Winston Cantrell

Winston Cantrell is a high-ranking military general and leader in Cascadia, a post-war nation-state in former Canada. He's the Head General of the Northern Army Group of the Cascadian Defense Forces and is a famous general of the Cascadian Army due to his tactics and ability to surprise enemies of Cascadia and win resounding victories. He rose to the rank of general in 2277 and would rise to the rank of Field Marshal in 2285 after his victory at Fort Nelson during the infamous siege of the city during the Cascadian Civil War. He lost his right arm during the siege however and had it replaced with a cybernetic arm earning him the title of "General Steel" by friends and foes alike.  
==History==
===Early Life and Childhood===
Winston Matthew Contrell was born on August 18th, 2236 in Fort Nelson, Northern Cascadia to a military family whose mother was a field medic of the Cascadian Army and whose father was a captain and decorated war hero of the Cascadian Army due to his actions during the Northern Frontier War against the Federation of Alaska, mainly the defense of Fort Nelson from Alaskan bombers and ground forces. Due to this prestigious background, Winston was enrolled in Fort Nelson's high school for military families and joined the Fort Nelson Army Academy when he turned eighteen on September 28th, 2254. He became an ideal student and studied the tactics used by the Cascadian Army units stationed up north. Upon graduation, he was assigned to the Northern Army Group and would be tasked with defending Cascadia's northern territories. 
===Defending the Frontier===
Due to the low population density and long distance between Cascadian towns, settlements, and cities in the north, the northern regions, commonly known as the Frontier, were a notable weak point in Cascadia's defenses and the Northern Army Group was assigned to deal with potential problems. Winston was first assigned to the 2nd Northern Infantry Regiment based within Fort Nelson and was sent far north to the Yukon Scouting Outpost to monitor the troop movements of the Alaskan Army as a means of keeping track of Alaska's commitment to following the terms stated in the Treaty of Anchorage. 
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