Tan Guoxian

"Class, you are very restless today." 
―Dr Tan, on noticing the slightest fidgeting of his subordinate commanders Dr. Tan Guoxian was a military General who served on the Mileage High Council in the days leading up to the Second Mileage War. 
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Dr Tan Guoxian was born into the realm of Eden during the height of the Horticultural Federation. Possessing a flair for research, Dr Tan enrolled in the High Conservatory of Research, attaining Master Gardening Certification in the field of Vineyard Research, and subsequently joining the Conservatory's faculty as a Research Associate. In the following years, he made several breakthroughs in the art of winemaking and practically revolutionised the industry with his research, yielding the Federation billions in revenue. 
This gained the attention of the scouting Imperial Gardening Council, who appointed Dr Tan to the Federation's Bureau of Research. Here, Dr Tan rose rapidly in the ranks of the Federation, eventually becoming promoted to the rank of Secretary of the Bureau of Research, a rank that placed him on the Council itself.
=== Rise to Power ===
The Bureau of Research thrived under Dr Tan's command, as he received the full support of then-Gardener Prime Charmaine Chiang. An increasing proportion of Federation budget and manpower was allocated to Research by Chiang, and by the time Dr Tan was a year into his term, the Bureau had nearly doubled in size. This drew the disdain of the senior and conservative Master Gardeners, who viewed research as 'insult to sacred and long-standing gardening traditions'. By the time Tan Chiew Sern was elected to the office of Gardener Prime, over half of the Imperial Gardening Council was in opposition of the Bureau of Research's growing opposition, and Chiew Sern was pressured into slicing their budgets.
===Defection===
Much to Dr Tan's dissatisfaction, Lord Chiew Sern continued to introduce policies that were punitive to the Research Bureau, but with the full support of the Council, there was little Guoxian could do. Dr Tan began to grow close to other Federation malcontents, and eventually came into contact with the Mileage High Council. As time passed, he eventually began conspiring with Mileage Overlord Adithyaa Ganasekar
===Acquiring the Milestones===
The Mileage High Council placed Dr Tan Guoxian as the leading agent in charge of acquiring the Milestones from the Realm Sovereigns, which were required to resurrect the banished Mileage Emperor Lim Kien Mau.
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