Karl Billug

Karl Billug in 2234

**Karl Billug** is the scion of the Billug royal family, the former royal family of the infamous Hessian Kingdom.

## Early Life

The Billug family was for a long time the royal family of the Hesse Kingdom. Their main source of wealth came from the vast salve trade of the Serb and Pomeranian in Hesse. This ceased when the Kingdom was annexed by Germany. While still influential, the previous royal family was no longer in control of a nation and was forgotten by many. They still, with many difficulties and little success, tried to keep their influence in the international stage by keeping a distant connection with the Torres in the Kingdom of Italy. In the 1930’s, the development of fascism in Germany brought back the Billugs in the administration of a nation. Indeed, the Billug family was heavily involve in the administration and management of some major slave camps before and during the Third World War. However, when the fall of Germany became inevitable, the leader of the family made a deal with Fernando Torres and his government in exchange of some immunity in the post-war era. They will serve as witness in the Nuremberg trials and denounce all the main members of the Unglaub’s regime, lose all their lands and wealth and cut all ties with the Torres family forever.

The Billug family post-World War became somewhat influential only in local politics. They became to gain back some influence when the UNE formed and beginned to centralize its power and some contestation movements formed in response to protect the rights of independent States. Karl’s great-grandfather, Hans Billug, was even one of the leaders of the January 2008 riots in front of the UNE Congress. This riot was a major failure and embarrassment for the movement as they were ridiculed by the international community. The Billugs learned a lesson, if they wanted to advance their conservative agenda, they will inevitably need to work with UNE.

Kar Billug is the heir of the main branch of the Billug’s family and is well known for his charisma and demagoguery. He began his career working in a UNE office in Hesse and rapidly became the head of the Germanic department, at a young age, through his family connections and their political allies. He gained some niche fame with his xenophobic rants when the UNE found primitives on other planets and that these xenos should not have the same rights as humans. His influence became higher when he pronounced a popular speech when the news of the Crystal attack on Terra Nova came to Earth. When Barbara Campbell was chosen as the governor of Earth, Karl became one of the aides of the new governor. When the corrupt tendencies of Barbara Campbell became too evident, Karl took the opportunity and initiative to denounce Barbara corruption and collaborated to make her arrest happen. Karl gained a lot of popularity for his anti-corruption moves. Now that the UNE is on an expansion path, his new political goal is to be chosen as a governor of a planet far from the eyes of the UNE or one that will give him a lot of autonomy because of its difficulties to advance the Billug family influence.

At present he is a political aid of Fritz Fiquelmont his second cousin, the two having become friends during their time working for the disgraced former governor of Earth. Seeing the huge political opportunity of New Vegas and further connection with House Fiquelmont. The move has caused both families to become closer. Karl has major political differences from his more "moderate" cousin but the two agree on enough to have a very effective working relationship.