Eden Coleman (New Beginnings)

Angelina Martin-Brown (Sister)

Seraphina Luckner (Sister)

Aurora Kaminsky (Sister)

Daniel Coleman (Brother)

Aaron Coleman (Brother)

John Coleman (Husband) †

Grace Coleman (Daughter)

Taylor Coleman (Daughter)

Anna Coleman (Daughter)

Hawaiian Sector of the Enclave (2278-2282)

Hawaiian Democratic Republic (2282-2284)

Hawaiian Government In Exile In Navarro (HGEH) (2285-)

Marine Sergeant (2276-2277)

Marine Lieutenant (2277-78)

Enclave Senator (2279-81)

President of the Enclave (2281-82)

President of the United States of America (2281-82)

President of the Hawaiian Democratic Republic (2282-)

Commander-In-Chief of the Hawaiian Armed Forces (2281-)

**Eden Amelia Coleman Jr.** was the 1st president of the Hawaiian Democratic Republic or United States of Hawaii (HDR/USH), the former 69th president of the United States of America and former claimed president of the Enclave. Born in 2251 to Thomas and Eden Coleman Sr., she was raised in the traditional lifestyle of Enclave-born children in the very unique situation in Hawaii at the time. However, unlike most of her classmates, Eden was not Christian in any capacity, however was raised as a Sunni Muslim. Graduating at the top of her class in 2272, she immediately enlisted in the United States/Enclave Marine Corps, which she dutifully served until receiving an honorable discharge in 2278. She still wears her lieutenant pin from time to time. Going into politics at the age of 24, she became an Enclave senator and served one and a half terms before her father, Thomas, the President at the time, died suddenly of a stroke. In the ensuing emergency elections, she ran for president, won, and assumed the presidency. However, the people of Hawaii voted to abolish the Enclave state the following year, and formed the Hawaiian Democratic Republic. Eden ascended to the first president of the HDR. She was later deposed during an Enclave restorationist coup, and as of late 2285, remains in exile in Navarro.

## Background

Eden Amelia Coleman was born on April 24, 2251 in New Honolulu, a city at the time governed by the Hawaiian Sector of the Enclave (HSE) or the Enclave Territories of the Hawaiian Islands (ETHI). Do note, both terms were interchangeable. Eden was the first and only child of Senator Thomas Coleman and his wife, Arlene. Eden would be the couple's last child, being preceded by Angelina (2240), Aurora (2242), Daniel (2246), and Seraphina (2246). By the time she was born, Thomas was 43 and Arlene 39. She was raised in a strict conservative household as a Sunni Muslim. Unlike other Enclave Sectors, Hawaii had splintered off from the Rig in 2235 following an order from so-called President Dick Richardson to 'assemble and put to death all those of the Jewish faith to cleanse the island of Oahu'. Hawaii refused, seceded from the Enclave, and declared the presidency theirs. This meant by the time Eden was born 16 years later, Sunni Muslims like her father were welcomed into government service and or military service. Discrimination was criminalized but not officially outlawed as well, and so Eden was relatively spared from becoming a punching bag by racist peers.

### Education and 'The One'

Life in Hawaii was good for a daughter of an Enclave senator, though she was able to look out across the island and see inequality, something she hoped her father could quash. She was a good student, very bookish, soft spoken and gentle. She never raised her voice, respected others and studied hard. She consistently scored high marks on her exams which meant that early in high school she was placed in advanced placement classes. Despite this achievement, Eden remained relatively popular because she never became snobby or thought herself better. She wasn't too into love and dating, preferring to wait until she met 'the one'. Funnily enough, that happened when she met a fellow student, John W. Kaden, when she was 15. They began dating after a few months, in which Eden dragged him along, refusing to go out with him. She frankly viewed him as the exact opposite of her. He was into sports, she hated them. He was quite egoistical, she was not. While they were both rich, John was known for his lavish spending habits, whereas Eden was known to save most of her money. Finally, after a few months, John came to her, asking to tutor him on mathematics and physics, she accepted. At some point, a deal came up when Eden mocked his terrible study habits saying that "at this rate you'll never pass you buffoon," and therefore John dared her, "When I do, you'll go out with me then," and she agreed with a snide flicker in her eyes.

Well a couple of months later, John passed all his exams with flying colors, much to Eden's horror, surprise, and confusion. Her friends dolled her up, and sent her out to her suitor. It turns out, John had become a better person over the months of intense tutoring. He was still a bit egoistic and annoying, but not to an unbearable degree, and more importantly, he treated her with respect. Now this could also be because Secret Service agents were right there and he'd get his ass beat if he made a wrong move. 2 men in T-65 power armor can be quite intimidating, how about that?

After that night, Eden decided to give dating John a try, and many say it worked out in the end.

### Daughter of the President

When she was 15, she moved into the New White House because her father, Thomas, had been elected as the 66th President of the United States. Now, he was able to firmly begin passing legislation which benefited the common man of the island, increasing public support with those under Enclave authority. Given no school buses stopped by the New White House, Eden oftentimes found herself walking to school every morning and every night. If she was late, she ran. This allowed her to develop a fit physique despite refusing to play sports.

By the time Eden entered high school, all of her siblings had long graduated, so she was on her own while her brothers and sisters were in college, university, or in Daniel's case, the Army.

Despite always being surrounded by Secret Service at school, Eden had many friends and was extremely popular, though she was known to shed those who only sought to cash in on her '"I'm the presidents daughter" fame. Ever patient and kind she also found herself facing jealously of being able to dismiss herself twice a day to pray Dhuhr and Asr (The Islamic Midday and Afternoon prayer).

Using her presence, she established the New Honolulu Islamic Student's Club, where Muslim students from Hawaii's large Islamic minority would gather to drive forward change within their school, district and beyond and they even sometimes petitioned politicians. Yes, they did have a good ally in the literal president of the Enclave, given his youngest child was their founding member.

She was an avid member of her school's chess club, debate club, and when she was sixteen, she founded her school's 'Model UN' club based on old world texts about the United Nations. Using these same old world texts, members would operate as diplomats of foreign nations coming together. Political minded students would gather round, spend a month researching issues or drawing up problems and solutions to a proposed problem and then gather to present their ideas. Oftentimes politicians would scower the group for potential apprentices during their presentations. This included Eden, who served in the evening as one of the press secretaries for Representative Frank Ramses, a close ally of her father.

### Marriage and Childbirth

When she was eighteen, and graduated high school at the top of her class, she married her high school sweetheart, John W. Kaden. The two were *very* excited about what this meant, and they literally fucked around and found out. Within three months, Eden was pregnant and it only escalated from there.

At the five month mark, doctors noticed her stomach was far bigger than most would be at this point, and upon doing an ultrasound, found out she wasn't having *one* child, not *two*, but *three*. An incredibly rare phenomena for sure. Eden gave birth to Grace, Taylor and Anna a week after her first wedding anniversary. She told her husband point blankly:

> "This is it. No more children. Do you hear me John? I swear to you, you better hear me,"
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Despite that, the couple very much loved their children, and aimed to raise them well. Eden would balance this out alongside going to college to get her degree in political science which she managed to obtain in May 2273 at the age of 22. She then continued onwards, obtaining her masters at the age of 24, in 2275. She began drawing up plans to go into politics, but, soon, an event would rock the island of Oahu that would shatter the illusion of the militarist Enclave and later Hawaii after it.

## The Brotherhood-Enclave War for Hawaii (2275-2279)

September 18, 2275 opened up with a shock for Hawaii. The Oahu Brotherhood of Steel launched an all out assault on the city to break Enclave control there, and had been waiting and stewing in their mountain complexes in the north for centuries, waiting for a moment to strike. The Battle for New Honolulu lasted five days, and though the Enclave repelled the assault, they did so with high losses. President Thomas Coleman issued a formal declaration of war and a general call for volunteers.

### Private Coleman Reporting for Duty

Eden, feeling her duty to serve, joined up days later. She made it through the rushed basic training, and with her brothers and sisters in arms. The Enclave expected a swift military campaign to destroy the Brotherhood, but this was not what they got. Even as battles were won, the BOS used asymmetrical tactics, hit and runs on Enclave convoys, and rarely engaging in pitched battles. The Enclave moved through each individual valley and mountain, taking monstrous casualties with each step they took. Official estimates suggested the Brotherhood had upwards of 6,000 fighting men throughout Oahu. The Enclave had just as many, if not more. Shore bombardment from their Pacific Fleet often did little to soften up defenses.

As the Enclave poured more money and resources and more importantly manpower into the war, the affects on the civilian population took its toll. Food shortages began in mid 2276, and the Enclave began food rationing which only made the war less popular.

### Discharged and the Fog

As Eden fought she was promoted to a sergeant, then onwards to a lieutenant by early 2277. Despite this, she always found herself on the frontlines in the heat of combat. This had the personal affect of in April 2277, of when a Brotherhood Paladin lobbed a plasma grenade which landed next to Eden at just the right time, and in a blinding explosion, she was sent flying back, and comatose.

When she woke up, she discovered her right arm had been blown completely off, scars running up the right side of her body and other gruesome injuries. While she was given a metal prosthetic arm, she was not cleared to return to combat, and a month later was granted an honorable discharge for her services to the Enclave. She was very much *not* happy with this outcome given the war was still raging in Northern Oahu, and it was then that she learned a deadly fog had swept over Hawaii, killing even more of her friends and soldiers. Rushing home, she was relieved to find John, Taylor, Grace and Anna all alive and okay.

## Entry Into Politics

With her military career cut short, she decided that there was only one place left on the island which could use her talents: The Senate. As she said in a 2278 radio interview:

> "Well, I couldn't be a soldier anymore, I had a masters in political science and law... I decided, well, to hell with it, I might as well use it!"
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So she threw her hat in the ring for an Enclave senator. With only six months or so until the election in November, many presumed she would fall flat due to a lack of time. It was then that she managed to pull off one of the most successful last minute campaigns in Enclave history. With lots of monetary support, public support for her policies, being an army veteran, and her general demeanor, she skyrocketed through the polls. Her only major negative point was her father, Thomas, had become increasingly unpopular with many viewing his as incapable of winning the war with the Brotherhood of Steel.

### First Senate Term (2277-2279)

She managed to win a seat on the Senate in November, and continued to grow in popularity. She advocated for civil rights, increasing of political freedom, and to many's surprise, an end to the war with the Brotherhood. One of her most popular platforms was the abolition of the one party Enclave state and the initiating of multiparty elections in both the Senate and in the presidency. This began to alienate other members of the Enclave Old Guard though some of the younger, more hopeful members stuck by her side.

She was a major player in passing many new progressive laws and bills through the Senate that without her public support and support of the president would never have passed. Many viewed with senator and the president as slowly forming an oligarchy, similar to Dick Richardson and Richardson Sr. from the Rig, and with Thomas' public support already in the toilet, he needed to save face and began distancing himself from his daughters policies.

This caused a sharp rift between the two and when Coleman announced he was running for re-election, his daughter did not endorse him. In turn, he did not endorse her for renewing her Senatorial post. Thomas did catch a break in May of 2280 when the final Brotherhood artilleries and aircraft were neutralized in the Battle of Waimea Falls. The remaining estimated 300-400 Brotherhood troops, beaten and bruised withdrew into their nearby final bunker. Enclave forces would soon destroy all life support systems on the outside such as air filtration. The Brotherhood inside now were forced to negotiate, but were forced to surrender unconditionally. They were left inside their bunker, trapped inside their power armor, slowly withering.

In November of that year, Eden overwhelmingly renewed her Senate seat, winning 84% of the vote over her opponent. Thomas on the otherhand, barely won the electoral vote, and he had most certainly not won the popular vote. The situation in Hawaii was tense. While war was over, the government was in a state of unrest and uncertainty...

### Second Term (2279-2281)

Eden's second term saw Thomas become more entrapped by the traditionalists and militarists, who had seen renewed support following victory over the Brotherhood. Eden actively began opposing her father's attempted policies, and many believed Thomas had fallen from grace because he sought to prevent a possible scandal rather than support the will of the people. In other words, he wanted to save his own skin, and had his priorities incorrectly aligned.

She stopped talking to her father outright by this point, and even her mother, stopped attempting to reconcile the two. In fact, she more often then not took Eden's side.

#### Dark Days in Hawaii

Then, on May 1, 2281, on her way to the Senate, she received a phone call from her family physician. At age 71, Thomas had suffered a stroke sometime in his sleep, and had died before morning. The entire Senate was in uproar and in chaos. The Enclave, without a strong leader began to fracture. Vice President Gavin Fetters was inaugurated as president on May 3, but *during the speech*, a rogue audience member fired upon him, fatally wounding him. He cited in his official report that Fetters was known to be corrupt and take bribes, as well as being incredibly discriminatory towards non-Christians and non-whites. His claims were actually backed up by financial records in the end.

However, it got *worse*. Since there was no Speaker of the House (No House of Reps) the presidency moved on to Harold Ortman, President of the Senate. Ortman was inaugurated, Thomas Coleman's cabinet disbanded and it seemed as though the dark clouds were clearing. But alas, this was not to be the case. He served as president for only two weeks, before, at the age of 74, he dropped dead from a heart attack, and just when the Senate thought they were cleared of the troubling times. Ortman had no time to organize a cabinet, meaning there was *no* legal order of succession for the presidents death, and so, on May 22, the Enclave Senate declared emergency elections for that July.

Three candidates stepped up... and everyone universally agreed outside the Enclave that they sucked. The people of Hawaii needed their white knight, their hero to step up out of the shadows and ensure Hawaii was kept on the right path.

So, Eden stepped up, and declared her intentions to run for president.

On July 30, 2281, she won the election with 91% of the popular vote and easily secured the electoral vote. On August 5, she was inaugurated as the 69the president of the United States

## President of the Enclave (2281-2282)

Eden quickly got to work, wasting no time. She assembled her cabinet in record time, by late August and ensured there was a semblance of an order of succession. She laid out her plans for the administration:

* Reclaim the Hawaiian Islands
* Establish Democratic Multiparty Elections
* Push through more Progressive Legislation
* Improve civilian infrastructure in Enclave controlled territories.
* Abolish the single party Enclave State.
* Return to the West Coast of the US.

Her plans were ambitious, sure, but they are doable. So the Enclave got to work on restoring Hawaii, and in their own way, restoring America. By November, they were ready to begin the reclamation of Hawaii. By August 2282, they had fully reclaimed the island of Oahu, and were ready to turn outwards, but before that, massive internal changes rocked the Enclave.

### Center of the Enclave

In early 2282, Eden received a communique via PosiedoNet from a 'Director Anderson' of the New Mexico Sector of the Enclave, otherwise known as the Supreme Authority for the Purification of the Americas, or SAPA. In the brief messaging between the two, Anderson informed her that Chicago had fallen, and therefore the presidency. Eden used the opportunity to claim the full presidency of the United States, and was recognized by Anderson as such. However, Anderson was a Rig based Purist, and Eden had a feeling that New Mexico was doing god awful things to the people there. In her words:

> "Oh I totally think this Director Anderson is purist pig. He hesitated when he brought up 'muties' which is what those fucks call Americans who were exposed to radiation. He'll break away, I'm sure of it... won't be a bad loss at least,"
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### Resignation

As time went on, the people of Hawaii began clambering for change. Many didn't like the idea of restoring America, because they said they weren't American, that they were Hawaiian. This began to hit home with Eden. She began talking to her friends, and some felt the same way. Some of her colleagues from the Senate felt similar, and as the Senate expanded to include Hawaiian locals, they were becoming enamored with their culture, and the idea of becoming something new was developing in their hearts.

This being because everyone alive at this point had been born in Hawaii, they thrived there, they build families there, they had families with the locals. Hawaiian local schools taught that America had fallen in 2077. Hell, the Enclave on Hawaii didn't consider the Rig the legitimate successor to the United States as it failed to live up to the values enshrined in the constitution and declaration of independence. Many even in the Enclave began to then wonder... where was America from 2077 to 2241? If Hawaii was the true successor the Rig's America... but the Rig wasn't America... then what were they claiming to be? Many began questioning everything they had been taught, and this included Eden.

When a referendum was held, a whopping 94% of the island considered themselves Hawaiian, not American. Eden realized the Senate needed to be convened.

So from August 02, 2282 to August 09, the Senate held a vote that would change the fate of the nation forever. Many locals do not consider themselves Americans, rather Hawaiian. America abandoned them, tore down their national identity and attempted to turn them into something they weren't... the Senate sought to change that. The debate lasted 6 days and was fierce between Enclave members and traditionalists and ghouls, and on the other side locals, and true Hawaiians. Many on one side did not want to give up on the dream that was America, but the other half argued that America was long dead. The Rig failed to live up to American ideals, and as such was not a true continuation of the United States. The vote passed with out of a total of 92 senators, 71 voted in favor to 21 against. On the morning of August 10, the president signed off on the act, dissolving the Enclave's hold as a state, a nation. After all, the Enclave is not a nation, it is an idea, a movement, a group, a political party. In its place, the Hawaiian Democratic Republic was formed.

Eden made the step and resigned her post as President of the United States and was inaugurated formally as the first interim president of the HDR. She left one final message for Anderson:

> "COME IN WESTERN COMMAND CENTER. THE SENATE HAS HELD AN IMPORTANT VOTE... WE ARE MOVING ON FROM THE SHELL OF THE PAST. WE ARE SOMETHING NEW... AND WE ARE HAWAIIANS. THE PRESIDENT HAS RESIGNED AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA... OR WHATEVER IS LEFT OF IT, WHICH IS JUST YOU. SHE HAS INSTEAD TAKEN ON THE ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF HAWAII. DO WITH THIS AS YOU WISH. WE WILL NOT RESPOND TO WHATEVER SNIDE COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE. CONTINUE WITH YOUR BRUTAL CONQUESTS OF THE WEST, WE WILL NOT BE SEEING YOU ON THE WEST COAST IN 2285. THAT IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT TO SAY. WE WISH YOU LUCK IN YOUR JOURNEY."
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A response was not received from New Mexico, which was expected from nothing more that racist, purist scoundrels who's only enjoyment in life came from drawing out the misery of those they viewed as subhuman.
A new proposed flag that has been in circulation for months now was hoisted for the first time over New Honolulu. The president stepped forward during her inaugural speech (As President of the HDR) to explain the meaning of the flag.

> "The stars represent the peoples of Hawaii, the different groups, and as we unify more and more under our banner, each state that shall be admitted to our new Republic. The crescent moon symbolizes the beauty of nature, the change of heart and our resolve. The white represents the purity of our land, and of our people as we settle a new fate, not to restore a long dead nation but... to build a new nation, a new future for our people. Green represents growth and new beginnings. This day is our new beginning, our chance to start over, shed the sins of the past, shed a broken relic, a shadow of something long gone. Hawaii is not America, and we will no longer pretend it is,"
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The Enclave Territories of the Hawaiian Islands was dead, and the Hawaiian Democratic Republic had arisen in its place.