Eren Bitteridge

Eren Bitteridge post Funeral of Flowers

## Director of Athena's Eye

**Eren Bitteridge** is the current Director of Athena's Eye and is the founder of the Valkyries. Eren is related to Constance Bitteridge, and a trusted confidant of Emperor Claude Stewart. In his position as Director of Athena's Eye he oversees the vast surveillance network maintained by Artemis while at the same time feeding covert information to the Valkyries. He is motivated to bring down Artemis from within and end the corruption within the lunar nation.

## Appearance

Eren before the event known as the Funeral of Flowers had short brown hair and a youthful appearance, he was known to be care-free yet highly dedicated to his work, the model patriot. He would often wear casual to work and manage his office with relatively little worries. Following the death of Juliette Lysterre and the Funeral Flowers, Eren notably became more detached from his work and let his hair grow out. His facial features became much more pronounced as he aged with the stress of his job.

## Personality

Eren has always hid his true disdain for Artemis beneath a hard-working, care-free attitude. Until he joined the military in 2010 as an officer, Eren maintained the naive assumption that things would get better, yet they never did. The Wars of Extermination were brutal displays of unwanted destruction. Eren believed Artemis tore through world and left it in ruins, causing him to detach from the heroic narrative touted by Artemis. He was disgusted by his own complicity in the attacks spurring him to aim his convictions against Artemis and its empire.

## History

### Early Life

Eren was born shortly after the execution of Edward Bromswell, and lived during the rise of the Stewart Administration. As a child, he grew up in among the privileged few on the inner-circle of the Stewarts meaning his family was under constant supervision. Eren's formative years were characterized by strict adherence to the rules and social customs of Artemis. He was prohibited from entering Deimos or studying things that were unbefit of an Artemis child. This highly restrictive childhood indoctrinated him into the Stewart's cult of personality, fully believing the propaganda he was taught.

Eren went on to attend the Artemis Imperial Armed Forces Academy and graduated the top of his class quickly graduating and receiving his commission as a lieutenant. However, unknown to him storm clouds were closing in with the world declaring war on Artemis on January 1st, 2010. For weeks the mid-ranks of the military had no idea what the top-brass had been planning. On January 26th, 2010 the mid-ranks were finally briefed on the scale of the battle they would be fighting, a war against the world in full and not just that an attack that would wipe out 1/4 of the world's population. It sounded monstrous, no barbaric, but did they have a choice? They had to defend Artemis at all costs, and so Eren and his fellow officers kept their heads hanged low as they were transported to their assignments.

Eren arrived at the French theater hours after the first VORTEX Missile had obliterated Paris, The smell of smoke, and rotting flesh were pervasive throughout the entire campaign but no more prevalent in Paris. Eren worked under Lt. General Clovis Van Andel as one of his aides de camp passing along letters and intelligence briefings to other high-ranking officials and down the command Chain. Through this Eren cultivated an ability of quickly digesting information and processing it in a coherent way. Over the course of the campaign, Eren rarely went into battle as Andel was mainly a strategic planner, that was until the Battle of Brittany.

Eren's experience at Brittany, like many other soldiers, formed his final judgement on the injustice of the Stewart regime. Following General Bradley's death, Lt. General Clovis Van Andel returned to the battle field to command his armies tactically, as a result, Eren became one of his leading deputies in the battle commanding a battalion of troops in his own right. Eren showed great skills at leadership and inspired his men with hope to fight for another day, however, within himself he was disgusted at the slaughter, he viewed one entity responsible for it: Claude Stewart and his associates, including his mother and aunt.

In victory, Eren went on to be promoted to Lt. Colonel and assisted Lieutenant General Lyons in the oversight of the Counter Intelligence Operations