Echo Regis

Childhood:
Echo Horatio Regis, commonly referred to as Echo or Echobase2013, was born in Varandoy, Rathnir. He was born a mere peasant in this nation and lived in squalor under the tyrannical rule of his father. His father, being a zealous Authoritarian, named Echo as such to show his patriotism; Echo Regis roughly translates to "The Echo of the King" - a name which would become rather ironic in his later life.

Adulthood:
After having enough of his fathers totalitarian nature at the age of 17 Echo accompanied with his best friend Michael Valore took the first opportunity they got to sail to the new world of Eldham. Once arriving in Eldham the two split ways. For the following 4 years Echo travelled by any means necessary to go West. It wasn't until he was 21 when he would finally stop and set up shop. He had made it to Aristios - a thriving, prosperous nation with great potential for new citizens, he thought.

Kalisgrado:
In the crisp Autumn days of late September Echo made his way into Aristios. Upon making it to civilization Echo was able to eventually gain a settled status and Citizenship in Aristios. He was immediately sent to Kalisgrado to help boost population in the Southern region. When he arrived he was immediately put to work on building the Astillian Government building; Echo was fine with this as he had been travelling for almost 4 years straight and so any task was welcome. It was when he made it to the building site that he found his best friend Michael once more. He had also came to Aristios to pursue a prosperous new start and the two got along as if nothing had happened.

The work on the Government building was slow however the Astillian Governor at the time, Pepe, was kind enough to offer the two a home in the Mountains of Kalisgrado where they would end up living for the next 3 years. However peace in this new home would not last long as less then a month later...

The Zamotz - Skjoldrodir War:
As Autumn was in full swing and Winter was on the horizon news rattled Aristios and especially the two immigrants. The news of the outbreak of the Zamotz vs Skjoldrodir war was almost a lucky break for the two, seeing a way to climb social ranks they immediately signed up. Both were placed in the Aristian Army unit named the "Emperor's Fist".

The two rushed for items and gear as up until this moment they hadn't even thought about gathering good equipment. They were barely able to gather Diamond Gear before they had to make their way to the Zamotz Union.

However, sadly whilst on route to Shirokaneza Echo fell ill, he was just able to make it to the garrison outside of Shirokaneza before passing out. Echo had contracted a serious flu during transportation which left him unable to fight during the war. Michael however was still able to and actively took part during it although he was in the rear during the main assault.

Despite the war not being effective in achieving any personal gain for the two, it was a white-wash victory for the Triple Entente who won a resounding victory against Skjoldrodir with 214 confirmed kills to 4.  (Narrative Continues at 3.2) 

Resentment To Authoritarianism:
Looking at Echo's past it isn't hard to see why he dislikes Autocracy. His father would repeatedly abuse Echo for minor and seeming meaningless reasons. His father's patriotism took stage throughout Echo's childhood and as such this caused Echo to hate those who see themselves as the one and only power.

Due to this Echo obviously dislikes Dictatorships and especially Monarchies. Despite this for most of his childhood and adulthood he had no intention of doing anything about it. However at the age of 22 whilst living in Kalisgrado something changed. Under Otto's rule he saw that Aristios was becoming more and more of an Absolutist state. He immediately tried to act on this.

Senator Of Kalisgrado:
After the Skjoldrodir war Echo started to pay more attention to the political situation within Aristios and that is when he really noticed its flaws. See Echo was all for the "democratic" reforms that were coming to Aristios; however these were false truths, nothing but a front. Behind these reforms was Otto, the currently ruling Emperor of Aristios at the time. Despite promising more reforms towards democracy Otto still maintained Autocratic beliefs. He also continued the Oligarchical position of the "Aristios Council".

Coming to this realization inspired Echo to become a Senator. About two months following the war with Skjoldrodir Echo approached Governor Pepe enquiring about the position. It would only take him 2 weeks to be given the role from that point and his political career had begun. This was also the point in which Echo saw just how corrupt and backwards the Aristios democratic system was...

Distain Of The Aristii Democratic System:
To Echo it was obvious, Aristios was being lied to. Heck he was only in the position of Senator because he was on Pepe's good side. As such he made plans. Echo created the Aristian Peoples Social Democrat Assembly (A.P.S.D.A) - this group was to act as a nexus for those who shared his view and attitude towards the Aristii governmental system. However this group quickly became a political party quickly in a time when political parties were banned.

It turned out his party was not the only one who was unhappy with Otto and his government; Echo found out about the Eparchia party - a liberal party led by people such as Xan and Piketoneer. The deeper echo delved the more distrust he found in Otto's ruling of Aristios. Thank god some good news was coming.

The Beginning of the End (October 16th - October 30th, 2021)
Otto announced the official position of Chancellor some time in the middle of October. This position would apparently lead the nation with the Emperor taking a back seat in politics.

With this announcement Echo was ecstatic.

How it worked was there were 4 premade parties. 1 Socialist which Echo would take control of, 1 Liberal, 1 Nationalist and 1 Monarchist. Upon assuming control of the Socialist party and merging it with the A.P.S.D.A he immediately got to work creating propaganda along side his fellow members such as Ryuko and Michael. The parties immediately got followings, the sizes of which went as follows in descending order: Liberals, Nationalists, Socialists, Monarchists with the Liberals and Nationalists fighting over 1st place. In Kalisgrado and Astillia as a whole it was looking good for the Socialists and it seemed as though they may get a majority and take control of the province. Things were only getting better - or so it seemed.

During this time Echo also gained ownership of the city of Ryukostead in Astillia from its previous owner Bea Ruuk who had moved to Sylvania. He continued their legacy by keeping its name and expanded it over the next coming years.

See throughout this campaign a small collection of people began to doubt its legitimacy. These people would be soon making themselves known to Echo... very soon.

The Room Where It Happened (October 30th, 2021)
1 day before the election was due to occur, a meeting was held. In this unofficial meeting was a collection of officials who had doubts on the elections authenticity; these people included Inverse, Azrielz, Chadifex, Ryuko, Sirlad, Michael, **Z, Dot and Echo.

Although at the time Echo was rather optimistic that the election would go fine it was here that he lost faith in the current Aristian system. Despite not exactly seeing eye to eye on all matters everyone agreed by the end that something had to be done as this election was sure to be corrupted.

In this meeting the members spoke about possible solutions to this issue and it was Azrielz and Chadifex that brought up the possibility of a coup. Now most people took this as a joke and such it was only briefly discussed at first. However later on the subject would come up again and talked about more where it started to make sense for Echo.

By the end of the meeting Echo was lost and not to sure who to trust. However he know for sure that Otto and the Aristios governmental system was not to be trusted. However, he would not need to worry about it for much longer.

The Aristii Civil War (October 31st - November 6th, 2021)
The following day a surprise announcement was made by Inverse just moments before the announcement of the Nation wide elections. He officially declared the creation of the Commonwealth Of Aristios which was to act as a Democratic union to throw out the Aristii Monarchy. This was a shock to those out of the loop, however Echo and Michael, despite shocked none the less, took immediate action; they took all their valuables and either stored them away or ran with them to the rendezvous for all those who wished to join the coup, in Noxwind - Sylvania.

Before leaving for Noxwind, Echo was caught by Murdius Gerrát-Olea; Murdius and Echo never saw exactly eye to eye with Murdius being a Otto sympathizer and conservative - quite the opposite to what Echo had become. Murdius confided in Echo to stay with the Royalists and fight against the coup. To this Echo pondered. Did he want to throw away all the work he had put in to get so far just for the chance of a proper democracy? With a heavy heart and a plea for forgiveness Echo rejected Murdius' offer; turning away he began his journey to Sylvania.

It took the two (Echo and Michael) a matter of hours to get to Sylvania using the Nether Highways and upon arrival they were welcomed directly by Sirlad, Archon of Sylvania. He welcomed the two with open arms and they were led to the surface where a crowd of what can only be described as Aristii Freedom fighters were waiting. From head to toe nearly all who were there were covered in diamond all prepped for a possible war - however there would never be one.

After days in Sylvania with threats and fears spreading around the now divided Aristios there was nothing, no bloodshed hell there was barely much negotiation. However, within a week the leaders of the Commonwealth had been contacted by the remaining Royalist leaders and negotiations had started. Before to long the Royalists had conceded. The Commonwealth had won.

A New Dawn (November 6th - November 11th, 2021)
The Empire was gone, in its place was the Grand Republic Of Aristios. At first the times were anything but easy. First and for-most the nation needed a constitution. A draft was created by Chadifex however it was nothing but a mess; on top of this following the coup Chadifex was caught stealing goods from multiple houses including a rare set of diamond armour before fleeing the country after being pursued by Aristii Officials. As such the nation needed someone to write up a proper one.

On the first day of the new nation a speech and open conference was held in Aristios by Inverse, Sirlad and **Z. During this conference a scribe was chosen to write down all that needed to be put into the new constitution; due to his previous work on two well written constitutions that went unused by the Empire, Echo was chosen to be the scribe. Following the conference the nation had finally adopted a new and up to date constitution.

During this time Otto was the temporary Chancellor to help transfer ownership. After a quick election Inverse was elected the Emperor of Aristios, however this position would be only to act in foreign affairs whilst internal affairs would be dealt with by the Chancellor - acting almost like a diarchy; however all major decisions must go through the Senate. The Senate is a group of elected citizens from towns throughout Aristios which meet a minimum population requirement elected every month. On top of this Chancellor would be elected every month.

With preparations complete and a need of a replacement for Otto as he was to be removed, a new election for Chancellor was created. It was this election that Echo saw his opportunity.

The Election Of The 16th Of November (November 11th - November 16th, 2021)
The election of the 16th of November was a big one - the biggest in Aristii history infact. With 7 participants it was a tough fight. With Echo's relatively short time in Aristios compared to the other candidates he had no real hope of winning this election. However, he had made his name known of recently with his open speaking against Otto and Tbs during the negotiations between the Commonwealth and Empire, writing of the newly adopted constitution and long time status as Senator in Aristios.

He attempted minor ways of increasing his following however for the most part Echo had left the election up to fate. With major figures in the running such as Azrielz Eldisweyr Myrilay he knew it wasn't going to be easy to win but he did not back down. When it came to the day of the results he was pessimistic. However, whilst he was doing work within his town of Ryukostead he was met by Michael who delivered him the news that he had won, and by a relatively large majority at that!

Echo had became the Chancellor of Aristios.

From Zero to Hero, Chancellor Echo (November 16th - December 16th, 2021)
During this period Echo had a lot of work to do. The nation was effectively brand new and there was no time to wait in fixing it. Most of his time during this term was attempting to keep stability in the nation. To do this Echo employed the usage of 2 brand new Minister roles them being Minister of Infrastructure and Minister of Culture as well as employing a Head Of Media. This way less work was put directly onto the Chancellor and the power over aspects of life in Aristios became more spread out.

Other events of note during this term was the permanent banishing of Otto Olea from Aristios. This was due to a law passed by the Aristios Senate that outlaws those who are banned from Stoneworks to be allowed into the nation.

Aristios had to recuperate from its losses from the coup which left it down a portion of the population. However, Aristios soon saw population growth - especially within the two western regions of Castellum and Astillia.

Here we go again, Echo's Re-Election (December 16th - January 20th, 2022)
Somehow Echo had managed to do so well (in the publics eyes at least) that he was worthy of another term. As such when the elections rolled around he beat out the only other participant with a relatively good majority.

During this period Echo strived to have stronger attachments with Ministers with varying degrees of success. This was to make sure work got done by the Ministers - however, due to other situations Echo was often to preoccupied to have meetings often with the Ministers.

The Azad Conflict:
Almost immediately during this period Echo had a dilemma. Only a few days into his 2nd term the nation of Azad (a once province of Aristios) illegally occupied and decimated the city of Braumstadt (a town which laid within land still officially owned by the Aristii state). When approached by Echo the Azadi leadership attempted to defend themselves by saying the town was rightfully within their territory and that due to its small population there should be no issue. However, Echo - infuriated by their claims and supported by the Aristii Senate - gave the Azadi leadership an ultimatum to withdraw from the region and pay reparations. When they refused more negotiations took place. During negotiations a group of Azadi militants attacked a fort in the occupied Aristii territory. This skirmish led to the deaths of all Azadi militants, one being killed by Echo himself who was visiting the fort during negotiations. The negotiations continued however, with the outcome being that Azad would fall back into Aristii hands after its leadership fled the nation after realizing that they were to lose. This was a major win for Aristios who had reclaimed one of the provinces it had lost during the coup. On top of this Azad's close ally Abaddon (also a nation who had split off from Aristios during the coup) collapsed only days after its ally merged back into Aristios. With this Aristios had effectively reclaimed all the land it had lost in the coup.

Other events include Echo creating and proposing a new flag for the now Federal Republic Of Aristios. The proposal passed and Aristios gained a new flag.

As well as this the province of Castellum gained a large stretch of land out of Astillia to help with its growing population though this was undone in future bills.

As the sun set on Echo's 2nd term he got news of multiple worrying and even some hopeful events which would mostly come to fruition in his next term. Yes, he went for another round - and won.

"The Inquiry of the Loyalist":
Before we get to that however we must touch on his court case against Murdius Gerrát-Olea. His friend turned enemy and then co-worker was now on trial by Echo himself for the charges of Treason, Corruption and Espionage. Why? There was real reason to suspect Murdius was in league with Otto Olea - the now banished previous leader of Aristios. With the threat of a possible coup Echo could take no risks by allowing Murdius to continue his role within the Government. As such the case went through a full trial by the Aristii Supreme Court which concluded and found Murdius guilty on the charge of Corruption. He was then promptly removed from his position as Minister of Culture. However, he would soon be removed entirely - however that wouldn't be until Echo's next term.