RapizSK

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**RapizSK** or simply **Rapiz**, is one of only five Rise and Fall players who have played in every single campaign (the others being HalflingPrincess/Jane, StefyRomania, Yam, and Yeeter.) He is sometimes considered a co-founder of Rise and Fall for being the instigator of the colloquial "Game 0", an overglorified discord chat roleplay in which members of the Darkness Upon Middle-earth discord pretended to fight over Europe by drawing countries on a map; which inspired Jane to create Rise and Fall.

Though he was the instigator (and de-facto GM) of "Game 0", Rapiz was late to join Game 1, arriving on the 37th turn (AD 1695 in game) and playing as the United States. As the United States, Rapiz did not wage any wars nor conquer any territory during Game 1, setting a precedent of him being one of the most peaceful players. In Game 2, Rapiz returned to his "Game 0" roots by playing as the Swedes, and built a massive Nordic empire stretching from Scotland to the Northern Ural Mountains. Setting another precedent for future games, in Game 2 Rapiz made careful use of diplomacy, being involved in three different alliances throughout the course of the game and with them winning several wars. In Game 3, Rapiz initally played as the small German Kingdom of Bavaria, allying with Bohemia and the Teutonic Order to form the Holy Roman Empire, however he quit and disbanded Bavaria after the Holy Roman Empire was handily defeated in a war against Ireland. Rapiz later respawned as France, and built an impressive colonial empire featuring a French Japan.

Game 4 was the first of four consecutive games in which Rapiz played (at least initially) as Japan; of those four, it was among his more successful (though paled in comparison to Game 7.) In Game 4, Rapiz created a vast ancient version of the Japanese Empire one, stretching all the way to Southeast Asia and Indonesia by 52 BC. An ally of the Xiongnu (who later became the Huns), Rapiz' Game 4 Japan also participated in wars against Phoenicia and the Finns. In the short-lived Game 5, Rapiz attempted to recreate his previous Japanese Empire, and went about it so peacefully that Japan is not once mentioned in Game 5's history archive. In Game 6, however, Rapiz' streak of success as Japan was broken when it was conquered by Imperial Brazil. After losing Japan, Rapiz immediately rejoined Game 6 as Austria, and ended up being one of the major powers of the game, establishing a vast colonial empire that, at its height in 1881, controlled territory in West Africa, Madagascar, India, and Indonesia. Though this territory was lost to rebellion due to a cutting-off maneauver by DarthObiWan's Egypt, Rapiz did retake Japan as an Austrian protectorate after the Great Asian War. Perhaps one of Rapiz' most succesful games, however, was Game 7, in which he played as Imperial Japan helped win the Second World War in an Axis Victory. The Japan of Game 7 came to be a global superpower; partioning Yam's Australia with the other Axis Powers, conquering StefyRomania's China, and establishing puppet states in India and North Brazil. Rapiz' Game 7 Japan was the second nation in that game's universe to develop atomic weapons and the first to launch a man-made object into space. Unfortunately, its glory days were cut short by a world-ending nuclear war with Owl's Rome, its former ally.

In Game 8, Rapiz once again played as Austria, and reasserted the dominance of the Habsburg Monarchy over the Holy Roman Empire, controlling the lands of both the historical Austro-Hungarian Empire and the historical German Empire by the end the game. In Game 8, Rapiz also possessed a vast colonial empire, with colonies in Egypt, South Africa, and India. In Game 9, Rapiz played as East Francia, though the game ended before he could accomplish anything significant. The story was similar for Game 10, in which Rapiz played as France and did little besides invading a shattered Holy Roman Empire (minor nations) and helping to defend Europe against Owls' Mongols. In Game 10 Rapiz played as Ptolemaic Egypt and was an ally of Jane's Rome, but they accomplished little before the game ended after only 12 turns.

In Game 11, which was set in a post-apocalyptic North America, Rapiz played as the mafia-inspired Archduchy of New Sicily based out of Ohio. As an ally of the powerful County of Cook played by Yam, New Sicily was not too involved in Game 11's wars, though it did go to war with StefyRomania's New England turn it into a client state. In Game 13, Rapiz played as Prussia and attempted to form the German Empire, though a scramble for colonies prevented him from unifying Germany before the game's end. Though Rapiz failed to achieve the goal of a unified Germany in Game 13, he established a decently sized colony in Libya, and the covert actions taken by his alliance with Great Britain (a minor nation) against Yam's Netherlands allowed Owl's Sweden to win Game 13. In Game 14, Rapiz once again played as Japan, and acted as a bastion of the capitalist west against Stealcannon's Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China (a minor nation). Rapiz' Game 14 Japan released South Korea as an independent nation and used a supervized democracy in South Vietnam to proxy war against China. A vocal member state of the United Nations, the Japan of Game 14 was an active participant in the 1945 Comission tasked with hunting down the mysterious former U.S. President "Adam Hilter" (who of course turned out to be Adolf Hitler in exile). Rapiz' Game 14 Japan joined the Coalition invasion of Mexico to capture Hilter, and may have succeeded in hunting him down had the game not ended soon after. In Game 15, Rapiz played as Austria, not taking an active role in any major wars apart from an intervention against peasant rebels in Spain and instead peacefully establishing the Habsburg Monarchy by annexing Bohemia and Hungary and claiming other Habsburg-held regions of the Holy Roman Empire.

In the fantastical Game 16, Rapiz played as the Holy Empire of Ruberios, a European-esque nation ruled by vampires. Despite Rapiz taking a very active role in roleplay during that game, Ruberios itself was not terribly involved in world affairs, with the only entry on it in the history archive being its alliance with Yeeter's United Republics. In the ongoing Game 17, Rapiz is currently playing as the German Empire, which he formed as Prussia early in the game. Though not active in warfare, the Germany of Game 17 has been a major force of diplomacy and espionage, lending covert support to the United States in its war with Mexico. In addition to controlling all German-speaking regions of Europe, Rapiz's Germany has also succesfully recreated the historical German colonial empire.

Despite being born in Slovakia, Rapiz is not a proud Slovak, badmouthing his country and fellow citizens on regular basis. He also trashtalks Hungarians with Stefy. Other than playing wargame (and thus destroying his sleep shedule), Rapiz's interest include playing DnD, studying history and chemistry and most importantly watching anime, earning him the title of The Weeb of Wargame, often making numerous anime references, that nobody understands. He is also a huge fan of 1920s fashion, as evident by his collection of suits, fedoras and ties. In addition he is also a massive fan of The Witcher, Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.