Hendrix Von Bamberger

Hendrix is the youngest son of Bret Von Haunt and Charlotte Von Bamberger, born and raised in the royal family of Windenburg. He has an older sister named Leonor Von Bamberger who was next in line of succession.

## Appearance and personality

He is blond and has blue eyes, Hendrix is described as a reserved but friendly and virtuous person. Hendrix is enthusiastic about poetry and music, however reading is his greatest passion. He grew up and prepared for the possible day he could become king.

## Personal life

Hendrix lived most of his life in Windenburg, although in his youth he went to live temporarily in France, where he became close to the French royal family to which he had a greater affinity. Back in Windenburg, he was introduced to Dot Starbird, a mysterious and cultured woman, who he found very attractive and intelligent, Dot managed to win Hendrix over and they had an affair, Dot became pregnant with Hendrix's twins, who lived with Dot, however Hendrix saw them eventually and taught them things about royalty.

### Reign

In Hendrix's old age, after the death of his sister, he was crowned the new king of Windenburg, in the first months he held public events and listened to the citizens. Hendrix brought his children Adriene and Jacques to Von Haunt Manor, he consecrated Adriene as his heiress with her being next in line of succession. He won as a gift from the French royal family, the young Jean-Loup Bourbon who would be the suitor of his daughter Adriene.

In a short time of reign, Hendrix tried to fix some flaws committed by his sister, the previous reign was the worst among them all, not a horrible reign but the least promising among them all since King Frederick, the first king of the new monarchic era. Hendrix conducted many public polls and fixed the country's economy, however he needed to invest in the social milieu, maintaining the people's faith in the royal family and strengthening trust.

One of Hendrix's biggest measures to strengthen the power and influence of the royal family was to bring more nobles to live in Windenburg, more specifically young people with aristocratic roots from powerful families. Besides bringing nobles into the kingdom, Hendrix also established the titles of nobility of citizens who were entitled to the title such as George Lefraux and Cameron Lefraux.

He gained more support from the people although he needed to gain even more popularity. Hendrix was the eldest in the palace and the rest of the family were still teenagers with the exception of Nolan, who was already living elsewhere, but in the house the eldest after Hendrix was his daughter and heiress Adriene. Hendrix visited Henford-on-Bagley along with Adriene and Mattia, where he chatted with some local citizens and the mayor. The King's visit in Henford-on-Bagley was a positive one as it was the first time a monarch had visited the place and he paid attention to that small, forgotten rural area.

### His accomplishments

#### Reduction of taxes

One of the most awaited proposals of the king was the reduction of taxes, this was already an old problem of the nation in which citizens were always complaining of high tax rates, this problem had been coming since the time of democracy with a subtle decrease during the reign of Frederick but rose again during the reign of Hendrix's sister, anyway the main proposal of Hendrix on the reduction of taxes was fulfilled, which generated a huge approval of the population.

#### Child support

Another great achievement of the king was to create the Child Support that allowed families to earn an extra money for each child they had, as a form of support to help with basic needs and as an incentive for parents to enrol their children in extra courses to increase the culture and knowledge of future generations. Furthermore, this served as an incentive for teenage parents not to abandon school, since the kingdom already has a large number of teenage parents and most of them, who are poorer, abandon school to start a job to support their children, instead of just getting a part-time job. The new Child Support has prevented more teenagers from dropping out of school.

#### Multiple Spouses

This change in the law caused a certain amount of controversy, including among royalty and other countries, but Hendrix allowed it, defending the citizen's free choice. Although the king didn't take a positive view of someone having more than one spouse, he still said that it was up to the citizen himself and that it was his responsibility to face possible consequences. From then on it was permitted that a person could have up to two spouses.

#### Nobility

It was common until then for the Kingdom of Windenburg to be ruled by monarchs only, however Hendrix decided that he would bring the nobles to live in the kingdom, so the main outskirts of Windenburg would have a noble family for each region, such as Willow Creek, Oasis Springs, Newcrest, Brindleton Bay and Henford-on-Bagley, so each noble could focus on a specific region and give the report to the royal family at a meeting they held at either the residence of the Harkins family of nobles in Henford-on-Bagley or the Windenburg Palace/Von Haunt Mansion. This proposal by Hendrix was partially fulfilled, he handed over some regions to be surveyed by nobles, however others still had no nobles living in it. Willow Creek was surveyed by George Lefraux, Henford-on-Bagley by Adam Harkins and his wife, Oasis Springs by Colton la Cerda and his wife, and so on.