Carles Puiel Quincayo

Le Called

The Executive Branch of the Republic of Yara

*"If a Slave can rise to rule a Nation, why can't a Nation rise from the Ashes?"*

Quincayo, or better known by his free name Carles Puiel Quincayo (also known as Le Azoche, Le Negre di Diabble and Le Called) was the Generalissimo of the Yarese Patriotic Army from 1821 to 1840 and Provisional President of the Yarese Republic from 1860 to 1866, dying of Pneumonia in 1870 at the age of 70 in his ranch, Le Bochanera.

## History of Quincayo

### Early Life

Born in 1790 in a slave plantation, his childhood was spent in sugar fields, cutting and planting sugar canes, in 1810 when a slave revolt burned down the plantation he toiled in he was recruited by the Firise (groups of escaped slaves which roamed the countryside) and taken to a Quilomve (a small village of escaped slaves) where he was taught how to read and write. His charisma and innate intelligence allowed him to quickly rise through the ranks. By 1811, the small band he led began attacking the outposts of the Colonial Regulars, taking weapons and plans, and, with the assassination of the Colonial Governor by a radical, the Piedi Bianchi (the noble whites born in the colonies) seized the opportunity to try install one of their own as Governor, said attempt backfired when the Viceroy of Colonial Affairs sent an army 2.000 strong to stop the revolt, ending in a massacre of the civilian population in the city.

### Revolutionary Era

With his main allies exiled, Quincayo began liberating small plantations in the south, freeing slaves and robbing landlords of their riches to finance his rebellion, by 1812 his small band grew to 3.000 men, with this new strength he declared:

*"Our nation has been violated, beaten and chained by the Achaeis, we will not be freed until this stain, this plague is wiped from the face of Sequiva"*

With this address (Now known as the Plead to War) Quincayo launched the Emancipation Campaign, a 10 year long revolt against the Obechs, capturing the capital city of Lacos several times in 1815, 1819 and finally in 1822 after the battle of Baia which destroyed the army of Viceroy Gaddel Vonnas.

### Presidency of Yara

With the practical liberation of Yara completed, the first elections were held, Quincayo winning the presidency by a landslide, entrusted with war powers by the Piedi Bianchi dominated assembly he set on the liberation of the rest of Achaei Sequiva, launching the Campaign of the North (sealing the independence of the Confederation, Guacapa and Loran in the Battle of Siván against Rodrik Seni on Lorese soil) and the Campaign of the South (emancipating Cala, Mambisas and Central Sequiva definitely after the Siege of Tirit, freeing the now capital of the Confederation of Central Sequiva, sending into exile the last Colonial Governor, Manhunelt Gilenem) ending the Quincayists Revolutions for good in 1825. At the Congress of Lacos, Quincayo used his influence as the Most Universal Sequivist to delimit the borders of the newly found republics. After one year of debates, threats and a narrowly avoided Civil War in Yara between Quincayo and his detractors, the Treaty of Lacos was signed by every Head of State of the newly founded Republics, settling territorial disputes between the states, as well as helping them gain recognition in the wider world. After the war, Quincayo relinquished his War Powers to the Yarese Congress, which promptly called a general election, Manal Boni, an influential merchant of Lacos resulting elected by the Congress, the Bochanera Estate, seized by himself during the War in Yara was granted to him, along with a payment of 2.000.000 Liras (1.000.000 solaris) the estate flourished again with the help of Arnham Posek (the actual president of Yara), attracting hundreds of workers due to his education policies inside his estate.

### Late Life and Retirement

In 1860 with the assassination of conservative President Manouk Haram, the Congress called him for one last service, using his 6 year tenure to pass the "Mandatory Education Act" the establishment of 1.000 primary schools and the creation of the Lacos Basic University, ending his mandate after the 6 years stipulated in the Constitution. In 1869, before his pneumonia killed him, he gave this statement to a reporter:

*"Yara has seen too much tyranny, death and suffering, by blood we won the right to change that, but we need a change our hearts to do it"*