Aivun Farlion

Aivun Farlion giving his first speech as Councilman of External Affairs in Nanzkya

### Species

Human

**Aivun Farlion** *(1852-1938)* was a Jabeyracki politician and trade unionist from Quesi who served as a significant figure in the country's politics in the leadup to the formation of the Third Jabeyracki Republic in 1907, and would serve as a member of the Council of Six twice- once under the Interim Council of Jabeyrack and later under the government of the First Grand Alliance. In the first case, Aivun was the Councillor of Infrastructure and in the second he served as Councillor of External Affairs.

## History

### Childhood and Running Away

Aivun was born in 1852 to a wealthy merchant's family in Verack. Despite his parents paying Aivun's way into the best schools possible, Aivun never got along with them, largely due to his parents' mistreatment of their workers. In 1876, Aivun fled to Quendil city and joined the Quendil Miner's Union- the precursor to the Quesi People's Party.

Throughout the 1800s, the QMU launched strikes and minor rebellions against Polmaria, largely due to their dissatisfaction with Queen Maria. Aivun partook in many such raids, and was arrested for five years after being captured in one of these raids.

In 1900, Aivun reconnected with his now ailing parents and inherited their lucrative warehouses and mercantile fleet. Aivun helped establish unions in his company and across Verack, and gave a significant amout of power in his company to the leaders of the local unions.

### The Cataclysm and Jabeyrack

After the Cataclysm struck Helinska, politicians from the Polmarian Democratic League in Jabeyrack City formed a new party- the Fulcrum of Jabeyrack and declared the region of Jabeyrack an independent nation. Due to the cataclysm making it near impossible to set up voting stations in much of the country, the first government of Jabeyrack was the Interim Council of Jabeyrack. So as to not exclude the Quesi province, the new government asked Aivun Farlion to become the temporary Councilman of Infrastructure, which Aivun accepted.

Due to the interrim Council not being elected, it had extremely limited powers, and Aivun's role was mostly to deal with the effects of the Cataclysm, which he did admirably. Due to his efforts, the only major loss from the cataclysm was the city of Sozvalin. Without Aivun's timely evacuations, large swathes of Verack and Jabeyrack City might have been lost.

### Member of Parliament (1911-1917)

After the interrim council stepped down in 1911, Aivun was easily elected to the Margov from one of the two seats in his home city- Eastern Verack- while the other district (Southern Verack) was won by another member of the Quesi People's Party (the rebranded version of the Quendil Miner's Union). Under the joint QPP leadership, many Veracki shipping buisnesses were taken over by the government, providing a slight boost in employement and earning to the city.

The QPP was one of the few strong opposition parties in the country, as the Fulcrum of Jabeyrack had managed to gain a monopoly over coastal mainland Jabeyrack, Davanpor, Yaelivin and Feril. Even Quendil- the other major city in the Quesi region- had elected Fulcrum politicians. The 1916 elections proved much of the same, with the QPP retaining only a handful of seats, mainly from Verack.