Rotwin Worth

**Rotwin Worth** is an Arvantin politician and former buisnessman who has been serving as Chancellor of Arvantin since 2193 after his predecessor - Edward Cliff was assassinated by the military for refusing to start a war with the weakened Yanzeran Empire. Before becoming the Chancellor, Worth served as the Minister of Commerce in Edward Cliff's cabinet, and as the General Secretary of the Red Hand Movement before that.

Worth is considered little more than a puppet of the military, like most members of the RHM. In fact, his tenure even began with a war with Yanzera- the very war his predecessor had been trying to prevent and the very war Marshal Edmon Greene had been calling for.

As Chancellor and earlier as Minister of Commerce, Worth has enjoyed a fairly clean image, and has never been accused of personal corruption. Still, members of his cabinet frequently take bribes, and Worth has been accused of crony capitalism, with his government giving all favourable and lucrative contracts to the Varin Corporation and not promoting healthy competition.

## Life

### Early Life (2140s-2150s)

**Rotwin Worth** was born to an influential family of merchants in Arvantin's capital city of Extegil in 2148. Worth's parents were well connected- being good friends with senior members of the Red Hand Movement, including the then Mayor of Extegil- and his Uncle- Elijah Worth- even being a member of the Extegil City Council.

### Years as a Merchant

After turning 19, Worth joined his family's buisness and travelled to the Varin Corporation to oversee the establishment of a working trade agreement with the corporation. In the process. Worth befriended the Varin Corporation's Chairman- Sendeli Eric Varin- and managed to convince the Chairman to increase investments in Arvantin.

Worth's stint in the Varin Corporation ended after 15 years, when he returned to Arvantin- having succesfully helped influence the Varin Corporation into becoming a close ally of the ruling Red Hand Movement. Now back in Extegil, Worth- who had turned into a respectable and competent agent of Arvantin in the eyes of the RHM- began to look into entering the country's politics.

## Political Career

### Member of the Union Assembly of Arvantin (2182-2187)

In 2182, on the urging of his uncle Elijah Worth, who was also a Member of the Union Assembly, Worth contested the 2182 Arvantin elections to the Union Assembly from the constituency of Extegil as a member of the Red Hand Movement. As usual, the elections were heavily rigged in the RHM's favour, and it is impossible to know whether Worth won fairly or through malpractices by the army.

   Worth won his elections with a comfortable margin, easily beating his opponent from the Liberal Alliance. Along with his uncle Elijah Worth, Rotwin lobbied heavily for privatising large portions of Extegil's public transport system, and eventually the law was passed in 2186 under Chancellor Edward Cliff's administration, despite Cliff- being more inclined towards the left than Worth- initially objecting.

Worth made a name for himself in the Union Assembly as a well spoken and intelligent parliamentarian, and was respected by members of the opposition Liberal Alliance as well. He soon caught the eye of the military- in particular of Marshal Edmon Greene- who saw him as a good connecting point between the government and organisations like the Varin Corporation due to his past as a buisnessman. This eventually led to him being appointed as the Minister of Commerce under Edward Cliff.

### Minister of Commerce (2187-2193)

Immediately, Rotwin Worth was one of the most popular members of the Cabinet, along with Chancellor Edward Cliff himself. Renowned for being non corrupt- especially compared to his ministerial colleagues- as well as introducing reforms that ended up actually benefitting the common populace, Worth was incredibly popular- although still firmly a pawn of Marshal Edmon Greene and the RHM establishment.

As time went on, fissures began to arise between Chancellor Cliff and Worth. The Chancellor considered Worth an upstart, too young to be in the cabinet and was resentful that the military insisted on Worth being Minister of Commerce. In turn, Worth felt the Chancellor was incompetent, and was too hard headed to impliment many of Worth's suggestions like lowering taxes on imports and privatising the country's railways- one of the last major national industries left in Arvantin.

The two politicians kept butting heads, and in 2191 when Worth proposed a bill that would impose sanctions on goods from Ruhnkor and Yanzera, while lifting all import duties on goods from the Varin Corporation, Chancellor Cliff called him a fool and a sellout, and dismissed him from the Cabinet. Marshal Greene quickly intervened, demanding Worth's reinstation as well as the passage of the law. Cliff- knowing his position entirely relied on Marshal Greene's support- relented and reinstated Worth to the Cabinet, and endorsed the bill in the Union Assembly, ensuring its passage.

Cliff's tenure had already entered its death throes due to these fights. The final nail in the coffin came in 2193, when he refused to authorise a border skirmish with the Yanzeran Empire to generate a wave of support for the military. A furious Marshal Greene ordered Cliff's bodyguards to poison him, and approached Minister Rotwin Worth and offered him the position of Chancellor. Worth accepted, and following the succesful killing of Chancellor Cliff, was chosen as the leader of the Red Hand Movement and, by extension, as Chancellor.

### Chancellor of Arvantin (2193-)

Immediately after becoming Chancellor, Worth carried out Marshal Edmon Greene's plan and gave the army authority to begin a war with the Yanzeran Empire. **(*Main Article: 2193 Yanzero-Arvantian Skirmish*)** The military staged a bombing on the border, and blamed it on the Imperial Yanzeran Army. Despite the High Legate of Yanzera- Telestius Vansalius- vehemently denying these charges, Arvantian troops marched into Yanzera to 'give the Yanzerans a taste of their own medicine'. By the time the war was over, the weakened Yanzerans had lost several square kilometres of land to Arvantian forces.

Worth has also been called a crony capitalist throughout his tenure, often favouring the Varin Corporation in many government deals which were meant to be neutral. Throughout his tenure, Worth has privatised more and more government services, in stark contrast to his predecessor Edward Cliff who had intensely opposed privatisation.