John Francis

**John Damal Francis** (July 30, 1956 -) was a senior Bovido Clergy member and political figure who acted as Prime Minister of Jerusalem State from November 18, 2030 until January 5, 2036 under the Bovido Imperium, having previously been the leader of the Creed of Heart between 2010 and 2021, and once again from December 2022 until August 10, 2028. Francis also briefly led a remnant group of Bovido Has in 2021 following the Invasion of Belitung, and was High Emirate of Central Has between 2011 and the province's fall to Obadiah Has during the Has Wars in 2020. Francis was also briefly Bovido ambassador to the United Nations in 2036.

Born in 1956 in Makassar, John Francis entered the Clergy at the traditional age of 14 in 1970 before graduating in 1980 as a brother within the Creed of Heart, placed under the leadership of Abram Purba until the Purba crisis of 1981 threw the entire chain of command within Bovido Has into disarray, with Francis initially joining the Purba fraction in the ensuing civil war, although he later defected back to the clergy sometime before 1983. With the end of the war, Francis began an assent through the ranks of the Creed of Heart, becoming a senior bishop under the tenure of Cilicia Mara, before taking the top job within the creed in 2010 upon Mara's move to the Creed of Wrath. Personally overseeing the propaganda division of the creed, Bishop Francis took control of the Central Has in 2011 as Emirate, basing a significant portion of the nation's propaganda powerhouse within his new dominion.

Upon the retirement of Michael Ezra from active duties in 2015, the Purba era allegiances of Emirate Francis sprung back up to become a major scandal within the Clergy, before Archbishop Ezra offered clemency to his loyal servant, bestowing further powers upon John Francis. Following the death of Ezra in 2018, John Francis was one of the front runners to become the new Archbishop, ultimately loosing out to Hazael Buller, who kept Francis as the head of both the Creed of Heart and the Central Has. With the assassination of Buller and the outbreak of the Has Wars in 2020, Francis remained in power under the joint Clod-Dean administration, although he was forced into retreat with the Fall of Central Has in early 2020 and eventually relocated his Creed headquarters to Makassar. Out on a deployment to one of the pacific islands, Francis managed to survive the Invasion of Belitung, hiding out on the island with his entourage whilst Syli Dean attempted to re-organise the flailing empire into the Tokyo Bovido. Remaining isolated on the island for several months, Francis' remnant was discovered by one of Anton Ujung's contingency fleets in late 2022 and returned to Jerusalem, where John Francis once again took up his position as head of the Creed of Heart.

In 2028, the Jerusalem Bovido and Egypt Has merged together to form the Bovido Imperium, with Cardinal Anton Ujung becoming the first imperator of the new nation. In 2030, Francis was appointed as the prime minister of Jerusalem State, the capital province of the imperium. In 2035, Francis was responsible for organising the Bovido counter-response to the Invasion of Jerusalem State. In the aftermath of the 2036 Bovido Coup d'état, John Francis was removed from his role as prime minister of Jerusalem State. After the coup, Francis was demoted to the office of Bovido Imperium ambassador to the United Nations in New York city. In October 2036, Francis and the rest of the Bovido diplomatic staff were arrested in the United States of America, causing a diplomatic crisis. Subsequently, the Bovido Imperium was removed from the UN Security Council. In retribution, the Bovido Imperium launched a terror attack against the United States on January 20, 2037 during the inauguration of President Alexandria Raines.