Otto Olea

Birth
Otto Olea was born in Yurki, his father was Zar Olea, the King of Yurki. Otto grew up comfterably and was always a really good student but not so much a fighter. He visited Viodoxa twice at the age of 8 and later at the age 13 with his father for diplomatic visits. His closest friend growing up was his brother, Henry J Olea. 5 years younger than Otto, Henry was a different from him in many ways. Uninterested in politics, Henry studied architecture and was obsessed with the grand buildings seen in Viodoxa which he saw when he visited it at the age of 8.

Trip to Eldham
With the discovery of Eldham, Zar found a new future for his family and people and sailed for Eldham. The Yurki isles were given to Viodoxa. The journey was supposed to last two years. With a fleet of 15 ships, the Yurki population sailed towards Eldham when Otto was 14 years old. The journey was long and dangerous, two ships sank in the way to Eldham. When the ships entered East Eldham, Zar Olea was hearing news about the rising Empires in Valresh. He decided to send one of his ships with Otto and gold so he could enter the Courts of the Great Ellysian Empire and lobby for Aristios in the future.

Courting in Ellysia
At the age of 15, with 100,000 worth of gold and 15 loyal guards Otto headed towards Atta, the administrative capital of Ellysia. Otto worked in Ellysia as a court member and helped organize local governments and train troops. During the final months of Ellysia, Otto was placed responsible for the accounting of citizens in the northern regions. One day, while Otto was working in his study he heard the bells ring. Outside his balcony he saw the Ellysian army marching southwards.

The officers shouted "Towards Valorys, the capital shall hold!" Behind them followed legions of men heavily geared.

Otto fled the following day with his guard and headed for the capital. For weeks there were no news but eventually the found the Empire was overrun by enemy troops. Fear has risen in the capital after they heard of the dark magic and vile withcraft of the Coalition being used to destroy the army. Rumors spread that the Basilieus, Thas Ellas I had been sent to assassinated and sent to the shadow realm. This information shocked Otto. This eventually caused him to grab his gold and leave alongside with his men. In the same convey fled a few other nobles all carrying tons of gold. In other ships came many Ellysian knights. He had promised all these refugees a home in a great nation far west led by his father.

The march to Storfesting
The Aristii-Ellysian convey marched towards Mercury to leave South Ellysia, now occupied by Rodinnbrok, heading for a small port in Mercury which one of the nobles had contacts in. To enter Mercury the group had to pass from Storfesting. While passing from the claim a group of knights flying the purple banner surrounded the group. It turns out the city was still under control of some former Ellysian nobles and warlords.

Election of the Chancellor
Storfesting and the surrounding regions were called Nova Majestia and were named after the Ellysian colony in Rathnir. Now with the Aristii-Ellysian convoy in the town the governor of Storfesting tried to convince the group to join them. He offered to step down and allow an election to take place. That same night, three people registered to run for Chancellor of Majestia. Firstly, Otto, secondly Endrius, an Ellysian knight and Fnis, an Ellysian High Warlord. Firstly Otto got up and gave a passionate speech and announced his reforms. The other two candidates dropped out after hearing the speech and vowed loyalty to Otto, who changed his name to Otto von Majest to fit more with his new nation.

The War for Independence
After Majestia was ready they requested to declare independence from Rodinnbrok. The Jarldom denied and a war was started. On a daily basis the Jarldom send its troops to raid the town and they were repelled. Eventually they requested support from Second Coalition. An army was formed in Abbylonia and marched towards the Majestian rebels. Since the Second Coalition had resulted to a full Ellysian genocide Majestia had to make its own state or less the Rodinn officials would eventually purge them. The different nobles in Majestia bought armor and supplies and they prepared.

Battle of Storfesting
The Majestian army had a plan to trap the Coalition army. The entire army left the town and hid in a mountain range north of Storfesting close by to ambush them while they marched towards the town. To their surprise, the coalition did not come from the mountain range since they did not have updated and detailed maps and took the long way attacking the town from the south. The Coalition army seeing the town empty moved back and expected an ambush which was what they had been tipped from their spy. Heading even more southwards, the two armies never clashed.

The Treaty of Storfesting
After more and more raids both sides had exhausted their resources and support for a Majestian state had decreased. The nation agreed to sign a treaty with Rodinnbrok and withdraw from the lands and in exchange be allowed to use Rodinnbrok's port and buy some of their ships for free. The group, now having lost and gained members eventually departed Valresh in three ships. Two ships mostly filled with Ellysian nobles and soldiers fled for other nations in Eldham. On the other hand, Otto took his ship with mostly Aristii troops and some Ellysians and once again sailed towards North Valresh. He wasn't planning on giving up and was planning on uniting the territory under one banner once again. This experience had been a lesson for him. Being exposed to such harsh politics by the age of 17 had made Otto a greater man.

Otto's new plan
The one ship still with Otto sailed to the North and landed in Yuvaria, a newly formed Kingdom and vassal of Kingdom of Avaria, a Rathnir nation. When he landed he visited the local governments of all the northern nations, their names lost with time, and held a confrence. Otto planned to unite them all under one banner and to form a stronger confederation. The states, recently made independent due to the fall of Ellysia were behind and lacking in every way possible, Otto planned to change that.

The Conference of Yuvaria
A treaty had been made and most local leaders had agreed, Yuvaria was the only one missing. A delegate from Avaria who was sent to be Hand of the King of Yuvaria entered the negotiations with a papyrus, he opened it and began proclaiming:

"People of this conference, the men before us is a terrorist, agitator, war criminal and an enemy to our all national interests... I have been told from my southern contacts that he led a revolution in Rodinnbrok and after speaking with their leader he is nothing more than Ellysian scum!" he shouted

The court gasped, some members started walking out.

"Yuvaria is out and we urge you to leave as well!" Said the Avarian Duke.

Otto in anger shouted and fought to fight his baseless claims. However, no matter what he said the Northern Valresh Confederation was already dead. Most nations had agreed to join if all the others join too, going with the flow. With Yuvaria out, the largest nation in the region, the plan had gone to shambles. Otto tried to do damage control for an hour and some delegates still stood by his side but eventually the plan was fully scrapped and the conference was a failure.