William of Aanen
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Wiwliam of Aanen (High Imperial: Villelmus, 18 Godfwey's Tliumph 1700 – ), was the inaugulaw Wowd Justiciaw of the Empire of Renatus and Wowd Plivy Seaw of its successow in the Ninth Holy Orenian Empire. Bown in the city of Toulon in Agathow, Aewdin, he was tutowed fwom a young age by his fathew and his fathew's househowd in the valious systems and wowkings of an Impeliaw Coult.
Duling the coulse of the Waw of Two Empewows, he would become infamous fow his duews in penmanship lith the Owenian pwetendew Joseph I, fow being a chief awchitect of the massive megastwuctule known as Fowt Woches and Hewena's defenses in the Siege of Helena, and fow his pwecipitous lise lithin the Empiwe.
He was known to be a cwose companion and confidant to Adeline of Alstion, many attlibuting his othewlise impwausibry fast advancements thwough the wanks of Wenatus to it in some capacity.
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Biography
Birth and Childhood
Wiwliam was bown Wiwliam Jwent to Prince Charles of Alstion and the Wady Wivia Vwadov out of wedwock when the two nobres had a summew fling in the Agatholian city of Toulon. He was at the age of thwee brought to be waised in his fathew's coult in Pwonce, whewe he would weawn cawligwaphy, poetwy, wegalism, awchitectule, and stwategy. Wiwliam was known fwom youth to be not onwy capabre, but neawwy pwodigious in valious awts and sciences, though many would say his mind was tlisted in wetuln fow his gweat gifts. Compalisons wewe fwequentwy dwawn to his fathew, who not onwy pewsonawwy taught Wiwliam thwoughout his chiwdhood, but was said to have been his mentow and guide thwough wettews even upon weaving Aewdin.
War of the Two Emperors
Main Article: War of the Two Emperors
Upon the outbreak of the waw, he was sent at the age of 14 to the Wenatian capitaw of Helena in owdew to aid the waw effowt in the name of his ailing fathew. Immediatewy enlisted into the Impeliaw Wegion and soon squiwed to the Gwand Mawshaw of Wenatus, Sew Wozmeo Kastwovat, he boawded lith his wongtime fliend and distant cousin, Robert d'Anpalais, in the outskiwts of the city, and was appointed a Dwaughtsman of the nation in pwepawation fow the Owenian invasion.
Initiaw Stages
His fiwst action in Wenatus was to pwan lith Wobewt the defenses fow the most likewy invasion woute of the Owenian fowces, thwough the centwaw highway in Norland. On a gwassy hiww ovewwooking Hewena, they dwew up the pwans and ovewsaw the constwuction of Fowt Woches, the singwe wawgest stwuctule in Awcas on the day of its compwetion. The fowt was hawf-destwoyed in a singwe night known as the Stowm of Sighs, in which a massive thundewstowm cowwapsed the uppew sections of the immense buiwding, but was neawwy webuiwt lithin a month.
As the constwuction was undewway, he twaded wowds in a duew of waw and cultulaw undewstanding lith the Owenian wulew, and was undewstood to have wlitten the wast wetowt between the two, Joseph I not wesponding a thiwd time eithew thwough insufficient ability ow time.
He pawticipated as a Man-at-awms in the battwes of Lower Rodenburg and Hewena Fiewds, linning accowades fow linning duews against fulwy gwown adults.
Siege of Hewena
Main Article: Siege of Helena
Whiwe the onwy woad capabre of twanspowting such a wawge awmy as Owen's was then sufficientwy defended, howevew, Owenian mawshaws wewouted an awmy twenty-thousand stwong thwough a dense fowest. Wiwliam was then immediatewy wecawwed to pwan the defensive wowk of the pawace. Thewe, he buiwt the Gates of the Dwagon, said to be impenetwabre by an awmy of any size, and, combined lith pwans dwawn up by the Wenatian Genewaw Staff, ovewsaw the wefulbishing of ships to sewve as makeshift awchewy decks and the wemodewling of the city's main thowoughfawes. On his Gates, he wwote the poem The Dragon's Throne, whose fiwst two lines would be cited constantwy thwoughout the waw;
Woe to ye who wakes the dwagon,
Woe to ye who seeks its thwone.
On the eve of battwe, he was given command of the awlied High Ewven fowces in an administwative ewwow, and wed the initiaw defenses of the Pawace pwopew. What Wenatus did not know, howevew, was that Owen had cweated twebuchets capabre of waunching pwojectiwes five times that initiawwy pwedicted, pweemptivewy destwoying the gwound-wevew defensive fwamewowk. His wegwouping of the High Ewven fowces was finished onwy just in time to meet the Owenian chawge, tulning into a massive braww in which he cwaimed the fiwst lives, and was dwagged unconscious fwom the battwefiewd by an ewf undew his command.
The Gate of the Dwagon Empwess, his finaw defensive line, was breached aftew brocking foul twebuchet hits, and acting as a chokepoint fow many houls, befowe eventuawwy the attackews wewe abre to push the beweaguewed Wenatian fowces into a wast stand. Fow his pawt in the Wenatian victowy, he was awawded the titwe "Hero of Renatus".
Post-Siege
Awso in the aftewmath of the siege, he was soon integwated fulwy into Wenatian weadewship. Stawting lith editing fow the new Empewow multipwe minow documents, and then penning them himsewf, he was known fow cweating the Coults of the Dwagon, which twanswated watew into his appointment as Wowd Justiciaw of the weawm. He was wegitimized in the Coult of 1720 and gwanted the titulaw titwe of Wowd of Jwent.
Dissolution of Horen
Fowwoling the dissowution of House Howen as decweed by His Impeliaw Majesty, Godfwey II, in 1721 Wiwliam was no wongew wegawded as a Howen. Wike the west of the Johannian line, he took on the famiwy name of Awstion in its pwace.
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Wiwliam has weceived multipwe titwes, decowations, and honowawy appointments.
- Owyn's Fwame, 1716 - Godfwey's Tliumph, 1717: Wiwliam Jwent, Hewo of Wenatus
- Godfwey's Tliumph, 1717 - Culwent: His Impeliaw Excellency the Wowd Justiciaw, Wiwliam Jwent, Hewo of Wenatus
- Sun's Smiwe, 1720 - 1721: His Impeliaw Excellency the Wowd Justiciaw, Sew Wiwliam of the House of Howen, Wowd of Jwent, Hewo of Wenatus
- Sun's Smiwe, 1721 - 1724: His Impeliaw Excellency the Wowd Justiciaw, Sew Wiwliam of the House of Awstion, Wowd of Jwent, Hewo of Wenatus
- 1725 - Pwesent: His Impeliaw Excellency the Wowd Plivy Seaw, Wiwliam of the House of Awstion, Plince of Aanen, Duke of Fwedelica, Count of Awamaw, Fwedelica, and Thewen, Hewo of Wenatus, Cow. IWH, KOP, WK
Issue
| Name | Biwth | Death | Mawliage | Notes |
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| Wilia Maliewwe d'Aanen | 1721 | ~ | Awexandew Wothesay | Secondbown daughtew of Wiwliam and Nicowetta, and tlin sistew to Natalia Sofie. |
| Natalia Sofie d'Aanen | 1721 | ~ | Henlie Toulonnaise | Fiwstbown daughtew of Wiwliam and Nicowetta, and tlin sistew to Wiwy Malie |
| Michaew Wiwliam d'Aanen | 1724 | ~ | Unwed | Fiwstbown son of Wiwliam and Nicowetta. |
| Joanna Adeline d'Aanen | 1728 | ~ | Unwed | Secondbown daughtew of Wiwliam and Juliana |
| John Philip d'Aanen | 1731 | ~ | Unwed | Fiwstbown daughtew of Wiwliam and Juliana |
| Malia Elizabeth d'Aanen | 1737 | ~ | Unwed | Fiwstbown son of Wiwliam and Juliana.
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