Pyro

**Pyro** (formerly **the** **Grand Chairman Kosmo**) is the founder and former Grand Chairman of the Hoivengers Discord Sect. He is best known for having created the first Hoivengers chatrooms, and being the leader of the group until the ephemeral Confederation of the Hoivengers server was initiated by Piedmont.

## Biography

### Establishing The First Group Chat

Pyro is responsible for creating the first Steam and Discord servers for the Hoivengers. He founded the first Steam group chat in early 2021, intending to create a Hearts of Iron IV gaming multiplayer group. At first, he was merely accompanied by Piedmont, Mark, and Ian. He soon expanded his community by adding Mef601, Xi, Corn, and EnderDogzone to the group chat.

### Leader of the Hoivengers

He coined the term *'Hoivengers'* and the tagline *'We Make Sure, Mark doesn’t Win!'* sometime in early 2021. By this point, the group had already held some multiplayer games, most infamously when Mark (Germany) annihilated Xi (France). Due to scheduling issues, the group's activities gradually slowed, and political debates began dominating the main chat.

In response to increased political tensions, Pyro instigated separate channels inside the group chat. Controversially, he allowed Corn his own channel, where the latter spoke highly of Communism and flaunted Communist imagery. These excess channels were never as eminent as the main channel, however.

### Relocation to Discord

On April the 2nd, 2021, he began to migrate most of the Hoivengers Steam Group to Discord, and set up the *'Hoivengers - Discord Sect'* group chat. Due to Discord's limitations, he soon abandoned the Group Chat, deciding instead to develop a Discord Server for the fledgling Hoivenger community. He bestowed the positions of moderator to Piedmont and Xi in late April.

On May 5th, 2021, Pyro introduced the #paradox-dev-diaries channel. This new channel was kick-started when Paradox Interactive released a slough of development diaries beginning in April. However, the Grand Chairman later disallowed anyone, including moderators, to send messages to this channel, rendering it useless as of May 22nd, 2021. On May 3rd, 2021, he bestowed the title of *"Premier of the Workers Soviet:"* upon himself.

On June 29th, 2021, he announced the People's Congress, a legislative body of the Hoivengers - Discord Sect. However, this planned "congress" never came into fruition.

### First Resignation

On the 19th of July, 2021, Piedmont established a new Hoivengers Discord server, titled "the Confederation of the Hoivengers". This rebranded server initially served as a continuation of the defunct 'Hoivengers - Discord Sect', albeit with altered principles. Pyro reaffirmed his resignation by approving of Piedmont leadership of the Hoivengers on the 22nd of July, 2021.

### The Hoivengers Revolution

On the 4th of August, 2021, Corn alongside Pizza began to organize a resistance group against Piedmont after he began to mandate mass-bans. Pyro joined the revolution on the 4th of August, 2021, and gave a short speech;

> "2 Years Ago I started a chat. It was with a small group of friends. Now I stand here with a select few, a resistance posed as the last hope to end the own tyranny of my best friend. I’ve mixed feeling on the situation but I know what’s right. We all deserve to play our games without the pressuring of social or political commentary, that should be a given right.
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> And so, I will not stand idly by whilst I watch my friends be reprimanded by someone using tactics that resemble that of Stalin himself. That is why I will take back our community. Not in the name of fame or glory, but for the rights of our members and of our fellow man, so that we may uphold our old traditions of Friday game nights and the bonds that we once share[d].
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> I choose not to fight for vengeance or for greed, but for the well-being of us all, and I hope should I fail in my endeavor that we as a group are able to eventually find a harmoniously way to indeed pave the road for reconciliation. I pray it shall not come to that, however."
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> **- Pyro, 4th of August, 2021**
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During the time of the revolution, Corn, Pyro, and Pizza agreed to form a pseudo-triumvirate titled the "chair of the three", which acted as the leading body of the HoIv Resistance until Piedmont's power was curtailed.

### Union of the Hoivengers

After helping overthrow Piedmont, Pyro granted Corn control over the Hoivengers, stating that he was being burdened with work, and was losing interest in the group entirely. Despite these remarks, Pyro ended up rejoining the Hoivengers group on the 25th of October, 2021, which Corn had relabeled the "Union of the Hoivengers".