Somering Lane

Somering Lane is the former leader of Drighton. He was described as "*an old cunt*" by the civilians.

During the Drish Presidential Election Campaign in early 1951, Somering Lane was elected as President when the second candidate was murdered on 2nd February 1952.

## Early Life

Somering was born in New Drisher, Albestiv Perit, on August 27th 1915.

His father, Jerome Troy, born on 4 July 1884, and his mother, Judy Tayh, born on 28 March 1882 worked together at a small shophouse, where they sold bags and other equipment as a family business called Laen.

The family were in the Middle Class, and were pretty content with their slow lives under British Occupied Drighton.

Somering grew close to his two elder sisters, Jolyn Moor and Simone Jay, both twins born on New Years Eve 1913. The three of them would usually take walks around the town or sit at the beach. Since they were pretty isolated from the mainland, everything was usually quiet with the occasional ferry or plane dropping off supplies from the mainland. Somering's father left the business in 1941 to fight the war in the Pacific against the Japanese. On February 20th 1942, Japan invaded Drighton from Myanmar and Vietnam, eventually taking Ocli and lower South East Asia.

## Japanese Occupation

The police force in New Drisher wasn't as harsh as anywhere else, as there weren't any Chinese based populations in Drighton or Ocli. Although, rationing was introduced and violence was brought upon the citizens whenever they stepped out of line.

After Japanese Capitulation in 1945, Somering's father came home from a prison camp in Singapura.

## Studies

Somering and his sisters left New Drisher to study in Grenner in 1946, Jolyn was studying to be a nurse, Simone a lawyer, and Somering after a few years of studying the law joined the Vocal Democratic Union, much to his sisters' dismay. During his time in the party he had met a man named Zyygv Ta who was the brigadier general for the Drish Military. This is when Somering's fascination towards the military started, and as he climbed the ranks of the party, he would eventually become a candidate for the Drish Presidential Elections in 1951 when the British left after a coup was initiated for them to "bugger off". Somering also met a woman named Angelina Gytv, who he ended up marrying.

## Election Campaign

When the second running candidate from The Republicans in the elections was murdered, Somering was then elected as President for Drighton as representative for the Vocal Democratic Union, even after many rumours and claims that Somering had killed the candidate.

The first year wasn't easy, Oclian political leaders were on the verge of invading North Western Craudoa, and in 1952, the Tetrad War started.

## Drighton Disaster

On the morning of December 20 1960, Somering Lane and his bureaucrats were called to Kluatau for a Fold Four Union Trade Meeting. He set off in a private consist en route to De Bedroma.

The Zero Organisation had planted bombs on the bridge 30 minutes prior to him entering Apiatu when they heard of the Drish meeting.

At 2.29 AM, the bombs exploded and the bridge collapsed. Somering was drinking coffee in the dining car when he heard a boom. Having shrugged it off, the train was stopped to make way for an express train headed to Kluatau. Somering only realized the express train's crash when the Kluatauan and Apiatuan border patrol sounded their alarms, and he was sent to check out the problem. He arrived at the scene of the disaster four hours late.

Guards had reported him suffering from Survivors Guilt.

## Deaths

Somering's parents were killed in a Zero Bomb in 1975.

Somering Lane suffered a stroke and passed away on the night of June 3rd, 1979.

Jolyn passed of old age in 1987 but Simone was murdered in an alleyway in 1959.

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