Parsifal Garver

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.”
 -Parsifal Garver
== History ==
A bright young man born to the nobility, Parsifal Garver was fast tracked to success. He attended the Hauptstadt Academy for the Sciences, where he excelled, and was subsequently appointed to the diplomatic corps. He first served in the embassy in Ragnarok, a post that was considered easy and inconsequential, before being promoted to Ambassador to Ragnarok. When a vacancy opened up at the embassy to World's End, he lobbied hard for the job, despite its difficult, importance, and his own relative lack of qualifications. His connections and charm were enough to earn him the post, and he served well. From there, he was appointed to become the youngest Minister of Foreign Affairs in the history of the Reich. And yet he is ambitious still, and has set his sight on the highest office in the land - Kaiser of the Reich. Whether he must marry Reise Forrawyn, or succeed her after her death, matters not to him. 
== Personality ==
Witty and urbane, Parsifal Garver is a polyglot well-versed in the art of negotiation. He is an eager student of other cultures, considering himself a citizen of the world. If he has a fault, it is his distance from his country of birth, and he polite but ill-disguised contempt for the Hexenjägers. Though he knows the history of the War of the Philosopher-Kings, he does not take the warnings of the past seriously. From his respective, the Hexenjägers are an embarrassing subject matter that he must often explain away when dealing with his counterparts in other nations. 
== The Great Awakening ==
Parisfal Garver would remain as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Alexander Braband, and receive the additional title of First Minister. After the fall of the Reich Nördlich at the hands of Nadezhda, he would negotiate a peace settlement in which the Reich Nördlich would become a province of Nadezhda. He himself would join the Nadezhdan Council of Ministers, as the representative of the new province. Category:Wild Abyss
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