Paul Ayodele

“Error has never approached my spirit. Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.”
-Paul Ayodele
== History ==
The second Minister of State in Rick of Aglazdere's government, Paul Ayodele was a young nobleman who abandoned his duties and became a sky pirate, thereby earning favor in the eyes of the Padishah. Rick had been slowly growing dissatisfied with his long-tenured Minister of State, Karim Hadar, whose counsel was cautious and by-the-book. Minister Hadar was revered by the Aglazderian civil service, and considered a steady hand, so the Padishah grudgingly let him remain in office and waited for time to do the work of ushering him out. After living far longer then anyone expected, Minister Hadar passed away, and Padishah Rick was quick to replace him with the dashing and daring Ayodele, who seemed much more in line with his monarch's impatient frame of mind. 
== Personality ==
A witty man beloved by high society, Ayodele was in above his head. He might have had substance once, it was lamented, but he had lost it long ago. His talent, which was real, was burdened by poor judgement and a rash personality, as well as his unshakable belief in his own nonexistent spheres of expertise. 
== War of the Philosopher-Kings ==
Once in power, Ayodele quickly clashed with his fellow ministers, especially Grand Vizier Annakiya, who deemed him a useless fop. Some ministers, such as Chancellor Finley MacClellan, nonetheless humored him in return for his alliance. 
Paul Ayodele's uncompromising attitude and sympathy towards sky pirates brought him into a collision course with Nim Lawfey, his counterpart in the Final Empire. His predecessor, Karim Hadar, handled the issue of the pirate raids in the border of the Final Empire with greater delicacy, and privately tried to get the Padishah to take a stance against it. Ambassador Lawfey, a former monarch who had contended with war and other weighty issues, came to swiftly despise Minister Ayodele, and advised the Twin-Emperors of the Final Empire to prepare for war. 
During the war, Ayodele was increasingly sidelined, and the increasing view came to be that he had failed the country. He was never replaced out of sheer inertia on the Padishah's part, and played no part in later peace negotiations with the Final Empire. 
== After the War ==
Paul Ayodele served in the government of Padishah Finley MacClellan and Grand Vizier Matthias Peynirci, but found that no one took him seriously anymore. After the conquest of Aglazdere, he tried to re-start a political career in Shangare, with middling success. He died impoverished and in debt, abandoned by his wife and children, and forgotten by the wider world. Category:Dead
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