Volkhard Wilfried

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Wilfried in 100;2E

**Volkhard Wilhelm Wilfried** (*Elladan*: *Φόλκχαρντ Βίλχελμ Γουίλφριντ*; born 11 Beginnings 35;2E/11 January 1103) is a Southambian Stotfordian Vasarite revolutionary who served as the Chief Minister of Stotford from 81;2E to 105;2E. Wilfried is the main figure in the formation of the Social Solidarity Government, as well as the orchestration and execution of the Stotfordian Revolution of New Earth. He and Wolf Von Ottokar were close allies, and together they implemented several Stotfordian supremacist policies aimed at establishing a Stotfordian ethnostate to further legitimise the Stotfordian independence movement. When the Vasarite government was dissolved in 105;2E, he was arrested and charged with voter suppression, mass homicide, and conspiracy to commit sedition, and was sentenced to 100 years in prison.

Wilfried was born on 11 Beginnings 35;2E in Whitherbury, Stotford. He attended and graduated from the University of Stotford earning a master's degree in law. He joined the Vasarites in 58;2E becoming an activist for Stotfordian independence from Southambia. He quickly became a prominent figure in the Vasarites, becoming the right-hand to the heir of the Vasarites, Ottfried Vasary. Wilfried would be appointed by Wilfried Vasary as the General-Secretray of the Vasarites in Whitherbury, and was placed in charge of Vasarite activities and propaganda there. Wilfried would also enlist himself in the Southambian Army hoping to gain experience. During his tenure in the Southambian Army, he would attend the Military Academy of Holney earning a master's degree in logistics, and the University of Tabrad earning a master's degree in land. Wilfried would retire from the Southambian Army in 79;2E when Ottfried Vasary succeeded his father following his retirement.

Wilfried would be appointed by Ottfried Vasary to become the new General-Secretary of the Vasarites following the retirement of Wilfried Vasary's General-Secretary. Immediately following his appointment as General-Secretary, Wilfried implemented several programmes and policies to encourage Stotfordians to join the Vasarites. His initiatives were successful with the Vasarites greatly increasing their numbers from a few hundred to over a few thousand in the matter of one year. Prior to the first Southambian civil war, Wilfried would become close allies with Wolf Von Ottokar as the two began to discuss the prospect of Stotfordian independence as Southambia's political stability continued to deteriorate. When the civil war first began, Wilfried and Ottokar were initially hesitant to pressure Ottfried Vasary into declaring Stotfordian independence. However, following continued losses to the Conservative Loyalists in Dodrid, Herbury, and Herford, they convinced Vasary into declaring the Stotfordian Revolution of New Earth with the aim of Stotfordian independence.

Though independence was not achieved, the Vasarite's fierce revolution in Stotford prompted the new National Federalist government led by Zacharias Richmond to take a more diplomatic stance towards Stotfordian autonomy leading to a deal between the Vasarites and the National Federalists. In this deal, it established the hereditary position of the Presidency of the Autonomy and cemented the Social Solidarity Government's position as the tyrants of Stotford.

## Early Life

Wilfried was born in Whitherbury, Stotford to Wilhelm Wilfried, and Alberta Wilfried (née Landrich), both members of the Whitherburians ethnicity. Wilfried attended local schooling, and became a member of his School's Student Council.

## Involvement in Vasarism

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### Joining the Vasarites

Wilfried joined the Vasarites at the age of 23, in 58;2E, when Wilfried Vasary was the leader of the Vasarites. Wilfried became an avid proponent of Stotfordian supremacy, Stotfordian independence, and Vasarism. As a result of his activist work, he became one of the leading members of the Vasarite movement prior to the first Southambian Civil War.

### Involvement with the Vasarite Leadership

Wilfried became involved with the leadership of the Vasarites as he continued to rise to become a leading member of the Vasarite movement. Quickly, he was named the Right-hand to Heir of the Vasarites, Ottfried Vasary. Though the right-hand of Ottfried, Wilfried was not a formal member of the leadership.

### Member of the Leadership

In 72;2E, after 14 years of involvement with the Vasarites, Wilfried was ascended as a member of the Leadership. He was name the Whitherbury Vasarite General-Secretray, and was placed in charge of the Vasarites in Whitherbury. Not long after his appointment, Wilfried grew the size of the Vasarites in Whitherbury from a few dozen to a few hundred by propping up the Vasarite dynasty as the liberators of Stotford. Wilfried managed the campaigns of several pro-Vasarite candidates in local elections, however despite his best efforts, all candidates lost either by small or wide margins. Following Wilfried's abdication as leader of the Vasarites in 79;2E, Ottfried Vasary became the new Vasarite leader and appointed Wilfried as his second-in-command, though not heir.

### Right-hand to Ottfried Vasary

Following Wilfried's appointment as the second-in-command of the Vasarites in 79;2E, the Vasarite membership grew drastically from a couple thousand to over ten-thousand. Wilfried continued to hold his position as the General-Secretary of the Whitherbury Vasarites, while appointing himself as the Stotford Vasarite General-Secretary, the local leader of the Burg of Stotford.

### First Southambian Civil War

#### Coup d'état of Stotford

*Main Article: Coup d'état of Stotford*

Wilfried was the primary drafter of the plan to coup the elected Socialist Stotfordian government led by Siegfried von Ludwig. Ottfried Vasary approved Wilfried's plan to coup the government, and the plan went into motion on New Earth 8, 81;2E, in the middle of the First Southambian Civil War. The coup lasted until New Earth 26, when the entirety of Stotford was captured by the Vasarites, and the old government was replaced by a Vasarite government.

#### Declaration of War on Southambia

Wilfried became the Chief Minister of Stotford, the head of government of Stotford, and with the approval of Ottfried Vasary, declared war on Vlademier Puotiin's Socialist government in Tabrad. No significant combat ever took place between the Vasarites and the Southambian government despite the Vasarites occupying Gatle and Bolme. Though informally in conflict with the Conservative Loyalists, no significant fighting took place between the two groups, leading to the Deal made with Zacharias Richmond's government.

### Deal with the National Federalists

Following the end of the Civil War as a result of the 7 Day Coup, Wilfried, representing the Vasarite government, met with Zacharias Richmond's government, the National Federalist and made a deal with them. The deal ended the Civil War by allowing the Vasarites to gain autonomy and establish a Provincial Guard. Since the deal was made in 81;2E, it has only been amended by both governments twice, and both times under the Leonard Godsforth government.

## Titles, styles, honours, and decorations

### Titles and styles

* 73;2E-79;2E: *Field Marshal Wilfried*
* 79;2E-80;2E: *Volkhard Wilfried*
* 80;2E-82;2E: *Supreme Commander-In-Chief Wilfried*
* 82;2E-105;2E: *Volkhard Wilfried, Chief Minister of Stotford*
	+ 82;2E-105;2E: *Supreme Commander-In-Chief Wilfried, General-Secretary of the Vasarites* (In the Vasarites)