Ferul Blesforn was the Chancellor of the Ryccian Empire.

History

Ferul was born in Valetta, into the prestigious Blesforn political dynasty. His mother, Lupan Blesforn, was a Congresswoman, Senator for Valetta, Governor of Valetta, and Vice-Minister of Justice of the Empire. His father, although coming from a less prestigious family, was still a descendant of a family politically prominent enough to meet the Blesforns.

As a result of his political lineage, Ferul, along with his siblings, was instructed in the family ways since his youth. He received an excellent education and was admitted to the Imperial Academy at the capital, the most prestigious university in the entire country. After returning from his studies at Daonlathas, he studied in the Valetta School of Law and became a successful lawyer in his own merit, earning millions in his early 20s.

Ferul became a prosecutor in his late 20s, and quickly rose to the position of Chief Prosecutor of his homeworld. As his political blood demanded of him, he rose up the ranks of his party’s hierarchy and became an Imperial Congressman for The Pacifist Coalition.

As Imperial Congressman

Ferul became a Congressman at the age of 36. He was incredibly charismatic, distinguishing himself in Congressional debates and earning seats on several committees. His spotlight came when he was on a Congressional panel questioning a controversial nominee for the Imperial National Supreme Court of Justice. As a result, he gained national attention for ruining the chances of Karl Miseltine from earning the seat due to his effective interrogation for the Congressional Judicial Committee, something which earned him prestige in his home world of Valetta.

As Governor of Valetta

Ferul ran a successful campaign to become Governor of Valetta. As his family name carries weight in the planet, he was favoured in his own party and with the people, earning 57.9% of the vote. His tenure oversaw a crackdown on corruption, social and economic reforms and increased economic growth, something that made him popular and earned him his second term with 60.1% of the vote. There remains debate if the economic growth was engineered by Ferul, or if it was his predecessor’s work after a financial slowdown of the world which made him unpopular.

In the Imperial Senate

Ferul was then elected to the Senate after his two terms as Governor were up. As his reign was popular, he was elected with 62.4% of the vote.

Ferul has fought for more fiscal and political autonomy for individual worlds, financial reform, increased spending and for a more lenient national penal code. His eloquence in the Imperial Senate and political talent distinguished him as one of the most influential Senators in the nation. His rise to the top was swift, as he was nominated and confirmed as Minister of the Interior in 1023 after the previous one tragically died of a heart attack. After he was the executive candidate for the Pacifist Coalition in the 1026 elections, he was able to become Chancellor.

As Chancellor of the Ryccian Empire

Ferul has preceded over a tenure of increased spending and economic growth. In the Internationalist Question, he sided with the internationalists, believing that amicable contact with the outside world will save the Empire in the future. His most recent triumph is the successful establishment of relations with the Treecu Star Empire, marking the first time in thousands of years that the Ryccian Empire has contacted a foreign state.

Metagaming Facts

Ferul is, in reality, a clever murderer and serial blackmailer. He has threatened his political opponents and covertly ran smear campaigns against them. However, as soon as he has them cornered, he does not get them to withdraw right away. Rather, his preferred method of attack is forcing his compromised political rivals to campaign ineffectively and make serious political mistakes in lieu of outright resignation or “death by natural causes”. The death of the Minister of the Interior before him is a prime example, as it was actually an orchestrated murder after she refused to keep obeying him anymore, threatening to report him to the police and thus blackmail him. Ferul bribed her cook and utilized an obscure poison that would cause a heart attack. Since the capital had no knowledge of this secret substance and the ex-Minister already had heart complications, the death seemed natural to the authorities that examined her. This fact is unknown to most people, even to a majority of his Cabinet. Some senior politicians who are not aware do have suspicions after analyzing his political career, but nothing more, and usually dismiss the idea.

The rise of his Finance Minister, Josefina Algenia, was also a political scheme, as he saw the Finance Minister preceding her as a political enemy. A minor benefit would be pleasing his Core allies, as the politicians of that region favour her. He engineered the scandal that ousted the previous Minister and replaced him with Josefina.

What is secret to everyone but his wife are his true intentions for advancing politically. He is planning to reveal all of his crimes and misdeeds at the end of his life to finally bring down the Blesforn name and other prominent political families, as he has actually hated his family and politics all along for robbing him of his chance to have a normal life and for corrupting the people. In his death, his wife shall publish all the political information he has ever known to the public, forever tarnishing his lineage and the entire Ryccian political class.