Carmen Orsino

Known to many as simply "Historia", Carmen Orsino y Historia is often recalled for her social afflictions and various controversies, inching the thinnest slither of patience that the upper echelons tolerate and even the Imperial Articles themselves. She currently serves as the Kamara Representative for Malaya, an Imperial Ambassadress of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an Alistado of the Kawit Infantry Regiment under the regiment's commanding officer, Rafael de Chavez y Capillo.
== About ==
=== Humble Beginnings ===
Born in December 21st of the year 1846 to an obscure family of "Peninsulares", Spanish migrants from the Iberian Peninsula who came to the Philippines in pursuit of greater economic ventures, Carmen Orsino would reside in the sprawingly modern city of Intramuros, which was regarded as the Pearl of the Orient. She would undertake a fairly great education under Beaterio y Casa de Enseñanza, a Catholic educational institution governed by the Daughters of Charity. She would learn a great deal with her education on linguistics, arithmetic, Spanish and religious studies. She would also take up a private tutor for English and French, which had grown to be the Lingua-Francas; the spoken tongue of an ever-shifting world. Soon, this world would come crumbling down as the Spanish began to lose their sway over the Philippine islands with the upheaval of the Calleja Insurrection.
=== Uproar of the Insurrection and Formation of the Empire ===
As the flame of the Calleja Insurrection called for the independence of the Philippine Islands, her roots left her dismayed as her family's tranquil business went bankrupt in months, unable to sustain her education nor their way of living much longer. Intramuros and the Spanish authorities entered a state of pandemonium, with many leaving as the insurrectionists came from all corners. But unlike the rest of her family, she had grown to love these islands. The very soil she stood on, will be her cradle and her grave. She did not leave opposing the requests of the rest of her relatives, staying behind as the Callejas formed The Philippine Empire, the nation she now belonged to.
As opposed to enlisting in her city's namesake regiment, the Rehiyemento de Intramuros, [now the Rehiyemento de Manila] She entered in service of the Rehiyemento de Kawit Cavite, where she would serve under her then superior officer, Guillermo Valdez. She would grow to enjoy the company of her regiment, serving alongside the finest infantry the Empire has to offer. Their sported red breeches meddled the tainted soil with the bloods of their opponents, as they would be deployed then and again in various "peacekeeping" missions, to which the Regiment held themselves against unwarranted attacks by localist insurrections against the Empire. She would distinguish herself with her well-knit accuracy in middle ranges as well as her fatal techniques with the bolo and the bayonet. Her most distinguished participation would be in the Battle of Serawak, taking part in a massive charge by the Imperial forces against the outnumbered Serawak forces.
=== The Dark Days ===
As time went on, she became less and less 'professional' sending much dismay towards her superiors with her growingly irritable behavior. With their patience tested to it's limits, they would exile her to an undisclosed mansion in Guam trapped in a hotbox for 4 months on end. This cut off any form of communication between her and the rest of the Empire, as she remained in complete silence. Once she was let out, she went back to her immature behavior, subsequently breaking more rules until she was then again placed in the hotbox three more times. Her final straw would be an unrevealed deal between herself and the Devil, which warrants a permanent exile for good if she dares breaks the conditions of this deal. The contents and clauses are unknown.
=== Arise, Opportunities! ===
Seeing a reignited vigor towards her role in the Empire, she became the Empire's first Ambassadress since the re-establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Minister Rafael Basco de Chavez y Capillo. She excelled in the poise of diplomacy, as she laid the foundations for the establishment of an embassy in Aizu-Wakamatsu and the formation of a close-knit friendship between the Empire and their Domains. Such is her skill with the quill that matched her prowess with the bayonet, that the Ministro Mariskal Pedro Ramos dubbed the Minister's appointment of her as a "good call".
Ambassadress Historia in her office with her adopted daughter, Christina Josefa Jaena [Kyarryy].
Señora Carmen Orsino y Historia in her filipiniana; photograph taken in the Assembly Hall, Ermita, Intramuros.
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