Hamina

Hamina is the Master-Legionary of the Black Scions Legion as well as the highest authority in the Royal Army. Hamina is King Jiri's most trusted and loyal subordinate as she is the last living active officer from the Baathúr Warriors of the Edelmaa Great War. She is the best candidate for the role of Warmaster, however she declines the position. Even then, even the warmaster is obedient to Hamina.
== Origin ==
The Edelmaa Great War began In May 170, when Hamina was just 19 years old. At the time, Hamina was already a respected soldier in the Baathúr Warriors. She was an eager supporter of future campaigns lead by her liége, Jiri Baathúr, and enthusiastically joined the invasion force. During her maiden battle, the Battle of Hidden Island, she was disappointed to not find any enemies to kill as all enemies were felled before she could find them. Upset, she vowed to join the First Line the next time in battle, which she received few months later in the form of; Landing on Fon, where she was once again disappointed, as the city garrison surrendered.
She finally received combat in the Battle of Dives where she dueled and defeated three Royalist soldiers. This made her famous among her own unit. After Dives, the Army marched to the Scale Manor, where they rested for the rest of September. Hamina spent this time carousing with her comrades and honing her fencing.
In October, the Army marched to face a large Royalist army at the Battle of Ravaged manor field. Hamina's skill was noted by Jiri Baathúr himself, who assigned Hamina a role as one of his Mounted bodyguards. This honour exceeded Hamina's pride and humbled her. She accepted without haste and was granted a spectacular arms and armour. During Jiri's charge into the centerline of the Royalist force, Hamina charged with zealous ferocity. She immediately slayed an enemy soldier with her lance and continued to raise the kill count by two with her sword. The battle, however, was a defeat to Jiri and the army had to withdraw to Dives, where Hamina was elevated to the position of Jiri's adviser.
Hamina, as a young soldier, didn't do much as adviser except occasionally warn Jiri of possible mishaps. Yet, Hamina learned. Hamina learned from Jiri and Jiri's military councilors and became paragon of the Art of War. After Jiri joined the Great Coalition and readied his men to a great battle, he gave Hamina a command of over 5 000 men. Hamina, bit shocked, forgot his inexperience and didn't refuse. She was given the furthest right flank of the entire Coalition to worry about. She was incredibly shaken and terrified, but as the battle began, her learnings and observations proved her otherwise. She managed to hold the right flank and even committed to an impressive counter charge at the end of the Battle. Hamina was eulogized for her brilliance by her exemplars like; Samuel Berghof, Jiri Baathúr and Solomon Tyrus which flattered Hamina more than any physical prize.
== Becoming General ==
After the War, when Jiri Baathúr was made into King, Jiri could no longer watch over his armies all the time, Jiri had to choose a proper successor General to take command of the Armies Jiri's new realm. Samuel became a King of his own Kingdom and Solomon Tyrus determined to stay as brigadier, thus Jiri turned towards Hamina, his most trusted servant who he had grown to like throughout their campaigning together. Hamina accepted and began an intense study of past battles and military doctrines. She was even lectured and tutored by Solomon Tyrus and Samuel Berghof's son Calgar Berghof, with whom, she was rumoured to have a romantic relationship with.
Not soon after the war, Hamina got pregnant and gave birth to a bastard child, Uriel Beyard. Uriel would become very attached to his mother and follow her footsteps into the art of war and combat. Hamina, thought to be certain who Uriel's father is, never revealed this to anyone, not even Uriel.
== Borian War ==
When the Borian War struck Workhold in 293, every Royal Army contingent was taken by surprise. Only Hamina and Katerose Baathúr were fast enough to form a hasty army to halt the invading Borian Army. Hamina realized how poorly trained, maintained and how poor morale his troops had, as they were the very reserve forces of the realm. King Jiri had taken all the best troops with him to the Eye of Olia Expedition. Hamina mounted a desperate last stand against the Borian forces at a hill nearby the city of Wolfsee.
The Battle of Wolfsee was a disastrous failure to the Royal Army, but this was mainly because of the collapse of the Royal Army right flank at the command of Sir Boloman Dufeed, whom Hamina trusted very much. Hamina, after learning of the fate of the Right Flank, withdrew all his men atop the hill. There she fought, but in vain. Hamina was captured and made a Prisoner of War. Charles Perickard, the prime orchestrator of the invasion, sought to keep Hamina alive, if Jiri was to return.
Hamina was kept at a prison camp near Keriff, until finally in early 294, the forces of King Jiri returned with burning vengeance. About a year after her capturing, David Lange arrived to rescue her. David was a mercenary serving King Jiri, but he had infiltrated the Borian Army. He set Hamina loose and disguised her as one of his mercenaries. Then at the Battle of Eion Valley, when David triggered his secret attack upon his unsuspecting client, Hamina joined David and personally slew many Borian men. Following the Battle, Hamina took command of the Royal Army, but much to her dismay, all opposition surrendered without a fight.
== Antebellum ==
After the Borian War, Hamina was once more made a General in the Royal Army, however, Hamina was no longer the sole General in the Army which made her upset. She wanted to command something special, which was fulfilled in 297 with the creation of the Legions. Hamina formed her own, the Legio Galentum or the Black Scions as they are more commonly known. She made her son, Uriel Beyard the First Captain of the 1st Company and began to drill her men to become worthy of the Baathúr Warriors of old.
== Notes ==
Originally Hamina was a male character named Döbeln, but then the name shifted into Dööbelnhamina and then Kööpenhamina and later it became Hamina, and Hamina also became a female character. She has been probably the most inconsistent character in all of Edelmaa.
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