Ulrich Tumaliuan

Ulrich Tumaliuan is a Filipino Kawal of the Empire of the Philippines and responsible for the distribution of the first domestically-produced streamlined service arms of the Imperial Army.
== About ==
=== Early Life ===
Ulrich had departed the Philippines in his early adulthood to the newly established German Empire following the affirmation of an apprenticeship to the Mauser Company, practicing at its heart in Württemberg. It was during this foreign venture that Ulrich had developed an acquisition for western liquor.
=== Return to the Philippines ===
The outbreak of insurrection in 1867 had raged whilst Ulrich was studying overseas in the Germany. The later Empire of the Philippines would be established in 1871, relinquishing Spanish colonial control as it became embroiled in the Carlist Wars. Concurrently, a new German firearm the Mauser Model 1871 began to emerge to prominence.
Ulrich - who had established himself as a reputable gunsmith - in wake of the newly established Filipino state, requested the acquisition of funds from Mauser in order to establish a local firm in the archipelago to extrapolate the decentralized firearms industry of the Calleja Army. Whereupon the sequestering of funds did Ulrich return to the Philippines and open a foundry in the imperial capital with the consequent distribution of Model 1871's to the Imperial Army.
=== Military Service ===
Ulrich had returned to the Philippines in late 1871, enlisting in time for the war against the Sultanate of Brunei. However, he was not delegated to frontline actions as a result of his association with the Imperial Arsenal, instead being placed on secondary duties. It was during this period of time did anecdotal evidence of Ulrich's cruelty emerge, one account claiming:
"Following the landing of Bruneian and British volunteers in San Fernando, Pampanga, the subsequent fighting had yielded several prisoners from the invading forces despite the crumbling Imperial defence which propelled it into a retreat. During this withdrawal had Ulrich been overseeing the repair of an imperial railway following the demolition of its ballast by renegade Bruneians. The repairs beings carried out by prisoners of war, largely Bruneians. Just as these repairs had started did the signal for retreat appear with the repaired railway proving to be a liability. Purportedly following the recapture of the site were several bodies discovered underneath a wagon loaded with track ballast."
The conflict with Brunei had ended in early January 1873, yet Ulrich retained an infamous reputation during the peacetime period.
==== Alcoholism ====
Ulrich had enriched himself in a taste for western liquor during his apprenticeship in Germany. His subsequent return to the Philippines had little effect on this habit and often within the confines of the Imperial Arsenal would astute observers find scattered liquor bottles. Complaints had been raised, yet the removal of Ulrich from a position of greater importance granted him a degree of political immunity that he was willing to exploit.
==== Misogyny ====
On several accounts has Ulrich been alleged of misogynistic tendencies in reaction to the appearance of feminism within the Imperial Army. Accounts have largely been in the form of verbal abuse. This rationale primarily dictated his presence within the Batangas Cavalry Regiment of which was considered the final bastion of masculinity within the Imperial Army.
==== Addiction ====
The relative freedom from the Mauser Company with his own firm within the capital had granted some intriguing habits. There is, for instance, an allegation of inhaling black powder propellant used in the Model 1871 cartridge. This strange habit provoking some mystifying properties.
=== Relations ===
* Ulrich had befriended Adrian McWilliams and the two co-exist in a mutual working relationship. Ulrich would assist Adrian in regimental affairs as his aide, more than often helping translation in bookkeeping. In turn, Adrian turns a blind eye to Ulrich's insurmountable drinking, even on duty.
=== Trivia ===
* According to a later cavalry officer, Ulrich has been accused of embezzling components of imperial firearm issue to cut costs, delegating the cut-off to a private alcohol collection.
* Whereupon his return to the Philippines had Ulrich also imported his own horse named "Scheiße". The horse was bred in Bavaria and is supposedly warmblood.
* Ulrich can be see wearing an eyepatch, a wound sustained by shrapnel from artillery works.
* Ulrich rarely sees his wife, and when he does, its relegated to the confines of the Imperial Arsenal.
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