Senadal Voech

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An influential Senator in the Imperial Senate who was later chosen by Emperor Vincent as his Imperial Vizier.

## Appearance

Senadal was of middling height and blond haired. As he aged his hair thinned early and he became increasingly portly.

## Traits

Voech was clever and influential. Though given a good start by his impressive noble heritage, his ambitious nature is what allowed his swift rise in the Senate. Voech was also very loyal and committed to his friends and employers. He spoke six languages including two dialects of elven and dwarvern.

## Events

Important events in Voech's life include:

1719PE: Born

1736PE: Senadal was assigned as a tutor for the crown prince Viktor.

1741PE: Senadal used his connections and his impressive debating skills to gather popular support and got elected to the Senate.

1761PE: Viktor was crowned Emperor. As he began to change the Empire he used Senadal Voech as his key link in the Senate. Voech helped Viktor bring a change in Imperial law against the elves of the Oakland Forest. Voech proposed Viktor's 'ear bounty' in the Senate.
1762PE: Viktor's policies on ear bounties and increased watch on elven communities started to really take effect. The population levels of elves in the Empire drops more and more sharply. Some elven communities were even massacred.

1762PE: Voech helped propose laws to control elven movement and rights (Especially the right to bear weapons) in the Empire.

1763PE: Several Bounty Hunters in Oakland Forest were killed attempting to collect elven ears. Viktor wanted to use the death toll to fuel his efforts against the elves. The Emperor declared that all of the Oakland Forest was now imperial land. This, Voech then pointed out left many of the elves in violation of the previously enacted laws from the last two years. The Green Protectoran were mobilised as an army and told to cleanse the forest.

1764: Voech voted to increase financial backing for the Green Protectoran by passing a new budget bill. He also managed to influence the military organisation committee to commit to sending 90% of all imperial recruits to the Rangers.

1764-1766PE: Rangers in their thousands pour into the forest and wipe out Elven settlements wherever they could. Voech became the key pro-war representative in the Senate.

1767PE: After losses in Alkan Auria was forced to negociate. Voech realising how much Viktor would hate the treaty ensured he was not present at the signing. So the First Senator went instead and signed the Plains Treaty with crown prince Vincent. As Voech knew would be the case the treaty was hated by Viktor as it meant elves could flee to north of the border and they could not be effectively pursued any more. He neatly avoided the blame and became even more heavily used by the Emperor even over the previous first Senator who is was now primed to replace.

1767-1772PE: The War of Ears continued being fought vicariously through bounty hunter guilds such as the Blood Coin. Voech is the main proponent of Viktor's policies and grows in popularity among the now elf-hating masses.

1768PE: After a vote of no confidence, Voech is elected the new First Senator of the Empire.

1774PE: The Battle of Oakhome was a huge political and military victory for Viktor and his policies. A large concentration of elven forces led by the Quinkorin attempted to take Oakhome. They are decisively defeated. Voech's popularity was always linked with that of his royal patron. Voech arranged to direct castigatory campaign against his political enemy Milo in his local area resulting in Milo not being re-elected.

1776PE: A bad year in the War of Ears. First the Dawnrakers started operating against his forces in the forest and worse the Shrouded of Karritan came with the Shadeborn and got involved in the conflict. These result in losses that are hard to defend for Voech and the Emperor and results in a dip in his popularity. Milo's supporters ally and he returned to the Dome of Debate, which was seen as a major defeat for Voech.

1777PE: Voech's long time rival Aurakas Milo regained prominence as he headed the pro-peace faction in Tor Honarik and it was gaining vast p. Milo focused on anti-Emperor rhetoric noting the Aurian death toll and the limited benefits of this ongoing conflict. Voech tried to rely on his previous points of loyalty, nation the constant deaths and financial losses caused had made the Emperor's polices less and less popular and Voech really struggled to argue his points.

So Viktor and Voech leaned on the bitterness and loss of the war instead of the glory and riches, which normally worked so well with the Aurian public. Viktor refused to stop the bounties or disband the guilds but this was no longer a popular position. Viktor was resented by the people and that included many of the nobility as well as the powerful factions of the Sapphire Wizards' Guild and the Church of Celer.

1778PE: Emperor Victor took ill probably due to the stress of his failing war. This was bad for Voech whose had linked his status entirely to that of the throne.

1779PE: Victor the Elfslayer died and was succeeded by his son Vincent.

1780PE: Vincent ended the 'ear bounty' and removed imperial funding from the Bounty Hunters' Guilds essentially bringing an end to the War of Ears. Voech had been too directly involved to revoke them but Vincent had the necessary distance.

1783PE: Upon the death of the old Imperial Vizier Vincent appointed Voech as his Imperial Vizier not the still popular Milo. This would seem to suggest that despite Vincent bringing an end to his father's policies that he was not truly opposed.

1784PE: Aurakas Milo the political enemy of the royal family and Voech throughout most of his political career was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Voech was not an open prosecutor but he was present at the execution.

1799PE: Vincent died in his bed surrounded by his family. Knowing he was fatally ill for over a year he had already carefully transferred all power to his son Nikolay. This was one of the smoothest transfers of power in Aurian history. Senedal Voech though old retained the position as Imperial Vizier and was the key advisor to the new Emperor.

1805PE: Voech retired from the position of Imperial Vizier though he remained a man who the royal family would call on for advice.

1814PE: Voech passed away after contracting a chest infection.

## Legacy

Voech was one of the most famous and influential Imperial Viziers in several centuries.

His longevity living to almost a hundred years of age also gave him one of the longest political career of any senator.