Fax Gallengrand

"There's no telling when this war will end. No matter how many troops the country deploys, the desert just absorbs them like water. We suffer, conquer, and what's left? Nothing but sand."
-Fax Gallengrand
== History ==
Fax Gallengrand was a nobleman in the old regime, referred to as the Jack of Clubs, to use the nomenclature of the cards. He was a creature of the First Lord, having been moulded to be a bland yet effective patrician-soldier. When the Doom struck, Fax Gallengrand was one of the few to still command an army of any size, and used it to secure as much territory as he could. He was quick to ally himself to Nim Lawfey, who made him the General of the Imperial Army. A steady hand and reassuring symbol of the past, Fax Gallengrand was instrumental to the stabilization of the Final Empire. When Silvius and Brennen rebelled, Fax Gallengrand commanded the war effort against them. His military record is disputed, some saying that he was the Final Empire’s last line of defense, and others saying he prolonged an unwinnable war at the cost of innocent lives. When it became clear that the rebellion would win, it was he, Nim Lawfey, and Corand who unanimously made the decision to surrender. Fax Gallengrand was retained as the General of the Army of the Southern Throne, and serves under the command of Twin-Emperor Silvius. 
== Personality ==
He is a self-composed and dignified man, with almost preternatural calm. A political general, he has a better head for logistics and grand strategy then for maneuvers and siegecraft, which he leaves largely in the hands of his staff. He is unconcerned about who sits the throne; having served under three emperors, he cares most about the survival of the Final Empire as a whole.  
Emperor Silvius privately held Gallengrand's abilities in contempt and derided him as an embodiment of petit-bourgeois philistinism. 
== War of the Philosopher-Kings ==
At the outbreak of the war, Fax Gallengrand was the General of the Army of the Southern Throne. Charged with protecting the eastern border, he would rely on his preferred defensive strategies to hold the line. Gallengrand would order his men to retreat before the Janissary advance, luring the Aglazderean troops deep into the forests and mountains of the Final Empire, where the local troops would fight back with tenacity and ingenuity. General Gallengrand would preside over one of the most static warzones, prioritizing the lives of his men and utilizing the Final Empire's vast expanse to swallow entire companies of Janissaries, hoping to drain them of their resources and will to fight. His strategy would be neither vindicated nor condemned, for Fax Gallengrand would perish during the Great Plague, and his legacy ignored in favor of the deeds of flashier and more outwardly heroic commanders. Category:Final Empire
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