Nathaniel Treynor

Nathaniel in full Imperial corps VI armor

## Biography

### The youth

Nathaniel Treynor was a second son of poor serfs in the imperial province of Muntz. His father died of illness when he was 3, leaving his mother and brothers the family farm. Prior to the Internal Imperial conflicts he was the first member of his family to receive a privilege of being schooled in a public education center alongside 29 other farmers children randomly selected by Imperial officials at the age of 12. He took it as a great honor and saw himself indebted to his Fatherland because this gave him a possibility to improve his family economic status in the future. As it turned out he would soon be able to repay this debt. After only 5 years of education his great country called for all willing to join the forces of the Emperor in defense against the religious order of the Last Dawn which rebelled and tried to assassinate the emperor. All students of the educational center, willingly or not, were enlisted to the Imperial army. The Time of Troubles was about to begin.

### Service in the army

During the war he joined the imperial ranks, with all 29 of his classmates, as a private i VI corps of Imperial infantry regiment under the ruthless command of High Commissar Manndratz. In the beginning they were inspired by the fiery speeches of the commanders promising quick victory over the rebel scum. They were told they serve the emperor himself in this crusade against religious fanatics who want to bring about the end of the world. In their minds they were the only thing standing between their loved ones and death. All thanks to the monstrous propaganda machine of the empire.

Nathaniel's first experience of combat was far from the glorious victory the commanders promised. In fact he was a part of the infamous battle of Galinor, the most horrific Imperial defeat.

The objective of the offensive was to capture the capital of the Thuain Region, the most developed and rich part of the Empire and the seat of the Order of the Last Dawn. While advancing on the city the weather turned from rainy but calm into a literal hurricane on land. With little visibility and all communication lines with the high command broken, the liberation forces were left on their own. The last order they heard was “advance”...

High Commissar Manndratz fearing the consequences of failure ordered all forces to storm entrenched positions of the order outside of the city. The push through mud and rain was slow and dangerous as the order was in possession of the advanced Hertz technology that could reduce a man to dust in seconds.

In a manner of 14 hours the Imperial “Army South” lost 70% of its forces having gained little land. Forced to retreat and furious after the defeat the High Commissar ordered every 10th man from each squad be executed on charges of cowardice. Later he himself executed half of the commanders himself. He reckoned it was only fair, after all it was them who led the men into battle.

### Desertion and escape

2 years have passed and many battles after the defeat of Galinor and Nathaniel was the only one left from his class, all of his friends died in trenches and mud or from disease. The once cheerful and hopeful young man was now a broken shell of his former self.

He was now a part of an elite imperial scout unit which specialized in carrying out recon and sabotage missions, skilled in use of Hertzrifle a powerful weapon capable of shooting and killing at great distances.

One day his unit was tasked with mapping one of the villages near the eastern borders of the imperial controlled land. He arrived and witnessed imperial soldiers butchering the population and burning the settlement. Angered by this revelation he confronted the commander of the squad. The commander replied: “Rebel scum deserve no better fate than death”, and ordered Nathaniel the execution of the rounded villagers. Among them were little children no more than 10 years old, about the same age he was when he joined the imperial school. He refused and the commander threatened to execute him instead for treason. Nathaniel knew too well that disobeying imperial order was a death sentence but he couldn't bring himself to murdering innocent children. He turned and fired his rifle on the commander and later shot every soldier that took part in the slaughter. Being filled with rage and despair he fled the village and began to run as far away as he could.

After weeks of avoiding the imperial forces he got back to his home.He ran across the field as he saw smoke coming from his family farm.when he approached he fell to his knees, his house was burned to the ground and on the apple tree there were four bodies hanging on the branches. Each had a poster nailed to their chests.

“WANTED TRAITOR NATHANIEL TREYNOR ALL WHO MAY BE HIDING HIM WILL BE PUT TO DEATH”