King Drozdukhowvy II

**Drozdukhowvy II** (Adrian Zygmund Drozdha; 9 November 1894 – Present) is King of the Royal Commonwealth of All Slavian Peoples (Pteroslavia) since his coronation on 11 October 1929.

**Overview-**

The only son of King Drozdukhowvy I and Queen-Consort Aniya Kosciusko, and nicknamed ‘Druzhya,’ Adrian Zygmund Drozdha is the first King with no real ties to the older Imperial administration. He spent his early years in Isniaca, as the Wars of the Collapse came to a head and then moved out West, and rarely saw his father who was leading from Pteraw. During the reign of his father, he was often touring the world or working as an apprentice to powerful Magnats.

As king, Drozdukhowvy has played a role in fostering positive relations between Pteroslavia and its southern neighbours. The creation of the LMK as an economic union has brought links to and from every corner of the Mare Mercator. Despite a large dip in public support during the publication of a scandal in 1934, Druzhya has been at least as loved as his father, especially in the South. His later reign has been concerned with new military buildup in response to the chaos evolving in Kaesul, and GCK actions across the wider world. He has continued cultural initiatives started by his father to tie exigent (Ptero)Slavian peoples back to the homeland and occasionally (symbolically) commands the naval vessel taking part in Arrival Day celebrations across the world.

**Early Life and World Touring-**

Adrian Zygmund Drozdha was born in Zymiana on 9 November 1894 the 2nd of Drozdukhowvy I’s children and his only son. The family quickly moved south to Hansewsk, and then Stadeuslaw to avoid the chaos of the Collapse. After the New Sejm appointed his father the new King of Pteroslavia in 1901 he was made a Prince-Duke of Pteroslavia. Celebrations did not last long, as he was whisked away to Isniaca for protection as the First Democratist Rebellion took place. He remained under care of his mother and Isniacan mercenaries paid by the Royal government until 1910.

Before the outbreak of the 2nd Democratist War in 1910, Druzhya and his squad of mercenaries set out on a goodwill tour from Isniaca, north. The ignition of the conflict turned him away from Pteroslavian ports, and sent him around the world to keep him away from the war and the Democratists. (Insert path and events here)

Despite originally planning on returning in 1914, having traversed most of the northern hemisphere from port to port, events and acts of terrorism at the end of the Democratist War kept him away from home until the autumn of 1918.

**Government Service and Southern Strategy-**

Following his return from abroad, Druzhya spent a year with his family as Pteroslavia worked at reconstruction. Following his fathers suggestion to make himself useful, he enlisted as an apprentice to Magnat-Ksiaze Petiyr Kuvegraw. In working with and for he continued travelling between the cities of the Merchant Coast and the Capitol. He is recorded as often lamenting the state of the infrastructure of the regions he passed through. Druzhya was on a goodwill visit for Kuvegraw when war against the VTV were declared on X XXX 1921, and hastily returned to a militarizing Hansewsk. With Petiyr’s blessing he married Janika Kuvegraw, Petiyr’s daughter, on 11 Aug 1921. Prince-Duke Drozdukhowvy was enlisted as a 2nd Captain in the Royal Pteroslavian Navy by December of 1921 and given command of a commercial patrol in the Mare Mercator which operated until 1924. (List wartime events here) At the end of the conflict he elected to remain in the service of the navy as Captain of the same commercial patrol in the Mercator, but was eventually demilitarized in 1925

He settled down with his wife and son in Kuvegraw, just outside of Hansewsk. Druzhya was often found entertaining personalities and diplomats from around the Mare Mercator with Janika. She founded the League of Merchant Coast Wives (LZWK) in 1927 with the stated objective of bringing upper and middle class women together from around the Mare Mercator. The unstated objective was to use the influence of the members husbands to bring about a formal League. The LZWK was an influential part of what would be called Druzhya's 'Southern Strategy' to bring more order to the Mercator region. They were pursuing this 'strategy' with nobles in Aldesia when he received word of his fathers death on 12 September 1929. It took his family nearly 3 weeks to get back to Pteraw and plan his coronation for 11 October 1929.

**Confirmation, Coronation, and Early Reign-**

Drozdukhowvy II was confirmed as the newly elected King of Pteroslavia by the Sejm while he was still in transit from Aldesia, on 14 September 1929. His coronation took place on 11 October of that year, about a week after he arrived in Pteraw. One of the first acts he pushed forward was the Merchant’s Sea Initiative, a combination of infrastructure modernization between Pteraw and the Mare Mercator’s coast., and the creation of the League of the Merchant’s Sea (LMK) as a diplomatic and economic entity to help control trade and conflict around the Mare Mercator. Aldesia, Aballava, and the Isle of Mazurek joined alongside Pteroslavia and Mornia in 1931. Isperia joined as an observing member in 1932.

**Gun-Ring Scandals-**

While the negotiations around the creation of the LMK were being conducted, an investigation branched off the economic subject and uncovered evidence of mass corruption within several large military suppliers during the VTV conflict. The case for what to do was made to a special session of the Sejm, with Drozdukhowvy II attending on 3 June 1934. (Several Military Suppliers) were nationalized by the Sejm and reorganized into Arsenal Groups (GA). Several Magnats were arrested and dis-ringed for their complicity in the scandal. These new GA and the remaining independent Suppliers were put under strict scrutiny which continues in some to this day. This has, in many cases, led to a strengthening of worker and union power in wider industrial settings. Under laws made as a result of this case, a worker or group of workers may request independent investigation of their workplace for corruption and malpractice.

**To Present-**

Following the Gun-Ring Scandals, Drozdukhowvy II put significant effort into distancing himself from his fathers regime. He began taking personal interest in chasing down leads of corruption and providing for the common Pteroslavian. In 1938 he began taking a more involved part in Arrival Day celebrations across the Slavian world and taking nominal command of the vessel sent as part of the ritual. (List examples here)

The present administration of the LMK, of which he is an observing chairman, took much of his otherwise free time until 1941 when events in Kaesul and across the wider world pulled his attention to matters of power. Employment of the Arsenal Groups to modernize Pteroslavia’s largely still VTV era equipment was ramped up with his approval. On his influence in the LMK, preparations for a miliary amendment to the League charter were made between Pteroslavia, Mornia, Aldesia, Mazurek, and Aballava. Technically the discussions have been shelved, but with every member’s vote having been cast in the positive, it only awaits activation in a time of crisis.