Justin Tombs

**Justin Tombs (1883-Present)** (Karolevian: Джастин Томбс tr. Dzhastin Tombs) was a lieutenant in the Royal Army during The Christmas Revolt of 1905. He was promoted to Captain of the Guard during peaceful times and during war is Captain of the Royal Army.

## General Info

### Occupation:

Captain of the Royal Guard and Colonel of the Karolevian Royal Army

### Residence:

Alexander PalaceBelinsky, Kingdom of Karoleva

## Military Service:

### Battles/Wars

The Christmas Revolt of 1905The Siege of Belinsky

## Early Life

Justin was made an orphan when his family died of plague in the merchant quarter of St.Romnova. He lived in The Slums before enlisting in the Royal Army. He served in the field before returning to the capital and became a royal guard.

## The Christmas Revolt of 1905

Justin was working as a guard the day the Christmas Revolt of 1905 started. Justin helped injured people on the bridge of St.Romnova after the events of the 400th ball and helped Lisbeth Vaughn after she was shot by a royal soldier.

He was promoted to a lieutenant by his captain soon after. He was ordered to led a group of 200 into The Slums to find Frederik II and the rest of the Petrovna's. Justin marched with his troops into The Slums killing many rebels. The battle stopped when the bells rang signaling Christmas Day, called The Christmas Truce and his men stopped the fighting and back over the bridge. But not before rescuing Queen Alexandra from the rebels. During this time he got involved with Lisbeth Vaughn, a member of Verraten's rebellion.

Justin sat in the audience of the trail of Frederik II to save the King. He escaped the theater after it was bombed by Juste dan Renon. He saved Lisbeth Vaughn after she was shot by her brother twice. This led him to the rebel camp outside of the city to meet up with his men. He and his men went back to the city and the Palace, raising a banner signaling the Royals had recaptured the city from the rebels.

## Life after the Revolt

He was promoted to Captain of the Royal Army and Guard and badged for his service to his country. He worked to train the Guard better than those before the revolt.

## Reign of Nikolai II

Tombs was rewarded for his service in the Christmas Revolt and was promoted to Captain of the Royal Army and Royal Guard along with being badged for his service. During this period he worked on training the Royal Guard to be better than those before the Christmas Revolt.

### Coronation

Karoleva's capital city was moved to Belinsky due to St.Romovna's inhabitable state. Nikolai II was crowned King two years later on his 20th birthday on April 3, 1907 in the Dorogoy Cathedral. During the coronation Grand Duchess Maria was attacked by Mad Mohan and helped the Grand Duchess and ordered for Mad Mohan's arrest but he was able to flee.

Tombs and some of his men tried to find Grand Duchess Charlotte Petrovna when she ran away from the Alexander Palace and on that same day saw a group of rebels led by Dormin Luthar's men attack the palace front gate. During this time, Juste dan Renon had escaped prison and was terrorizing the Royal Family which resulted in Grand Duchess Charlotte being shot in the leg. The soldiers Tombs sent 30 soldiers to capture Renon failed and resulted in the death of many men.

### Aid in the Escape of Lisbeth Vaughn

Tombs was told about the capture of Lisbeth Vaughn by Nikolai II and visited her in prison. Later he was ordered by Nikolai II to get Vaughn out of prison after finding her motive for killing two guards. Tombs took Vaughn out into the haunted forest, pretending he was going to execute her there but let her go.

### Siege of Belinsky

10 April, 1907 Tombs was informed that all transmission lines to Alingsky were cut which he quickly told to Nikolai II. During which all the palace lights went off and Tombs went to figure out the case. Tombs found Ambassador Luthar in the palace ballroom and Juste dan Renon. Tombs and Ambassador Luthar both fought Renon trying to arrest him but failed.

#### Grand Duchess Maria is held hostage

Juste dan Renon, in his plan to escape the Alexander Palace, held onto Grand Duchess Maria with a grenade so he could go to the palace gate without being stopped by guards.

#### Massacre in Alingsky

Tombs was informed that 300 people were killed in the port city of Alingsky. Tombs was informed that the city was taken under siege by an unknown force and that all communication lines had been destroyed. Tombs quickly told Nikolai II that Belinsky was in danger of attack and ordered soldiers to the city's wall.

#### Defense of Belinsky

Tombs led men to the walls and fought Espanian soldiers who were putting the city under siege. Tombs told the Royal Family that the Espanian army had the city under siege and believed the city was sabotaged from within. Tombs ordered for food storage and soldiers to be counted. Tombs ordered for Ambassador Luthar's apartments to be searched where evidence that he was responsible for the Siege of Belinsky.

After Juste dan Renon was given the position of General in the Karolevian army by the Royal Family, Renon appointed Tombs as his colonel. Tombs sent a group of 300 soldiers to the coast and sent sharpshooters to the tops of buildings. Tombs and Renon both fought the Moorsemen army on the Belinsky short with cannons were fired. Renon ordered Tombs to send all the war prisoners to the wall along with the heads of any war chief. Later Tombs was told by Renon that Ambassador Luthar had used proxies during the Christmas Revolt in order to weaken the country and was ordered to give full pardons to Lisbeth Vaughn and Malenkov.

During a break in the fighting between Espana and Karoleva, Tombs kissed Lisbeth Vaughn and slept together. Afterwards, Tombs is ordered by Renon to the city gates and to hold the city at all costs.

#### Dormin's Infiltration of the Alexander Palace

Tombs helped kill Ambassador Luthar's men that were able to infiltrate the Alexander Palace in order to kill the Royal Family. Tombs was shot twice in the arm during the gun battle he and his men were able to kill all of Luthar's men.

After the defeat of Luthar's men, Tombs told the Royal Family that the palace was theirs and Juste was tracking down Dormin Luthar and was informed on Luthar's assassination attempt on Grand Duchess Maria before he was stopped Renon.

The next day Tombs was informed that the Eurovna reinforcements had arrived to help fight off the Espanian army and he continued to fight the Espanian army.

#### Dormin's Second Infiltration of the Alexander Palace and Death

Ambassador Luthar tried for the second time to invade the Alexander Palace and kill the Royal Family. Renon and Tombs noticed Amabssador Luthar in the palace and Tombs saw both Renon and Ambassador Luthar in the palace ballroom. While Renon and Ambassador Luthar fought, Tombs led a group of soldiers into the palace. Tombs fought Luthar's men and the Espanian army surrendered shortly after due to being defeated. Tombs was told by Renon that he killed Luthar in the ballroom.

## Death of Nikolai II

After the Seige of Belinsky, Renon went with Juste dan Renon to present Ambassador Luthar's sword to Nikolai II. Tombs watched as Renon stabbed Nikolai II with Luthar's sword and then himself. Tombs tried to save Nikolai but was unable to and Nikolai II was declared dead.

## Reign of Charlotte

After the assassination of Nikolai II, Tombs worked on trying to find out why Renon killed Nikolai and himself and spent his time investigating. Tombs saw that Renon's Wraiths were cremating Dormin Luthar on a funeral pyre. Later he found box in the rookery floorboards that had a curved knife with a bottle of clear liquid along with a note. Tombs realized that Nikolai II was not truly dead and went to where his body was being displayed in order to wake him up. Justin realized this meant that Renon was alive as well, and Justin went to Renon's tomb to find a note that Renon left.

## Reign of Nikolai II (The Second Time)

Nikolai was revived after an antidote was given to combat the poison that was on the knife he was stabbed with. This also meant that Juste dan Renon was also alive again as well. Later he went and saw a massacre at a nearby bar in Belinsky, that was caused by Baron Magnus Vitori and his men.

### Flight to St.Romovna

Later he is told by Vaughn that he and the Petrovna's needed to leave the Alexander Palace as soon as possible, because Vitori was planning on murdering the Petrovna family. Justin gathered the carts that were to transport the Petrovna family. Other's that went with the Petrovna's were Lisbeth Vaughn, Ollen Malenkov, Lilly von Buren, Isabella Affini, and King Cedric of Livadia. Justin helped fight off Vitori's men and helped Juste when he was blasted in the face with fire and tended to his wounds. Justin carried Juste into the monastery where the Petrovna's stopped to rest for the day. The next day, Justin helped prepare the wagon for the Petrovna's to leave to St.Romovna.

#### Marriage of Queen Isabella of Manturia and King Nikolai II of Karoleva

During the marriage of Queen Isabella and King Nikolai II, Justin was guarding the doors of the monastery. When Vitori's men arrived in the village, Justin was informed by Renon to led the Petrovna's out and he would clear the road. Justin gathered the wagon and fought off some of Vitori's men while trying to get the Petrovna's on horses. Justin went inside the monastery to look for Maria and Charlotte, who went inside to find their mother, Alexandra who did not attend the wedding. Justin led them out of the monastery and is almost killed by one of Vitori's men, who Renon killed. All of them, except for Renon, rode for St.Romovna while Renon distracted Vitori's men by riding an opposite direction.

#### The d'Alabanza House

Justin led the Petrovna's and their entourage to St.Romovna, the former capital city of Karoleva that was burned in the Christmas Revolt. Alexandra Petrovna suggested that they got to the d'Alabanza house, a mansion formerly owned by Cousetellet's ambassador's to Karoleva. Afterwards, Justin went to the tavern in the city where he and Lisbeth had dinner at when they first met. There he was reunited with Lisbeth, who was kidnapped by Malenkov in order to save her from Vitori. Here Justin told Lisbeth that he has started to hear voices that told him to do bad things.