James Faustino

**James Faustino** is a [[Sirrandran reporter and founder of the Enithica-Novoros News Network.

## Biography

### Early life

Born to noble parents of the Huitca Federation in the capital city of Tlahatl. James would find himself receiving the highest education in a wide variety of topics. Leading a life that was overall, privileged and charmed. Until of course, in his teenage years, when the Huitca Federation was dissolved. He and his family were forced to flee and falling federation for reasons his parents never told him.

A few days later, according to James's own account, out in the wilds, his family would be found by a group of bandits, who would quickly rob and capture them. After many days trapped in the bandit's camp, James would manage to escape. Continuing his travels into the wider world of Rathnir without his parents. These travels would span over many years to come, from continent to continent, country to country. Until he found a nation nestled in the very corner of the world.

### Migration to Sirradra

He came across the Autokratoria of Sirradra, which, after a quick immigration process, welcomed him in with open arms. Giving James a small but cozy home in the southern town of Vassa. Soon after this, as he settled into his new life, he would become a squire in the Sirradrii military, to fulfill the mandatory service required by any citizen. Doing odd jobs to help the town while off duty.

Later learning of the Enthica-Novoros province's many political parties. He would quickly become a member of the Enithican labor party. Purely for their support of, and success in bringing religious freedoms to the area in the past. Something that James wanted to support in his new home, considering his dedication to, and open expression of, his Cardinalist faith.

### Vassa Times and ENNN

A year or so later, Foustino, purely for the fun of it, would create and publish The Vassa Times. A newspaper named after the town in which he lived. Covering everything from local news, to what was happening abroad. The paper almost instantly gained relative success. Especially with its only competition, the Enthican Times, already on decline. Which assimilated itself into the Vassa Times soon after its first release.

Soon after, Foustino would create ENNN, or the Enithica-Novoros News Network. The company would be comprised of both the Vassa Times, and the Enthican Times, both occasionally posting news. With the Enithican Times being a quick, bite sized, one page style newspaper. While the Vassa Times was much more polished, taking longer to write every issue. However, with this, and the lack of help writing the papers, as well as matters in his irl personal life, the company would become more of something that stressed him than anything else.

### Abandonment of Cardinalism

As Foustino managed the ENNN company, he would become relatively familiar with politics across the world. Including developments in his homeland. He would watch as events would unfold, and as Ashai reformed the territory of the fallen Centarii republic into a new Huitcan state. At first he found himself excited by the establishment of his home nation, happy at the thought of going back home. But his excitement at the prospect would quickly fade as an endless stream of internal disagreements in the local government and general bull came from the state.

He would learn of problem after problem in the new Huitca, and it got to the point that he felt ashamed to call himself Huitcan, and even a Cardinalist. So, after much thought and inner turmoil, he forsook his religion, and abandoned his Cardinalist roots. Looking not to gods in the sky or spirits down below, but instead to the world around him. The beautiful nation of Sirradra that he lived in, his company, and more.