Minister Nathan leads the efforts in bringing Pistrix to the international table. He created the Department of Tourism and is spear-heading negotiations to expand Pistrix's companies abroad.
Blackwell was instrumental in starting the Fifth Pistran Civil War, leading his Baron Household against the Dual Emperors. However, his original motives were in fact to claim the title of Emperor for himself, the rebellion which rose up after his defeat at the Ambush of Butlertown transformed him in a way he could not concieve. His brash lunge for the crown had inspired thousands to fight for their freedom, unbeknownst of his original intentions. The courage of the Pistrix people gave Nathan a new purpose in life. To fight for them, and not himself. Then Nathan was imprisoned by the authorities where he spent the majority of the war.
Nathan is the self-proclaimed leader of the House of Darkwill, which was splintered nearly two hundred years ago. Officially, he heads the House of Nathanel, while his relatives, Logan Blackwell and Marquis de Brianton, lead their own prodigal Houses. Together they would make the most powerful united force in Pistrix, but due to deeply-rooted disputes and illfated Jebus Day gifts, they are anything but united. Blackwell has claimed Castle Darkwill and the city of Darkwill as his home.
Minister Nathan is also Chair of the National Blimp League and spends all his vacations at the Squishyville Theme Park, where he has his own parking space. His hobbies include deep sea diving and managing the career of his professional wrestler, "The Excreter".
Ever since he was a child, Minister Logan knew that the weak had to be crushed. When he was six years old, he wrote his first treatise on the glory of war (albeit written in crayon). Since then, he has written many more books: "The Art of Killing People," "Have You Killed a Traitor Today?", and "Killing: The Forgotten Family Value." He graduated from Loganbury Masonry Institute with a degree in revisionist history and a minor in ergonomics.
Minister Logan is a tireless advocate of violence. "If violence isn't supposed to be used, then why does it exist?" (Logan considers himself a philosopher first, and an unstoppable killing force second.) New methods of death that he has pioneered include "Death by Explosion," "Death by Cliff-Throwing," "Death by Loneliness," "Death by Rusty Objects," "Death by Molten Lava," and of course, "Death by Devouring." He is an avid Disciple of Jebus, and says he is simply obeying His dictates.
Minister Logan has been quoted as saying that "the greatest instruments for success are deception, and the dispensing of morals." No one knows where he resides. He enjoys croquet and revelling in the downfall of others.
Still, Rezac has pereservered, and wields both power and fortune, as both a Supreme Council member and primary shareholder in Wise Old Man Co. It is rumored that Minister Rezac is in fact a clone of Wise Old Man, himself. Still, it appears more likely that Jake Rezac travelled back in time at some point, and created Wise Old Man as a clone of himself. But that's just this biographers belief, soon to be expanded in my first novel entritled "Rezac: The Ambigious Ambidextrious Time Pirate", available on Duke Bold Publishing.
As stated previously, Jake has a rather nasty temper, and is known to throw soda cans filled with scorpions at other ministers during Supreme Council sessions. He also is known to hate being photographed, as he accuses photographers of attempting to harvest his internal organs using their alien technology.
Despite his eccentricities, Rezac is the wealthiest Minister, and was insturmental in bankrolling the rebellion against the old regime. From his mercury mine in Rezac, the southern mining town he built, he produces nearly one fifth of the national mercury supply.
Jake Rezac is considered the most skilled minister at the game of ping pong. His favorate quote is, "Anger is the one true friend that never betrays." He owns villas in both Anorak and Rezac. His hobbies include shoe shopping, cloning himself (I have proof, I tell ya!), and go-go dancing.
From there, Dino enlisted in the Imperial Pistran Army. Rising to the rank of Captain, Snyder distinguished himself on numerous occasions, twice being awarded the Medal of Glory and becoming the first left-hander to win the Enormous Star.
Political differences with the Emperors' government forced him out of the service, and Snyder was eventually elected Governor to his home province of Dince. Among the most outspoken orator of the opposition movement, Snyder was insturmental in conducting both the military and political ends of the Fifth Civil War.
Shortly following the desposing of the Dual Emperors, Snyder founded the new national legislative body, the Supreme Council of Ministers, and was a drafter of the Pistrix Constitution. Nominated by several members of the SCM, Snyder narrowly lost the Chancellorship Election to Michelle Campbell. A voiciferous advocate of human freedoms and international relations, Snyder continues to lead the Supreme Council of Ministers as its first Elder Minister. He resides at Quigley Manor in his hometown of Dince when the SCM is not in session. In his spare time, he enjoys wine sampling, and antique alarm clock restoration.
During the Fifth Civil War, Brianton held the dubious distinction of being the only Baron not to rebel against the the Emperors after the Ambush of Butlertown. Some attribute it to his distain for his Darkwill relatives, others suggest he was biding his time to see which side would come out on top. Regardless, the Emperors awarded his perceived loyalty with the title of "Grand Marquis", the highest title allowed for a Baron.
Grand Marquis de Brianton, as he was henceforth known, became a trusted lieutenant in the Emperors' high staff. They confided in him many crucial secrets and military weaknesses, and he made a point of digging up some other key secrets that they chose not to divulge. At the pivotal Battle of Needlesnake Forest, Brianton selected the perfect opportunity to turn against the Imperial Govenment. His skillful betrayl in the pitch of battle caused the fledgling rebel forces to turn the tide, and ultimately wiped out the entire Imperial Southern Army. Brianton then used his knowlege of strategic weaknesses in the Emperors' command structure to pierce the main lines of the fortified Imperial dominion.
While many condemned his siding with the Imperial Govenment during the main portion of the war, and while his subsequent betrayl of the Emperors led many to suspect his current loyalties, none can deny that the war could not have been won without Brianton's eventual daring actions at the revolution's most desperate hour.
The Grand Marquis de Brianton spends most of his time at his secluded chateau in the western town of Brianton. He owns the largest collection of "drop weapons" in the world, plays the harpsichord and can speak seven languages at the same time.
After pursuing the case for years, Cyndella managed to prove that her grandfather was set up by jealous Barons who wanted to strip the DeVane family of their Barony. Despite clearing the family honor from wrong-doing and restoring the Barony title to the family, many in privileged society rejected the Devanes.
As Baroness of Devanill, Cyndella worked hard to build her lands up, and make her people strong. Ultimately, she managed to earn the respect of her friends and enemies alike.
Then, the Emperors suddenly imprisoned her for belonging to a family of "gassy traitors." Exiled to the Isle of Jest, she formed, trained, and eventually led a crack team of freedom fighters then called the "Wonder Buddies" (later renamed the "Savage Fist"). They escaped the island prison (the only escapees in the penal coloy's history), and made several daring raids in Port Allegro, Phalisor, The Moe, and finally, a legendary raid on the Imperial Palace in Anorak. It was Lady Devane herself that captured the Emperors, who were preparing to flee. She was hailed as a national hero, and elected to the Supreme Council of Ministers.
Lady Cyndella Devane resides in her ancesteral home, known as the House of DeVane, in Devanill. Between Supreme Council sessions, she directs sausage commercials.
Bob was the protoge of the legendary General Wu of the Right-hander's army. He is fond of quoting the general's last words, uttered at the Battle of Charming Creek: "What's this? A grenade?"
Darth Bob is the Military Governor of the Yaga Provence, home of the Dartha Military Academy. The Academy is the premiere school for the art of war in all of Pistrix. He is also in command of the single-largest army force in the country, with 325,000 active troops, roughly 25% of the entire Pistran Army under his control.
His troops gave him the name of Darth, which translates from Izzi as "He who leads his men in bloody charge after bloody charge". Still, as much as his men despised him for sending them to certain death time and time again, they loved him for supplying them with a steady stream of clean socks and victories.
An advocate of "old ways" and a police state system, Bob brings the warmonger's prospective to the Supreme Council. His mistrust of the unknown and disregard of others' feelings places him as a symbollic return to the traditionallists' days of suspicion and order.
Darth Bob operates a compound in Yaga, where he lives for most of the year. When the Supreme Council is in session, he resides on his personal yacht in Sweti Harbor in Anorak. Despite his harsh persona, it has been rumored that he screens the children's film "All The Little Puppies" on his birthday with tear filled eyes. In his free time he studies horticulture, and is the drummer for a local contemporary band called "The Mellow Tones".
It is presumed that during that time, there have been a number of Thursdays, as in all these decades, nobody has ever been known to see his face. While Thursday himself coldly rejects this theory behind his apparent immortatilty, it is believed that a new "Thursday" is selected and thouroughly trained, when it is feared that the presiding ruler's end might be near. During this entire time, Thursday has never wavered in his ideologies and influences.
Throughout all the chaotic times he has lived through, he has never made a direct attempt for the throne. He dismisses this unusual deficiency of a grab for power. "The time has not yet come." He has said. "I am not bound by the time constraints of the rest of you mortals. Soon enough, I shall rise..."
In the meantime, Thursday commands a powerful army of devoted worshipers. His self-worsipping religion, The Followers of Thursday is second only to the Chuch of Jebus in size nationally, although the overwhelming majority of his worshipers are found in The Moe.
Thursday has never belonged to any political party or group. It is not known whether he is even right-handed or left-handed. In fact, it cannot be confirmed if he even has hands at all! He is truly the most mysterious figure in Pistran politics.
Thursday rarely leaves his domain deep inside the Forbiddin Castle of The Moe. As far as anybody knows, his favorate hobby is wearing a dark, mysterious cloak.
Born in the Royal Metropolis of Quaznee, Princess Qaasim ascended the throne of the small city-state on the Pistran-Albanaudh border, after her parents, King Leopold and Queen Qaalex were killed in the invasion of the Imperial Pistran Army. The weakened Quaznee soldiers could not withstand the Emperors' onslaught, and the royal city was overrun. After a daring escape from house arrest in Yuban Keep, the young queen organized the Quaznian Kingdom in exile.
The young Queen Qaasim spearheaded efforts to gather foreign support for the resitance movement against the Dual Emperors. Her contributions to the beleagured civilian population, both during and following the Fifth Civil War, cannot be overstated.
In 1501, she won the Olie T. Munchinhouse Award for Peace, an award of the highest prestige. Sadly, her award medallion was later stolen, and now resides in Marquis de Brianton's trophy room within his chateau in Brianton.
The Royal Metropolis of Quaznee is now a full legal protectorate of the Republic of Pistrix, and Queen Qaasim serves as her loyal subjects' representative to the Supreme Council of Ministers, where she has been hailed as "the voice of reason and compassion".
Queen Qaasim currently resides in the Royal Castle of Quaznee, where she generously operates a homeless shelter and animal hospital. She enjoys poetry, Pistran Opera, and photographing the enormous lemons that grow in her gardens.
Bracken wandered the countryside for many years as a travelling scholar. His many adventures won him numerous friends and allies from every walk of life. His philosophies inspired thousands to join the resistance movement against the Emperors. After the war, Raccoon Mound elected Batson as their representative to the Supreme Council of Ministers. Batson has contributed gallantry and panache to the Supreme Council since his arrival, and continues to entrance the nation of Pistrix with his philosophies and ideas.
His weekly journal publication, "The Enlightenment", reaches thousands of citizens throughout Pistrix, and features the fameous comic strip, "Mr. Glee", starring that fabulous talking bean that has captured the hearts of Pistrans of all ages.
Bracken J. Batson has no permanent residence, prefering to lodge in various hotels for no longer than a month or so, presumably to quench his unyeilding wanderlust. One of Pistrix's most brilliant inventors, he is credited with inventing, among other things, cottage cheese, the inflatable motorcycle, and the rotary phone auto-dialer. He has also assisted in the delivery of over thirty babies.
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