Salazar Van Den Green

Salazar Van Den Green( known just as "Green") is a Mayor of the Puerto Amarillo, also Chancellor and the first ruler of the independent Republic of Amarillo. After the death of Solandian royal family, he also became High Prince of Solandia. Under his rule, Puerto Amarillo became one of the largest cities in the Drakaen Concordat and gained its independence in War of Drakaes succession.

Beginning
Salazar woke up in the Ugly Tower, abandoned structure somewhere in Rathnir (later turnt out, on Bardonian land). He didn`t knew his name, age or parents, and took the surname "Van Den Green" cause all he seen from his awakening was a green forest around. After he got minimal food and resources to live he went to his first adventure- some random ship stopped near the local beach, and Salazar instinctively jumped in and hid between barrels. During his stay, he heard that the ship is called "San Salazar"( thats where his name came from) and that it sails to the Eldham to gather valuable resources for trading. On the last day of his sea journey, terrible storm forced him to jump into the sea with part of the luggage and hope for surviving in this terrible conditions.

Arriving in Eldham
While desperately swimming to the nearest land, Green was almost killed by the wave, but he somehow managed to survive, and now he finally stands on a solid soil in the warm savanna. During his first day in Eldham, he found the signs of civilisation- very long bridge and cool, but empty fort Drake. On his second day in Eldham he scouted the nearest area and made his small house and the wheat farm, where nowadays stands the Puerto Amarillo. He desperately needed food, so he went hunting at night. But instead of wild animals he found a man building his house, who didn't understood his language, but gave food, resources and even iron armor to the Green. His name was Blue_Pixel. After that, Salazar decided to find more people, so he went on his next journey - to the South. After a long trip he found an amazing town of Averia, and after he managed to get in, Mayor of Averia - Hans found him and invited to the town, so Salazar became a citizen of the Forge. Hans teached Green to talk in local language, to gather underground resources, Eldham economy and basic politics. Even now Salazar keeps contact with friends he made in Averia. After a 2 years in Averia, Green decided to check his old house in the savanna due to shortage of resources in Averian mines, and after he arrived, he started rebuilding his house and establishing fort with the big mansion and comfortable mine nearby. When fort was ready, someone sailed nearby(turned out that was Roland Sien) and they had a small conversation. After some time, fort became bigger and Salazar encircled "his" land with walls, as powerful as they were in Averia, and he had no clue that his fortress became very noticeable for the official owners of this land.

Drakaen period
Next day after Green finished his walls, the Grand Ephor of the Drakaen Concordat appeared and invited him to the nation. Not thinking much, Salazar accepted his offer, after what, the Puerto Amarillo grew a lot with its new members- Physithes, Lhytt, Soronaca, etc. The town and its Mayor, together with the Junior Ephor Lhytt became a significant political figures in life of the Concordat. Even if some things in it disturbed Green(unknown status of the Mugen, annexation of the New Haven, minimal involvement of Tiffany in political life, Ilnur commiting Ilnur), he thought that cooperation, peace and prosperity will last forever. He was never that wrong. After murdering of the Puerto Amarillo citizen by the Jorvickan bandit(which was covered by Bedaer, Mayor of the Jorvick), unsuccessful attempt of a coup by Lhytt and leaving of the New Haven from the Concordat, State was dissolved and War of Drakaen Succession began.

The Drakaen Succession
During the battle, due to inexperience, Green was pretty brave, but terrible both as a fighter and as commander, and the side he fought for lost it. However, nothing threatened his town, and de-facto independent country that controlled entire peninsula, so he just went to sleep, as always. In the morning his citizens said that Andliria claimed that peninsula threatening us with war, and few of his citizens gave it to them, so the town of Puerto Amarillo became the only piece of land Green officially controlled. Salazar was shocked, but he knew that his army, who lost most of gear during the war, can't fight Andlirian forces, so he decided to not conflict with them. Green married Astral, his old friend in the Averian church. Then was a period of independance, during which country became a Presidential Democratic Republic, Onumozaki joined The Republic of Amarillo, The Bay of Peace, later Vircon grew and grew.

Mr.Ananas and post-Kibris war period
During his regular sail from Puerto Amarillo to Mirai, The capital of Onumozaki, Salazar found small piece of dirt with a lot of chests, where another veteran of the War of Drakaen Succession, Mr. Ananas( after talking with who you can definetly say that he got some form of PTSD after it), was fishing. That disturbed Green, because he was too near to the town. However, after a short conversation, Salazar gave no attention to it, but he informed Lhytt(who was the President at this time) about it. So Lhytt started negotiating with him about leaving the area or joining us, Ananas refused, so the first war started. During it, the small army of our glorious Republic and other members of the League of Vircon entered the battle with numerous experienced mercenaries Ananas recruited. Even if we got inside the base, The Mercenaries killed a lot of our soldiers, so we retreated. After it, Green took Part in The Nido Games, where he tried a lot of sports, but got only bronze for bow shooting. Before the second battle, we started getting ready, and after the Uraki Imperial Court sentenced Ananas to punishment for betraying their country and terrorism, the Uraki Imperium decided to help us, so the second battle was a complete victory for us, during which Salazar killed enemies a lot of times, and Ananas left in the middle of the battle. Now, when the League is growing even more, Salazar Van Den Green works in it a lot as a Secretary, peacefully living his life, helping other members, trading and trying to be as good Mayor as he can.

Chancellor
When Lhytt Poliorcetes and Juniper Kyani created the first Constitution of Amarillo, Green became Chancellor. He kept being involved in the highest circles of Amarillian politics, along with mainly Lhytt, Juniper, and Soronaca. Approximately at the same time, he became secretary general of the League of Vircon, and would keep this position until the dissolution of the League.

From this point onwards, Green would be most of the time in disagreement with Lhytt and Juni, and in agreement with Soronaca on political matters. High command was often split up between those two groups, one of the best examples being when Amarillo left the League of Vircon : the president and the vice-president pushed for it, while the Chancellor and the walrus did their best to prevent it, and cooperated with the League even after their country left.

Impeachment
On the second of february 2022, Juniper Kyani launched an impeachment process to remove Green from his position. The reason was that he was seen as too conservative about the republic's values and institutions, and that despite being competent in what he did do, he didn't do what he actually was supposed to as chancellor. The triggering factor was his will to remake the entire elections after the february electoral incident, despite the two main candidates having reached an agreement that would keep everything more simple.

The impeachment vote was a close one, but ultimately worked.

Mayor of Mondragon
Green, who had founded this new town a bit before, retired in it. He stayed the town's mayor, not getting too much involved in national or international politics, until his disappearance.

He left the country mysteriously, just letting a small letter, saying whom his belongings should go to.

Several years later, a bit after Amarillo joined the Drakaen Commonwealth, a message from Green was found in a little chest by Soronaca in Porphyropolis. This message was the proof that Green was still alive, however no one knew where he was, or if he would ever return, but this made everyone hope...

"It was great to see that Amarillo was not completely dead yet."

Green's message

Cultural
In all of the Drakeslands, and specifically in Amarillo, Green is seen as a very important historical figure. He is seen as a national hero in Amarillo, and is talked about in almost every amarillian patriotic song.

Hijos del Sol
Green is referenced in the Amarillian anthem, Hijos del sol :

"Por Salazar, no hay que huir;/se ha de luchar y juntos construir."

"For Salazar, don't dare to flee;/we have to fight and together build."

Salazar Van Den Green
In this song, called by his name, Green is referred to 3 times. The song concentrates on 3 important characters of the very first stages of Amarillo, Green himself, Lhytt Poliorcetes, and Amarillo's first real enemy, the Imperilan Jalhike Rokalim. In this song, Green is praised as the father of the nation and a hero.

Sobre los muros de Jorvick
In this song, which talks about Amarillo's military disaster of the battle of Jorvick, in which Green was leading the troops, according to the most probable and widespread interpretation, Green is the one referred to in the following verse :

"Nuestro general es valiente" ("Our general is courageous")

Museum
A bit before the Civil war, Soronaca began transforming Green's house into a museum in his honour. Due to political troubles, the museum took several years to be completed despite its relatively modest scale. Due to the recent war of the Drakaen Sea, between a coalition led by Amarillo and Pasifa, and the sack of the town after the siege of Puerto Amarillo, the museum was partially blown up. Some of its content has been destroyed, however most of it had been moved in a safer location prior to the battle, highly limitating the losses. The most important loss is the old map, a map of western Amarillo and Eastern Valreach and Mugen made when Valreach didn't exist yet but was still separated into the Kingdom of Nidaros and the Kingdom of Nujh.

As of now, what was taken away is still in a safe location, and the museum will most likely not be opened or built back until the end of the war.

In Porphyropolis
A statue was built in Green's honour in Porphyropolis. It is located in the street that bears his name, and as soon as it was created received tributes from many Amarillians and even some foreigners, putting flowers near it as if it was a tomb.