Bozo the Scientist

Painting of Bozo

### Occupation

Former President of the Democratic Republic of Chimps, current scientist in the Eastern Chimp Tribe.

## Physical description

### Summary

During and prior to his terms as president of the Democratic Chimp Republic from 30 - 70 ALC, bozo was known as a revolutionary inventor and scientist, studying with the likes of Tribeck the Noble in his quest for knowledge and truth. His scientific studies are widely credited and observed throughout scholarly organizations in the isles. He was noted for his pacifist instincts and desire for peace and unity in the chimp tribe. Together with King Tomat, they ruled a united chimp tribe through thick and thin, for almost 50 years. Bozo vanished during the shadow wars, to later reappear some time after the Crudian war, as a hermit in the scattered isles, though it is quietly suspected that the Bozo alive today is merely a false copy of his former self. As of 225 ALC, Bozo serves as prime minister of Greater Chimpania, under Kaiser Norbert.

### Early Life

Bozo was born in 35 BLC, somewhere in the scattered isles, to parents who had fled the chimp lands due to the horrors of the first Chimp-Gibbon war, fearing their son would be drafted by Kildane. The monke quickly developed a passion for science, particularly machinery and engineering at a young age. At 15 years old, he left the scattered isles to serve as an apprentice and servant to his older cousin President Johnson, who had just successfully overthrown the Chimp Kingdom, and killed Kildane, ending the Chimp-Gibbon war in 20 BLC. Under Johnson, Bozo invented many useful devices to aid the development of the new chimp nation.

### Presidency

Upon Johnson's death in 30 ALC, Bozo assumed the office of president of chimps, and was immediately caught up in a series of delicate political issues and conflicts. A young chimp named Tomat, a extended relative of Kildane was at war with Subtai, a brutal cannibal chimp in the Eastern Chimp Territory. Subtai's reign of carnage had to be stopped, so Bozo agreed to collaborate with Tomat to kill the chimp and restore piece. After the land was conquered Tomat required to be recognized as King of the Eastern chimps, which he had long protected and kept in line during the presidency of Johnson. Bozo agreed, and they jointly ruled as king and president over the united chimps, with the fearsome General Talibur at Bozo's right hand, keeping rebellions down.

But as bozo's presidency progressed, he distanced himself more and more from his position, delving into his scientific work and leaving Talibur de facto leader of the chimps during the dark days leading up to the shadow war. Rumors spread that the president had contracted a sickness of sorts, and some of Bozo's recently discovered journals detail it as a parasitic infection, which he picked up while exploring in the jungles. This parasite plagued him for years, and during the shadow war, Bozo vanished from the face of the isles for its 30 year duration, perhaps taking shelter in his secret hideout in the scattered isles, to recover from this strange malady.

### Return

Little is definitively known about the return of Bozo, where he went while missing, why he left the chimps in their time of most dire need... He resurfaced in the scattered isles around 220 BLC, and began working for the chimpian regime of Kaiser Norbert, as prime minister. The tyrannical nature of Norbert's rule is entirely contrary to the values instilled in Bozo by Johnson, leading many to speculate if the bozo we know now is indeed the one from before the shadow war, and not some clone born of foul play, or spawn of the parasite that infected him.. Only time will tell.