Guidian - Gemmacroon

## Introduction

Gemmacroon is the current and forever emperor of Guido. He was born in the guidian marshlands to a humble, impoverished rice farming community in modern day Southeast Guido.

In his teenage years, Gemmacroon started to become obsessed with the studies of politics and military strategy. Gemmacroon moved far away from his humble rice farming village in the southern marshlands into Delphini, A small city state predating Guidian rule over continent. Gemmacroon applied to Delphini University where he was accepted and earned top marks in his studies of political philosophy, & military strategy.

## Early life

Gemmacroon was born to a family of impoverished rice farmers, Tomocroon (father), Shimocroon (mother). He was born into extreme poverty which perpetuated his extremist political ideologies. Gemmacroon's father found him many books to read when he was a child in hopes to escape their life of extreme poverty, many among them were political philosophy books, seeing as these are often found in the trash. Gemmacroon became infatuated with the ideas that he read in these books and later this infatuation turned into an obsession as he grew more and more fanatic.

When he was 15, Gemmacroon's parents died of a mysterious disease that had seemed to come from a gyser erupting on the mountain near their farm. The gyser seemed to destroy their crops & turn the lush grass into mycelium. Gemmacroon used the funds that his dearest parents had saved in order to fund his education and travel to the city of Delphini.

## Education

Gemmacroon enrolled into Delphini university at age 17. Despite not having any formal education, Gemmacroon passed his courses with flying colors. Gemmacroon studied military strategy and political science extensively and became a quick master of them. In his studies, Gemmacroon became dissatisfied with the status quo of the current geopolitical doctrine of city state warfare. He sought something much greater in scale, he wanted the power of an empire. He created his first empire building doctrine of soft power, the idea that gaining the trust of many small powers can result in the formation of a much greater collective power. He reserved this idea for the near future, Gemmacroon was going for complete dominance.

## Political Career

### Delphini

Gemmacroon had many small political jobs within the city of Delphini learning as much as he could, eventually he rose to overtake the warlords that ruled the city by using his soft power technique to curse them into giving him more and more power gradually.

Once Gemmarcoon had consolidated power in Delphini, becoming governer & commander of the city militia, he started to meet many influential people close to him, among them was Soup. Soup had been making his rounds in Delphini, lording the slums and getting shekels. Together, these diametrically opposed friends authored some of the earliest literature in the classical Guidian cannon, such as *Extreme Prejudice: an imperetor's handbook for world domination*, & *Shmaegels to Shekels: Gemma & Soup's guide to get rich quick.*

Gemmacroon & Soup dreamed of a land where the rice was bountiful and the shekels flowed freely through the streets. A world where the children smiled and their parents could sleep well at night, knowing they're raising their children in a beautiful, peaceful world.

### Guidian Republic

Gemmacroon & Soup were ousted from the Delphini city government in the year 5 B.G. due to accusations of extreme corruption, masterminding political assassinations, & poisoning baby food. However, Gemmacroon's cult of personality had attracted many of the citizens to follow him wherever he went, going on to found the city of Impertoria, along the San Lorenzo river delta.

Gemmacroon & Soup were elected as the virgin city's co-consuls to reign over the highest level of state affairs. Some of the great minds throughout the continent flocked to the city after reading the many works of Gemmacroon & Soup, such as 14aligators, & Charlie\_Pie7.