Siegfried

Siegfried (זיגפריד), also known as the Sanguine Angel, is a former knight of the Rosarian Armed Forces and the current supreme leader of the Free Union of Rosaria. Little is known about his past and an aura of mystery surrounds him. And yet, he is beloved and trusted by the people, seen as a hero by many. Those who oppose him however, see him as a malicious usurper with loyalty to none but himself. 
Siegfried's Theme Song: https://youtu.be/ooAKdh1lSSU
== Appearance ==
Siegfried is a very handsome man, with flowing red hair and glowing green eyes. Many people often remark on his beauty, with some going as far as to lust over him. His appearance strikes eerily feminine, with some more masculine men who do not know any better, claiming him to be male in soul only. 
He usually wears scarlet garments, made of the finest material in Rosaria. In war however, he is clad in a fairly decorated golden armor. 
== Personality ==
Siegfried is known as a fair, honorable and straightforward man. A charismatic and charming individual, kind to his peers and the people under his benevolent reign. However, he's also extremely opportunistic, power-hungry and ambitious. Still, when not at his job, he displays a less serious, more playful and joking side. Those who follow him, see him as a radiant angel of hope to the world, as an embodiment of the human desire for freedom. 
His enemies however describe him as a sociopathic, narcissistic, and vicious individual, as a ruthless manipulator who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, even if it meant the forsaking of his virtues and humanity.
== History ==
=== Youth ===
Little is known about Siegfried's youth, other than him being born in a village in the far north of Rosaria. Information about his family remain obscure and those who live in the village, keep silence about his past. 
=== Military Career ===
In his late teens, Siegfried joined the Rosarian Armed Forces, quickly rising up the ranks due to his skills in battle as well as the manipulation of his peers. His rise however was not unopposed, as the higher ups feared his ruthlessness and lack of compromise. One by one, Siegfried removed his enemies, forging plots to increase his control over his military unit, the Knight's Order of the Sacred Blood, but at the end he was discovered and dishonorably discharged. He just barely escaped a prison sentence, as the judge, who bore sympathy with him, choose for acquittal. 
=== Terrorism ===
Having been kicked from the Rosarian Armed Forces he served so well, he has gotten a free time, using his money to buy a flat in the city of Arcadia. He focused himself on the practice of his religion, spending day and night in the synagogue to study the religion. But seeing that this wouldn't satisfy the man, he instead has gone the path of politics. Spending a lot of time reading and educating himself, he began to see the Free Union as a decadent state, one too content on a "false illusion of peace", but moreover he despised the Supreme Leader's foreign political approach, which he saw as treason against the values Rosaria was built upon. 
Therefore he called the Holy Order of the Blazing Heart into life. Using his connections with parts of the Rosarian Armed Forces, he gathered weaponry, which he wielded to wreak terror upon various countries in the world. It was him, who destabilized the nation of Aragon and brought about the fall of Brazil by targeted assassinations of the country's elites and his agents were operating across the world, killing politicians and state enforcers whenever possible. 
However, as the Holy Order of the Blazing Heart became evermore known, his agents fell one by one. As he attempted to assassinate the leadership of the Chinese Federation (while it was under the control of the Liu Dynasty) in an attempt to create conflict within the Brunei Pact, the Free Union of Rosaria intervened, helping the international community catching the terrorists one by one, until only Siegfried was left.
Under the promise of pardon, Siegfried disbanded the Holy Order of the Blazing Heart before going into hiding.
=== Early Political Career ===
After spending two years contemplating and indulging in studies, Siegfried decided to join the ruling party, quickly gaining favor within its most radical segments for his martial worldview. And yet, his power only extended on a communal level, as his first attempts in getting into the people's councils failed. It would take a few years, until he would dramatically increase his popularity. Years in which he spent helping the people, administering the parts of the Arcadia Commune that were under his responsibility as well as improving on the economy of the region. 
At the end, the people of Arcadia trusted him and within the commune, he has risen to great prominence, receiving support by those who once looked at him with suspicion due to his past actions as an international terrorist. Arcadia was thriving under his regime and the vast majority of people were happy to participate in his economic plans.
But his rise had a dark side. Various political enemies of him have met their tragic fates: Brunhilde Goldstein (Leader of his opposition) was found dead in a well, allegedly killed by bandits from the forests beyond the northern mountains, Jakob Salomon (Leader of the Valkyria Commune) faced arrest due to charges of corruption despite it later came clear that he was innocent, and much of the Moderate faction within large parts of the government were set upon each other by the Sanguine Angel's manipulations. As for those, who came dangerously close to jeopardize Siegfried's plots, they were silenced per psychological abuse, or, in the case of Adam Malik (Chief of the military garrison in Titania), murder. 
=== War against the Rosarian Central Government ===
Siegfried enjoyed near total control over Arcadia and the city's populace was in full support of him, as he greatly improved their living conditions. It was under his administration, that the city earned its title as the "Northern Light of Rosaria". And yet, he was not satisfied. He sought for more, and set his eyes upon the Central Government. His criticisms of Supreme Leader Fulgrim increased and the once rather close friendship between those two men has found its end.
He saw Fulgrim as nothing more than an opportunistic traitor, and did not shy away from claiming so in public, and the Arcadia Commune as well as the Radicalist faction of the ruling party backed him in full fervor. 
It was during the Rosarian conquest of Chagatai, where Siegfried stabbed his leader in the back. Parts of the military, in particular the Knight's Order of the Martyred Lady, stormed the Rosarian foreign ministry as well as three communal headquarters in the Free Republic of Oriflamme and the Sanguine Angel attempted to pressure Fulgrim to grant him the title of the Supreme Leader. 
As the Supreme Leader returned from Chagatai, he was arrested, brought to a trial and sentenced to exile under the charges of corruption, treason and fraud. The Moderate faction of the Rosarian government was deposed and a military junta has taken control over the parliament and Siegfried gained near absolute power. A week after the coup, Fulgrim was found dead near Fortress Monastery Eidolon. Forensic evidence suggests that the former leader committed suicide.
=== Era of the Sanguine Angel ===
Following information contains details about internal politics. For Rosaria's foreign policy, read the history section of the page of the Free Union: Free Union of Rosaria
After the coup, Siegfried began to increase spendings on infrastructure, development and the military and it was under his reign, where the City of Empyrea was constructed in the north of Chagatai. In the first weeks of his reign, the people of Rosaria were in panic, but Siegfried swore to uphold the Elysium Charter and his reign has proven to be one of benevolence. 
Despite tens of thousands marched on the streets against his coup, not a single protest was cracked down. Despite the generals of Rosaria demanded so, Siegfried insisted that in his nation, the people's freedom was not to be compromised.
One of the Sanguine Angel's first actions was to relinquish the claim upon the Dominion of Lilith, as it has proven to be too costly to maintain while bearing no real use to the nation. This was met with anguish by his peers. As a compensation however, he managed to bring Siberia, a nation north of the Free Union, into vassalage (something that was undone later, as he turned his path, instead going for an alliance of mutual assistance).
It did not take long however for the first controversy of his to arise, as he not only released members of the Order of the Flaming Heart from prison, but also promoted a handful of them into the government, initiating a second coup against the old ruling party. His opponents, who have already fled into exile due to fear of persecution, condemned this, claiming that Rosaria turned into a terrorist state. Siegfried however promised that his government will not pursue a world war.
During the Velvet Requiem, Siegfried, enraged by the temporary loss of his close ally, the Breton Federation, engaged in a purge against people suspected of harboring radical Islamist sentiments and/or ties to the Mujahideen, a terrorist organization that used to hold dominion over Afghanistan. He initiated preparations for war, though the rapid collapse of the Atlantine Commonwealth forced him to reconsider his plans, and the Rosarian invasion of Afghanistan was cancelled.
As the Mujahideen took much of Atlantis' eastern territory, Siegfried sent his troops to secure the northeast of the former commonwealth, and the region was immediately integrated into the Free Union, and despite the invasion of Afghanistan in the Velvet Requiem was called off, he nevertheless pursued a rather aggressive course, declaring the Jihad State to be an unfriendly/hostile entity and accelerating the anti-Islamist campaign in the Muslim areas of the Free Republic of Chagatai.
During the Black Requiem, Siegfried saw his chance to intervene. Following logistical support to Iceland and an armed engagement in Ethiopia, he participated in the Battle of Arabia, returning home victorious. A monument commemorating the victory against Jihadism was erected in the capital of Arabia, one he personally visited.
In the final stage of the war, the Sanguine Angel's forces took control over Afghanistan and eastern Iran. A former member of the Jihad State was granted the right to rule over a new autonomous republic, and the shackles of Islamism were believed to finally have been cast aside.
Once peace arrived, Siegfried completed his coup against the old ruling party, by reestablishing the Order of the Flaming Heart and having them occupy all major positions in the upper echelons of the central government. Rosaria was effectively turned into a dictatorship, and the people supported their ruler whom they saw as not only a strong protector, but as a noble knight fighting the evils of the world. 
Siegfried participated in the founding of the Second Internationale, the first major socialist alliance in the world, before turning attention to the construction of the Rosarian capital and the development of the western regions. 
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