to rage, abandoning the pistol that would have taken his life in favor of my fists that pounded his body until it was deformed and lifeless." Temple's body was later thrown off of Mount Temple, which after the incident, was renamed Mount Aprilis.
===Initial Acts as Prophet===
==== Reforming the Armed Forces ====
Collins' first acts as Prophet and leader of the Church were to change the methods used to fight against their attackers in the Monaska Expedition. He switched their methods from attempting to hold the entire territory to a style more similar to guerilla warfare, sending groups of no more than 10 men into the mountains and giving them free reign to attack their enemies at will. This switch in doctrine would lead to 8 years of brutal combat in the mountains for almost no gain on either side. His new reign would also see an increase in brutality in the behavior of the troops, who were now more prone to executions and torture of enemies than they were before. In addition to this, Collins accessed WW2 era US Army arm dumps to more uniformly arm the soldiers of the Church of Yelloman, making the M1 Garand the primary rifle. In addition to standardizing equipment, Collins sought to make the Army of the Sun more closely represent a real armed force, instituting yellow into the uniform as a show of religious pride and to distinguish all fighters as part of the same force. This was largely thanks to the yellow flowers that grew commonly in the Monaska Mountains, that could be turned into yellow dye to create uniforms. 
==== Peace Negotiations ====
Episodes of brutality and irregular warfare would ultimately be what lead to the end of the Monaska Expedition, and by extension the Kodiak Civil War. Collins made a tenuous peace with the Kodiak Oblast who soon withdrew their troops, leaving Only the Hated alone in the campaign in the Monaska Mountains. Only the Hated would be forced to withdraw now that they could no longer count on support from the Kodiak Oblast. Collins and his associates soon set up the Fort Fides peace talks, which created a period of peace between the Church of Yelloman and their enemies, as well as formalizing their alliance with the United Commonwealth.
===Church Expansion===
After the conclusion of the Kodiak Civil War, Robert Collins made contact with the newly arrived United Commonwealth and made plans with them to take back some territory that had been lost in the war, most notably the area between Anton and the Monaska Mountains. These new seizures of territory would see a limited revival in conflict between Only the Hated and the Church, but ultimately the Church was able to hold onto these new territories despite aggression from Only the Hated. The Church would not make any efforts to regain any territory close to the Kodiak Oblast, as they had a written agreement to end hostilities, as well as not wanting to spark any further conflict. 
===Yelloman's Chosen===
Yelloman's Chosen refers to the inner circle of Prophet Robert Collins, whom are trusted friends of his that handle key aspects of Church operations, such as the militant forces or the sermons. The alleged members of Yelloman's Chosen include:
*Prophet Robert Collins 
*"Annette" 
*Acolyte Samuel Murdoch 
*Jacob Lee 
*Michael Reed 
*Leon Mariana (Leader of Yelloman's Missionaries)
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