Principe Tom (Inner Peria)

Principe Tom was the leader of the Principality of Inner Peria until he was deposed after the Orwald Displacement Event.

## Biography

Principe Tom was born into a prominent aristocratic family in the Principality of Inner Peria. When the time came in the 1830s for a new Principe to be elected, Tom was promptly elected. During this time, the Great Kojiman War was raging, allowing the nations of Orwald to declare their long-sought independence. The Principality initially tried to remain loyal to the motherland, but when calls for independence became too loud to ignore, Principe Tom eventually declared the independence and joined the fight against the Kojiman colonizers.

However, loyalties to Kojima never truly disappeared and despite being a founding member of the Congress of Nations, the Principality of Inner Peria did everything to prevent the international organization from becoming a stronghold against Kojima. This would eventually result in Inner Peria's international isolation, exemplified by the alliance between Corellia and Duyn. The weak leadership of the Principe led to raiders becoming a common occurance in Inner Peria's northern borderlands, as well as villages such as Mistelburg developping strong regionalist tendencies.

During the Winter of Discontent of 1856-1858, the Council of Aristocrats of Inner Peria became disillusioned with the Principe. His plans to construct a floating city on Lake Peria, ambitious as they may have been, distracted too much from the issues of Inner Peria's already existing towns and cities. In addition, by allowing Duyn and Corellia to construct a railroad through Inner Peria, the Principe had bowed down to international pressure. Conservative members of the Council of Aristocrats feared that Inner Peria was slowly fading away in importance under the leadership of Principe Tom. As a result, they funded Kojiman spies to sabotage the efforts of Duyn and Corellia to find Professor Prevost in the End Dimension by tampering with the Device. This eventually caused the collapse of Dimension T-2022 and the transportation of Orwald to Dimension S-2012.

Now in a new world, the issues with the Principality's leadership became even more prominent. While climate change had ended the especially harsh winter of 1858, economic relations with Kojima had essentially disappeared overnight. In addition, the city of Peria had become more and more connected to the rest of Orwald through a road connection and thus became disillusioned with the Council of Aristocrats and Principe Tom who were hellbent on constructing the lake city. In the aftermath of the Balenj Revolution, discontent spread south towards Inner Peria and resulted in the overthrow of Principe Tom and his Council. The aristocracy was abolished and a Federation of city councils was established in its place. Instead of a hereditary Principe, the Principe would now be elected by these city councils.

Principe Tom, now no longer in power, went into exile to Kaiserreich, where he connected with Tomopolian refugees who had lost their own Principe during the Great Collapse. He briefly became their spokesperson in the United Nations before his eventual death in 1102 AA.