SeemsVeryLegit

Origins
Born in a small village on an unnamed island amongst the many unmapped in the Shattered Sea, SeemVeryLegit (Edward Hawthorne) grew up under the watchful eye of then Seaside-Baronov (now Seahaven). Growing up under the teachings of a deviant branch of the Krellr Gǫfugr faith that emphasized the teachings of previous rulers above the spirits he came to give little regard for most godly figures and placed more emphasis onto the important figures of nations. From a village under Seaside-Baronov that was soon destroyed by a raid from pirates, he would soon migrate to the secondary city in the union: Seaside.

Childhood
To help support his village, Edward helped his father, a local fisherman as most in the village were, on teh docks and at sea fishing. Soon growing tired of the sea breeze, Edward began to turn his attention to the mines under the Shattered Sea as, despite being dank and deadly, would provide important gold and iron for the village. During his ventures into the dark underground, he would come across all manners but most importantly redstone, which he took an interest to due its "abnormal" properties.

Migrating to Seaside-Baronov
Edward's constant excursions into the mines below had spared him from the fate that befell his village. Upon returning one day, his village had been ransacked and razed, with most valuables taken and villagers either slaughtered or missing. With the only object Edward was able to find of his family - his father's fishing rod, Edward left the burned out village and made his way to the larger Seaside City to escape the pirates.

Newcomer
Arriving to a desolate Seaside and being welcomed with open arms by St. Acol - then leader of Seaside, Edward had returned back to the mines to gather resources for the city to help bolster its defences. For months following his integration into Seaside, Edward had mined, and in his free time under the mines began to experiment with the redstone he accumulated. Upon noticing how various pistons worked and the effects of slime, he had begun tinkering to create a potential working engine to aid with the excavation under the city, purposely avoid the slow but continuous drama and political intrigue that plagued the land above.

Grinding Gears Under the UoB
Upon the newly established University of Baronov, SeemsVeryLegit had begun to showcase various redstone contraptions he had designed to gain a spot as professor in the University. Much to his surprise, the prince who headed the organization, Shwointshounburg, invited him on not as a professor, but as a scientist to begin researching into how to mass produce many of the contraptions which Shwointshounburg had showed to the leader of Baronov: CaptainNorth370, who began to commission more for an unstated project.

Uldarash Civil War
While not prominent in the Uldarash Civil War, SeemsVeryLegit was tasked to venture into the rebelling states of The Republic of Alfheim and  Montroig as a war correspondent. Managing to acquire citizenship in the state of Alfheim, SeemsVeryLegit was able to gain testimony regarding the opinions and cause of the Civil War from the Loyalist side, including opinions of then leader Ashley (Alfheim) and Qwaser (Loyalist Empress). (These documents were lost upon the declaration of the Seaside Civil War in which most documents were stolen by the Acolytes under St. Acol).

Civil War
Much to SeemsVeryLegit's surprise, the political situation of Seaside-Baronov had begun to boil over, as Jaxfon, the former King of Seaside had officially given the title to St.Acol - someone whom the politicians of Baronov had begun to take a dislike to. After showcasing and producing more redstone contraptions through the University for Baronov, SeemsVeryLegit was invited to Operation Valkyrie, a coup plan to remove St.Acol for someone more favorable for the union. Declining the offer to be made King of a declining Seaside, and helping to chose the new candidate, Nick07, the coup was set and war was declared against Acol's Seaside. A component of Loyalist Seaside, the side still loyal to the Seaside-Baronov union, SeemsVeryLegit acted as the head of the research division, building and planning new machines to combat the designs stolen by the Acolytes at the start of the Seaside Civil War - but saw little if no combat at all.

Independence
Following the Seaside Civil War ending, both Seaside and Baronov found themselves weaker and poorer then before the war. Theocrat St. Acol was thrown from the nation and had retreated to Lunaris (unknown at the time) but the damage had been done, leading to many former members of Seaside resigning and leaving. SeemsVeryLegit, tired from the strain of the war and the knowledge his technology was used for unjust purposes felt a disgust for the union he had sided with, and desired to leave what he viewed as "imperialist" tendencies. In a joint agreement with close-friend Shwointshounburg, proposed an indepedent nation arising from the University of Baronov - the aptly named Universal Institutive Authority. Upon gaining land from the nation of Najer through a legal dispute, began plans to migrate the university away from Baronov.

Horizons
Despite this newly attempted nation being a source of excitement for SeemsVeryLegit and Shwointshounburg, it was short-lived. Further Shattered Sea/Plagos conflicts had arisen, and the nation had been suffering from lack of international recognition and loss of population - mostly due to its nature as a university. SeemsVeryLegit unable to recruit new members into the UIA had begun to have second thoughts about this action. Declaring independence against Baronov had soured relations, and Seaside his old nation was in ruins. Following an accident with Shwointshounburg in which the latter was lost due to [REDACTED], SeemsVeryLegit came to the conclusion the UIA was not meant to be, announcing its closure but leaving the archives intact for future generations to discover. Remembering his old citizenship to Alfheim, and his trek through Uldarash leading him to wander through a nation known as Paloro, he began to make plans to head westward to the continent of Haven, to leave behind his unwanted past.