Cornis, Crown Prince of Hybretia

Cornis, Prince Imperial, Prince of Taris and Archduke of Gorathica, also known informally as the Emperor who never was, was the Crown Prince of the Imperial Union until his sudden death in 311KOR during the Siege of Dalovsk.
A highly literate liberal, Cornis was a vocal supporter of the Union Social Alliance during the Tense 90s. His support proved vital to continued success in the 296 and 298 elections, however the Alliance collapsed over disagreements between the Social Democrats and Liberals, resulting in the Royalist Union Party resurging in the 300 elections.
The Crown Prince was very active in the 300s, conducting diplomacy with the United Federal Commonwealth and Second Kygonese Empire. He actively fought against Union intervention in the Great Northern War. He also was in vocal support of continued efforts to dismantle the military and increase freedom for the Hybroikoi.
When war broke out with the Templari'i Republic and the enemy invaded Kolangrad on 25th May 311, Cornis took control of the 84th Battalion in the Defense of Dalovsk, leading the charge into Battle on 2nd June. International pressure began to mount against the war, as the Kordynians, Garmanese, Gretians, Kygonese, and Novacians tried to force peace. The Hybretians attempted one last major offensive to try and win the war and acheive their anti-Templari'i goals as opposed to agreeing to an armistice. On June 27th the Hybretian army tried a massive push against the Templari'i line, initially creating a bulge in the line, before being routed when a Templari'i Unit managed to get artillery operational. The Crown Prince was killed by artillery fire, causing the Hybretians to flee the field.
== Legacy ==
The Crown Prince's death lead to the Hybretian agreement in the Treaty of Trier, a humiliating diplomatic loss to the Templari'i. Containment was abandoned as an Anti-Templari'i policy, and the ruling Social Democrats began to suffer electoral losses. Hybretian losses to the Nichibotsu in the concurrent Nichibotsu-Kolanski Colonial War lead to their ultimate defeat and the political weakness of the Empress.
A distraught Empress Lenara sat out the Third Great War, and she was increasingly opposed by Cornis's ultra conservative son Basilean. In 318 Basilean had his grandmother ousted, and became Emperor Basilean IV & II.