Merven Tyrionis

### Summary

Merven Tyrionis is the Minister of Finance & Economy of the RPF Romano cabinet. A former disciple of Francisco Arazione of the RPF Market Liberals, Merven was appointed by Alejandro Romano to first serve as Minister for Public Services, where his talents saw him being later appointed to fill the empty seat of Minister for Finance & Economics. Merven is the principal author of the Romanoism doctrine of President Alejandro Romano, having drafted and created the codified phamplet on the economic strategy of the President. He is also widely credited to be the founder and originator of the "Third Way Movement", a centrist ideology focused around reconcilling the differences between the leftwing Social Democracy of former President Enzo Di Pasqua and the rightwing Riganoism of former President Simone Rigano.

### **Chidhood**

Born to the affluent House Tyrionis, Merven was raised in the market town of Tirano located in the northern foothills of the province of Vecciar. His childhood was a dreary and miserable one. His waking hours were spent in academics and business studies to prepare him to one day work in the family business. Tirano Holdings Ltd, the largest rubber manufacturer in Arracia and one of the largest asset management companies in Vecciar, was majority owned by Yoren Tyrionis, father of Merven.

### **Early Years**

However, any ambitions he may have of impressing his parents and making them proud was stumped by the sheer gap in talent and achievement of his elder sister Raven. No matter how hard he tried or how much he achieved, he was constantly being chastised and compared to his sibling. Due to his troubled childhood, Merven grew to become an embittered and cynical man, one who would look down on others only to feel better about his own dismal life. Even to his adulthood, he would still hold these repressive and toxic feelings.

### **Meeting with Donaldo Trumpis**

His life of mundane misery would be changed once he met the great bisnesman and philosopher Donaldo Trumpis on his travels to the Alaequan Federation. The famed philanthropist would imbue upon Merven the values of Freedom and Individualism, to grasp freedom with his own hands and rebel against the path set forth by his abusive family. On the recommendations of his messiah Donaldo Trumpis, Merven would abandon his family and pursue a career in politics. This breaking away from his house led to a great rift between Merven and the rest of his family, the rift exacerbated by Mervens support for Arracian unity instead of his family's staunch Vecciarian regionalism.

### **Political Career**

He would start his political career as a junior member in the AUP, using his famous family name to be elected in a constituency near the bustling ports of Porta Veccia. Not forgetting the one who saved him from his fate, he would adopt the soaring golden bird as his personal insignia, in honour of his Messiah Donaldo Trumpis who uses that symbol to represent freedom. In time, Merven would grow very close with the market liberals and Francisco Arazione in particular, even being mentored by him. Rising through the ranks, he would form a rivalry with the other young disciple of Arazione: Eleonora Acciaio. When Arazione led the defection of his wing to the RPF in the 1896 election, he put forth Merven instead of Eleonora as the Market Liberal candidate for the new Romano cabinet. This caused a split between the senior trifecta of the faction and deepened the rivalry between Acciaio and Tyrionis. President Alejandro Romano would then appoint Merven Tyrionis as Public Services Minister before later appointing him to Minister of Finance and Economics.