Ryan vom Dirkson

= Ryan Vom Dirkson =

A humble begining -
He was born on the island of Eisenland (now Eisenberg) in Early May, 2021. His mother died during childbirth, and his father was unknown, but the Kaiser of Eisenland Max Swanz adopted him out of an act of mercy. At the time of his birth Eisenland was rather unpopulated but he upon coming of age got right to work.

Rising through the Ranks -

Ryan showed his diplomatic skills through some of his first acts to win the Kaiser's favor within Eisenland starting with improving relations with the similarlly sized neighbor of Northland, his goal being to unify the two nations. The first way he saught to do it was by helping to establish the Eisenland-Northland Union which saught further growth in the relationship. The next thing he did was the "Island Unification Project" where he worked tirelessly to unite the islands of Eisenerg, Ostrova (was later merged with Eisenberg), and Smallstantinoble (now Kaiserhaven) through the construction of a massive artificial landmass. The goal of this project was to more of less "force" strengthened relations between the two nations. After that he had won the Kaiser's favor and recieved the title of "Minister of Foreign Affairs".

Establishing Long Term Friendships -

After that mega project was completed and Ryan now had the power to Bind and to Loose when it came to Eisenland's foreign affairs; he set out to establish relationships with other nations within Eisenland's "Corner of the World". The most important relationship to be established was with the Second Union of Burgamarian Socialist Republic's, UBSR (Modern Day Tovarisha, kinda). This long lasting relationship was first established after GamersGaming (Point, Kaniro, idk he changes his name every 5 seconds) first reached out to Eisenland and Northland in early June with the goal of establishing further relations throughout Sparwood and inviting any nation willing to join to the CSN (Confederation of Sparwood Nations). Ryan spoke with the Kaiser about it and both of them agreed that it was in Eisenland's best interest to join. Ryan would later set up a joint Eisenland/UBSR base near modern day Deviks, Tovarisha. But this base would be short lived after Ryan's grave mistake in UBSR politics.

The Grave Mistake -

In late June, early July Ryan had become a UBSR citizen and had rather quickly gotten involved in politics there. Ryan in a greedy attempt at power attempted to influence the results of an election in the UBSR. This attempt was found out though and Ryan was punished (righteously), he accepted his punishment though (abandoning the "colony near Deviks"), and he vowed to never do something like that again. Later he was forgiven, and he began to build relationships with the UBSR once more.

 Throughout the Era of Expansion -

In mid June the nation of Northland had officially joined Eisenland through careful negotiation between the Foreign Ministry and Northland's leader Wiawoo. The Northland capital of Smallstantinople was immediately incorperated into Eisenland as the new city of Kaiserhaven, but the other Northlandian city of Ostrova resisted Eisenlandian rule. Ryan attempted to reason with their leader, but there was no reasoning with him. It took a significant amount of diplomatic objections, pandering, and military mobilization in order to cause them to ultimately submit.

Emboldened by Eisenland's annexation of Northland, Ryan then began with the consent of the Kaiser to work towards the securing of Eisenland's Southern border in the form of taking over Valtyrion. Ryan began a large scale propoganda campaign to convince the citizenry to join Eisenland in securing the weak territory with some success, but in the end it was not enough as their leader continued to resist. Eisenland and her allies mobilized and moved in swiftly securing Ozenia and LittleRock from Valtyrion leaving them with control of their capital of Balhurst alone. The battle of Balhurst would be swift, made easier by the many willing to collaborate against their corrupt king. After the battle the king of Valtyrion was forced to submit to the mercy of the Kaiser, whom allowed him to live in exile within his manor until his death at the hands of unknown assasins.

 The Volturan Betrayal -

In mid June the nation of Arcturus had been annexed by the U.F.K after being forced to submit to superior forces. Ryan got in contact with the Arcturan leader Cedar and helped him establish an Arcturan underground. He then worked to help supply the Arcturan Underground secretly on behalf of the Eisenlandian Government. This funding and supply helped during the Arcturan Spring in Early July which gained Arcturus independence.

In Late July after a period of instability where Arcturus had gone into a civilwar with the native Volos tribe, but had put their differences aside and united. They had joined Viodoxa for a period of about 1 week and then left breaking their treaty with Loic the Uniter. After that they came to Eisenland with a proposal on union which Ryan and the government deemed to be rather unbalanced. A mere few days after that proposal the Voluturan dual monarchs of Marcus and Cedar came with a different proposal, a declaration of war.

The immense betrayal felt by Ryan and the Eisenlandian government cannot be understated. Eisenland had mere weeks before helped the nation whom now demanded their head gain the very means to demand it. But Ryan pulled himself together and the nation swiftly got to work rapidly mobilizing and preparing the defenses, preparing to fight to the very last.

Nearly last second though Loic and Eisenland's allies arrived in massive numbers to Eisenland's aid. With this new found numbers Eisenland went on the offensive and seized control of Volturas through a decisive victory.