Vincent I

Vincent I 	Vincent I
Vincent's title card as it appeared in War.	Vincent's title card as it appeared in War.
Chequer of Scuridiae 	Chequer of Scuridiae
Reign 	680-?
Predecessor 	Scuttle IX
Successor 	Caris
Appearances 	Appearances
First Appearance 	"Buried in Satin"
Last Appearance 	"The Good Must Associate"
Information 	Information
Born 	655
Died 	?
Gender 	Male
Species 	Chipmunk
Color  	Brown
Residence 	Port Tamias, Scuridiae
Status 	Deceased
Family 	Family
House 	Elief
Father 	Scuttle IX
Spouse 	Bushela Elief
Issue 	Chip EliefCaris EliefScamper Elief
Chequer Vincent is a main character in War.
In terms of the series narrative, Vincent is the final Chequer of Scuridiae during the War. The Kingdom was thereafter reduced to a principality. 
==Appearances==
===War===
Chequer Vincent debuted in "Buried in Satin" at the end of the War Plague in 715. The Chequer and Macaw Arini colluded to attack Ursus. While the Granite Bloc launched an offensive on Psittancyna, Scuridiae invaded Ursus. They set up trenchlines on Sitka Beach on the Cape of Alyaska. During a bombing raid, the Macaw's army captured Princess Theodora Rose. The Macaw ransomed her for ten million marks, but one of the Chequer's soldiers accidentally killed her during the hostage exchange. 
The Chequer attended the 719 Summer Sun summit in "Two Moths Drawn to the Flame," hosted at the Rook of Vulpus. The four leaders discussed a four-way division of the Cartonian continent at the conclusion of the war. The Chequer was to take Simeone and Ursus, as well as a chunk of Canis. The Chequer was earning the subtle ire of his counterparts for his failure to break into Simeone. 
In 723, the Chequer learned that Chip Elief, his son and heir, was embezzling millions of marks from the Kingdom. This negligence dug the Kingdom into copious amounts of debt, turning Summer Sun allies against them. In "Never Trust a Fox," Vincent confronted Chip in a rage. When Chip denied wrongdoing then openly admitted to it without remorse, Vincent furiously tossed Chip off a balcony of Bucktooth Castle. Vincent calmly informed his eldest daughter that she was the new heir to Scuridiae. 
The Chequer's woes worsened as debts continued to pile up, and in 725 he was forced to request a full bailout from the Vixen Queen ("Pro Patria Mori"). The amount of the bailout was so substantial, and necessary to preserve any semblance of autonomy, that Vincent was forced to relinquish both his promised wartime gains and part of his own territory. Scuridiae was also to be demoted to a principality mirroring Capricon. Without choice, the Chequer agreed only on the condition that the deal not be released to the chipmunk public until after the war was won. 
Upon reading the Vixen Queen's edict in 725, Vincent was enraged. The edict had proclaimed the foxes as the superior species on the continent. In "The Good Must Associate," the Chequer and Stag Barrow agreed to declare war on the Vixen Queen once this war was over. 
The War ended in 726, and Scuridiae was immediately demoted to a principality. Vincent ruled in disgrace for the rest of his life. The Elief dynasty was extinct within the century. 
==Trivia==
*Vincent is the first chipmunk character introduced, and the only chipmunk in War to have a scene from his point of view.
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