Douglas Rioux

== Birth and Early Life ==
Douglas, Duke of Bohm-Rioux, is the son of Novac's founder Peter Rioux and his wife, the then-Hybretian ambassador Keila of Tysos. Douglas's father died when he was two years old, and bounced around to various posts with his mother until 252.
In 253 his mother married King Laszlo VI, and he was adopted by the King. When the Duke of Bohm died without heir, he was given the lands as the Duke of Bohm-Rioux.
When he entered school, Douglas immediately started causing problems through his outspoken support for democracy and republicanism, which repeatedly landed him in hot water. In late 260, he published a piece in his school paper criticizing the Empire of Avalon, Empire of Cordolva, and Hybro-Gorathic Empire.
== Adulthood ==
Much to the chagrin of his step father, Douglas became a heavily involved member of the Varrenian Liberal Party, though not supporting calls for the overthrow of the Monarchy and a declaration of a Republic due to his family. 
Douglas began work on a biography of his father when he was 14 as a way to understand the man he barely knew. Meticulously researched, the book was finished in late 261 and detailed the life story of Peter and his founding of Novac. The book was then published in June of 262, to the high praise of the Novacian people.
== Politics ==
Douglas returned to Novac in 270, immediately working his way to the top of the Novacian Liberation Front in the Civil War. After the war, he ran for Chancellor and won by a landside in the first free elections after the war. His Velvet-Gloved approach and centrist economic policies made him wildly popular in his two terms.
== Later Life and Death ==
During his first year as Chancellor in 270, Douglas married Lenora Caestor-Volinas, a part of the Hybretian Royal Family. 
After his time as Chancellor, Douglas retired to a quiet farm outside Montgomery. He had a single child with Lenora, named Ezra after his grandfather whom he never met. His final years were spent as an advocate for peace in the Republic and the importance of remembering history. Douglas Rioux died in 331KOR at the age of 85. His death is attributed to a pulmonary embolism leading to heart attack.
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