The Emperor

The Emperor of The Imperium (c.1912 - 24th March 1998) ,shortened to The Emperor, was the former Supreme Emperor of The Imperium, father of the Imperian Race and the leader of Imperiumism. The Emperor would come to power in the Imperiumist Uprising in what was then The German Reich in 1940. He continued to rule The Imperium from then until his death in 1998.

He was a beloved and powerful ruler and his Impressive Ability of Propaganda, Manipulation and Persuasion and has built a Cult of Personality around him called "The Will of The Emperor" which still is in the mind of the older Imperian Generations to the current date. He was a highly capable politician as well as a military commander and tactician. Despite his death and the subsequent collapse of The Imperium, his legacy continues on.

## Biography

### Early Life

The Emperor's Origins are a Well-Hidden Secret. He took this Secret to his Grave. Many speculate he was Born in 1912 and His Father was a Great War Soldier or Officer who died in the Fighting. As far as The Public knew, The Emperor had no surviving Family.

### War of Liberation

With the German Reich launching head first into The War of Liberation in 1939, the people of Germany quickly saw that Hitler would be incapable of leading them to victory. This feeling was echoed by Generals in the Wehrmacht. In the Years Leading up to the War, The Emperor had studied the Ideological Split in The Wehrmacht and the Split between the Wehrmacht and The Schutzstaffel. After the Invasion of Poland, the Emperor contacted Field Marshall Walter Model and proposed a new political philosophy of Imperiumism. Model liked the Military Hierarchy in this new ideology and joined.

With the Emperor needing an army, he began recruiting civilians in Hamburg where he was based to rise up. However, he knew these civilians were not battle-hardened and many of them had never held a rifle until now. To this end, The Emperor ordered Model to recruit and persuade German Generals who will be loyal to The Imperium. This was an easy task as Model had a wide network of Generals who opposed Hitler. In late 1939, Walter Model informed The Emperor about Hitler's plan to Invade Belgium and he saw this as a perfect time to strike. Model was to Command this Force and had Rommel, Guderian, Gerd Von Rundstedt and *SS-Obergruppenführer* Reinhard Heydrich who was acting SS Liaison.

Model recruited Rommel, Guderian and Heydrich and ordered for Rundstedt to be killed. In Early 1940, Hitler orders Model's Force to invade Belgium. At the Same time, The Emperor ordered The Imperiumist Takeover and rose up in Hamburg.

### Imperiumist Takeover

The Emperor used his 10,000 Strong Militia Army to Take Over Hamburg. Along the Belgian Border, an uprising began. The Generals refused to invade and Heydrich stayed on the border whilst Rommel, Guderian and Model linked up with Pro-Imperiumist Forces outside of Hamburg. Rundstedt attempted to alert the SS of the coup but was killed by Heydrich's Forces who had now sided with the New Imperial Army.

Adolf Hitler would learn of this betrayal and orders Heydrich and Himmler to destroy the Wehrmacht Revolt, who was unaware of the Larger Picture and assumed it was just some disgruntled officers. Model and Rommel had linked up with The Emperor and began a march on Berlin with The 15 Infantry Divisions and 5 Panzer Divisions under their command. The Emperor ordered a Siege of Berlin and called on the People of Berlin to fight back against the Nazis. He ordered the immediate surrender of The Waffen-SS Garrison who had kicked the Wehrmacht Forces out. The New Imperial Army began to attack Berlin in The Siege of Berlin. The Siege of Berlin was a bloody fight and took many attempts to kick the SS garrison out. The Siege finally ends and Hitler is killed with Nazi High Command either dead or in hiding. The Emperor marches into the Reichstag and Proclaimed a New Imperium and established Himself as The First Imperial Emperor of The Imperium.

### Ending the War

With Berlin in Imperial Hands and The Nazis trying to organise an Effective Resistance, The Emperor saw this as a Perfect Opportunity to win the War of Liberation. The New Imperial Army under Steiner, Rommel and Model moved into the Benelux and the Allied Armies moved into counter them. However, Rommel and Guderian's Tank Divisions were able to sweep through and completely overrun The Allied Defences in Belgium and trap The Main British and French Armies in Dunkirk.

The British began evacuating at Dunkirk and the Emperor ordered it to be crushed. During The Battle of Dunkirk, out of 500,000 BEF Soldiers, only 15,000 make it back to Britain. This would lead to an American Entry who halted an Imperial Advance to Paris, forcing The Emperor to wait until the end of winter. The Emperor expressed disappointment at The Italian Exit of The War in Late 1940 , which would later fuel his war against them. The Imperium successfully defended against a front-wide French and American offensive and dug in for The Winter.

During The Winter, The Emperor had been preparing a New Tank Force to Break the Allied Lines in a War-Ending Offensive. He had convened with leading Generals and Organised this Offensive Personally. In January of 1941, He had amassed several groups of His "Emperor's Fist" Tank Force in Key Points along the Frontline to take major Cities including Paris, Versailles and a drive toward Brittany and Cherbourg. On the 1st of February, He gave the order for Operation Valkyrie to begin. The Battle of Paris began on 5th February and was over by 21st March. Cherbourg and large swathes of Northern French Coastline had been seized by the 2nd of March. The Maginot Line had collapsed by the End of the March.

This move would end the war as the French Public demanded a surrender and many French Soldiers began mutinying. The British and American Economies were in tatters and Britain was facing revolts in their Empire. The Emperor accepted a Formal Surrender of The French Government in May. The Allied Powers attempted a last ditch offensive on now Imperium-Occupied Paris but this resulted in a catastrophic allied failure and destroyed the Allied War Moral. Field Marshall Montgomery is forced to surrender to Field Marshall Erwin Rommel on the 1st of June 1941 after an order from the British Parliament to stop fighting.

With this, The Emperor appeared at the Peace Treaty of Paris to accept the Allied Surrender in the War in June 1941, The Emperor's Grip over Europe was now cemented over Europe and now Africa. He returned to Imperia City and announced The Imperium's Victory in the War.

### Nazi Insurrections

With the Death of Hitler and Proclamation of The Imperium, SS Garrisons across Germany and Occupied Poland took up arms and started an Uprising called The Nazi Insurrections. The Emperor was heavily invested in destroying these uprisings as they had potential to unseat him from Power. He tasked his best Generals to combat the Nazis on his Behalf as he was involved in other Campaigns in Russia and Italy. In the Last Months of The War, he signed off the Nuclear Bombing of Warsaw which would end the War. He would call the Nuclear Bombing "a Worthy Sacrifice to Destroy the Nazis". Other than the end of The War and Various attacks on Imperia, he wouldn't be that involved in the war as his priorities laid with the Imperian People and With His Expansionist Ambitions.

### Italian War of Conquest

The Emperor wanted Italy to be under the control of The Imperium. He saw the Strategic Importance of Italy for Mediterranean Dominance and knew Italy needed to be subjugated for his Ambitions of an Imperium spanning Europe and Africa to be realised. In Early 1941 in the War of Liberation, The Emperor met with the Greek King, King George II to discuss a potential Imperian-Greek Invasion of The Balkans and Italian Territory after The Imperian Victory in the War of Liberation.

The Emperor personally wanted to Invade Italy because of The Fascist Government in Italy posing a threat to The Imperium. He Believed the Italians could supply and Harbour Nazi Exiles and The Nazi Underground Fighters.

Once the War of Liberation had ended, he organised a War Council consisting of some of the Best Generals of The Time. With Model temporarily commanding Imperial Forces fighting the Nazis, HFM Rommel could Lead the War in Italy. The Emperor was heavily involved in the War and would frequently drop in on Briefings.

The War would be a great and easy success for the Imperian and Greek Forces who swept across Northern Italy and the Balkans. The Battle for Rome was a hard fought battle however and the presence of German Exiled Forces proved to be difficult to defeat. At the end of the battle, The Emperor was surprised the Italians fought so bravely and valiantly when they were fighting a losing battle so allowed Italy to exist as an Imperial Puppet State. He also recommissioned the willing survivors of the German Exile Army to form the Elite 1st Imperial Storm Division who gained the nickname "Rome" due to their actions in the battle.

### Invasion of the Soviet Union

The USSR was another big ambition the Emperor had. In 1943, The Emperor believed The Soviets were planning to invade The Rest of Poland. He decided The Imperium should make the first move and invade Russia. The Emperor desired to be the First and Only Military Leader to Capture Moscow and Destroy Russia. So in 1943, He met with Kyuichi Tokuda, the leader of The Union of East Asian Soviets to discuss a joint Invasion of The USSR ,setting up a buffer state, annexing land and keeping good foreign relations. They drew up the Treaty of Imperia. They also added respected spheres of influence in Asia, Europe and Africa and a pledge by Both Leaders to not intervene in any wars The other Nation was Involved in e.g. If the UEAS and FAS went to War, The Imperium had to stay neutral.

While the war went extremely well for The Imperial Forces who took Moscow by the 28th of December 1943 and executed Stalin, the Emperor was highly unimpressed with the Union's War effort who joined in May and were beaten heavily by the Soviet Army and struggled to take Vladivostok. This would lead the Emperor to despise the Union and began to see them as an Enemy.

On the 10th of January 1944, Vlasov sent out an Official Surrender order to Soviet Troops and surrendered to the Imperium and Union. Vlasov signed away Soviet Control and due to The Treaty of Imperia, Russia was reduced to a small Border Buffer State between The Imperium and Union.

### War of The Pacific

Despite The Emperor's Wishes to join the War of The Pacific Against the UEAS, The Treaty of Imperia signed in 1943 and The Nazi Insurrections still posing a Threat forced him to stay neutral in the War. However he met with Eisenhower multiple times and gave The Free Atlantic States vital Training, Weapons and Volunteers such as The 2nd Imperial Storm Division who fought in the Invasion of Hawaii.

By 1954, The Nazi Insurrections had ended and The Imperium could now support the Free Atlantic States in the War. By the End of 1954, The Roughly 10,000 Force of Volunteers Training FAS Soldiers had risen to 30,000 with 2 Imperial Guards Divisions being deployed. The Emperor had grown fond of The Free Atlantic States and decided the Free Atlantic States were no longer a threat.

### Prime of The Imperium

With Eisenhower's Assassination in 1960, The Emperor knew war was on the horizon. His Nazi Purge would finally end in 1961 with the execution of Himmler. With the breakout of the Last Great War in 1963 due to UEAS aggression, The Emperor was quick to act and began to move the Imperial Army to the Border with the Russian Neutral Zone. He marched across the Urals to meet the Union Army. He also receives confirmation that The Free Atlantic States would pledge their support to the Imperium and had begun gearing up for war.

The Imperial Army would completely overwhelm the Union Forces who began a retreat into China. The Union launches a counterattack on the Imperial Forces who begin pushing into Siberia. This only slows the offensive. By the end of 1964, The Imperium had reached Mongolia. During August 1964, The Free Atlantic States entered the war alongside The Imperium. Throughout the War, The Emperor would try to keep the Atlantean and Imperial Armies coordinated and for them to work together. He would support Atlantean Forces in the Vietnam War.

In 1965, The Union retreat halts and they form a strong defensive line stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Russian Coast. The Emperor would also announce a formal military alliance with the Free Atlantic States. A few months after, JFK is assassinated by a member of the NUF. In the power struggle, The Imperial Army ,under the Emperor's Order, intervenes and forms a Pro-Imperian Government under Erwin Rommel in order to keep the Free Atlantic States in the War. As Rommel was known Conservative, he was eventually accepted as a temporary leader.

1966 would see the Emperor order the attack on the Katsuro-Line. The Line is destroyed and the Union begins a full retreat into China. Various Chinese Warlord groups declare independence from The UEAS and the UEAS is pushed closer to the Coast. Vladivostok falls to the Imperial Advance and Beijing ,with Imperial Assistance, falls to Chinese Warlords.

Katsuro is assassinated by Japanese Generals. They establish the Japanese Republic and Hiatchi Yamsuno is elected as President. The new Japanese Republic enters negotiations with the Alliance and surrenders. The War Ends with the Treaty of Tokyo. Japan loses all their overseas colonies and The Imperium occupies the rest of Russia and forms The Imperial Territory of East Russia. The Free Atlantic States is eventually reorganised into the Atlantic Imperium under Rommel who uses the Imperial Atlantean Army to crush ADP uprisings. China and Asia falls into chaos and The Emperor decides to leave it.

The Emperor would engage the Imperium in the Fourth Latin War in 1970 after Joseph Goebbels takes power in Argentina. The war would end the following year as Imperial Stormtroopers execute the Nazi Leader. In the same year, The Emperor would name Josef Berhmann as High Field Marshall of the Imperium and his successor. In 1977, Erwin Rommel would die. Being a close friend of the Emperor, his body was paraded across the Atlantic Imperium and The Imperium and ended up in Imperia City for The Emperor to personally bury his closest ally and friend.

In 1982, the Emperor would intervene in the Imperial African War after the death of Heydrich. With the war ending in a ceasefire, it became clear that Imperial might was diminishing which was beginning to look true after the Independence of Turkey in 1979. It was also during this time when the Emperor is believed to have developed an illness although it is unknown what the illness was, many speculate it was Lung Cancer.

### Later Life

In 1990, The Imperium would enter The Gulf War. Since the Early 1980s and Late 1970s , The Kurdish Liberation Army had been harassing and attacking The Imperium, Turkish Empire and Kingdom of Greece in the Middle East. These three nations would come together in 1989 after a terrorist attack in the Ankara Diplomatic Sector which killed over 100 Turkish Citizens and The Greek and Imperian Ambassadors to Turkey. He would meet with King Philip I of Greece and Sultan Ahmet Evran of the Turkish Empire and they agreed to start a Military Operation in the Middle East to destroy the Kurdish Forces.

The KLA responded on the 1st of June 1990 with the attack on the Imperial Base in Baghdad which took the lives of 32 Imperial, 12 Greek and 9 Turkish Soldiers. The Imperium, Turkish Empire and Kingdom of Greece subsequently declared war on The KLA.

The Gulf War would consume the Emperor and it is believed it made his health significantly worse. So much so that in 1991, he stops appearing in Public. The Imperian Public began questioning the state of The Emperor as Josef Berhmann begins taking more leadership roles.

He would allow the Invasion of the British in 1992 as a way to relieve pressure on the Atlantean Imperium , by then the American Imperium. During the Imperial Bombing mission from July to December 1992, The Emperor in a rare appearance to his health, King Philip and Sultan Ahmet Evren met in Rome to discuss the formation of the coalition in November. They agreed on a full international coalition and would accept anyone who would wish to join, they also wanted it so it was not led by a single country and instead a cooperation of nations. The Coalition was to be announced on New Years Day 1993.

This Coalition would see some success but would largely be disbanded by 1995. The Emperor would have little control over how the war would go due to his illness. In 1995, Behrmann would take an executive decision to withdraw from The Gulf War in light of the recent failures and new uprisings. Behrmann's surrender was seen as a betrayal to The Imperium and was seen as humiliating. Many Imperial Generals lost trust in Behrmann's leadership. The Emperor could do little to stop this decision or intervene

### Death

On the 24th of March 1998, The Emperor is discovered dead by his Sovereign Protectors. Behrmann was the first to be informed and began preparations for the State Funeral. He then informed Imperial Generals and High Ranking Government Officials including Manfred Rommel, the Mayor of Imperia City. The two coordinated and put in place a large funeral tour of Imperia. At midday, they informed Imperial Overseas Leaders and then announced to the public.

His state procession began on the 30th of March and ended on the 11th of April. His body then was laid in state in a temple in Imperia City for the people to visit. Behrmann was immediately sworn in as the new Imperial Emperor.