History Characters / EquestriaAtWarGriffonia

!!''Nestor Bernier''

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Nestor Bernier is a griffon version of Ukrainian anarchist Nestor Makhno. Everything from the name of his army (Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army) to the name of the anarchist territory he creates (Free Territory) is all directly lifted from the Free Territory of Ukraine carved out by Makhno.

* ChurchMilitant: The sisters of Eyr are a militant group that parade around Adelart on armoured vehicles and enforce the will of the gods on the land.

->'''Ideology:''' Social Banditry[[note]]Harmony[[/note]] (initially), Democratic Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (Confederation path), Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (Anarchist path)

->'''Ideology:''' Theocracy[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]] (Theocracy path), Irenic Theocracy[[note]]Harmony[[/note]] (Confederation path)

->'''Ideology:''' Revolutionary Dictatorship[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (initially), Equestrian Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (Vanguard dissolved)

* DirtyCommunists: Reeve is one of the most horrifically monstrous Communist leaders in the game, doing things such as destroying factories (to make every region equal) and sending smart creatures to death camps (leading to massive ponypower deductions and the outright loss of a research slot) in the name of equality. Posada, an actual communist from Hippogriffia, has absolutely nothing positive to say about Our Blackhollow:

->'''Ruling Party:''' de Bëschbridder

->'''Ideology:''' Social Banditry[[note]]Harmony[[/note]] (initially), Democratic Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (Confederation path), Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (anarchist path)

->'''Ideology:''' Theocracy[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]] (theocracy path), Irenic Theocracy[[note]]Harmony[[/note]] (Confederation path)

->'''Ideology:''' Revolutionary Dictatorship[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (initially), Equestrian Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (vanguard dissolved)

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Ordensstaat Hellquill is loosely based on the State of the Teutonic Order, a crusader state ruled by a knightly order, formed on the frontier region of the Griffonian Empire (itself loosely based on the Holy Roman Empire) for the purpose of converting the native population, before becoming independent from the empire, while the native Boreas-worshipping Pozniak ponies themselves are based on the Old Prussians.

[[center: [-[[Characters/EquestriaAtWar Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/EquestriaAtWarEquus Equus]] | '''Griffonia''' ([[Characters/EquestriaAtWarHerzland Herzland]] | [[Characters/EquestriaAtWarNorthernGriffonia Northern Griffonia]] | [[Characters/EquestriaAtWarSouthernGriffonia Southern Griffonia]] | [[Characters/EquestriaAtWarRiverlands The Riverlands]]) | [[Characters/EquestriaAtWarZebrica Zebrica]] | [[Characters/EquestriaAtWarMisc Misc. Content]]]]-]

* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Golden Morning uses totalitarian policies to forcibly unite the Pony and Griffon cultures on Griffonia so he can ensure that no more wars will break out between them. Aside from his political totalitarianism, his totalitarian social engineering policies include [[{{Newspeak}} creating a new language without the words]] "pony" and "griffon" (replacing them with the equal "creatures"), banning old traditions and enforcing new mandatory hybrid religious practises, creating mandatory inter-species study groups for children, and developing [[UsefulNotes/CulturalRevolution propaganda "purple books" containing his quotes and guidelines on how to properly act in his new super-culture, with young radical "Violet Guards" enforcing these guidelines through intimidation]].

* DryCrusader: Vun Lissay preaches against vices of modern society like Skyfall liquor and Fezeran criminals.

->'''Ideology:''' Tribal Council[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

->'''Ideology:''' Tribal Council[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* DavidVersusGoliath: When compared to its counterpart Hellquill, Longsword is pretty much inferior in every aspect. This is a big problem as they are usually the former's ''first target'', resulting in an [[ShaggyDogStory early game over not long after the civil war]]. You need to be very good at micro while hoping that the River Coalition's volunteers are good enough (that is if they send them in the first place) to be able to beat them.

->'''Ideology:''' Knightly Order[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]], Harmonic Knightly Order[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

->'''Party:''' Naujoji Grifonija[[note]]New Griffon[[/note]]

* NintendoHard: Golden Morning's path involves the conquest of ''both'' the River Coalition and the Griffonian Empire, both of which could crush the tiny nation of Širdis several times over.

* EvilReactionary: The Sheriff seeks to reinstall the feudal County of Greifwald and his own authority and finances his war against the Free Territory by stealing the people's wealth as taxes he collects.

->'''Ideology:''' Non-Aligned

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: With his religious fundementalist beliefs, rejection of capitalism, failure while studying law, background in journalism, rise in popularity following banking scandals, and voluntary vassal path, he closely resembles Belgian fascist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Degrelle Léon Degrelle]], who collaborated with the Nazis. The name of his party is also a reference to Degrelle's Parti Rexiste: The Parti Boreaiste is named for Desramaux's worship of Boreas, while the Parti Rexiste derived its name from Christus Rex, Latin for "Christ the King".

* JustLikeRobinHood: Wood's principle of wealth redistribution involves robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. It may hurt some creatures, but the victims deserve to have their possessions repossessed--at the end of the day, these operations are intended to be a net moral and economic positive.

->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Feudalism[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* CivilWar: Brodfeld begins in a civil war with the Griffon Liberation Army, a communist rebel group. Though the PLA starts with more territory, the royalists hold all key cities.

* NintendoHard: Winning the Civil War as the Reformisten is a grueling challenge. The Reformisten start with 3 divisions, not even enough to cover one of their two fronts, while the Rosewood Order and the Socialists both start with almost double the amount of divisions. Trying to win the civil war is a task of extreme micromanagement.

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Fervante Tempête, a fiery right-wing populist who preaches fiery anti-elite and anti-urban rhetoric, is based on Pierre Poujade, architect of the Poujadist movement in the French Fourth Republic.

* MeaningfulRename: After ascending to the throne of Prywhen, the current royal family renamed the country to Kingdom of Brodfeld, after their original birthplace. If the royal family is defeated by the PLA or sidelined by the [[spoiler:Masons]], Prywhen officially gets its old name back.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: King Kloseu was initially a reformist King who considered the aristocracy to be leeches and abolished serfdom after coming to power. This backfired when the nobles took advantage of his lax trade laws to push the peasants out of the market. A blight in one year led to a deadly famine and political turmoil, leading to a series of bad events (during which Kloseu becomes increasingly dictatorial and brutal) that culminates in the civil war. Things only escalate during and after the civil war, and King Kloseu can become a fanatical tyrant willing to kill anyone in order to end communism.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: While Borad dislikes Cornilo Khurshevich and doesn't understand communism, he's willing to sit together with him to discuss the future of Zaphzia and the extent of which socialist policies would the new government implement. They don't have to like each other, but we can work together.

* PuttingOnTheReich: Wingfried's Hellquill goes much deeper into Nazi German references than the Changelings, with their genocidal ''Lebensraum'' goals, the StateSec Sturmgreife, their army being called the Wehrmacht, and the supreme leader being called a Führer rathern than a king or a queen.

* {{Conscription}}: [[spoiler:In his path, Wilhelm enacts mass conscription to quickly prepare Hellquill for war against the Riverlands.]]
* TheCoup: [[spoiler: Wilhelm Stackelberg, believing that Wingfried is leading the Order astray, launches a coup as Wingfried begins to restructure the Ordensstaat away from its roots, which can succeed or fail. If he succeeds, Wingfried and Edler are both killed, and Wilhelm seizes control of Hellquill.]]

* EvilReactionary: [[spoiler: Wilhelm is a "Groverist", a griffon dedicated to the original goals of the Knightly Order as founded by Grover II. He has no love for Wingfried's modernism, and instead desires the return of traditional social classes, restore the faith in the Griffon religion that Wingfried sidelined, and bring the war to the ponies just as Grover II intended.]]
* FeudalOverlord: [[spoiler: Wilhelm restores feudalism with pony serfs after he coups Wingfried, empowering landowners and controlling the entire country through them.]]
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler: Wilhelm wants to conquer the Riverlands and subjugate the ponies like Wingfried does, but he doesn't want to exterminate them, and instead simply enserfs all the ponies. The lives of ponies under Wilhelm after his coup improve by a ''tiny'' bit as they are sent to griffon estates instead of concentration camps.]]
* ThePurge: [[spoiler: Wilhelm launches a thorough purge of socialists and Sturmgreife rebels after coming to power.]]

* {{Unperson}}: [[spoiler: Wilhelm, after couping Wingfried and Edler, enacts Damnatio Memoriae on Wingfried and Edler, striking their names from history, burning their corpses and dispersing their ashes, seizing all of their properties, and banishing all members of their houses. It's implied he does this on some other griffons he purged too.]]

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: His lackluster leadership has effectively validated the cause of the republicans while alienating much of the monarchists' support base. The only reason why he still has supporters is because those people prefer a monarchy to a republic, hoping that he gets replaced by his daughter Vivienne.

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->'''Full Name:''' Free Towns of Gryphus, Union of Gryphus, Gryphus Südkontinent-Gesellscahft[[labelnote:Tr.]]Gryphus South Continent Company[[/labelnote]] (Felchen), Ordenstaat Opinicus[[labelnote:Tr.]]Order-State of Opinicus[[/labelnote]] (Weißfisch)

* ThePeterPrinciple: [[spoiler: Aniela is a capable general and a popular revolutionary, but she has a rather weak grasp of socialist ideals. The Peter Principle thus kicks in full force should she be voted into power; Aniela is not very good at leading a country, and her government is rife with incompetence and overly-ambitious goals, leading to resistance from the people against their policies. She reacts to the resistance with increasing levels of authoritarianism, making the country's management even worse.]]

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Much like Romau, Rumare can actually beat massive empires fielding ''millions'' of soldiers if you play your cards right. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/equestriaatwar/comments/q0qj2l/chad_rumare/ Observe]].

* RightForTheWrongReasons: After taking over Adelart, Luca declares the excommunication of Ludwig Ebonwing, the sitting Prelate of Boreas in Greifwald, for the crime of being Maarite. While Ebonwing [[spoiler:is indeed a worshipper of Maar, Luca has no evidence for this, and is just being accidentally right by virtue of thinking that everyone associated with the Archonate is a Maarite]].

* CivilWar: Brodfeld begins in a civil war with the Griffon Liberation Army, a communist rebel group. Though the GLA starts with more territory, the royalists hold all key cities.

* MeaningfulRename: After ascending to the throne of Prywhen, the current royal family renamed the country to Kingdom of Brodfeld, after their original birthplace. If the royal family is defeated by the GLA or sidelined by the [[spoiler:Masons]], Prywhen officially gets its old name back.

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]King Kloseu de Kissau is the first ruler of the Kingdom of Brodfeld. He became the Prince of Brodfeld in 963 ALB and was elected Domnitor (ruling prince) of Kivessin and Sydia in 965 ALB. In 973 ALB, when the Griffonian Empire was falling apart, Kloseu declared independence and claimed the title of King of Brodfeld. He was crowned in the Grand Temple of Eviliana in Kivessin by Prelate Denali.\n\nDuring his rule Brodfeld grew wealthier and became known as the ricebasket of Griffonia, yet blight caused the Great Famine in 995 ALB. After the economic crisis of the new millenium, Kloseu declared a state of emergency in 1001 ALB which granted him autocratic powers and cracked down on any disorder and dissent, restoring stability in Brodfeld.\n\nThe peace was brief, however, as in 1003 ALB an assassination attempt was made on him while he was spectating a military parade in Kivessin with his wife. He was merely wounded on his cheek, but his wife died in his arms. Afterwards he blamed communists and banned all communist organizations, yet members of PCP resisted arrest, formed the GLA and rebelled. The civil war began.[[/labelnote]]

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Despite his reformist leanings, the communist GLA will hunt him down and can execute him if they win the civil war.

[[folder:Griffon Liberation Army]]

* MagikarpPower: The GLA starts as one of the weakest nations in the game, having a ludicrously weak army, extremely low populations, extremely poor industry and science, huge penalties on just about everything, and potentials for even more political crises that further drag its powers down. However, the GLA can snowball rapidly through strategic conquest, able to gain cores on a significant portion of the Griffonian continent, including the Griffonian Empire itself.

* RedScare: If the Gryphian and Prywhen civil wars are won by Vereskopadsky and the GLA respectively, the former will spread propaganda of the GLA's cruelty and malice to incite the Cossacks to fight against the communists.

->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* IllegalReligion: [[spoiler: Aniela attempts to rapidly transition Gryphus into state atheism. As with everything else she does, it ends up terribly; the heavy-handed efforts to atheize Gryphus turns into straight-up repression against the church and its members, leading to destroyed churches and even some murdered clergygriffs. This causes everyone from the church to collectively resist against Aniela's government.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: If the Reformisten win the civil war, they will fully ethnically cleanse their country of ponies, because they believed that the ponies caused all of their problems. However, they soon see that the ponies did ''not'' cause all of their problems, and all they did is just turn their country into a wasteland. While Count Dusktalon is too fanatical to see any of this, his subordinates are starting to have a crisis of faith.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** When Abba Povner comes back to Visaginas to counter-coup him, if he succumbs to his religious impulses and tries to duel Povner, he gets shot by a sniper and Povner easily takes over.
** Golden Morning's forced hybridization of Ponies and Griffons causes what's implied to be an extreme birth rate crisis, with multiple focuses granting events that each give -5.0% monthly population growth, stacking up to a huge monthly population growth debuff. Notably, this debuff persists even after Golden Morning unites his Griffking Empire and rolls back his totalitarian policies.

* {{Expy}}: Of Myth/RobinHood's archnemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham.

-->'''Anarchist:''' Free Territory of Aquileia (Aquileia conquered), Free Territory of Griffonia (Herzland conquered)
-->'''Confederation:''' Confederation of Adelart, Aquileian Confederation of Cantons (Aquileia conquered), Griffonian Confederation of Cantons (Herzland conquered)
-->'''Theocracy:''' Eyrite Archonate, High Prelature of Aquileia (Aquileia conquered), Holy Assembly of Griffonia (Herzland conquered)

Merlock began to re-organize the government upon libertarian, collectivist, and populist lines, with particular fury directed toward the Archonates and the Prelature of Greifwald, who suffered massive reprisals and murders at the claws of Wood's guerrilla armies. Fiercely anti-authoritarian attitudes among the revolutionaries, along with a hatred of what they believed was Maarite corruption in the temples, led to Wood embracing the Old Believers, a fringe religious sect, and shaking hands with the new "Elected Prelate", Luca vun Lissay.\n\nWhile Wood has ruled for 20 years with relative stability, the people are growing restless. Hardliners clamour for Wood's removal and trial for banditry and mass murder and the establishment of true socialism, while moderates call for the end of the revolutionary period and the establishment of real democracy. If Wood is to stay, only time will tell.[[/labelnote]]

* CivilWar: Brodfeld begins in a civil war with the Griffon Liberation Army, a communist rebel group. Though the GLA starts with more territory, Brodfeld holds all key cities.

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->'''Party:''' Reformisten[[note]]Reformists[[/note]]

->'''Party:''' Reformisten[[note]]Reformists[[/note]]

->'''Party:''' Reformisten[[note]]Reformists[[/note]]

* ChummyCommies: Ernst Fischer is the leader of the Hellquillian Communist Party (KPH), and he qualifies as a hero in Supremacist Hellquill, since the Reformisten ruling the country are evil folks that he actively fights against. He is more grey in the other paths however, since both the Non-Aligned and the Harmonist regimes are well-intentioned, and he acts as a minor communist agitator in these paths.

->'''Party:''' Mouvement Patriote d'Aquileia[[note]]Aquileia Patriotic Movement[[/note]]

* VoluntaryVassal: If Archon Eros VII is chosen as the Griffonian Empire's regent, he will make Skyfall an Imperial vassal once more when the time comes. If Archon Eros VII isn't chosen as the Griffonian Empire's regent or [[spoiler:Dawnclaw's military coup succeeds]], [[GovernmentInExile the country instead becomes a refuge for him and his supporters, becoming a base of power to reclaim the Herzland]].

!!''Count Cyrille Bluecrest''

* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:One event during the constitutional monarchy path reveals that Enrico is King Kloseu's bastard son from Wingbardy, and is Tomado's half-brother.]]

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: With his religious fundementalist beliefs, rejection of capitalism, failure while studying law, background in journalism, rise in popularity following banking scandals, and voluntary vassal path, he closely resembles Belgian fascist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Degrelle Léon Degrelle]], who collaborated with the Nazis. As well, the name of his party is a reference to Degrelle's Parti Rexiste: The Parti Boreaiste is named for Desramaux's worship of Boreas, while the Parti Rexiste derived its name from Christus Rex, Latin for "Christ the King".

* ChummyCommies: [[spoiler: Unlike Aniela, who is a morally grey character with good intentions but awful execution]], Piórowski is unambiguously a good communist leader with good intentions and good execution.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Edward Piórowski is the leader of the trade union Solidarność, and can become the leader of Gryphus [[spoiler: after resisting against an authoritarian socialist rule]], mirroring Polish statesman Lech Wałęsa.

* SecretPolice: [[spoiler: Aniela creates the Ministry of Public Security to suppress anti-government forces. They would launch Operation Sortowanie, an operation during which the country is put into temporary martial law, and MPS agents mass arrest dissenters and protesters and send them off to labor camps.]]

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[[folder:County of Greifwald]]
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->'''Full Name:''' County of Greifwald, Griffonian Free Territory (Bernier), Imperium of Maar ([[spoiler:Ebonwing]])
->'''Ruling Party:''' D'Graf vum Kabinett
->'''Ideology:''' Despotism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Greifwald is a Luxembourgish-speaking country that serves as a buffer state between the Griffonian Empire and Aquileia, which are themselves analogues to Germany and France.

!!''Count Cloudet''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' D'Graf vum Kabinett
->'''Ideology:''' Despotism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* KillAndReplace: If the Changelings are defeated, and Greifwald goes non-aligned (keeping Cloudet in charge) and opens up their immigration, [[spoiler:a secret decision called "A Change of Pace" will appear. If it is chosen, the Changeling general Trimmel will secretly replace Count Cloudet, and opens up a new focus tree where Trimmel opens up a pipeline to let the defeated Changelings flee into Greifwald.]]

!!''Nestor Bernier''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Greifwald Anarchistescher Unioun[[note]]Greifwald Anarchist Union[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Nestor Bernier is a griffon version of Ukrainian anarchist Nestor Makhno. Everything from the name of his army (Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army) to the name of the anarchist territory he creates (Free Territory) is all directly lifted from the Free Territory of Ukraine carved out by Makhno.
* RebelLeader: Nestor is the leader of the anarchist revolutionaries in Greifwald, and a head of state in name only. Keeping with his anarchist beliefs, Nestor remains a military leader (a figurehead military leader even) after proclaiming the Free Territory of Greifwald, instead of taking on any political powers.
* ShoutOut: The motto of the Free Territory of Greifwald is "[[VideoGame/BioShock No Gods, no Kings, only Griffons!]]"

!!''Prelate Ludwig Ebonwing''
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->'''Role:''' Prelate[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' D'Keeser Kierch
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Theocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]] [[spoiler:(façade), Maar Worship[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]] (actual)]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The description for the "The Prelate's Takeover" focus includes a quote of a radio transmission, which says that the decision to work with the prelate was a horrible mistake, and that the Prelate is an enemy to all life, before the transmission is cut short mid-sentence. This foreshadows [[spoiler: the fact that Prelate Ebonwing is a Maarite cultist.]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: After Greifwald conquers Adelart under the leadership of Prelate Ebonwing, [[spoiler:the Griffon god of death Maar reveals himself before Ebonwing, driving him insane and turning him into a servant of Maar.]]
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: Prelate Ludwig Ebonwing can come under Maar's influence and become a servant of Maar. He will begin offering griffon sacrifices to Maar in exchange for great powers to expand Maar's Empire.]]

[[folder:Free Territory of Adelart]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Free Territory of Adelart
-->'''Anarchist:''' Free Territory of Aquileia (Aquileia conquered), Free Territory of Griffonia (Herzland conquered)
-->'''Confederation:''' Confederation of Adelart, Aquileian Confederation of Cantons (Aquileia conquered), Griffonian Confederation of Cantons (Herzland conquered)
-->'''Theocracy:''' Eyrite Archonate, High Prelature of Aquileia (Aquileia conquered), Holy Assembly of Griffonia (Herzland conquered)
->'''Ruling Party:''' de Bëschbridder
->'''Ideology:''' Social Banditry[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* AmazonBrigade: The Sisters of Eyr are an all-female official militia of the Old Believers.
* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Though they're dusty and outdated, some relics of the independence war still exist, and can be returned to active duty for the forthcoming wars.
* ChurchMilitant: The sisters of Eyr are a militant group that parade around Adelart on armoured vehicles and enforce the will of the gods on the land.
* {{Expy}}: Of Myth/RobinHood and his Merry Men, at least at the start of the game. Besides Merlock himself being an obvious counterpart to Robin, multiple generals and advisors are obvious references to characters from the folklore, including Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, and Alan-a-Dale.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Adelart, especially in the path where Wood and Luca put aside their differences, bears more than a passing resemblance to Switzerland, a decentralised confederation of cantons ruled by a Federal Council and dedicated to communal ethics, personal freedom and direct democracy.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Leonald, the last surviving scion of the Sweetsinger dynasty that once ruled Adelart, now works as a farmer and public servant. He does not have any sons to continue the family line; soon after his death, his home is sold off to the local peasant assembly to become cooperative housing.

!!''Merlock Wood''
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->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Head of State
->'''Party:''' de Bëschbridder[[note]]The Forest Brothers[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Banditry[[note]]Harmony[[/note]] (initially), Democratic Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (Confederation path), Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (anarchist path)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Merlock Wood is called many things. Traitor, bandit, murderer, hero, protector - but none can deny that he is a revolutionary above all. Wood started his revolutionary career as a little-known partisan of the First Adelartian Revolution of 983, when Jan Roycen, a famed outlaw, first inspired the people of Adelart to break the shackles of both Greifwalder and Aquileian rule, and establish a free independent territory. After Roycen found his rebellion crushed and himself beheaded, Wood took up the torch of the Adelartian revolutionaries, restructuring them among collectivist and fiercely anti-monarchist lines, with the promise of redistribution of wealth for the people and justice upon the corrupt nobles in each and every town they conquered.\\\
Greifwald, controlled by a weak and inefficient count, was beset by an Adelartian revolution that gained most of their strongholds peacefully through the people's will, with Wood's revolutionary ideals at its helm. The Sheriff, Willam Wendenal, failed to quell the revolt, with his own trusted griffons betraying him for the promise of wealth and freedom. He was beheaded soon after, and replaced by Jean de Nottemagne, who reluctantly fled Adelart for good.\\\
Merlock began to re-organize the government upon libertarian, collectivist, and populist lines, with particular fury directed toward the Archonates and the Prelature of Greifwald, who suffered massive reprisals and murders at the claws of Wood's guerrilla armies. Fiercely anti-authoritarian attitudes among the revolutionaries, along with a hatred of what they believed was Maarite corruption in the temples, led to Wood embracing the Old Believers, a fringe religious sect, and shaking hands with the new "Elected Prelate", Luca vun Lissay.\n\nWhile Wood has ruled for 20 years with relative stability, the people are growing restless. Hardliners clamour for Wood's removal and trial for banditry and mass murder and the establishment of true socialism, while moderates call for the end of the revolutionary period and the establishment of real democracy. If Wood is to stay, only time will tell.[[/labelnote]]

* DefiantToTheEnd: When the Vanguardists take over Adelart and sentence him to death, Merlock Wood continues to defy the jury and denounces them as red sheriffs before the execution is carried out.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Wood's principle of wealth redistribution involves robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. It may hurt some creatures, but the victims deserve to have their possessions repossessed--at the end of the day, these operations are intended to be a net moral and economic positive.
* PatrioticFervor: In the Confederation path, Wood promotes left-wing nationalism--Adelartian workers and peasants should still identify as Adelartians first and foremost, and not part of some international group.
* ThePurge: One of Wood's first events after securing power in the Confederation path is to remove all vanguard socialists from any and all leadership positions and in some cases outright exile them from Adelart, so they wouldn't criticise his government.

!!''Luca vun Lissay''
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->'''Role:''' Prelate[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Prélatur d'Adelart[[note]]Prelacy of Adelart[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Theocracy[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]] (theocracy path), Irenic Theocracy[[note]]Harmony[[/note]] (Confederation path)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The origins of Luca vun Lissay, leader of the Old Believers in Adelart and devout theologian, are a mystery to even the most loyal of his supporters. Some, the most devout loyalists to the Old Believer cause, say he was placed upon the forests of Adelart by the Gods themselves, given to a local temple to become a prophet of Eyr herself and bring down the lie of the Archonate. Even the skeptics can say little of his background - with no known parents or familial connections, Luca vun Lissay was raised by the faith, bestowing upon him a fanatic devotion to the Gods and faith - and a skepticism of the Archonate's methods that would linger for the rest of his life.\\\
So far has the cult of personality of Luca vun Lissay risen that he has now been proclaimed the "True Prelate of Greifwald" by his supporters, despite the hierarchical hyprocrisy that the name entails. The ragged, aging priest has become a becaon of hope for the people of Adelart, and after the post-revolutionary purges of Ebonwing's loyalists, now remains the only legitimate temporal authority in the wayward province.\\\
Merlock Wood spared his sect and gave them their power, and now, Luca vun Lissay himself has taken his place. As long as he is in charge, the nobles shall once more flee in terror, and the faithless shall do nothing more but bow their heads to the Gods above.[[/labelnote]]

* DryCrusader: Vun Lissay preaches against vices of modern society like Skyfall liquor and Fezeran criminals.
* GoodOldWays: The Prelate's platform revolves around distributism, rural democracy rooted in a communitarianism framework, and the promotion of beloved traditions.
* TurbulentPriest: Luca, leader of the Old Believers sect, is fiercely independent and quite militaristic despite a pacifistic, communitarian and cooperative ethos. His supporters have essentially declared war on the corrupt Archonate and the false kings and dukes of Griffonia who claim divine right.

!!''Alexandra Descieux''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Ideology:''' Revolutionary Dictatorship[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (initially), Equestrian Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (vanguard dissolved)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The First Aquileian Revolution imbued young Alexandra Descieux with an implacable passion to preserve her fellow Aquileians' liberty. When her crippled father was able, he'd take her to watch the various worker strikes that King Moriset, by his irrational whims, would then either ignore or crush with extreme prejudice, showing her the crude, concrete acts of class-crushing capitalism and imperialism.\\\
With her father's connections to the underground republican movement, an older Descieux was then introduced to a gallery of communist faces that would rise to political fame in their latter days such as Cru, Gaudreau, and Devereux. However, it was Victor Allard that enraptured her, whether it be for his sensible ideas for a workers' vanguard, his pragmatic anti-pie-in-the-sky means to advance the workers' cause, or the naive intrigue surrounding his mysterious origins. Victor had taken a liking to Descieux's zeal and so had given her unfettered access to the writings of socialists from around the world as one of his secretaries.\\\
Descieux's opportunity to mix Allard's theory with free-spirited action arrived in 1003 when Allard sent her to Adelart to prepare its workers for a possible Aquileian red wave of revolution, all the while garnering the trust of Merlock Wood and his gang of robbers by assisting them in the fight against the sheriff and Greifwald's forces of reaction. A coup later would see Merlock ousted from power, and in the void of power, Descieux swooped in, all of Adelart under her vanguard's jurisdiction.\\\
Overseer of vast swathes of peaceful forests and farms, Descieux now holds a spot of communist scarlet in Western Griffonia, primed to amend the injustices done to the working class. It remains to be seen how well Allard's premier student leads from the front.[[/labelnote]]

* OffWithHisHead: Descieux regards the guillotine as an immensely effective tool against reaction, demonstrating the fate of those that oppose the unstoppable tide of socialism.

!!''Jaume de Conard''
->'''Role:''' Head of State
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: De Conard is a Flowenan-backed industrialist who turns Adelart into an Oil Republic, an oligarchy with the primary purpose of extracting wealth and only a pretence of democracy.

!!''Jean de Nottemagne''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Loyalistes du Shérif[[note]]Sheriff's Loyalists[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Feudalism[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]No one is quite sure how the Sheriff of Adelart is still alive, with all the vitriol and hatred levied against him, nor how he has continued to be a sizable thorn in the side of the Adelartian government. 20 years ago, Jean de Nottemagne pursued the bandit Merlock Wood and his allies in the Old Believer faith, raiding towns, demanding taxes and levies from peasants who might have hoarded him and his rebel allies. Now, however, the tables have turned. Merlock Wood is the leader of a free territory for griffons of all stripes, while Nottemagne has been forced from town to town with a small army of loyal griffs and armed tax collectors.\\\
Nottemagne, however, has emulated Wood's elusive spirit, and is never found at the same town twice. While mercenaries and Forest Brothers alike pursue him, the Sheriff of Adelart always stays one step ahead, raiding villages for taxes to fill his war chest and griffons to join his roving army. When Forest Brothers catch him, the Sheriff's forces fight like rabid beasts, the Sheriff front and center at the vanguard. He may have lost an eye and all of his dignity in the guerilla war against his former domain, but his perseverance has not wavered.\\\
Adelart will be cleansed from banditry, and the Sheriff will regain his rightful seat![[/labelnote]]
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* {{Expy}}: Of Myth/RobinHood's archnemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham.
* EvilReactionary: The Sheriff seeks to reinstall the feudal County of Greifwald and his own authority and finances his war against the Free Territory by stealing the people's wealth as taxes he collects.
* TheRemnant: Twenty years after Adelart secured independence from Greifwald, the old Sheriff Nottemagne is still at large, having evaded all capture attempts in his quest to return the land back to the old Count of Greifwald.

%%Pomovarra

[[folder:City of Flowena]]
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->'''Full Name:''' City of Flowena, Free City of Flowena (Harmony), Commune of Flowena (Communism), Principality of Flowena (Supremacy)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Maison de Rosebrune[[note]]House of Rosebrune[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Oligarchy[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* CitadelCity: Before Grover I's conquest, Flowena was one of the most fortified places in all of Griffonia, famed for its impregnable walls. While the fortifications have since degraded, the underground vaults that belong to the city's banks remain secure.
* FeudingFamilies: For generations, the de Rosebrune and de Indigo families have been bitter rivals. The former were traditionally allies of the patricians while the latter's powerbase rests on the commoners, so in a way the rivalry between the two families mirrors the class struggle within Flowena.
* LandOfOneCity: Flowena won its independence from Aquileia while they were distracted with their own political struggles, establishing themselves as a neutral city.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Flowena has no standing army and relies on mercenaries and militiagriffs for defence.

!!''Chocolat de Rosebrune''
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->'''Role:''' Mayor[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Maison de Rosebrune[[note]]House of Rosebrune[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Oligarchy[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Chocolat de Rosebrune is the son of the famous and respected Bronzino the Magnificent who ruled Flowena as mayor for decades before his death in 1003. Chocolat has been the mayor ever since, but in that time he has done very little besides host opulent parties at his family manor. The governance of the city has largely been left to the patricians of the Seigneurie and the bureaucrats, both of whom have no desire to change anything as in their eyes everything is fine. Recently however Chocolat has shown desire in taking a more active role and abandoning some of his hedonistic ways.[[/labelnote]]

* CluelessBoss: Despite being mayor he has literally no idea about anything other than throwing great parties. This unfortunately doesn't stop him from trying his hand at everything from economics to social engineering.
* MayorPain: Chocolat is a very incompotent mayor.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: To his credit, Chocolat's reaction to his failures is embarrassment at first, then utter horror, and he can be convinced to resign very easily once he's done his damage.
* UnfitForGreatness: He's the pampered and decadent son of a great man, who gained his position as mayor through {{Nepotism}} and has never been seen actually doing any work. It's when he finally realises that he's an embarrassment to his father and honestly tries to live up to his example that it all really goes wrong however, as he has precisely none of the qualities he had.
* UpperClassTwit: Very much so. He's possessed of a dangerous combination of utter ignorance and a expectation that his linage means that he should innately be great at leadership.

!!''Anna de Indigo''

* ArrangedMarriage: Despite Anna's age, she remains unwed as she waits for the perfect political marriage to take advantage of. Said husband can be either Bruno de Rosebrune (if he becomes mayor of Flowena) to end their families' feud and secure an alliance, or Nicolas de Charbon (if Anna is mayor) to remove him as a threat. In both cases, there are no feelings between Anna and her new husband.

!!''Nicolas de Charbon''
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->'''Role:''' Mayor[[note]]Head of State[[/note]], Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Aquileia conquered)
->'''Party:''' Maison de Charbon[[note]]House of Charbon[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Autocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Nicolas de Charbon is the last living member of the small de Charbon dynasty. His father was an attorney, but was too indebted to afford joining the Judges' Guild. His family had once been Princes of Pomovarra before the title had been abolished by the King of Aquileia. Ever since the family had lived in exile in Flowena, wealthy enough to be considered patricians but never gaining full citizenship. As a child, Nicolas was taught rhetoric and history, and became fluent in multiple languages. As an adult he has worked as a secretary, a diplomat and finally as a commander of the militia. With his extensive knowledge of politics and history, he wishes for Aquileia to centralize, secure its independence and regain its long-lost strength. Being disappointed with both the republicans and the Discrets, he now believes only he alone can save his homeland from chaos and barbarians.[[/labelnote]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Nicolas deeply loves his father, and is devastated by his death from the Wet Plague in Flowena's starting tree. When he finally usurps the Aquileian throne, he thinks of his father and tells him that he has succeeded against all odds and brought their family into a new glorious era.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Of Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli. His route quotes Literature/ThePrince wholescale.
* ThePurge: After assassins kill his ally (and rival), he blames it on the nobility and proceeds to rouse the people to purge them from the city. He proceeds to replace them with loyal supporters.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: If Nicolas decides to seize power through subterfuge, he kills Mayor Chocolat by slipping poison into his whiskey and making it look like Chocolat had drunk himself to death.
* TheUsurper: Nicolas' main goal in his path is to conquer the Kingdom of Aquileia, claim their throne, and bring the dying de Charbon family to a new era of glory.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Haukland]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Haukland, Griffonian Republic in exile (Griffonian Republic was conquered)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Meyer's Gruppe[[note]]Meyer's Group[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Despotism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Once taken over by fleeing Republicans, Haukland becomes one to Taiwan if they manage to get a guarantee from Equestria.
* OutlawTown: Haukland is populated with criminals, outcasts, and mercenaries. Meyer's rule encouraged even more to settle on the islands, as many of them are quite talented people.
* {{Pirate}}: Haukland has a history of raids and piracy, which Meyer continued to uphold. He can launch pirate raids at other coastal countries on Griffonia.

!!''Hermann Meyer''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State, Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Vedina conquered)
->'''Party:''' Meyer's Gruppe[[note]]Meyer's Group[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Despotism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* AcePilot: Meyer is a talented pilot, and the former head of the Republican air force. Under his rule, the Haukland air force is impressively strong despite the small size of the islands.
* BeastOfBattle: Once he conquers the United Dragon Isles, he can have ''dragons'' as part of his divisions. However, he has to decide between using elders and whelps.
* TheConqueror: Despite his lowly beginnings, he has big plans to expand his fiefdom, aiming to conquer the United Dragon Isles, the Kingdom of Vedina, and the Socialist Republic of Skynavia. Should he successfully conquer these lands, he will be crowned as Meyer the Conqueror, He Who Commands Dragons.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Though he's a criminal and an eccentric despot, he deeply loves his wife Stella. Stella's unfortunate death due to pneumonia was one of the motivations behind his desire to conquer the Kingdom of Vedina, as he wants to give the country (her homeland) to her. [[spoiler: In Meyer's final event, he leaves the crown of Vedina on Stella's grave, seeing her as the true monarch of Vedina instead of him.]]
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Downplayed, but his name, background as an ace, and somewhat chubby appearance make him a reference to Hermann Göring, who was an ace pilot in WWI, became quite hefty in his later years, and once boasted during WWII that "If planes drop bombs on Germany, you can call me Meyer", which is referenced in their capitulation quote as "If the enemy lands on Haukland, you may call me Göring!".
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the Republican Revolution collapsed, Meyer and co. hopped on a plane and flew to Haukland, wanting a chance to write their own stories.
* TheUsurper: After conquering the United Dragon Isles, Meyer's endgame involves conquering the Kingdom of Vedina and the Socialist Republic of Skynavia and crown himself the king of Vedina.

! Evi Valley
[[folder:Blackrock's Bandits]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Blackrock's Bandits, County of Blackhollow (Cyrille), Our Blackhollow (Reeve)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Blackrock's Bandits
->'''Ideology:''' Kleptocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* BlackMarket: In Blackrock's route, the focus tree unlocks black market decisions, which allow the player to hire MercenaryUnits or buy equipment and "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely not slaves]]" on the black market with gathered loot. The former decisions spawn some strong but temporary divisions inside the country (of which there are four types), while the latter decisions grant useful bonuses to the country.
* CivilWar: Either Countess Cyrille Bluecrest's supporters or Reeve Blyeddin's communists can launch a civil war against Blackrock in the "Plot Against Blackrock" route.
* WretchedHive: Blackrock and her bandits are running what is formerly the County of Blackhollow, turning it into a lawless wasteland where the peasants are constantly harassed by the bandits.

!!''Blackrock''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Blackrock's Bandits
->'''Ideology:''' Kleptocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* CardCarryingVillain: She relishes being theatrical in her displays of villainy, such as igniting a village with a tossed cigarette and commenting how it's "good to be bad".
* TheCartel: Although (obviously) not Hispanic, if she's successful her bandits eventually evolve into a combination of this and Golden Triangle opium growers, become druglords who essentially function as a government while threatening other countries into ponying up. One of the events has her going straight-up [[Film/Scarface1983 Tony Montana]] in interior decor.
* KingOfThieves: Blackrock is the leader of all the bandits in Blackhollow. If Blackrock managed to triumph, she will eventually turn her land into a monarchy and herself into an actual Queen.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Blackrock is not her real name; her real name is only known by few.
* RapePillageAndBurn: If Blackrock conquers Prywhen, she will completely plunder her new conquered lands, granting her extra piles of loot while demolishing the provinces, cutting down their ponypower and destroying their infrastructure and factories.

!!''Count Cyrille Bluecrest''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Countess's Supporters
->'''Ideology:''' Despotism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* RightfulKingReturns: The County of Blackhollow was taken over by Blackrock's gang of bandits during a war with Griffonstone. Cyrille is the last living member of the ruling Bluecrest family, and wants to take down Blackrock and restore the County.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Countess Cyrille personally commands the rebels against Blackrock to remove Blackrock from power.
* TheUsurper: After restoring the County of Blackhollow, Countess Cyrille can later declare war on the Kingdom of Griffonstone to depose their regency council and make herself the new Queen of Griffonstone.

!!''Reeve Blyeddin''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Equalist Party of Blackhollow
->'''Ideology:''' Equalism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* {{Conscription}}: One of the few gameplay positives that the player gets from choosing Reeve's route is that his "Equal Conscription" focus sets the conscription law to "All Adults Serve" even in peacetime, and his military tree adds another 6% recruitable population, giving Blackhollow some much-needed ponypower.
* PersecutedIntellectuals: Reeve thinks that knowing too much will incite [[IntellectuallySupportedTyranny reactionary thinking]], and thus equalizes education through AntiIntellectualism. The end results are not that pretty: his "Education Equality" and "No Scholars" both reduce research speed by 10%, and his "State Education" focus straight up ''removes one research slot''.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Reeve wants to create an equal society modeled on Our Town. To this end, Reeve embarks on a massive social engineering project, which includes some questionable things like redistributing population so that every province has the same population, banning private ownership and higher education, and introducing forced labor and conscription. It is implied that many deaths occur throughout his implementation of equalist policies, as some of his focuses for mandatory work and population redistribution involve unexplained deductions of ponypower.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: A revolutionary inspired the Our Town model of Equalism, Reeve has the good intention of trying to overthrow a bandit warlord and create a society where all Griffons are equal. Unfortunately, Reeve's ideal society is very, ''very'' extreme, and his social engineering focuses have disturbing implications.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kingdom of Brodfeld]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Kingdom of Brodfeld, Legionary Brodfeld (Golden Guard), Kingdom of Prywhen ([[spoiler:Masons]])
->'''Ruling Party:''' Brodfeld Loyalists
->'''Ideology:''' Despotism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* CivilWar: Brodfeld begins in a civil war with the Griffon Liberation Army, a communist rebel group. Though the GLA starts with more territory, Brodfeld holds all key cities.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Prywhen is a Romanian-speaking country whose history as a group of smaller principalities mirrors Romania as well.
* InMediasRes: The Kingdom of Brodfeld starts in the midst of a civil war with the Griffon Liberation Army, which is said to have been going on for years before the start of the game.
* MeaningfulRename: After ascending to the throne of Prywhen, the current royal family renamed the country to Kingdom of Brodfeld, after their original birthplace. If the royal family is defeated by the GLA or sidelined by the [[spoiler:Masons]], Prywhen officially gets its old name back.
* StateSec: The Kingdom of Brodfeld maintains a military legion called the Legion of Eviliana, or more commonly Golden Guard, a patriotic and religious group fanatically dedicated to King Kloseu and anti-communism.

!!''Kloseu de Kissau''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Brodfeld Loyalists, Golden Guard (Supremacist)
->'''Ideology:''' Despotism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]], Reactionism[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]] (Supremacist)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]King Kloseu de Kissau is the first ruler of the Kingdom of Brodfeld. He became the Prince of Brodfeld in 963 ALB and was elected Domnitor (ruling prince) of Kivessin and Sydia in 965 ALB. In 973 ALB, when the Griffonian Empire was falling apart, Kloseu declared independence and claimed the title of King of Brodfeld. He was crowned in the Grand Temple of Eviliana in Kivessin by Prelate Denali.\n\nDuring his rule Brodfeld grew wealthier and became known as the ricebasket of Griffonia, yet blight caused the Great Famine in 995 ALB. After the economic crisis of the new millenium, Kloseu declared a state of emergency in 1001 ALB which granted him autocratic powers and cracked down on any disorder and dissent, restoring stability in Brodfeld.\n\nThe peace was brief, however, as in 1003 ALB an assassination attempt was made on him while he was spectating a military parade in Kivessin with his wife. He was merely wounded on his cheek, but his wife died in his arms. Afterwards he blamed communists and banned all communist organizations, yet members of PCP resisted arrest, formed the GLA and rebelled. The civil war began.[[/labelnote]]

* ArchnemesisDad: Prince Tomado is antagonized by his father due to their completely opposite beliefs. King Kloseu wants to hold onto power at all costs, while Tomado is more open to reforms.
* BetrayalByOffspring: [[spoiler:If Kloseu makes no attempt to reform, his conflict with his son Tomado will eventually culminate in Tomado leading a protest against Kloseu, which Kloseu considers to be an act of betrayal.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: King Kloseu starts off as a desperate monarch with a personal grudge against communism. Depending on the political path chosen, King Kloseu's personality can mellow down into an open-minded constitutional monarch, or his grudges can overtake him and turn him into a sociopathic tyrant wanting to eradicate the world of communists.
* EveryScarHasAStory: King Kloseu has a scar on his cheek, inflicted during an assassination attempt on him following his assumption of dictatorial powers in the aftermath of the famine. The assassin only managed to scar Kloseu, but killed Kloseu's wife. This sets up Kloseu's true StartOfDarkness as he becomes increasingly brutal and fanatical.
* FreudianExcuse: King Kloseu's extreme hatred of communism and subsequent descent into tyranny is caused by the death of his wife during an assassination attempt on his life, which he blamed on communists.
* HeelFaceTurn: If his son's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to King Kloseu managed to make Kloseu see his errors and decide to turn things around, he will implement reforms and turn the country into a liberal democracy with a constitutional monarch.
* HiddenDepths: Several events mention that King Kloseu is an avid fishergriffon.
* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:If King Kloseu accepts his gambit to take revenge on all of his enemies, he orders his assassins to kill his son Tomado, the leader of a large protest against him. In the aftermath, King Kloseu goes to his wife's grave and apologizes that he had been a bad father that brought their son so low, and makes General Ion Soimescu his successor.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: King Kloseu was initially a reformist King who considered the aristocracy to be leeches and abolished serfdom after coming to power. This backfired when the nobles took advantage of his lax trade laws to push the peasants out of the market. A blight in one year led to a deadly famine and political turmoil, leading to a series of bad events (during which Kloseu becomes increasingly dictatorial and brutal) that culminates in the civil war. Things only escalate during and after the civil war, and King Kloseu can become a fanatical tyrant willing to kill anyone in order to end communism.
* KnightTemplar: In the Supremacist path, King Kloseu will become so fanatically anti-communist that he eventually declares a crusade against the red menace, granting war goals on ''every single communist country'' on the planet. His reasoning? He wants to ''save the world from communism''.
* NeverMyFault: In the Supremacist path, Kloseu blames all of his problems on his enemies, seeing no problem with any of his own past decisions.
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:In the path where King Kloseu accepts the gambit and doubles down on his tyranny, Kloseu orders his assassins to kill his rebellious son Tomado.]]
* PuppetKing: [[spoiler: Becomes this willingly in the Mason route, being inducted into their order, initiating Masons to high positions (which results turning the kingdom harmonist), and renaming Brodfeld to Prywhen]].
* ThePurge: [[spoiler:If King Kloseu accepts the gambit, he puts ''all'' of his enemies to death: the protestors protesting against his rule, the aristocracy who leeched on his policies and fueled the protests against him, the communists who are waiting for a fair trial after the civil war, and ''his own son'', who is leading the protest.]]
* {{Unperson}}: [[spoiler: Happens to him if he refuses the Masons after passing their riddles, with them abducting and presumably killing him.]]

!!''Prince Tomado de Kissau''
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->'''Role:''' Political Advisor, Prince, Monarch (Kloseu succession)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Tomado de Kissau is King Kloseu's only son and legitimate heir. He is an idealistic griffon in his early twenties who lost his mother when an assassination attempt was made on his father. He has been influenced by liberal ideals, mostly thanks to his close friend Enrico Chivaldori, and wishes for Brodfeld to become a constitutional monarchy. His father's recent cruelty and despotism made him worried and afraid.[[/labelnote]]

* AntagonisticOffspring: Prince Tomado is ideologically the opposite of his father. Tomado is influenced by liberal ideals and wishes to reform the monarchy, while Kloseu (at least initially) only wants to hold onto power at all costs.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Despite his reformist leanings, the communist GLA will hunt him down and can execute him if they win the civil war.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tomado delivers one to King Kloseu after they win the civil war, during which Tomado criticizes Kloseu's past policies and how they backfired on the nation, pointing how how Kloseu's decisions brought the country where it is today. Kloseu can react by either admitting his failures or rejecting them, branching his storyline either into the constitutional monarchy path or the absolute monarchy path.

!!''Enrico Chivaldori''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Constitutional monarchy route)
->'''Party:''' Partidul National Privenean[[note]]Prywhen National Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Centrism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Enrico Chivaldori is a son of a Wingbardian migrant and has lived in Sydia his whole life. He has had a passion for music his entire life and is a talented violin player. Over his life he has worked as a music teacher and a conductor before finally entering politics and joining PNL. He is a supporter of democracy and harmony and a close friend of Prince Tomado who shares his liberal ideals. He was among the thousands of griffons who Kloseu banished from the country for being supporters of dangerous ideas but the Prince convinced his father to pardon him. A calm, reasonable speaker, he managed to get elected Prime Minister (possibly with some help from his royal friend) and now leads the government of Brodfeld.[[/labelnote]]

* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:One event during the constitutional monarchy path reveals that Enrico is King Kloseu's bastard son from Wingbardy, and is Tomado's half-brother.]]
* RenaissanceMan: Enrico is both an excellent politician and a talented violin player.

!!''Ancient Grand Orient of Prywhen''
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[[caption-width-right:156:[[spoiler: Mason of Twelt, head of state for the Ancient Grand Orient of Prywhen]]]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State (Masons' Coup)
->'''Ideology:''' Irenic Theocracy[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: It is uncertain if the Masons are ultimately a BenevolentConspiracy or an evil one. On the one hand, they promote democracy and Harmonic values, but on the other hand, they desire total world domination through subterfuge, and convert the commoners to their pseudo-religious ideals. They are also absolutely willing to commit evil acts to further their goals (such as launching a [[FalseFlagOperation false flag suicide bombing]] to blame one of their neighbors for a war goal).]]
* AncientConspiracy: [[spoiler:The Masons of Prywhen are actually an extremely secretive and ancient pseudo-religious group with desires to bring in a new world order under their lead. They will create numerous international organizations of an apparently benevolent nature (International Health Organization, League of Nations, etc.) to further their influences.]]
* ArcNumber: [[spoiler:3, variations of 3 (33333, 33933, etc.) and powers of three (9, 27) appear frequently as stat numbers in their focus tree.]]
* CovertGroup: [[spoiler: The Masonic Lodges are a front to the Ancient Grand Orient of Prywhen, a totally secret religious order completely hidden to all outsiders.]]
* DystopianEdict: After taking power, [[spoiler:the Masons strip the citizenship of all non-Masons, forcing everyone to either join a Masonic Lodge or live as a vagrant.]]
* FalseFlagOperation: One of the focuses in their tree triggers an event where [[spoiler:a suicide bomber detonates a bomb in the capital. The fact that the Masons can blame the bombing on any of their neighbors (granting a war goal) shows that the Masons orchestrated the whole bombing themselves.]]
* FunWithAcronyms: [[spoiler:The Masons use the National Action to Secure Our Modernization (N.A.S.O.M) project to construct a dam in Brodfeld as a front of their operations. Once the Masons take over, they rename the N.A.S.O.M. project to New Arcane Sanctuary Of Masons.]]
* GuideDangIt: [[spoiler:To trigger the events where the Masons send letters with riddles to King Kloseu and begin the path to Masonic Brodfeld, the player must complete the two NASOM dam focuses in the industrial tree without taking any focus in the political tree. Considering that the political tree has far more lucrative rewards and advances the main storyline, it is very easy to miss the trigger for the Mason path.]]
* TheIlluminati: [[spoiler:The Masons of Brodfeld are a parody amalgamation of the conspiracy-theorist version of the Illuminati and the Freemasons.]]
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:The Masons' pseudo-religion is based around seeking enlightenment, and they even have ''Harmony'' as their ideology. Despite this, the Masons commit many oppressive acts and seek total world domination by manipulating other countries.]]
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: [[spoiler:Triggering their path (by doing the NASOM dam focuses before any political focuses) will trigger an event in which King Kloseu receives a cryptic encrypted letter from the Masons, and King Kloseu can either ignore it or make a reply, choosing from one of three options. If Kloseu makes the correct response, more cryptic messages involving decryption and mind puzzles will be sent to Kloseu. If the player (and Kloseu) manages to successfully complete all of them, the Masons will take Kloseu to their secret hideout and give him one last challenge. If he makes it, he's inducted into the Mason Order, and the Masons take over the government. If he fails, the Masons "disappear" him and Prince Tomado takes over.]]
* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass: [[spoiler: Unlike the message puzzles sent to Kloseu, Kloseu's final challenge in the Masons' hideout involves two questions that tests the King's understanding and dedication to the Masonic ideology, and are not logic or cryptography puzzles. These two are extremely difficult to answer correctly on the first try.]]
* PuppetKing: [[spoiler:In the Masonic Brodfeld route, King Kloseu becomes an initiate and puppet of the Masonic Order, giving the masons full control over the government.]]
* PyramidPower: [[spoiler: Their focus tree is shaped like a pyramid, with the top focus having the focus icon of a glowing eye, referencing the eye of providence symbol commonly associated with TheIlluminati.]]
* SecretCircleOfSecrets: [[spoiler:The Masonic Lodges of the Kingdom of Brodfeld are actually a secret pseudo-religious organization that is planning to spread their rule across the continent. They communicate entirely through obfuscated codes and only admit those who can decrypt their codes and accept their ideology.]]
* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: The Masons seek to bring their light across the whole continent. To this end, they create many seemingly benevolent international organizations and offer their aid to other nations, using the chance to infiltrate their governments with Masons. Once the Masons are in place, they will convert the country to Masonic rule, and eventually let Prywhen annex them.]]
* UnPerson: [[spoiler:The Masons forcefully disappear anyone who challenges them or might be a threat to them, and silences the aftermath so the disappeared people are forgotten.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Merely mentioning the existence of the organization spoils the fact that there is a hidden route for the Kingdom of Brodfeld.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Griffon Liberation Army]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_gla.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Griffon Liberation Army, Griffonian Revolutionary State (Kingdom of Brodfeld defeated)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Partidul Communist Privanean[[note]]Prywhen Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Equestrian Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* MagikarpPower: The GLA starts as one of the weakest nations in the game, having a ludicrously weak army, extremely low populations, extremely poor industry and science, huge penalties on just about everything, and potentials for even more political crises that further drag its powers down. However, the GLA can snowball rapidly through strategic conquest, able to gain cores on a significant portion of the Griffonian continent, including the Griffonian Empire itself.

!!''Filip Redglad''
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->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Head of State
->'''Party:''' Partidul Communist Privanean[[note]]Prywhen Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Equestrian Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Principality of Lushi]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lus_principality_of_lushi.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Lushian Peasants/Lushian Republic]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lus_communism_lushian_peasants.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Principality of Lushi (Gerar)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lus_fascism_principality_of_lushi.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Full Name:''' Principality of Lushi, Lushian Peasants (Toridan, Civil War), Lushian Republic (Toridan, Civil War victory)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Whitecrest Dynasty

* CivilWar: If serfdom is not abolished and the country is sufficiently unstable, Lushi falls into a civil war between peasants and aristocrats.
* MedievalStasis: While the rest of Griffonia has moved forwards in terms of technology and culture, Lushi is still a backwards feudal monarchy.
* OfferedTheCrown: If Demetrius Kamphaus takes power in Hellquill, he'll invite the Prince of Lushi to Hellquill, unifying the two nations into the Principality of Hellquill-Lushi.

!!''Elias Whitecrest''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elias_3.png]]
->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Whitecrest Dynasty, Prosperists
->'''Ideology:''' Despotism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]], Democratic Monarchism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

* InternalReformist: Prince Elias is a progressive reformer who seeks to free the serfs and turn Lushi into a constitutional monarchy.

!!''Gerar Whitecrest''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gerar.png]]
->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Searchers of Harmony
->'''Ideology:''' Autocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* TheUsurper: Gerar, younger brother of Prince Elias, wishes to take the throne of the Principality of Lushi for himself by having his brother assassinated.

!!''Toridan''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toridan.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Green Rods' Commune
->'''Ideology:''' Equestrian Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gryphian Host]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Kingdom of Zaphzia (Grifnitsky)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gry_kingdom_democratic_kingdom_of_zaphzia.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Republic of Zaphzia]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/republic_of_zaphzia.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Kaiv Commune]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaiv_commune.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the New Hetmanate of Zaphzia]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gryphia_supremacist.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Full Name:''' Gryphian Host, New Hetmanate of Zaphzia (Krawvelets), Republic of Zaphzia (Grifnitsky), Kaiv Commune (Khurshevich), Kingdom of Zaphzia (monarchy restored), Zaphzian National Republic (Hetmanate preserved), Reichskommissariat Kosakenland (Dawnclaw puppet state), Ordensprotektorat Kosakenland (Opinicus Gryphus puppet state)
->'''Ruling Party:''' The Hetmanate
->'''Ideology:''' Tribal Council[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* CivilWar: If the communists take power and decide to seize the nobles' property but fail to complete the land reforms in time, counter-revolutionary elements will rebel against the communists and attempt to restore the Hetmanate.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The griffons of the Gryphian Host are based on Cossacks, while the Gryphia region as a whole is analogous to Ukraine.
* FeudalOverlord: Most of the farmland in Gryphia is held by powerful nobles and tribal leaders, who employ serfs to work the land.

!!''Calas Bulba''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cossack.png]]
->'''Role:''' Hetman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' The Hetmanate
->'''Ideology:''' Tribal Council[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Calas Bulba is a wise and wisened old griffon, and has ruled the Gryphians for over forty years. He is held in high regard by almost everyone, both for his sage advice and for his surprising youthfulness and energy, considering his age. Despite his doctors telling him that he should stop leading Raids in person like he did in his youth, he refuses to listen, for as he says "I would rather die than live the rest of my years in my bed".[[/labelnote]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Hetman Bulba dies in one of Gryphia's first events.

!!''Borad Grifnitsky''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grifninsky.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Viysko Griffonskoe[[note]]Griffon Army[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Harmonic Republicanism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Borad Grifnitsky is an atypical cossack - though valiant in battle, he is not fond of violence and prefers to find peaceful, long-term solutions to serious problems where possible. In the warlike Cossack society this should have isolated and ostracised him, but a combination of battlefield valor, an amicable personality, and exceptional oratory has drawn a following to him nonetheless. Seeing the poor state of the Zapzhans, he desires to reform the Host into a democratic republic and diplomatically secure their people against reprisals from the Communists and the Riverponies.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Yeven Krawvelets''
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->'''Role:''' Hetman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]], Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Restores the kingdom)
->'''Party:''' The Black Council
->'''Ideology:''' Reactionarism[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Despite being the grandson of old Hetman Bulba's sister, Yeven Krawvelets is something of a dark mirror of the old bird. Where Bulba was straightforward and honest, Yeven is loud-mouthed and fond of verbal abuse. Where Bulba was valiant, Yeven is violent. One thing he has got, however, is ambition - and lots of it. He dreams of restoring the Zaphzan people to ancient greatness, and is willing to use force to achieve his dream of a "Greater Zaphzia".[[/labelnote]]

* ModestRoyalty: If he decides to restore the Kingdom of Zaphzia, Yeven conducts a humble coronation ceremony in Kaiv. It is not extravagant by any means--Yeven has no intention to show off wealth while the people live with little. He even considers the ancient crown of the Gryphian Kings a bit too decadent for his tastes, but regardless accepts it as tradition demands.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Yeven Krawvelets is loosely based on Ukrainian fascist politician Yevhen Konovalets, founder of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.

!!''Cornilo Khurschevich''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cornilo_khursevich.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Grifіjs'ka Socіal-Demokraticna Robіtnica Partіja[[note]]Gryphian Social-Democratic Labour Party[[/note]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Cornilo Khurshevich was a confidante of Redglad's, and was one of his old drinking buddies before the Revolution in Prywhen broke out. Shortly before this, Cornilo left Prywhen to lead the resistance in his own home country. Now that he is in power, he will certainly seek out his old friend and align with him. He favors a policy of solidarity with Prywhen and caring for the vulnerable farming class as the way forward for Zaphzia. [[/labelnote]]

!!''Pavel Vereskopadsky''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_pavel_vereskopadsky.png]]
->'''Role:''' Hetman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Civil War victory)
->'''Party:''' The Hetmanate
->'''Ideology:''' Despotism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Hetman Bulba's closest associate, Vereskopadsky is determined to save his country from the brutal Communist thugs that killed his master and father-figure.[[/labelnote]]

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Pavel Vereskopadsky, leader of the Gryphian Cossacks rebelling against the communists, is based on Ukrainian hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky, who briefly ruled the anti-communist Ukrainian State in the aftermath of the October Revolution.
* RedScare: If the Gryphian and Prywhen civil wars are won by Vereskopadsky and the GLA respectively, the former will spread propaganda of the GLA's cruelty and malice to incite the Cossacks to fight against the communists.
* TradingBarsForStripes: Vereskopadsky recruits criminals into his army to 'liberate' the Gryphian people from communist rule.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After winning the civil war, Vereskopadsky purges the Black Cloaks. Despite their usefulness against the communists, he believes that their radical ideas will only bring ruin to the country.

[[folder:Free Towns of Gryphus]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Union of Gryphus]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/union_of_gryphus.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Gryphus Südkontinent-Gesellscahft]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gru_company_neutrality_gryphus_sdkontinent_gesellschaft.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Ordenstaat Opinicus]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gru_order_fascism_ordensstaat_opinicus.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Full Name:''' Free Towns of Gryphus, Union of Gryphus, Gryphus Südkontinent-Gesellscahft[[labelnote:Tr.]]Gryphus South Continent Company[[/labelnote]] (Felchen), Ordenstaat Opinicus[[labelnote:Tr.]]Order-State of Opinicus[[/labelnote]] (Weißfisch)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Trade Unions
->'''Ideology:''' Centrism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* TheCoup:
** The player's choices in the initial Riaportu Congress debates and other early game events can antagonize or appease the Order of Opinicus or the Gryps-Süd [=GmbH=]. If one side is antagonized enough, they will launch a coup, the Order using their Knights and Gryps-Süd using mercenaries. If the player had appeased the other side, their forces can be called upon to put down the coup, keeping the elected council in power.
** If both sides are appeased, a bunch of anti-status quo local extremists will attempt their own coup, only to be stopped by the combined forces of the Order, the Company, and the governing Council.
* CivilWar:
** Piss off ''both'' the Order and the Company, and they will simultaneously launch a coup on the Council, which quickly breaks down into a civil war between the Order and the Company within Riaportu to decide who will control Gryphus.
** In the event that the fighting in Riaportu ends with [[spoiler:a DarkHorseVictory from the communists, a ''real'' civil war will start in Gryphus, between the communists and the remnants of the congress.]]
* DarkHorseVictory: The civil war between the Order and the Company can end up so that [[spoiler:neither side wins, and both the Order and the Company are weakened. The oppressed Gryphussian workers will then decide to band together, launch an uprising, and defeat both the Order and the Company, turning Gryphus into a communist nation.]]
* MegaCorp: The Gryphusische Südkontinent-Gesellschaft (Gryphus Southern Continent Company) is a large trade company founded in Sicameon, which received an Imperial charter that granted them full rights to all commerce in the Gryphus sea. An extremely powerful and influential force in Gryphus, They are seen as greedy and ruthless merchants that put profit above all else.
* OneNationUnderCopyright: If antagonized enough, the Gryps-Süd [=GmbH=] can launch a coup with mercenaries and replace the government with themselves, creating a fully privately-owned nation. The government is sidelined and puppeted by the company, and the society is increasingly privatized until the entire country becomes one massive economic zone.

!!''Yeve de Viartorré''
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->'''Role:''' Chairgriffon[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Trade Unions, Aliança Progressiva Unida[[note]]United Progressive Alliance[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Centrism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]], Harmonic Republicanism[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

!!''Matthias Felchen''
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->'''Role:''' Admiral, Governor-Executive[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (The Company Takes Control)
->'''Party:''' Verwaltungsrat des Gryphus Südkontinent-Gesellschaft[[note]]Board of Directors of the Gryphus South Continent Society[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Non-Aligned

!!''Gerhardt Weißfisch''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gryphus_commander_3.png]]
->'''Role:''' General, Head of State
->'''Party:''' Geheimrat der Militärorden Opinicus[[note]]Privy Council of the Military Order of Opinicus[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Zealous Knightly Order[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* DefiantToTheEnd: If his coup against the Council fails, Weißfisch makes no attempt to hide his guilt and doubles down on his refusal to consider the Gryphussian state as legitimate. When his death sentence is pronounced, he stands defiant, chanting his oath to the Order.
* TheFundamentalist: The Order of Opinicus is fanatically religious. If they come to power, they will create a fundamentalist order-state with state enforced worship of Griffon gods, an [[ChurchPolice Inquisitorial Office]] that hunts down heretics, a chapterhouse in every town, religious militants, and active cleansing against the natives in the north and the sinners in the cities.
* MilitaryCoup: If the Order of Opinicus is not appeased during the 1007 Riaportu Congress, it will attempt to overthrow the Free Towns' Council and turn the country into a stratocracy led by Grand Master Weißfisch.
* TheOrder: The Order of Opinicus is a knightly order founded by the Griffonian Empire to defend their Empire's southern border. They are a bunch of fanatics demanding a crusade on the ponies heathens, and are mad that the Gryphussian government is holding them back.

!!''Edward Piórowski''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_edward_piorowski.png]]

->'''Party:''' Solidarność[[note]]Solidarity[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* ChummyCommies: [[spoiler: Unlike Aniela, who is a morally grey character with good intentions but awful execution]], Piórowski is unambiguously a good communist leader with good intentions and good execution.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Edward Piórowski is the leader of the trade union Solidarność, and can become the leader of Gryphus [[spoiler: after resisting against an authoritarian socialist rule]], mirroring Polish statesman Lech Wałęsa.

!!''Aniela Gryfoń''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_aniela_gryfon.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza[[note]]United Workers' Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Revolutionary Dictatorship[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion: [[spoiler: Aniela's Gryphus directly parallels the real life Stalinist Polish People's Republic. Aniela creates the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Security_(Poland) Ministry of Public Security]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milicja_Obywatelska Milicja Obywatelska]] to keep her people loyal. They would only worsen the political repression in Gryphus, and escalate anti-government protests. Edward Piórowski, leader of banned trade union [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union) Solidarność]], would reappear to lead the protests, and force the government to make talks with Solidarity in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Round_Table_Agreement round table talk]]. The government abdicates under pressure, and Solidarity wins the new elections.]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: After the situation in Gryphus becomes completely unsustainable under her rule, and protests are overpowering the government, Aniela realizes that she had been doing an awful job at running the country, and resigns.]]
* IllegalReligion: [[spoiler: Aniela attempts to rapidly transition Gryphus into state atheism. As with everything else she does, it ends up terribly; the heavy-handed efforts to atheize Gryphus turns into straight-up repression against the church and its members, leading to destroyed churches and even some murdered clergygriffs. This causes everyone from the church to collectively resist against Aniela's government.]]
* ThePeterPrinciple: [[spoiler: Aniela is a capable general and a popular revolutionary, but she has a rather weak grasp of socialist ideals. The Peter Principle thus kicks in full force should she be voted into power; Aniela is not very good at leading a country, and her government is rife with incompetence and overly-ambitious goals, leading to resistance from the people against their policies. She reacts to the resistance with increasing levels of authoritarianism, making the country's management even worse.]]
* ReignOfTerror: [[spoiler: In an attempt to instill revolutionary resolve in the masses, members of her party organize an operation named Operation Rozwiązać, where members of the citizens militia (''Milicja Obywatelska'') would go around and conduct community activities to harden peoples' spirits. However, the undisciplined militia proceeds to ''encourage people to riot'', and attacks random citizens, burns "reactionary" buildings, and starts {{Kangaroo Court}}s that hang thousands to death. Things got so bad, that some Ministry of Public Security members actually tried to save people by commuting death sentences to hard labor.]]
* SecretPolice: [[spoiler: Aniela creates the Ministry of Public Security to suppress anti-government forces. They would launch Operation Sortowanie, an operation during which the country is put into temporary martial law, and MPS agents mass arrest dissenters and protesters and send them off to labor camps.]]

%%Township of Fezera

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Free Territory of Aquileia]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/free_territory_of_aquileia.png]][[/labelnote]]

->'''Ideology:''' Revolutionary Dictatorship[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Griffonian Confederation of Cantons]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/soccant.png]][[/labelnote]]

->'''Ideology:''' Social Banditry[[note]]Harmony[[/note]] (initially), Democratic Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (Confederation path), Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (Anarchist path)

->'''Ideology:''' Theocracy[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Kingdom of Zaphzia]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gry_kingdom_democratic_kingdom_of_zaphzia.png[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the New Hetmanate]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gryphia_supremacist.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Full Name:''' Gryphian Host, Kingdom of Zaphzia (Krawvelets restores the kingdom), Zaphzan National Republic (Krawvelets), Republic of Zaphzia (Grifnitsky), Kaiv Commune (Khurschevich), New Hetmanate (Vereskopadsky), Ordensprotektorat Kosakenland (Opinicus Gryphus puppet state)

* Expy: Of Myth/RobinHood and his Merry Men, at least at the start of the game. Besides Merlock himself being an obvious counterpart to Robin, multiple generals and advisors are obvious references to characters from the folklore, including Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, and Alan-a-Dale.

->'''Party:''' de Bëschbridder

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Conard is a Flowenan-backed industrialist who turns Adelart into an Oil Republic, an oligarchy with the primary purpose of extracting wealth and only a pretence of democracy.

* JustLikeRobinHood: Wood's principle of wealth redistribution involves robbing from the rich and giving to the poor.

!!''Jaume de Conard''

* {{Expy}}: Of Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli. His route quotes Literature/ThePrince wholescale.

->'''Ideology:''' [[spoiler:Revolutionary Dictatorship[[note]]Communism[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Griffonian Confederation of Cantons (Communist)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/soccant.png]][[/labelnote]]
->'''Full Name:''' Free Territory of Adelart, Eyrite Archonate (theocracy), Confederation of Adelart (confederation), Free Territory of Aquileia (anarchist, Aquileia takeover), High Prelature of Aquileia (theocracy, Aquileia takeover), Aquileian Confederation of Cantons (confederation, Aquileia takeover), Free Territory of Griffonia (anarchist, Herzland takeover), Holy Assembly of Griffonia (theocracy, Herzland takeover), Griffonian Confederation of Cantons (confederation, Herzland takeover)

->'''Ideology:''' Social Banditry[[note]]Harmony[[/note]] (initially), Democratic Socialism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (confederation path), Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (anarchist path)

->'''Party:''' Prélatur d'Adelart

%%Blackrock's Bandits

->'''Full Name:''' Free Territory of Adelart, Griffonian Confederation of Cantons (Communist)

->'''Ideology:''' Social Banditry[[note]]Harmony[[/note]]

%%Free Territory of Adelart
%%Pomovarra

[[folder:City of Flowena]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flo_neutrality_city_of_flowena.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' City of Flowena, Free City of Flowena (Harmony), Commune of Flowena (Communism), Principality of Flowena (Supremacy)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Maison de Rosebrune[[note]]House of Rosebrune[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Oligarchy[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* LandOfOneCity: Flowena won its independence from Aquileia while they were distracted with their own political struggles, establishing themselves as a neutral city.

!!''Chocolat de Rosebrune''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_chocolat_de_rosebrune.png]]
->'''Role:''' Mayor[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Maison de Rosebrune[[note]]House of Rosebrune[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Oligarchy[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Chocolat de Rosebrune is the son of the famous and respected Bronzino the Magnificent who ruled Flowena as mayor for decades before his death in 1003. Chocolat has been the mayor ever since, but in that time he has done very little besides host opulent parties at his family manor. The governance of the city has largely been left to the patricians of the Seigneurie and the bureaucrats, both of whom have no desire to change anything as in their eyes everything is fine. Recently however Chocolat has shown desire in taking a more active role and abandoning some of his hedonistic ways.[[/labelnote]]

* CluelessBoss: Despite being mayor he has literally no idea about anything other than throwing great parties. This unfortunately doesn't stop him from trying his hand at everything from economics to social engineering.
* MayorPain: Chocolat is a very incompotent mayor.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: To his credit, Chocolat's reaction to his failures is embarrassment at first, then utter horror, and he can be convinced to resign very easily once he's done his damage.
* UnfitForGreatness: He's the pampered and decadent son of a great man, who gained his position as mayor through {{Nepotism}} and has never been seen actually doing any work. It's when he finally realises that he's an embarrassment to his father and honestly tries to live up to his example that it all really goes wrong however, as he has precisely none of the qualities he had.
* UpperClassTwit: Very much so. He's possessed of a dangerous combination of utter ignorance and a expectation that his linage means that he should innately be great at leadership.

!!''Nicolas de Charbon''
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->'''Role:''' Mayor[[note]]Head of State[[/note]], Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Aquileia conquered)
->'''Party:''' Maison de Charbon[[note]]House of Charbon[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Autocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Nicolas de Charbon is the last living member of the small de Charbon dynasty. His father was an attorney, but was too indebted to afford joining the Judges' Guild. His family had once been Princes of Pomovarra before the title had been abolished by the King of Aquileia. Ever since the family had lived in exile in Flowena, wealthy enough to be considered patricians but never gaining full citizenship. As a child, Nicolas was taught rhetoric and history, and became fluent in multiple languages. As an adult he has worked as a secretary, a diplomat and finally as a commander of the militia. With his extensive knowledge of politics and history, he wishes for Aquileia to centralize, secure its independence and regain its long-lost strength. Being disappointed with both the republicans and the Discrets, he now believes only he alone can save his homeland from chaos and barbarians.[[/labelnote]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Nicolas deeply loves his father, and is devastated by his death from the Wet Plague in Flowena's starting tree. When he finally usurps the Aquileian throne, he thinks of his father and tells him that he has succeeded against all odds and brought their family into a new glorious era.
* {{Expy}}: Of Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli. His route quotes Literature/ThePrince wholescale.
* ThePurge: After assassins kill his ally (and rival), he blames it on the nobility and proceeds to rouse the people to purge them from the city. He proceeds to replace them with loyal supporters.
* TheUsurper: Nicolas' main goal in his path is to conquer the Kingdom of Aquileia, claim their throne, and bring the dying de Charbon family to a new era of glory.

[[folder:Haukland]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Flag of the Griffonian Republic in exile]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_griffonian_republic.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Full Name:''' Haukland, Griffonian Republic in exile (Griffonian Republic was conquered)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Meyer's Gruppe[[note]]Meyer's Group[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Despotism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Once taken over by fleeing Republicans, Haukland becomes one to Taiwan if they manage to get a guarantee from Equestria.
* OutlawTown: Haukland is populated with criminals, outcasts, and mercenaries. Meyer's rule encouraged even more to settle on the islands, as many of them are quite talented people.
* {{Pirate}}: Haukland has a history of raids and piracy, which Meyer continued to uphold. He can launch pirate raids at other coastal countries on Griffonia.

!!''Hermann Meyer''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_hermann_meyer.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State, Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Vedina conquered)
->'''Party:''' Meyer's Gruppe[[note]]Meyer's Group[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Despotism[[note]]Non-Aligned[[/note]]

* AcePilot: Meyer is a talented pilot, and the former head of the Republican air force. Under his rule, the Haukland air force is impressively strong despite the small size of the islands.
* BeastOfBattle: Once he conquers the United Dragon Isles, he can have ''dragons'' as part of his divisions. However, he has to decide between using elders and whelps.
* TheConqueror: Despite his lowly beginnings, he has big plans to expand his fiefdom, aiming to conquer the United Dragon Isles, the Kingdom of Vedina, and the Socialist Republic of Skynavia. Should he successfully conquer these lands, he will be crowned as Meyer the Conqueror, He Who Commands Dragons.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Though he's a criminal and an eccentric despot, he deeply loves his wife Stella. Stella's unfortunate death due to pneumonia was one of the motivations behind his desire to conquer the Kingdom of Vedina, as he wants to give the country (her homeland) to her. [[spoiler: In Meyer's final event, he leaves the crown of Vedina on Stella's grave, seeing her as the true monarch of Vedina instead of him.]]
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Downplayed, but his name, background as an ace, and somewhat chubby appearance make him a reference to Hermann Göring, who was an ace pilot in WWI, became quite hefty in his later years, and once boasted during WWII that "If planes drop bombs on Germany, you can call me Meyer", which is referenced in their capitulation quote as "If the enemy lands on Haukland, you may call me Göring!".
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the Republican Revolution collapsed, Meyer and co. hopped on a plane and flew to Haukland, wanting a chance to write their own stories.
* TheUsurper: After conquering the United Dragon Isles, Meyer's endgame involves conquering the Kingdom of Vedina and the Socialist Republic of Skynavia and crown himself the king of Vedina.

! Evi Valley
[[folder:Blackrock's Bandits]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blackrocks_bandits.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the County of Blackhollow]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ban_county_of_blackhollow.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of Our Blackhollow]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/our_blackhollow.png]][[/labelnote]]
->'''Full Name:''' Blackrock's Bandits, County of Blackhollow (Cyrille), Our Blackhollow (Reeve)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Blackrock's Bandits
->'''Ideology:''' Kleptocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]

* BlackMarket: In Blackrock's route, the focus tree unlocks black market decisions, which allow the player to hire MercenaryUnits or buy equipment and "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely not slaves]]" on the black market with gathered loot. The former decisions spawn some strong but temporary divisions inside the country (of which there are four types), while the latter decisions grant useful bonuses to the country.
* CivilWar: Either Countess Cyrille Bluecrest's supporters or Reeve Blyeddin's communists can launch a civil war against Blackrock in the "Plot Against Blackrock" route.
* WretchedHive: Blackrock and her bandits are running what is formerly the County of Blackhollow, turning it into a lawless wasteland where the peasants are constantly harassed by the bandits.

!!''Blackrock''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blackrock.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Blackrock's Bandits
->'''Ideology:''' Kleptocracy[[note]]Supremacy[[/note]]