Reginald Vetinarvi

**Reginald Vetinarvi** served as the first Lord Patrician in the history of the Beaglian Empire. He is widely considered by modern historians as an integral part of the Empire's founding, being the man who led the forces of then-Lord Beagle de Caine to victory in the Corsican Revolution of 1380. From this success, Vetinarvi would eventually rise to the second-highest position in the Empire, holding the office of Lord Patrician from 1383 until his resignation in 1532.

## Early life, education, and other exploits

### Die Assassinengilde

Vetinarvi was born approximately 687 years before the ascent of Emperor Beagle. When he was 10, he was sent to Die Assassinengilde in Vienna. For 9 years he underwent ruthless training. Out of the 50 Year Ones, only 7 graduated. While in Die Assassinengilde, Vetinarvi became a master at his weapon of choice, the throwing dagger, as well as disguise, poison, languages and martial arts. At age 20, Vetinarvi was sent to Oxford to assassinate the Governor’s of the College. While hunting down the Governors one by one, Vetinarvi managed to acquire an understanding of the English people and their customs. After the last Governor had been killed, Vetinarvi was recalled to Die Assassinengilde. For the next 10 years, he stalked Europe’s hierarchies gaining the reputation as The Lord’s Dagger. Eventually the mysterious Council of Die Assassinengilde became afraid of Vetinarvi and arranged to have him killed. Unbeknownst to them, Vetinarvi, masterfully ingrained in the shadows, overheard this and murdered the Council.

### Lordship, David's War, and tenure in Zurtrengard

For the next 5 decades, as a Lord, Vetinarvi managed his small territory, turning it from a small citystate selling little things made of straw, to a regional hegemonic power in which he executed a vicious amount of power. Ultimately this led to his downfall following what would become known as David’s War, named after the Biblical hero David. Vetinarvi’s nation launched a merciless invasion of his Romanian neighbour, which triggered Vetinarvi’s surrounding neighbours to attack in unity. Despite his powerful army, Vetinarvi was defeated and spent an entire year barricaded in the dungeons of his bastion as Alliance forces struggled to break in. His remaining troops, tired of war, ambushed the 87 year-old man, dragging him into the centre of the capital. This drove him completely mad. Alliance leaders tried the now stark-raving-mad Vetinarvi and sentenced him to be executed. However, fortune was on his side when self-proclaimed Emperor Petrezgard, The Vampire Lord of Zurtrengard, rescued the deranged Vetinarvi and transformed him into one of his vampire servants. For the next 350 years Vetinarvi served as the Chief of the Inquisitors, Zurtengard’s merciless secret police force. This time as a ruthless torturer slowly calmed him down to a level mental state, if somewhat psychopathic. The vicious Empire inevitably collapsed with the death of the Emperor and Vetinarvi and his Inquisitors fled into the Dark Forest. They soon parted, each leaving for a separate corners of Europe, with Vetinarvi leaving for Oxford. For the next 200 years he was ‘’Reggie’’, to the English gentry.

## Corsican Revolution of 1380

Vetinarvi eventually heard of a growing power in Corsica and emigrated to the island. Upon arriving, he would discover the future Beaglian capital in the midst of a rebellion against the reigning king, Albert IV. Eager to secure power in a possible new regime, Vetinarvi trained the peasants of the city of Ajaccio in the art of combat, and would lead them into a large revolt against the Corsican Royal Militia. The clash between the two forces ended on November 1, 1380, when the Militia regained control by slaughtering many of their own citizens. Following this, Vetinarvi invited the Captain of the Militia, Fazio Adalfieri, to a meeting under the guise of a "peace treaty." When both men had signed the document, Vetinarvi invited Adalfieri to shake his hand. As the Captain met Vetinarvi's grasp, the would-be Lord Patrician plunged a dagger into Adalfieri's neck with his other hand, killing him almost instantly. Following this, Vetinarvi is alleged to have ripped the document in four pieces. Without a Captain, the Militia imploded, and swore allegiance to Lord Beagle by raising a white flag in the town square of Ajaccio two days later. Upon this surrender, Vetinarvi would lead massed forces to a prison on the Corsican coast, where Beagle and his close friend, Lucel Condor, were being held. Overwhelming the poorly-equipped prison guards, the army would be given keys to the two cells, proceeding to free the nobles and escort them back to their ship, known as the Marlingford.

### The Defenestration of King Albert IV

On November 12, low-ranking peasant troops from Lord Beagle's assembled forces began hurling objects similar to the modern Molotov cocktail at the outer walls of the Ajaccio Palace. Many of them were killed by archers stationed on the top of the walls; however, the walls still took a lot of damage. Multiple sections of them were completely burnt to the ground, allowing more of Beagle's forces to pour into the courtyard. Throughout the evening of November 12 and into the early morning of November 13, Palace guards fought against the forces commanded by Beagle in what has since become known as the Battle of Ajaccio Palace. While the guards were more skilled than Beagle's forces, they were simply outnumbered. By the late afternoon, only a few guards remained alive. Retreating into the Palace war room to strategize with the King, the guards were oblivious for a time to the utter destruction taking place in the courtyard. The windows of the Palace were utterly obliterated, and Beagle's forces poured into the throne room and other places. This led to the death of many servants. Beagle was oblivious to the details of the battle; for his own safety, he stayed on the Marlingford with Lucel Condor as Reginald Vetinarvi led the troops into battle. Fearing the destruction, King Albert slept on the floor of the war room.

On the morning of November 14, the Palace guards charged out of the war room, massacring many of the people that had gathered in the palace overnight. However, they were once again outnumbered. By noon, the last Palace guard had been killed, and the forces of Lord Beagle began attempts to break down the iron doors of the war room. Albert attempted to hide by entering the backyard from the war room window, but this plan would ultimately prove fruitless and idiotic. Sometime around 2-3 PM, the doors of the war room finally fell, and Albert was stormed by the peasant forces of Lord Beagle. Carrying the King up the stairs and into the master bedroom, Reginald Vetinarvi, as well as two other men who are identified by modern historians to be Liberatore Russo and Donatello D'Amore, threw him out of the now shattered window behind the bed. Falling to the cobblestone paths in the courtyard, the King died minutes after his initial impact with the ground.