Sills von Freiger

Sills Von Freiger is the currently acting as the Commissar of Propaganda and owner of Redspire in the State of Burgamere. He is 5’11”, with tanned skin, black hair, and heterochromatic eyes, the left eye purple and the right eye blue. He is usually seen wearing a checker-pattern red scarf with red-tinted goggles on his head, although during work in official settings, he has been seen donning a commissar hat. On his torso, he wears a slightly oversized thin-fabricated blueish-gray coat with a harness over it, typically carrying darts and arrows. He also wears a gilded cape on his back. On his right arm, Sills wears a stolen Piglin Brute’s shield, originally used as a brace for his arm when it was broken. Despite being healed, he still wears it to channel mana. On his legs, he wears gray pants with pathed-on metal knee pads, while he wears black snow boots as footwear. He regularly works with Ewm, Anonymus001, and Disciple for government projects, builds, and other workings.

Personality
Sills has been known to be steadfast, determined, and unwavering in his commitment to the Red Spire.

Tools & Armor
Throughout his career, Sills has garnered a vast collection of equipment that he utilizes on his many missions. Many tools, weapons, and armor comprise his arsenal, much of which holds a connection to the materials of the two nations in which he has lived.

Reinforced Spired Gladius
Sills’ primary weapon is a gladius forged of Netherite. Being a replacement for the original Spired Gladius, Sills decided an upgrade was in order, and subsequently took it from the Burgamere Armory.

Red Spire Shield
Sills’ shield is a wooden shield with iron reinforcements, with a Red Spire religious banner imprinted on the front. It is often swapped out and repaired, so there exists over ten copies of it, with many distributed to members of Redspire, and one to Kutlasses.

Witch & Evil
Witch & Evil is the name given to Sills’ bow, as it was created with help from The Witch of Dun Draigath. It was primarily used in the battle for Killavona during the Draigath Spring Operation.

Redspire Auto Aimer
Sills' second attempt at using a Netherite Vortex Crossbow, this one was modified to shoot arrows at such a velocity that they would pierce through even the strongest of shields. It has 2 confirmed kills.

Picatacaxe
The Pickatacaxe is Sills’ pickaxe, enchanted with mending. It is the most expensive piece of equipment he owns. It is not his original mending pickaxe, an unnamed one that he threw into a cauldron of lava. The Picatacaxe has grown to be more sentimental to him due to its long service life.

Armor
For his armor, Sills wears an enchanted Ushanka made of heavy fabric on his head. Underneath this fabric is a layer of chainmail, which, while heavy, helps with fighting. Over his body, he wears a metal chestplate and leggings, painted with a depiction of The Red Spire in the center. His boots are Akratian in origin, sourced from the Vladingrad armory.

Spired Gladius
Sills’ primary weapon was a gladius forged of Emeralds, taken from an ancient shipwreck. Its handguard was forged of steel from the leftover supplies from the raft he took from Aezenfjord to Burgamere. During Rathnirs World Fair, after scientists at the event concluded that the Comet was unavoidable, Sills killed seven people with it before throwing it away in a fit of rage. It is unknown who picked up the weapon. It has 49 confirmed kills.

Redspire Red Rocketeer
A Netherite Vortex Crossbow that was developed for, used, and lost in The Battle for Morskaya. Originally created in the Military District of Redspire, it was used with rockets and later arrows during The Battle for Morskaya, before subsequently being destroyed with no confirmed kills.

Before Sparwood
Sills was born in Aezenfjord to the Von Freigers, a small, unwealthy family under the Valdreach Imperial Republic. As his primary religion, he followed many of the gods of the Imperial Temple. Shortly before a plague hit the city, Sills was granted foresight of these events by a soothsayer and fled on a raft, floating north from the Cursed Sea into the Svalden Sea for a few days, starving all the way. At this point, Sills lost faith in the gods of the Imperial Temple.

Landing in Sparwood
Landing on the Inish Leath peninsula in the UBSR, Sills was near death in a blizzard when he was saved by witnessing a miracle: The Red Spire rising from the ground. After witnessing this event, the blizzard ended, and Sills was cured of his ailments and given visions of his new goal in life, protecting The Red Spire.

Disaster
After building a compound around The Red Spire with Frame, a traveling doctor, Sills fell into an ice pit while chopping down trees. He would remain in the pit kept alive by The Red Spire for over 100 years. After celestial alignments warmed the point around the Sparwood Tundra to its highest recorded temperature, melting the ice and snow around him, Sills climbed out of the pit, returning to the compound around The Red Spire. There, he met Disciple, who nursed him back to health.

Founding Redspire
Sills and Disciple met the A Tḥunol, a group of wanderers who had settled down and cared for the Spire in Sills’ absence. Around the compound, additional walls of deepslate had been constructed, although unfinished. Before the A Tḥunol left, Sills promised to grow the fortress, now dubbed simply RedSpire (later renamed to Redspire), into a magnificent town. On his first trip to the Nether, Sills met Dowes, who decided to come back and live with him in Redspire. Shortly after, Sills was contacted by Tovarisha and asked to integrate Redspire into the country. Sills complied.

Intermediary
After the fall of the I.A.U. and Tovarisha, Sills was left with no contact to the Ecclessian Government, who seemed uninterested in the region. With only people from New Pill or Redspire as friends, Sills fell into a bubble of boredom with his only motivation coming from building the fortress of endless mazes around The Red Spire.

Burgamerian Rebellion
One day, Sills was contacted by Ewm, a communist who wanted to rebel against Ecclesia and form a new state of Burgamere. Sills pledged his allegiance to the cause, feeling that the Ecclessians were not very good at governing the tundra. Ewm founded Inishgorod (now Vladingrad) and Vodistria, a sub-state of Burgamere that took over the mainland territories of Dun Draigath. Sills joined them, unaware of the significance of this event. Over the course of the war, Sills discovered his talent in graphic design and began to produce propaganda for the Burgamerians, leading him to be promoted to the Middle Council. The propaganda he produced quickly spread, becoming one of the most recognizable aspects of the war, turning it from just another Sparwood conflict to a world-recognized war. Also at this time, Sills discovered and sent archaeologists to Redruins, where a second Red Spire had been found. Redruins was abandoned shortly afterward.

After the War
After the war, Sills was promoted to the High Council, becoming the Minister of Propaganda. During this time, he learned of the true meaning of Vodistrias taking over, and rejoined Dun Draigath, along with Redspire. After Lox was couped as leader of Burgamere, he contacted Sills about joining a rebellion against Burgamere. Sills refused. One night, during an argument, Sills was murdered by Disciple. Despite this, Sills continued to partially live, kept alive by the life-saving properties of The Red Spire. He became color-blind, only seeing the world in shades of gray, and his skin and clothing became monochrome.

Burgamere Civil War
When the civil war began, only 5 towns remained in Burgamere, including Redspire. The rest joined the Valondor-backed Luscovy. Sills prepared for war, watching as the State of Burgamere crumbled around him. He began a series of secret negotiations with Dun Draigath to join them in case of Burgamere's collapse, yet, when it did, Sills had Redspire join Avertico instead, citing his unease at what Valondor would do to him. He supposedly cut his ties with Ewm, who fled from the region.

After Avertico
Burgamere, and subsequently Sills, were sold to Luscovy. Sills was asked once more, yet still refused to join Dun Draigath. This ended his friendly relations with Dun Draigath. Feeling weaker with each passing day, Sills began to search for a solution to his life-force problems. Calling on all his friends, Sills discovered that Redruins could potentially hold a cure. Going there, he discovered a secret reliquary inside, where a frozen priest named Dinner informed him of the instability of the nearby Red Spire.

Redruins was destroyed, and Sills barely escaped with his life, along with Dinner, Dowes, Payne, Sonic, and a few others who were on the expedition. Returning to Redspire, Dinner performed a spell to revive Sills and vowed to return and destroy the mainland Red Spire, so as to prevent another tragedy. Sills subsequently banished Dinner from Redspire.

Reinstatement of Burgamere
Inside Luscovy, Sills, along with Disciple, the returning Ewm, and Anonymus, formed the Red Aspirants, a warlord clan of Plagos, which Luscovy was under, that allowed them to continue as normal even under Luscovy. The newly formed Red Aspirants slowly evolved into a new state of Burgamere, of which Sills was once again Head of Propaganda. After accomplishing so much under graphic design, Sills decided to start working on engineering and created all the blueprints of the many cannons that were built in Vladingrad. Burgamere officially rebelled against Luscovy under the Neo Kartek Horde, which was formed after the town of Morskaya was declared war upon by The Hands.

On Eldham
While vacationing at Ball Blocker Palace on Eldham, Sills made contact with John Prodman, leader of a group named The Shadow Order. Sills began to cooperate with this group on occult works, paranormal activities, blacksmithing, and attempting to activate the Red Spire. After enough data collection, Sills realized the Red Spire could be made to fly out of the ground into new lands if there was enough raw emotional energy bleeding through.

After Worlds Fair
Upon learning about the impending comet that would destroy Rathnir, Sills began an immediate campaign of terror upon everyone outside of Redspire and The Shadow Order in an attempt to activate the Red Spire. First, declaring Redspire independence from Burgamere and taking its sister town of New Pill, Sills attempted to goad Burgamere to destroy it, which would have been enough power to launch. Burgamere did not respond, too concerned with the impending comet.

Other Stuff
Sills has been on many adventures, especially around the Maple Adventurers' Guild and its associated works. He is the official keeper of the Sparwood branch. He occasionally researches divine interventions from other gods besides The Red Spire, figuring out exactly how and why they exist. During events, he is often seen writing in journals, mostly about the notable people there, later submitting it to Burgamere's reformed PCIA to detect threats to the state.