Vito Amadeo

Vito Amadeo was the Viscount of Ili-Fien and a veteran of the Hopfisch Rebellion. Vito, much like his younger brother Pietro Amadeo, was known as the *Blunder Boy Counts*, due to many blunder during the Hopfisch Rebellion. Vito was never respected by his own army and he became a laughingstock in the Nobility of Edelmaa. The Amadeo brothers were often said to be *Lacking Lords*, though both were often under the influence of drugs. Pietro was also known as the more brash and frivolous of the two instead of Vito.

The Amadeo brothers further convinced King Jiri that the Nobility of Edelmaa was not as sophisticated as he had hoped for and the brothers also further increased the King's distrust and contempt towards the Fiannese people, which was later shown in the Scouring of Ili-Fien.

## Hopfisch Rebellion

At the onset of the Hopfisch Rebellion, the Viscounts of Fianna, the Amadeo brothers Vito and Pietro Amadeo decided to cast their lot into the upcoming campaign by joining the loyalists. As counts, they received senior command in the Royal Army and they raised a sizeable army in their home of Ili-Fien.

Soon the Army of Fianna, as it was known, fought the minor Battle of Nostran. Succeeding this, the Army of Fianna marched through the Kingdom of Olav in order to reach the rally point at Lohensloss faster. During the march, the Disaster of Krimml occurred.

### Krimml disaster

The army of Fianna began a minor mutiny against the commanders as they wanted to raid the town of Krimml. Vito argued against this, yet this made matters even worse, especially after Lieutenant Ulfhir Magon, a conscript from Tadaheim got into a quarrel with the Lexitor of Vito, Sir Klaus. Klaus acted in an ill manner against the soldiers, which caused the soldiers to call for blood. Klaus eventually killed Ulfhir which caused the army to riot further. Vito had to concede and Klaus was executed and the army was satisfied for now. The army kept marching to Lohensloss.

### Lohensloss

In Lohensloss it was decided that the Royal Army was to be divided into two, one army under King Jiri to take the city of Silverion and the other under the command of the Amadeo brothers to relieve the Siege of Maakor. The King was impressed with the victory at Nostran, and thus wanted to give a chance for the two Fiannese upstart generals to prove their worth.

### Keriff disaster

As the Army of Fianna was marching to Maakor Castle, it began to rain. During this rain Vito demanded the army to force march into Keriff, a city in the way to Maakor Castle, which it did. The exhausted and angered army then began to ransack and pillage Keriff, which did not sit well with Captain Gerald Guilleam, the commander of the Knights of Antikea. Gerald urged Vito to order the men to stop. Vito however gave Gerald the right to handle the situation. As an arrogant narcissistic knight Gerald began to "slay the savage Fiannese and Tadaheimr soldiers". This upset the brigadier of the Charlington Brigade, Titus Gaul who reprimanded Vito for allowing his army to kill each other. What infuriated Titus further was the fact that the Amadeo brothers were spectating the situation from the main tower of the local palace as they were feasting and drinking.

Vito then gave Titus the rights to handle the situation, which he did. In the end, the army had lost almost all respect for the Amadeo brothers and morale was low.

### Battle of Maakor

The army accidentally bumped into the Rebel army at Maakor. Vito immediately ordered a charge, which nearly caused his army to evaporate. In the end, the chaotic battle was a victory to the Amadeo brother partly due to the bravery of the Knights of Antikea and Captain Gerald.

### At Maakor

The brothers were hailed as liberators and victors at Maakor Castle, where they subsequently began to party with the Silven family, which did not impress any of the other commanders present including the *Lion of Leowell* San Cyr.

Vito and Pietro and the three Silven men Reyland, Maakor II and Adam partied and used many drugs. This caused Titus and San to take control of the army, however just as Titus and San were about to leave the castle with the army, the Amadeo brothers caught up and took the army back under their control.

### Abandoning the Army

In 28th July, during the march from the Maakor Castle to Muede, the Amadeo brothers began to suspect that their army was trying to usurp and maybe execute them. The two had been reserving an entire wagon full of beer for them alone, where they spent their time drinking. This annoyed the men, who were ordered to march without rest. The vanguard commander San Cyr and the rearguard commander Titus Gaul indeed planned to take the army over, yet just as their plan was to take place the Amadeo brothers stole all maps and left, the reason as to why they took the maps is unclear.

The two "escaped" the army with two guards, Jim and Leris. The quartet marched around in the forest aimlessly, as they had taken the maps but no compass, so they were unaware as to where they were going. After three days of riding around with scarce food, they stumbled upon Silverion, which had been luckily captured by the loyalist just a day before their arrival. But the Amadeo brothers had "escaped" the army in their underwear, so nobody believed them to be Viscounts of Fianna. Instead they were arrested.

### Escaping prison

The two however managed to escape from their cell due to insane luck. Then the two assaulted two civilians, stole their coat and knife and broke into the Silverion palace where they aimed to get an audience with the King. When the brothers broke in, Pietro accidentally killed the royal sommelier. Following this, they snuck around the palace in their underwear until being spotted by the guards. A wild chase began which ended when Pietro killed a guard at the main corridor of the palace. The two brothers were surrounded, until Lothbrok Voorst, the Lord Lexitor, arrived to the scene. At first Lothbrok was shocked, yet he quickly composed himself. Lothbrok recognized the Amadeo brothers, then Lothbrok had servants clean and clothe the counts.

### Audience with the King

After many alarms in the palace, the situation was calmed down as Lothbrok requested the King to be present at the grand hall of the palace. The King was guarded heavily, as he did not yet know that the infiltrators were indeed the two Amadeo brothers. Vito explained what had happened and as a result the King punished both brothers by temporarily stripping them of their commandship and placing them under arrest in their rooms.