Sigfrida val Oberstein

Sigfrida val Oberstein, officially Prime Minister Sigfrida Rheinhard Ludwig val Oberstein. Is the 17th Archoness of Viodoxa City, Archduchess of Adytum, former Princess of the Ascuas Autarky and a Citizen and Noblewoman of the Autokratoria of Sirradra, who is known for her skills in Engineering, Gardening, and her wild accent. She currently resides in her private villa at Viodoxa City's Ethreon District. She boasts a very prideful attitude and likes to see herself as being quite intelligent, supported with lots of ambition. However when she first rejoined society she did not seem keen on being in any major leadership role later on in life, tending to stay small scale in her pursuits. However due to her competence and habit of overworking she climbed up the ladder before she knew it. When she isn't doodling new designs and ideas in her notebooks she is usually out enjoying nature and cultural sites. She is often seen wearing a regal and loose fitted dress of black and red with flowers in her hair, colors which harken back to the Ascuas Autarky, and will usually be carrying copies of books her Grandfather wrote.

Early Life
Sigfrida was born in the wild mountain frontier of Cymru where she was mostly raised and educated by her father Taylor val Oberstein and her mother Cassa val Oberstein. Thanks to her father being of Noble birth she was able to receive a full and proper education that was expected of Viodoxan Nobility, and through her Grandfather's teaching she was able to learn the Household's general building and design techniques. At the age of 10 her mother, Cassa, would pass away due to illness. Because of this, her father had her stay with her Grandfather at the family estate of Delphinium for a short period of time.

By the time she was 15 she had become a fully professional engineer with a knack for designing machines, in particular designing flying machines. At around the same time her Grandfather established the Ascuas Autarky and proclaimed himself Autark before having Sigfrida named as one of the new Nation's Princesses. After a short reign her Grandfather would eventually pass away from old age and Ascuas would soon cease to exist a few months later after the next Autark, her Aunt-in-Law Lyra val Oberstein was assassinated at the family estate, which was later burnt to the ground. When such news reached Sigfrida and her father, they were grief stricken and made attempts to recover what they could of family heirlooms. Once Sigfrida had reached the age of adulthood her father Taylor went off to become a wandering nomad, leaving Sigfrida to handle things on her own. She would then leave behind her frontier homestead and travel to Cymru proper and reintegrate into society.

Arrival to Ryoujing
After the family estate of Delphinium had been looted, Sigfrida, along with most of her family rallied to the city of Ryoujing where the val Oberstein's were taken in with open arms. There Sigfrida would meet her two aunts Leah and Aisha, as well as her soon to be Uncle-in-law Richard McSpiegel who had proposed to Aisha soon after. In her months of living within Ryoujing Sigfrida was quite comforted by the familiar architecture and family friends and quickly established herself as the official Head of House val Oberstein, assuming the role from her Father Taylor the previous legal Head. Once she had accomplished this she would later travel to the continent of Haven for a short time and see her Uncle Augustin, successfully getting him to recognize her as the new Head and recognizing her claim on Delphinium.

On her return to Cymru she would reclaim Delphinium and oversee Aisha and Richard's Wedding at Ryoujing as the Family Head and give her full blessings as well as providing some gifts to the newly wedded couple. At said wedding the val Oberstein's planned out a new family estate, aptly naming it Wisteria, after another noble purple flower much like Delphinium. This plan however wasn't meant to be and would never take off as Sigfrida was not much of an Architect like her Grandfather and she did not wish to contribute anything of value to the IAU which still existed at the time. Much of her hatred from the destruction of Delphinium was placed on the IAU and her Great Great Great Grandfather Loic for allowing it to happen.

Collapse of the IAU and Migration to Viodoxa City
When the IAU had collapsed Sigfrida was filled with ecstatic enthusiasm, her heart and mind was suddenly lit like a blazing furnace and an unstoppable will overcame her, it was as though she was now destined for great deeds and accomplishments. With her new found spirit she decided on her next course of action, despite Ryoujing having been a kind place to her and her family she knew it wasn't fit to be their home, and so Sigfrida decided she would embark towards Viodoxa City. A choice which would quickly prove to be a monumental moment in her life.

The very day Sigfrida arrived to the historic capital of Cymru she found stagnation, a city left to ruin and rot, riddled with crime, debauchery, and poverty. On that same day Sigfrida immediately got to work and raided her Grandfather's office at the national library for all of its blueprints and urban plans, plans which she intended to implement. Having money left over from the val Oberstein vault Sigfrida personally used her own funds to start work on the largest renovation project in all of Cymru history, from north to south, east to west she would go about renovating Viodoxa City in its entirety. To further along her goal she brought in her renowned architect and Uncle-in-law Richard McSpiegel as well as the city's oldest architect Ryanfa into the project with her overseeing and managing everything.

In the span of two months she had orchestrated a herculean effort and had completed it without issue, upon the work being completed many of Viodoxa's older inhabitants started coming back into social circles. Many of whom were personally inspired by the young Sigfrida's achievement and charisma. Yet the young noblewoman was still not satisfied and immediately set about doing the next major project which had been first conjured by her Grandfather in his blueprints, a provincial aqueduct. Over the course of two weeks she had used her skills in engineering and drew out the plans, executed its entire construction, and expanded it to reach other parts of Adytum. In her honor and growing pompousness she named it after herself, naming it 'Sigfrida Aqueduct'. An architectural work which now provided the fresh water supply to Viodoxa and Valentum respectively, which greatly boosted the province of Adytum's hygiene and prosperity.

As the young Sigfrida continued to work across the city and province as a whole she had taken de facto control of the city under the blessing of Archon Havi Asagrim, the city's ruler at the time. From then on management of the city lay solely to her and was entirely to her discretion which she greatly appreciated, giving her regards to Havi whenever the opportunity arose. Her next few projects were that of a private villa within the city for herself and future family, an amphitheater, and a market for the city and its people which would bring more economic prosperity to the region.

Marriage and Ascension
Soon enough Sigfrida would slow down on her efforts of work to start focusing more on her future, more specifically the family side of things. As Head of the Family it was growing more and more important that she find a husband and begin expanding the Household once again, this along with her natural desire to be a Mother lead her on the path towards looking for a partner. With her lineage she knew she would need someone appropriate to her social status and level and she was fully aware she could get it, deciding to look for a husband within the Empire of Simulami to establish connections there. Sigfrida would personally approach the Imperare Zeno and request that a nobleman be presented to her with the understanding of a joint-house marriage, the Imperare agreed and brought forth a few candidates before settling on Luke Ludwig who was at the time Heir to House Ludwig. Despite Luke being a bit older than she was and being of a family strict on their religious rules, Sigfrida gained a liking very quickly towards Luke. Agreeing to take him as her husband to be.

Sigfrida, who was a follower of Astronoma, made a concession to House Ludwig in that she would be baptized in the Soleviel Faith before the wedding commenced and that the ceremony would be a Soleviel one to be more acceptable in their eyes. Much of the Ludwig House also believed she would outright convert as well which she discretely never did nor agreed upon and so continued to practice Astronoma. Upon the day of the ceremony Sigfrida would be showered in gifts from her family, new family, and now husband Luke Ludwig val Oberstein before she was taken on a tour through Castle Ludwig by her family. There Luke and Sigfrida would choose a room together and decorate at a later time. Once Sigfrida had made it back to Cymru she went back to work as normal, now feeling content and satisfied knowing her future was secure. In that same week though the now married noblewoman quickly grew paranoid and hateful towards other women who she thought could possibly seduce her husband and subsequently had her personal retinue remove all prostitutes from Viodoxa City. Afterwards her worries ceased and she was eased back into satisfaction once again, this was something she never told Luke about.

Havi Asagrim, who had seen and been impressed by the efforts of Sigfrida's labor and hard work, informed her that she would be his heir before fully retiring himself at his hilltop house. In such a short amount of time Sigfrida had become the Archoness of Viodoxa after only five short months of living and working in the city. Her coronation was small and privately held within her estate, to honor her new role as Archoness she adorned a new red sun headdress. As Viodoxa's new ruler she continued to expand and work on the city, manage new citizens, and oversee the national market with her at the forefront. The new standard greeting among the populace in Viodoxa quickly became 'Aver Archoness'.

Promotion to Architecture Minister
Knowing of her History and taking note of her deeds within Adytum, the High Government of Sirradra approached Sigfrida and asked if she would be interested in the role of Minister of Architecture. A role which was currently occupied by her Cousin Liu Heinrich val Oberstein. Sigfrida accepted and took on the mantle of reviving the entire Ministry, replacing her Cousin who had failed to meet expectations, she also made it a goal to not just revive the Ministry but also ensure it becomes the most approved in the Empire. Her first step as Minister was to initiate a national infrastructure project which would span all of Cymru, a continent which had been neglected regarding it's roads and transportation. She also began the effort to rebuild the Imperial Palace of Sirradra from the ground up, a project and build which had been left half finished and destitute.

After promoting the job and searching for an Architect within her Ministry to begin the renovation and rebuild process for over a month she was finally able to find an Architect who would take on the responsibility, that being Alkethar of Kemon. While Alkethar got to work renovating and building a new palace, Sigfrida began collecting all the material that would be needed, another herculean task which took her three weeks. Around the same time she would start her infrastructure project with Adytum as her start, upgrading and relaying roads across the entire province in around the same time frame.

At the same time the projects were underway Sigfrida reorganized the Ministry to function properly, which saw new requests coming in and making sure her Architects would be filed into jobs and earning money for their efforts. By the time the Palace was fully built Sigfrida was able to fully upgrade and relay roads within the provinces of Adytum and Tsaeloma. Having only been in her position for a couple months she had achieved her goal of reviving the Ministry with her at the forefront of it, and she had even completed her second goal, as the Architecture Ministry would see the highest approval rating among all the other administrative branches while under her leadership.

Prime Minister of Sirradra and Archduchess of Adytum
Following her exceptional success as the Minister of Architecture and Archoness of Viodoxa City, the government was eager to place her as one of the potential candidates to become the next Prime Minister of the nation. This came about due to the Autokrator Kogan, retiring and passing the position of Autokrator to Faustus Nicodemus, who was the Prime Minister at the time. The two main contenders for the position of Prime Minister came down to Sigfrida and the Rector of Tsaeloma, Andros Martillus Justinianus. At first the new Autokrator had their suspicions on Sigfrida's loyalty and overall dedication to the nation, making her seem like a very risky pick. This stemmed from Sigfrida's view and general attitude towards Sirradra as a whole, since she didn't see herself as Sirradran whatsoever and only saw herself as a Viodoxan.

It was this view point which drew much contention and suspicion towards her, as, despite her competence and steadfast workmanship she was seen as a provincialist and very unruly. In addition the Prime Minister of Sirradra was expected to take an oath of loyalty to Sirradra, something Sigfrida detested fully and saw as an affront to her beliefs. However after a long discussion between herself and the Autokrator Faustus Nicodemus, a talk in which both expressed their concerns and worries, they would both reach an acceptable consensus and agreement which would allow Sigfrida to take the role as the new Prime Minister of Sirradra.

Assassination Attempt
During her first week as the Prime Minister, Sigfrida had taken a trip to the province of Silvay to see her son Carolus and his growing Barony of Vannes-Lorinand. As she walked the nearby outskirts of the Barony to examine the countryside and forests an explosive projectile was fired in her direction from within the forest, passing just barely overhead and missing her by a few meters before exploding in front of her, creating a small crater. Sigfrida would seek shelter within the Barony castle to get away from the forest for her own safety. Despite the ferocity of the attack and a week long investigation, no culprit was ever found or implicated in the attack and remains unsolved to this day.