JurzTheAndal

JurzTheAndal (location unknown) is a leader of the Auronist sect of Noxism and was the first elected president of Bardonia and the founder of Auron's Peak within Bardonia.

The Early Years
Having first been born in the northern forests of Noxnorr, Jurz was raised in a small village and was regularly bullied as an infant. A favourite of Jurz' peers was to call him "Andal" or foreigner in their local dialects, to infer that Jurz was unwanted within the village. For the rest of his life, Jurz would take that moniker with him wherever he went.

When he came of age, Jurz left the small village he grew up in and headed to Sovdal to look for work. Eventually, Jurz became more and more radicalised within the Noxist religion and became the cult leader for the "Auronist" branch, elevating Auron as the chief of the pantheon.

For a while, this religious unorthodoxy was tolerated at Sovdal and Jurz even named his district of Sovdal in honour of the god - Auronstradsdel. One day however, news reached the district of Auronstradsdel that the local king, DarkbladeT2 was being elevated to High King of the Silver Coalition. This new kingship gave more and power to Darkblade and fearing persecution, Jurz and his followers fled the city and would eventually arrive in Bardonia.

Arrival in Bardonia
After arriving in Bardonia and pursued by the soldiers of the Noxnorr High king - the Bardonian senate granted land unused in the northern territories to Jurz and his fellow refugees. Shortly afterwards, Auron's Peak was founded, with Jurz building the fortress and the Colosseum.

Political Life
Due to Jurz' leadership of the Peak, Jurz was appointed as a representative by the senate of the 2nd Bardonian Republic. During his duties of carrying out this role, Jurz opposed the Bardonian World Conquest and carried out a public vote in the town, which resulted in 6/6 members rejecting further world conquest.

The Third Republic
Not long after the vote to oppose the world conquest, a coup d'etat occured which propelled Jurz into one of 4 senatorship positions. As a founding father for the new republic, Jurz agreed to democratic reform of the republic. These reforms included a directly elected senate from each major provincial reason and then a directly elected president from each Bardonian citizen. As a result of this, Jurz was elected the first president of the republic.

It was during this time of presidency, that the great artists and musicians of Bardonia began to flourish. During this era a new Bardonian flag and national anthem was created.

Presidency of Bardonia
As president of Bardonia, Jurz made it his priority to bring the nation out of diplomatic isolation and re-assert diplomatic influence. They key agreements made during his term was the re-acquisation of Ardat as a possession of Bardonia, the short-lived alliances with Raykara and Sterling Crownlands and an alliance pact with Huitca which would later evolve into the Vanguard of Free States.

After 10 days of presidency and tired from the strains of diplomacy and nation building, Jurz called an early election 4 days before his term

was due to end. The result of this election was the election of his predecessor, Crezyman who would oversee Bardonia for just 1 day before the senate relinquished control to "The Chancellor" in an emergency measure. It was said that at the time of his resignation, Jurz looked noticeably older and more grey than when his presidency began.

Not long after the succession of The Chancellor as dictator for life and disillusioned with the apparent failure and collapse of the Third Republic, Jurz announced his intention to retreat into retirement from political life and live out the rest of his days in the Bardonian forests. By now an old man and jaded with his failure to institute a long lasting democracy in Bardonia, Jurz refuses all interviews and some claim even goes under a different name when speaking to strangers.

Legacy in Bardonia
Historical assessments of Jurz and his time as senator and president are conflicted. Advocates of the presidency of Jurz credit him with bring Bardonia out of diplomatic isolation and establishing soft influence in the world of Rathnir. Further. some praise Jurz for daring to take brave and dynamic steps to help stabilise a fully elective republic in a country that had never seen one before. Jurz also led a new way forward for Bardonia, encouraging resolution through diplomacy rather than through the sword.

However, the failure of the third republic can also be seen as the fault of Jurz as the Raykaran Crisis directly resulted from his final days in office and ultimately led to the downfall of the republic.

The legacy of Jurz is more pronounced within Auron's Peak with locals still claiming that one day the old man of the Peak will return to save the town in its time of need.