Diego Velasco

[[File:Legate Diego Velasco.png|thumb|Diego Velasco in a high-ranking officer uniform during Operation Drunken Bargainings.]]Diego Velasco was an officer from Amarillo, in Eldham, spending most of his career with the rank of Legate.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Not much is known of Velasco's early life or origins. He was for sure born somewhere in Amarillo, under the Kingdom but before 160 TE, though nothing else is known from his birth or childhood.
=== Officer in the Amarillian army ===
At an unknown age, Velasco enlisted in the Amarillian military and climbed up the rank, eventually becoming a Legate, the highest regular rank in the amarillian army. As a Legate, he was one of the main officers of the Amarillian army, and accompanied King Soronaca I de Porphyropolis on many occasions. 
Most notably, he was with the walrus in Valreach when he discovered Delta Aulian's tomb had been violated. He served as his second in command in the subsequent march on New Yoake, to take the King's wife's corpse back to her grave, and witnessed resurrected Delta's walk to the Amarillian army, alive.
Besides the fact he had cordial and even according to some friendly relations with king Soronaca and the de Porphyropolis family, not much else is known from his life until the Second Civil War. During the civil war, he supported Empress Connie Aulian out of loyalty for the royal family until all hope was lost. He then left with a military ship to Porphyropolis, where he was the first to carry the news of the Empress' defeat and death.
=== Mount Morado ===
After the civil war and Amarillo's division in two states, Velasco stayed in the Kingdom of Amarillo, where he became Virrey (governor) Soronaca's right hand man and second in command for most military matters.
Velasco was one of the officers who pushed for the paleonthological expedition to Mount Morado.For this and a good part of what follows, see Soronaca's storylines :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eMG6RGqDkmj7pYG0OoOzTcxpl4yXNqll_cARIyp22vg/edit?usp=sharing He was chosen by his peers to lead the expedition, and managed to lead most of the fleet back home safely despite the volcanic eruption of Mount Morado, that no Amarillian knew was a volcano. Afterwards, he tried as he could to help Soronaca deal with the famine risk caused by the repeated eruptions, but like everyone else, he was helpless. During the meeting infiltrated by Amarilla Montaña, he was skeptical about the girl's sanity, but didn't question the Governor and Queen's choice to listen to her and sacrifice a horse, as she had advised, to obtain goddess Arose's favours and maybe stop the eruptions.
=== Unofficial regent ===
At the time of the sacrifice, Soronaca, as Virrey de las Islas Doradas and Consul, was one of the co-leaders of both the Republic and the Kingdom of Amarillo. Though, after having had clear visions, similar to Amarilla Montaña's visions about Arose, about his wife Delta, and his interpretation of these vision confirmed by the Oracle of Arose, Soronaca organised a huge exploration expedition to the south, to find his wife back and discover new allies and trade routes, as well as make scientific discovery. To replace him as he could within legality during his absence, especially in the Republic, but in the Kingdom as well, Soronaca gave his trust to Velasco.
As such, Velasco, with other Amarillian and Drakaen officials, led both Amarillian states' diplomatic and military efforts trying to prevent Romantello from seceding to Pasifa, and through the tied diplomatic efforts with Valreach in the same period, playing a key role in Operation Drunken Bargainings but also in all the lead-up to it. Busy with those international matters, he most likely didn't participate in the civil war of the Last Cycle, letting Consul Liliana de las Mareas lead the Republic of Amarillo through it.
After Soronaca came back from his trip, he stood back to be his right-hand man again, letting him manage most of the operations.
=== Later life ===
As one of Porphyropolis' most important characters, Diego Velasco most likely was present at the weddings of Queen Josefina. What happened to him afterwards is unknown, though it can be assumed he either continued his politico-military career in Amarillo or retired.
=== Personal life ===
Velasco's personal life is unknown, other than the fact he lived in Porphyropolis after the Second Civil War. It is even unknown if he ever was married or had any children.
== Notes ==
Category:Amarillo
Category:Drakaes
Category:Characters
Category:Traveler's Era