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## Dietrich Romanov

### Titles

"Dietrich Romanov Of The Holy Empire Of Quasitum, By The Grace Of God, The Blessed Regent Of The Holy Quasitum Regency, Lord Of The Holy Capital Of Domus Heredis, Defender Of The Faith"

### Aliases

"The Blessed Regent Of Quasitum"
"The Regent"

# Dietrich Romanov

## Life In Quasitum

Dietrich Romanov was once a hard-working and innocent individual, a man with dreams and aspirations. He was the head of the old “Caverna Company” at the height of the "Quasitum Empire". He was incredibly proud of all The Empire had achieved, but as all great things do.. it would inevitably decline. The Empire collapse on itself when the Emperor "Konstaintin Kovac" died without an Heir to his Throne allegedly. Following an election, a weak Leader and Monarch of "Stream City" would lead the Empire to its fate. The Young Romanov was inconsolable.

## Beginning of the Extreme

It is not known when exactly Dietrich's extreme ideas formed, but the ideas themselves are known. When Konstaintin died Dietrich was adamantly convinced that there is a rightful heir to the Throne of The Quasitum Empire. This is also when he would be introduced to the Religion "Orthodox Karmische Vergeltung" the religion of the "Effizient's". Dietrich is not an Effizient, but it was introduced to him through unknown ways. He would become obsessed with "The Karma" the Deity of Orthodox Karmische Vergeltung, leading to little to no tolerance of other religions. These ideas would set the groundwork for his later life.

## The Foundation For The Regency

Over time Dietrich would amass a group of individuals, an almost cult-like following. Dietrich was convinced that the Heir of the Empire would return to reclaim the Mantle of "Emperor". His group created a Fanatical Hierarchy loyal to Dietrich and Dietrich only. The group would move around a lot for the next few years, spreading the word of Dietrich and his beliefs around Everglow. In prayer to The Karma, Dietrich would be allegedly told "With the blessing of God you are hereby gifted the title, The Blessed Regent of Quasitum. Now execute the will of the Holy Empire" Dietrich would announce this to his following, it was met with overwhelming praise.

## "Hail The Nightmare"

Dietrich would establish the "Holy Quasitum Regency" soon after his Prayer with The Karma. He based much of The Regency on the old Quasitum Empire, except for its most crucial aspect, Feudalism. Not to say he didn't incorporate Feudalism into The Regency, because he most certainly did. Dietrich had reformed the Feudal system into a brutal system he could use to "Prepare The Empire for the heir's arrival" essentially meaning he had absolute power over all things that happen inside of The Regency. His use of this power is horrifying, expulsion, and persecution are widespread. The Regents Men are aware of the horror they helped to create. But they embrace it, "Hail The Nightmare" is the saying that was created. Konstaintin Kovac was always mortified at the idea of being forgotten, but is this what he would have wanted? God Save The Empire, For Nobody Else Can.

## The Regency Council

The Quasitum Regency Council is the ruling body of the Quasitum Regency, and its “Secret Society”. It's important to mention any member of the QRCC that is not actually within the Regency has no say on the Regency politics. The Council has a very secretive way of carrying out its existence. The council consists of Six ‘Chairs”, with one Chair at its head. The current head being Dietrich Romanov. Dietrich, being the founder and head of the Council, likely has his position cemented for life. The other Chairs are filled by “Moralis Grey”, ”Alario Musso”, “Patience”, and one is currently empty. Despite the appearance of unity portrayed by the Council, it does suffer from factionalism. The main Factions being the “Knights of Konstaintin”, being described by outsiders as the cruelest of all the factions, the faction members have sworn undying loyalty to Dietrich, his ideals, and the idea of his “cruel” Regency. This faction is often called the “Political Wing” of the regency. The next being the “The Regiment '', a faction headed by “Moralis Grey”, a faction that adamantly supports Quasitum’s return to relevance on the world stage. This faction is considered the Regencies ``Militarist Faction”. This faction is constantly at odds with The Knights as Knights believe the Regency should bide its time, waiting for Konstaintin’s son to return before acting on conquest.

## Foreign Policy of the Regency

The Regency has few friends, it will only be explicitly friendly to members of the QRCC, the Secret Society created by Dietrich. Members of the QRCC can consist of almost and influential person in Everglow. The QRCC is a system based off mutual compensation and contribution. Anyone who holds a seat in the Regency Council is a QRCC member.

## The Mental Decline

Dietrich’s constant administration and worrying over the Regency's sustainability created a great amount of stress for the Regent. Dietrich would be forced to worry about internal factionalism, foreign policy and many other well distributed issues. Until one day, when the Blessed Regent rose from his quarters, he claimed the identity of a Young Effizient Oligarch named “Dietrich Handerlin”, that day he spent much of his time in his quarters, questioning his surroundings and wondering where his “Council” was. When he awoke the next day, he had no recollection of the previous day. His Knights did not inform of what had happened, either out of respect for their Regent, or out of fear of offending the Regent. It would not be the last time he would awake in such a way.

## The Connections

Inevitably found out the cycle of his “personality swapping”, rather than panic, or attempt to end the cycle. He embraced it, claiming it was Karma’s gift to him. Maybe he was right? According to the Regent, he and Handerlin became good friends, with similar ideas on ideology and efficiency. But perhaps the biggest connection that was made, was that of their religion. Handerlin had been the original catalyst of Karmische Vergeltung in Everglow, eventually finding its way to Dietrich himself. Dietrich is widely considered the Karmische Head of Faith. Perhaps it really was a gift. The Oligarch was obsessed with money, especially gold; this would have a profound effect on Romanov, as whenever Handerlin was in control, he would begin hoarding all wealth he could. Handerlin would also make the decision to join the town of Aclana, seeing it as a “Business Opportunity” that also aligned with Romanov’s foreign policy. Many of the Regent’s men followed suit. This would be followed by a full Quasite Entrance into Wisteria