Heinrich val Oberstein

Heinrich Val Oberstein (Teutonic_Brother), officially Marquis Heinrich Müller val Oberstein, is a Citizen and Noble of The Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa currently known for his skills in Architecture, Statesmanship, Literature, and Oration. He currently resides in his personal estate, County of Delphinium, within Augmentum Terra as Head Architect, Head Engineer, Head Librarian, and Undersheriff. Subsequently, he also takes the title as Grand Librarian of all of Viodoxa. Without much question he can be considered a “Tortured Artist” with high ambition, often creating a vast list of works, many of which going unfinished or discarded for other grand projects. He is often seen with a very regal and pompous uniform, it is unknown if this is merely a heavily modified uniform made from the clothing used at the Lileanen University by students or if his uniforms were especially custom made.

Early Life
Heinrich was born in the plains of Nieden while his family were still Nomads on various travels, his Father being an Arkhai Nomad and his Mother being a Cymru Merchant respectively. As soon as they were able, Heinrich’s parents returned back to his Mother’s native home town, a small fishing village. As Heinrich rose in age his Father took the role as the village’s stonemason while his Mother retired to become a local teacher for the village.

By the time he reached the age of 17 his parents strived to pass all knowledge they could onto him from their various travels and lines of work while also teaching him varying subjects. This included various languages, how to read and write, history, mathematics, and basic engineering. Before he could even reach the age of 18 his parents applied him to a University in Nieden, lying about his age to make his acceptance easier. With the financial support of his Family he left Cymru and sailed north to Nieden where he would pursue further education.

Heinrich would then spend the next 6 years of his life at the University seeking pursuits in many subjects to expand his palate of knowledge. There he studied Architecture, Statesmanship, Engineering, Political Theory, Military Strategy, and Philosophy. In the University he was noted for his Oratory Skills, usually involving politics or basic livelihood. Across his time acquiring a higher education he received several awards, some of which he still commonly wears to the present day on his uniform.

Return to Cymru
Upon leaving the University, Heinrich lazed about the campus for some time before deciding on his journey back to Cymru. Taking many different ships from one city port to the next, it took many months for Heinrich to return back to his home continent. By the time he had reached the continent he met up with the Astronians of Rose, a very new, up and coming city of Viodoxa; whom he immediately offered his services to on subsequent understanding he’d have Religious and Creative Freedom. Consequently just a few days after joining Rose he participated in a battle against Entropy in Fornost on behalf of Viodoxa where he was severely injured, having to be hospitalized for 2 days.

After recovering he wasted no time in getting officially settled, quickly beginning several architectural projects as well as literary projects. Only after a week of work he gifted Rose sturdy new walls and expanded its infrastructure; all the while he wrote and published his first set of books regarding political theory, Imperii I and Imperii II, as well as a book on the Religion of Astronoma. Astronoma I. All of which can be accredited to his desire to prove himself to any official who cared to notice and show off his competence.

When Heinrich felt comfortable in his new Nation he volunteered his services directly to the Nation of Viodoxa to become its Grand Librarian following the publishing and donation of his books to the library. Just a few days later he was named Head Architect, Head Engineer, and Head Librarian of Rose. In celebration of his new found success, Heinrich purchased a Ceremonial Baton of Gold and Ivory to better portray his new found status which he aptly named Solus Gloria.

Knight of Cymru
Upon the creation of the Order of Adytum by Valen McSpiegel, an organization centered on stopping Entropy, Heinrich was one of the first few to be Knighted into the Order. His main desire focused solely on getting revenge against Entropy and her supporters for wounding him. After only a few days' time he would get his chance as Entropy laid siege to the city of Viodoxa itself, an opportunity the young man couldn’t refuse. At the battle he showed his inner initiative and intuition against Entropy as well as her minions and thus distinguished himself as a man who was militarily competent. Upon the battle's end the Nation of Viodoxa, and subsequently Heinrich, walked away victorious. Although he had suffered various burns from Fire Magic he managed to stay in the fight to the very end.

With new found closure and peace, Heinrich got back to work as Grand Librarian of Viodoxa and his life as a whole. Even daring to enlist with the Imperial Army where he received the rank of Captain for the II. Infantry Corps. In just a few days he had managed to double the library's collection and renovate the shelves; he kept this going until the bookshelf calamity hit, preventing him from accessing any of the books which had been stored in shelves. Each book having been presumably lost to the void. Seeing his hard work crumble to nothing drove him to fits of anger and disappointment for several days, having felt personally responsible for the library's loss.

Following the sudden collapse of Viodoxa some time later during The Purple Insurrection, he opted to resign as Grand Librarian and Captain of the Imperial Army. Seeing no point to continue with the nation coming to an end right before his eyes. In the four day period where the Province of Augmentum Terra saw independence Heinrich strongly urged the Astronians to remain as such and avoid any possible succession conflict by refusing any unity or vassalization from any other Cymru province. After a diplomatic return of Viodoxa only then did Heinrich fully support the return of Augmentum Terra as a province, happy to see a return to normalcy, or what seemed to be on the surface at the very least. On the return of Augmentum Terra Heinrich was promoted to captain once again within the Imperial Army while his job as Grand Librarian took more convincing on his part towards the new Archons, Numis and Yazov. They accepted under the expectation he would oversee the library returning to its former glory and eventually surpassing it entirely. Terms which Heinrich agreed to.

Now back in the seat as Grand Librarian, Heinrich was joined by new up and coming librarians of Viodoxa wishing to assist him in renovating the Library of Viodoxa whilst also expanding the national collection. At the same time he began to design and construct his Lords’ keep, which he planned and hoped would become a symbol of authority in Viodoxa, a residence many Lords would come to envy; The Blossoming Keep. While he drew up such plans the industrious busy body made time to socialize more and began looking for a Maiden to take hand in Marriage; where he would eventually meet and propose to Linn of Tortuga. Getting married only days later.

Count of Viodoxa
Following the The Blossoming Keep's completion, a herculean task Heinrich managed to pull off in just two days, the Astronians rewarded him an entire County to oversee within the Province of Augmentum Terra as payment for his work and dedication to his craft. Upon being granted this new land Heinrich named it to the County of Delphinium in honor of his Mother who often grew delphiniums in her garden when he was still a child. Despite the province being very lacking in terms of appearance, Heinrich promised and assured not only his peers but also his Wife on his plans to build an extravagant personal estate to which he and his family could reside in private whenever they felt necessary.

Fortune continued to favor Heinrich as all of his old books within the National Library had been finally recovered, bringing the collection back to an impressive state with over one hundred individual works having been gathered. It was also during this time when he was approached by Niki dem Spheniscidae who offered a proposition of adopting the young Count as her son; it is often rumored that Niki merely wished to adopt the young man for the sake of getting Grandchildren in the future as Heinrich and Linn were attempting to begin a family. At first Heinrich was hesitant of such an offer and flat out refused the adoption, however after more consideration he caved to her wishes and accepted. Consequently this brought him into the dem Spheniscidae Family, but not the Household as Heinrich retained his family name during the adoption not wishing to see the val Oberstein House go extinct.

Soon Heinrich would hear from his now adoptive Great Grandfather, Archon Loic I dem Spheniscidae, requesting his help on the cultural revival of the nation of Viodoxa as the nation's Grand Librarian. As the Archon wrote up various works and papers regarding the culture and language of Hanzeizh, Heinrich as Grand Librarian published these works and assisted in bringing the forgotten Hanzeizh culture back into the heart of every province across the Archonate. To help further the wishes of his Great Grandfather Heinrich also began to teach fellow Viodoxans about Hanzeizh in his free time.

Battle of New Dorasterrock and Aftermath
Rising tensions finally brought Bardonia and Viodoxa to war leading to the Allium War in which Heinrich would take part in the siege of the Bardonian Capital. The Nobleman arrived a bit later and was one of the last to enter the city square as fierce fighting progressed, although he did not accomplish much he had scared a few Bardonians off while he sat upon rooftops with his bow before the battle was over. It should be stated that during the conflict Heinrich felt saddened by Bardonia's downfall as he was more ideologically aligned towards their Governance than he let on, not to mention he did not enjoy fighting against Esharia who he saw as fellow brethren.

Upon the ending of the war Heinrich went back to focusing on his County and his work as Grand Librarian up until Archon Loic's sudden impeachment. After said event he was elevated by Archoness Hazel to the Noble rank of Marquis for his dedicated service to the Nation as a whole, the Archoness would also grant him the title of 'Honored' within the Archonate and had the National Library renamed in his honor to 'Val Oberstein Hall'. Shortly afterwards Archon Richard would bestow him with 'Honored' once again for designing the roads for the new National Highway system which had been planned. Thus making Heinrich possibly the first Citizen to be 'Honored' twice within the Archonate. To top this short period off, he would see his third son, Augustin val Oberstein, be born on a trip to Tortuga.