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Captain Marcus "BallSAC" Thylman, also known as "The Fallen Eagle", is a former soldier and town Sheriff. He was sent to Rathnir as part of an expedition to start an overseas protectorate(colony) on behalf of a foreign country. After the foreign country dissolved, he took Tovarishan citizenship.



Early Life
Marcus Thylman was born sometime between {redacted}, in the city of {redacted}. He was the son of an Air Force officer and an immigrant. Not much is known about his early life, but he graduated bottom of his class from the New Salisbury Military Academy in {redacted}.

Initial Military Career

He was part of a class of {redacted} officers sent to {redacted} military academies, during which he was sent to {redacted}. However, due to an unexpected event, he found himself lost in a foreign country, during which he worked as a bricklayer and a construction worker. In {redacted}, he found his way to {redacted} and took over his father's building and mining companies. Upon his return he was commissioned in the {redacted} Air Force as an Air Sub-Lieutenant. However, due to an unfortunate event, he transferred to the {redacted} Army in {redacted}. He served as a Lieutenant in both the {redacted} Civil War and Operation Rancraft. Shortly after Operation Rancraft, he was promoted from Second Lieutenant to Captain.

The Doomed Expedition

Upon his promotion to Captain, the Army placed him in charge of a Survey Group heading to Rathnir. He arrived in Rathnir in May {redacted}(Sugondan Year). He kept a travel journal in which he documented his journey around Rathnir. The members of the survey group arrived in different parts of Rathnir, but a majority arrived from Ayesinco.

After much scouting, he and his team settled in a former UBSR mining city, which was purchased for a sum of money. The expedition team found that under the city, there was an almost completely untouched treasure trove of ores, such as iron and gold. The members of the team quickly started making a small fortune amongst themselves, giving Marcus and the rest of the team hope for further reinforcements to arrive from their home. They also hoped the treasure they had found would be of great use to their homeland besides themselves. Around this time, the expedition team started establishing connections elsewhere, such as Marcus going to Escharia, meeting a town mayor and helping the mayor build buildings in his city. Another member of the team also traversed the continent of Sparwood, finding other people akin to him who enjoyed swing music. The expedition team started to feel confident of their future in Rathnir.

Unfortunately, the team was completely unaware that they'd settled in Tovarishan territory. They only found out when Marcus went to speak to Vraelean diplomats, and the Vraelean diplomats reported their location to the Tovarishan government, including the then-khadir of Tovarisha, named Tanker. Fearing a war with socialists, a repeat of the civil war they had endured earlier, they started attempting to acquire weapons from other sources in Rathnir. This placed the expedition team on their first meeting with a certain group of players named Hands. 2 members of the organization started offering deals for weaponry. However, lacking experience with Rathnirian combat, the deal fell through. The 2 members of the organization would go on to help the upcoming negotiations in minimum level. The aforementioned town mayor also helped in the negotiations.

Following a brief but tense exchange with one of the Khadir(and a not so polite Governor-General), he drafted an agreement with the Tovarishan representatives.

He then returned to his old country, with the intention of presenting the draft to the government. Unfortunately however, a coup was underway at the time, and the coup forces promptly returned his attempt at peace with a bullet to the head. After being nursed back to health, he took settled in a small town called Nowa Jagoda.

The First "Paradisaster"

After the coup'd'etat, and the subsequent dissolution of his old country, the colony was in a state of limbo. Although it was returned de jure to Tovarisha, most, if not all of the colony's materiel and personnel was still in the expedition's hands. Some former members of the team were also distrustful of the Tovarishans, owing to a past negative history with socialists. As such, most of the team had not taken Tovarishan citizenship, and had actually started plotting on how to establish the colony as an independent state. Arguments were frequent amongst several members of the expedition team, especially those who hadn't reached Sparwood. This state of in-fighting continued for several weeks, and eventually the members of the expedition team decided. They would wait for the rest of the forces to arrive in Sparwood, and then fight a war of independence against Tovarisha. They estimated it would take 3 days for the force to link up in Sparwood, so Marcus tried to contact his old Hands friends again regarding weaponry. Unfortunately, this was not to be......

Earlier that day, a town south of the former colony called Syrogrod, had declared itself an independent republic, and had enroached a claim that encompassed a large part of Tovarisha, including the colony. It became clear that the leaders of Syrogrod recognized the expedition team as an extension of Tovarisha, and wanted them out of the territory or an attack will ensue. Knowing that the expedition team is not properly equipped to fight experienced Rathnirian mercenaries, and realizing the gravity of the situation, Marcus convened a meeting with the rest of the expedition. He attempted to convince the rest of the team of the gravity of the situation, and the most beneficial course of action to take from then.

Eventually, after an (infamous) speech, the rest of the team agreed to leave the colony behind, and Marcus and several members of the team joined Tovarisha. This was due to the fact that the Khadir turned out to be friendlier than they thought, and the Nowa Jagodan mayor being welcome to the sudden influx of immigrants. Another reason however, was due to the team discovering that Syrogrod's leaders were ALSO Hands, and fighting Tovarisha. This feeling of betrayal managed to tip most, if not all of the team, towards Tovarisha's side. As such, the rest of the team, although not agreeing to join Tovarisha, remained to work for Marcus, and to an extent, Tovarisha.

The day before the handover was due, the team scuttled the settlement, and transferred almost all material and sensitive documents to Nowa Jagoda. Documents and resources that could not be safely carried over were destroyed. The governor general's residence was partially demolished, and the mine underneath scuttled. The next day, the colony became Paradise, and the Survey Group marched off the parade ground for the final time and into history. It was a very disheartening end, but Marcus in particular was determined to make his new abode a great one, and avoid the fate of his colony. To this day, Marcus remains in Nowa Jagoda.

Something Better Beginning?

Upon making Nowa Jagoda his new home, he went full force trying to recruit people for the city. Apparently, one of his first recruits was a person named Dinkleberg, who went on to become Nowa's primary architect. He also started to mine resources for the city, and took part in major projects whenever the city was involved(such as the Tovarishan redstone road project). Around this time he also started to become acquainted with other Tovarishans, such as Acerina, and Nokoniro. He also became acquainted with Viodoxans, some of whom shared his taste in music.

It looked great, and it seemed to be a better start to something. But was it to last?

(to be continued.....)

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