Marcas De Róiste I

== Marcas I ==
Marcas I of house De Róiste was the first of his name to reign the colony of Garman, the successor to the Canadia-Solitude Empire from Imperia. He was directly descended from the old dynasty who have ruled these people since the early days of Imperia. 
He has received no formal titles from the Emperor of Kordowyn, as the kingdom has been mostly small and unnoticeable to the main stage of the continent. Only after the vassalisation of Garman agreed to in the Treaty of Vassalage by his father, Oisín I, did Garman become notable to the greater nations. Marcas I saw the vast majority of this rise to power on the world stage and oversaw the second half of it.
Born to Oisín De Róiste I and Roisín Ó Síondáil in 208, he was the eldest of four and at age 10 began to be groomed for the throne. Marcas underwent military training, becoming a Leifteanant in the Garmanese Defence Forces he became highly skilled in the art of combat and leading men. In the year 235, his father died at the age of 53 from a stroke, many people of the Kingdom claim it was poisoning by agents from Varsais, but this hasn't held up to evidence.
Five years after gaining the throne, he held a vote in the Seanad as to the situation with vassalage with Varsais. Despite the wealth being with such a large trading partner brought, the Kingdoms people were unhappy with the Varsaisian religions and customs trickling into Garmanese towns and cities. The Seanad voted overwhelmingly to declare independence from Varsais vassalage, Marcas then proclaimed his wish to the King of Varsais, but talks were not even, and when peaceful negotiation broke down, declared independence for Garman without approval of Varsais. Varsais in response declared war on Garman and its Hybretian allies, which led to the events of the War of 241.
During the Great War, Marcas oversaw the creation of the Garmanese Navy. Once the war got closer to Garmanese territory, Marcas went with a portion of his army to Cúlchríocha to fight the Gretian invasion force. Marcas died in battle near the end of the invasion, and Cúlchríocha was lost to the Gretians.