Fliora

"We are all going to lose, and its going to shit!" - General Fliora during the 2nd Battle of OlavFliora of Alzenau was a medic and an officer in the Borian Army during the Borian War. Fliora was often teased with his feminine name. Fliora was a very competent medic when he was actually trying. Fliora became notorious during the Siege of Lohensloss, when Fliora mercilessly killed wounded in order to spread diseases in the enemy castle. Fliora was also the nurse of Octavio Perickard.
As Fliora was of peasant origin and didn't have a surname, he was named after his home village, Alzenau. However, Fliora is incredibly rich having received a massive allowance from his gaffer Octavio.
==Borian War early phase==
Fliora, alongside Erich of Wielen, was assigned as a bodyguard to Sergeant Grisweld Mittelhoss, who was considered to be an experienced officer. Fliora was also the Company Medic and Grisweld's personal doctor. Fliora was teased by Erich, because Fliora had a particularily feminine name. Fliora was upset about this, but still befriended Erich. Fliora and Erich were overprotective of their superior (Grisweld) to the point of being ubnoxious. Thus Fliora was often dismissed by Grisweld.
Fliora's unit participated in the Siege of Lohensloss, where Fliora was tasked with bio-warfare. He was tasked with spreading any disease inside the enemy held castle. Fliora proceeded to slaughter wounded men of the Borian Army and shot them over the walls. This earned Fliora the nickname 'Butcher of Lohensloss'. Fliora became infamous and feared among his own men he was supposed to take care of. The Siege of Lohensloss was largely abandoned and Fliora's unit traveled to rest at the city of Hammon. There Fliora helped the local hospital at curing patients. Fliora helped them, however, he didn't receive any pay for his unit was forced to march to Wolfsee. At Wolfsee, Fliora rested waiting for the upcoming battle.
During the Battle of Wolfsee, Fliora managed to slay two foes, which granted him some prestige among the men, more notably, Fliora healed many wounded men of his company.
After Wolfsee, Fliora's superior Grisweld became a renown officer in the Borian Army. The company captain, Drekkar, recommended Grisweld's promotion and thus Grisweld was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, however this promotion was brief as soon Grisweld was promoted to Captain. Fliora was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and accompanied his superior when Grisweld was chosen to become part of the Royal Guard of King Charles. At the Royal Keep, Fliora tried to flirt with noble women, but was unsuccessful at this. Fliora also studied and trained to become quite skilled warrior. Fliora also served as the castle doctor healing many nobles during his time there. At one point, King Octavio of Olav visited the castle. Fliora and Erich were "adopted" by Octavio, but this was not recognized by anyone else but Octavio. Octavio gave the two of them over $1000, which made Fliora very rich and raised his status.
Following this, Fliora joined the First Siege of High Castle, but didn't take part in anything of note. However, during the siege, Fliora sabotaged Grisweld's book about the Borian War. Grisweld ripped away the page that Fliora sabotaged. Fliora blamed Grisweld of censorship and later Court Martialed Grisweld. Succeeding the Siege, Fliora was laid off the army. Fliora decided to join Erich and together they sailed across the seas of Edelmaa with a captain by the name of Kalesh.
==Redraft==
Fliora was redrafted into the army in 294, when news of King Jiri's early arrival becane to spread. Fliora was assigned to become a soldier in the Olav Castle, where Fliora became the nurse of King Octavio. Fliora committed many annoying pranks with Octavio, which made him hated among the castle guard.
Fliora fought in the Battle of Olav and managed to kill 4 men. This made Fliora respected among the Olav Castle guard, however, Fliora's subsequent pranks once again made the men dislike him. Fliora was then transfered to the Paul Royar regiment.
== 2nd Battle of Olav ==
Fliora was demoted to the rank of corporal by the commander of the castle garrison Jorn Perickard. Jorn hated Fliora, for together with Octavio, Fliora pulled many pranks against the army garrison including Jorn. One time they shot a man in the foot with an arrow and once they almost drowned a guard in the moat of the castle. Jorn demoted Fliora, but this demotion was contested by the senile Octavio. Octavio, being a King, could not be contested by his grandson Jorn. The senile Octavio proceeded to promoted Fliora to the rank of General and commander of the castle garrison. Jorn was abashed by this and became increasingly more wrathful towards Fliora.
At the time of Fliora's promotion to general, the Castle was under siege. The forces of David Lange had besieged the castle, however, the besieged garrison didn't know who was sieging them. They only deduced, that it was the Cannibal Demon Army. Fliora, being a combat veteran and an actual officer (being lieutenant previously), knew somethings about the art of war. He had been present at the First Siege of High Castle, and probably witnessed there, how boring and arduous a long siege is. He experienced first hand, how the encamped men have very little to do and that their morale is very low. Fliora decided to use this to his advantage and determined to sally out against the enemy.
Fliora gathered the entire 500 man garrison and formed them into four groups. First group 150 men strong that were equipped with cavalry and heavy armour, second group 150 men strong equipped with minimal armour and on foot, third group 150 men strong equipped with light infantry armour and on foot and the last group about 50 men strong fitted with good armor and remained in the castle.
Fliora sent out 3 scouts to recon the enemy encampments. The enemy had taken position on at least 5 different locations and each location varied in strength. Fliora wanted to assure, that he could focus the bulk of his troops where the enemy had. Fliora knew, that the enemy was vastly more superior in numbers and that he could not afford a field battle. Fliora began the assault and personally lead the cavalry charge upon the western camp beside the road. The infantry numbering 300 men combined charged the eastern camp. The charge was incredibly successful and the enemy was completely demolished from both camps. Fliora then pulled back his infantry to guard the road back to the castle, whilst he himself charged the fully intact cavalry unit up a hill, that hosted another encampment. This charge proved to be a mistake, as it was raining and dark, thus the horses slipped and overall it was very hard to scale the hill. The final death stroke came, when the cavalry reached the top only to find a spear wall that engaged the cavalry forces in a counter attack. Fliora's cavalry suffered immense casualties and Fliora ordered a withdrawal back to the infantry. When Fliora reached the infantry, he ordered all units to retreat back to the castle which turned into a chaotic rout back to the castle. Fliora's men were stuck in a huge congestion. What made matters worse, was that the enemy had charged Fliora's men from behind sandwiching them in the middle of the overcrowded drawbridge and the enemy. Fliora's rear troops, the cavalry was absolutely butchered but they heroically delayed the enemy enough, that the infantry could reached the safety of the castle.
Much to Fliora's dismay, his men thought he was Jorn, as Jorn was supposed to be the commander of the castle guard. The news of Fliora's promotion to general was not yet spread enough. Thus the credit of the battle was given to Jorn, until Fliora broke the news and told the truth. This victory made the men respect Fliora once again.
=== The Battle inside the castle ===
The battle was thought to be over, but it wasn't. Fliora's men began celebrating their magnificent victory, but the enemy began to scale the walls. Brutal and bloody battle began on the battlements of the castle. The battle was tough and many men fled deeper inside the castle, Fliora included. Fliora spent his time inside the castle hall, where he slept. When Fliora finally woke up properly and joined his men in the battle, he worsened the situation. After seeing the enemy numbers inside the courtyard, Fliora cried out "We are all going to lose, and this is going to shit!". This obviously had deteriorating impact on his men's morale. However, the men kept fighting. Jorn, still full of choler, attacked Fliora, blaming everything on him. An intense duel ensued between Fliora, Jorn and Fliora's guard and Jorn's guard. Both suffered grave wounds, but were stopped by Octavio.
=== Aftermath of the Battle ===
When Fliora regained consciousness, he was at the hospital ward. The castle guard, with the help of Paul Royar, had defeated the enemy and pushed them back. Jorn challenged Fliora to a duel, which Fliora accepted to fight after the war was over. Jorn approved this and the duel was set. Fliora became semi-recognized General in the Borian Army, though nobody recognized his means of becoming a general. Fliora still held command of the castle garrison and received 75 men as reinforcements for he had only 200 men left, most of which were wounded.
== Last Campaign ==
Fliora was ordered to join the upcoming campaign, that was generally thought to be the most decisive campaign of the war. Everybody knew, that the next battle was to be fought by the full forces of the Royal Army and the Borian Army and neither side was willing to retreat. Fliora was one of the three generals of the Borian Army, the two others being Gotthard and Pichet. Though Fliora's superiors were still Lord-General Soliar and Field Marshal Shankar.
At Keriff, the officers met and planned the upcoming battle. All important figures of the Borian Army were present at the meeting, including Fliora's old superior Major Grisweld Mittelhoss. Fliora was assigned to command in the left flank of the Borian Army under the direct command of Soliar Varjangaria. However, after some conversations, it was deemed that Fliora was inadqeuate of command and was demoted to the rank of Second-Lieutenant. He was then assigned to Grisweld's Blackguard Penal Battalion.
=== The Battle of Eion Valley ===
Fliora's participation in the battle itself was minimal. He served as the aide of Grisweld and the doctor of Griweld's unit the Blackguard Penal Battalion. Fliora didn't really aid Grisweld much and hang back occasionally healing the wounded troops. At one point, Grisweld sent Fliora to search for commander Munch, who was in command of one of Grisweld's companies. Fliora went to search for Munch but couldn't find him anywhere. Soon, the enemy army managed to breakthrough the allied unit behind of which Fliora was searching. Fliora was wounded and trampled by the enemy soldiers, which damaged Fliora badly.
Fliora was however found lying in the ground by Sir Lothbrok Voorst, the Worvian Regent. Lothbrok thought, that Fliora was an officer, which Fliora indeed was being a Second-Lieutenant, but Fliora lied. Lothbrok lost interest and was about to execute Fliora, when Fliora told them that he was a doctor. Lothbrok decided to spare Fliora as the army was in dire need of doctors. Thus Fliora was saved and after recovering, he spent the rest of the war healing Royal Army soldiers and effectively defected to the opposing side. 
After the war, Fliora properly enlisted in the Royal Army and eventually became a captain in the Midlands Guard. Category:Characters
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