Katherineke von Haegiel

Katherineke von Haegiel is a Deutzani political figure from Ryzan, who serves as the leader of the Deutzani Nationalist Party, and serves as a member of the Ryzani Imperial Duma as a representative.

Early Life
Katherineke was born into a noble family which bears the same namesake of the settlement that would later be settled by her ancestors. The von Haegiel family had seen hard times, and was a declining nobility at the time. Kathrieneke however, was able to grow up as a middle class citizen within the impoverished city. Her family would be descended from those who lived under Deutzan when it was under Aurlûnoren rule. Her family was always pro Aurlûnoren, and appeared to have grown up without being converts to the Twin Dragon faith, being one of the last Tossanist families to remain in Haegiel at the time.

Katherineke would read books as a young girl about how Deutzan was a gleaming province along the Bay of Deutzan, and that Haegiel, which was known as Hróncendë at the time, was a glittering port home to the Dragon Navy. Upon reading the decline of the city following a supposed "hand over" as demanded by the Tsar, Yazov of Arxella, Katherineke would be convinced that the propaganda portrayed in the Ryzani version of her textbooks were propaganda, which was more of an occupation government if anything. This was likely the first sentiments of Katherineke being exposed to pro-Aurlûnoren sentiment. Since then, Katherineke would become more conservative, opposed to her more liberal minded family, who was more pro-Ryzan if anything, and as a teenager, joined a society known as the "Malyan Restoration Society" as apart of it's youth wing. It is here that she would convert to Twin Dragon, dropping her Tossanist faith, denouncing it as a "pawn of Soleannen".

Early Political Life
Katherineke would slowly rise the ranks of the society, following her anti-Ryzani propaganda pieces as a journalist. In one of her pieces known as "Deutzan, or Hróncendë?". In this opinion article, Katherineke heavily denounced Yazov as a traitor to all Deutzanis, and how it wasn't Aurlûnor who "stole" Deutzan. The piece specifically outlined that Aurlûnor actually saved Deutzan from the Bardonians during the War in Ryzan, which she refers to it as "The Second Invasion". The piece praises Sareariel Lelya-Earcala as a heroine of the Deutzani people, and denounced leaders such as Josbar Liberium, Hiar Meklevich, Slout IV Korol and varying Ryzani leadership for trying to have Deutzan fall to the hands of the traitor, Azerial, who was praised as a "war hero". She also cited the the Syltör League had every right to kick the failing Republican government, who would became over reliant on Aurlûnor, demanding and pushing them to their limits. She would finish her piece that ". . . there is no savior that came from this. The Tsar betrayed the people of Deutzan under protection of the benevolent Velereth with his unjust bloodless invasion, and destroyed the identity of Twin Dragon throughout the country. If Ryzan cannot pull itself together soon, and topple this invader, who will?"

Despite Katherineke's successful piece in Haegiel, she would be arrested by the local security forces a month in the release of the article for "sedition and treason". While in prison, Katherineke would continue to write her pieces, where she would convert convicts to Twin Dragon, becoming her first supporters. She would catch the eye of Anstolis Lykyris, who, following Yazov leaving the throne of Ryzan after the declaration of the Ryvenate of Ryzan, became one of her first supporters.

Foundation of the Deutzani Nationalist Party and a member of the Duma
The return of political parties allowed Katherineke to set up her own known as the Deutzani Nationalist Party, in which she would have members from the Malyan Society join it. At first, the party would be seemingly lacking political spark, as local elections appeared to have always been won by the same party, which were pro-Ryzani. In order to counter this, Katherineke would run an aggressive denouncement campaign, as well as promotion of the Twin Dragon faith. She would commission a new temple to be built in Haegiel, as well as a party headquarters. Katherineke would later run for Dumaship. Although she would loose the first Duma election, with her party barely gaining any seats.

This however, would change. The Red Sun Campaign would place a serious dent into Josbar Liberium's reputation, who promised at first to keep the conflict local, but would be exposed as a liar, who enlisted foreign mercenaries, advocated for genocide against Aurlûnorens, namely the Celestial Elves, as he disclude the Aurlûnoren Humans from his plans, and exposed multiple other lies that was shared by top intelligence officials, and by the Chancellor, Mao Meili. Katherineke would publicly denounce Josbar, and the entire Liberium family, advocating and calling for their arrest and to have the Tsarina change her mind. However, he would use blackmail that if the Tsarina got involved, he would call the Soleannan Imperium to invade both nations. Seeing this as an opportunity, Katherineke would assist in undermining his name, and attempted to get a trial against him.

The Red Sun Campaign would eventually be smeared and destroyed by Meili and a few others who had infiltrated his ranks, completely collapsing his forces a month before his invasion. Following this, Katherineke's party would see a notable increase in membership, and her popularity soaring. Katherineke would again run for the Duma, in which she would use the newly tailored flag for her party around Haegiel and Syros. This time, she would win as the fifth most popular candidate in the country with over 30 points, gaining her party 30 seats in the Duma, becoming a significant opposition against major parties in the nation, making her party one of the most powerful in the nation.