Aurelio of the North

Aurelio of the North is a high-ranking military leader of Caesar's Legion and is the head commander of the Army of the North and the military governor of the Legion's Northern Territories in the Pacific Northwest. He assumed control over the Army of the North in 2278 and became isolated from the rest of the Legion after the deaths of Caesar and Lanius in 2281. After Aurelius of Phoenix was killed in 2282 at Nova Roma, he had to swear allegiance to the new Caesar of the Legion, Marius of Phoenix, which he did in accordance with Legion code.
His allegiance was abandoned once he heard of Marius' retreat from Arizona the destruction of the regional army in 2283 and the fall of Arizona to the New California Republic and its allies. Afterward, he proclaimed himself the new Caesar of the Legion and would lead the Army of the North against the NCR in his own personal war, one that he'd pay a heavy price in late 2283 during the NCR Northern Offensive. 
==History==
===Early Life and Childhood===
Aurelio of the North was born on August 23, 2242 in Two Sun (Tuscun), in the Arizona Province in the Legion's southern territories. He was born into a tribe that swore allegiance to the Legion once they conquered the region and established former Arizona as a province in their Southern Territories which also included New Mexico and Northern Mexico. At the age of 10, he was sent to train for military combat to become a Legionnaire and by age 19, he was the second in command of a Centurion stationed in Two Sun. 
===Northern Exploration===
Aurelio was chosen among many other Legionnaires by representatives from Nova Roma, the Legion capital, who were from Caesar's inner circle and had him and many others selected for the Northern Exploration, an exploration up north to the Pacific Northwest as a means of colonizing new land close to the NCR. Aurelio embarked on the trip in 2264 crossed the Midwestern territories and survived many skirmishes with militias from various settlements and those aligned with the Midwest Confederation. This earned him multiple promotions and he was a Centurion by the time he reached the Pacific Northwest in 2274. It was proclaimed the Northern Territories and he became a leading military figure in the Legion forces in the north now known as the Army of the North or the Northern Legion. 
===Leading the Territories===
Once the Northern Territories were established, Aurelio of the North continued rising through the ranks as a result of the high casualty rates sustained by the Legion forces during the expedition, but he trained the surviving Legion recruits and the new recruits from local settlements forced under Legion command. This grew the Army of the North fast and by 2278, it stood at around 48,000 men strong.
 
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