Ke'ron Armandus

**King Ke'ron of Olicana**, born **Ke'ron Armandus**, is a Republican former Consul, templar, general, and Lessoan nobleman. Prior to the disastrous Siege of Shesta, he was the Naissian Empire's most prominent military and political leader, respected for his impartiality, conscientiousness, and steady hand. Under the Naissian Empire, he served two terms as Consul and emphasized the long-term objective of establishing the Naissian Senate as the viable and legitimate government of the Aoshanti Concourse.

Ke'ron's career began to take a downward turn in 22 NE when it came his turn to serve as Praetor and the Kancasin family orchestrated a crisis over the Reformed province of Shesta, held by Lord Altisin Karathon. A coalition of Cibalaean lords and radical republicans forced the issue of Lord Altisin's nonpayment of taxes and smuggling of weapons and religious terrorists into the provinces of the interior. After a lengthy debate, the issue came to a vote, and Ke'ron's conservative faction was outvoted, first in the Small Council, and then on the floor of the Senate, leading to the dispatch of the Cibalaean Fleet with Ke'ron at its head. The ploy was intended to get Ke'ron out of the capital, weakening the conservative faction by depriving it of its most effective voice at a crucial moment immediately after the death of Veritas III, which occurred the following month. The Senate abolished the monarchy and declared the formation of the Aoshanti Republic, causing the region to descend into chaos.

Ke'ron was defeated at the Siege of Shesta by Reformed forces led by Honil Karathon, leading to his capture and the near-total fall of the Interior to Reformed forces.

## Characteristics

### Politics

Widely considered an Aoshanti nationalist, Ke'ron appeared to have little patience for the particularistic rights and privileges of the Lessoan aristocracy, of which he was a part. In fact, he seemed to have little patience or attention for the duties, responsibilities, and benefits of his own titular holding, the Kingdom of Olicana, the governing of which he left to a council formed from the duces and counts under his direct authority. Instead, Ke'ron sought and encouraged a centralization of power in the national government which implied a gradual loss of the aristocracy's ancestral privileges, but which Ke'ron seemed to believe was the best way to restore Aoshanti honor, prestige, and independence.

As the first among the Lessoan princes, the example he set was essential in the formation of the Lessoan League and the unified Naissian fleet. He had little patience for dissent or for the antics of radical members of the Senate and was largely responsible for the formation of the Small Council and its isolation from the rest of the Senate. Within the Small Council, he waited for others to give him authority and power instead of taking it for himself. He was in a unique position which allowed him to completely ignore what was happening on the Senate floor at times, answering instead to his fellow princes.

## Stats

* PROFILE
* WEALTH
* SHIP
* CAREER

  **Consul (Past)Praetor ★★★★ (22 NAC)♔ King of Olicana❁ Patriarch of the Armandus Family** | Aoshanti

*Keron's Wealth represents the wealth, resources, and economic influence of the Armandus family and their income gained from their lordship over the Kingdom of Olicana.*

Yearly Income
+𝔛20 quintillion per year from Wealth

Flows
**YEAR 22** - +𝔛660 quintillion from Neegweinian support during the Veritas Crisis.
**YEAR 22** - +𝔛20 quintillion from Wealth
**YEAR 23** - +𝔛20 quintillion from Wealth
**YEAR 23** - -𝔛500 quintillion ransom (self) paid to Aoshanti Empire (Pomaria)

𝔛200 quintillion

Battles
*Siege of Shesta* - **DEFEAT**

* ≛ First Battle of Shesta against the  Reformed League - **VICTORY**
* ≛ Second Battle of Shesta against the  Reformed League - **INDECISIVE**
* ≛ Battle of Havan against the  Reformed League - **VICTORY**
* ≛ Third Battle of Shesta against the  Reformed League - **INCONCLUSIVE**
* ≛ Fourth Battle of Shesta against the  Reformed League - **VICTORY**
* ≛ Fifth Battle of Shesta against the  Reformed League - **DEFEAT**

Duels
* Targeted by File:Flag of Khanbaqir.png Toggontomor during the First Battle of Shesta; **DEFENDED** by  Fuhl Calibur.
* Defeated Adnar Vulban in a duel.
* Was defeated and taken prisoner by Aurelianus Macina.

## Family Tree

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