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Tarjei Thorgilsson

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Tarjei Thorgilsson
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Physical information
Species Human
Race Norse
Gender Male
Hair color and style Black
Eye color Blue
Skin color White
Biographical information
Date of birth 1644
Date of death 9.X.1731 AN
Allegiance(s)
Service/branch

Tarjei Thorgilsson Einhorn was the former King of Normark (1703–1719).

Biography

Born 1644 AN. Son of the Kaiser Dominus. Mother unknown although believed to have been a party to the Complex Marriage (a form of marriage with multiple partners) inaugurated by the Kaiser in an attempt to secure his genetic legacy before facing the coup-plotters in his unsuccessful attempt to avert the conspiracy that would culminate in the Oustfest Massacre. Raised by Eliza Carstens, acknowledged common-law partner of the late Kaiser Dominus between the years 1635 and 1644, as her own at the Manor of Qasr-e-Qand in the Bailiwick of Mohamedion and kept apart from the other offspring born of the Complex Marriage. Retired FMT accredited tennis player (highest ranking 29th). Holder of tribunal rank with the Varþataræn of the Black Legions. Överstelöjtnant of the Reserves with the 35th Territorial Division of the UDF. Resident for the Honourable Company in Sårensby, contributing to the Keltian desk of the ESB Intelligencer. Subscriptions and correspondence officer for the Trade Board of Normark. President of the Sårensby chapter of the Einhornselskapet. Declared Statsminister of Normark during the 1688 Normark political crisis, however was obliged to seek sanctuary in the UDF cantonment in Sårensby following the failure of the Einhornselskapet attempt at taking power. Named beneficiary of the Tarjeisson Trust. Possessor of title deeds to the manor of Zahhak in the Bailiwick of Mohamedion by virtue of the Tarjeisson Complex Marriage Community Trust. With the reorganisation of the Einhornselskapet into the Regional Sector Party of the Elwynnese National Sector Party of the N&H in 1694, Tarjei received recognition as Ahmst Mairstranin and a place on the National Cadre as leader of the regional party.

Reign in Normark

Ascended to the throne of Normark by virtue of his descent from the last native King and his leadership of the Humanist movement in the realm at the time of independence from Elluenuueq.

A planned marriage to Miranda-Thérèse Anders never occurred as he deemed her to be past her prime, at the age of thirty-three, when first introduced to her in 1703 AN. The repudiation, considered a boorish and cruel act by most contemporaries, constituted a grievous insult to the Anders family, obliging Tarjei to arrange for a generous financial settlement to be paid to former betrothed.

His reputation was further marred by difficult and faltering campaigns waged variously against Knotaric and Jangsong over the course of his reign. Indeed he was said to devote more time and effort towards being a terror unto certain residential institutions than he was to governing his own realm, resulting in much of the burden falling onto the shoulders of his prime minister. Another case in point was the surprise execution, by his own hand, of his kinsman Julian Einhorn for the charges of murder and attempted murder, after the court recommended 16 years in prison.

Deposition and exile

He would subsequently suffer the indignity of being arrested by his eldest son, Fredrik Michael Tarjeisson, with the connivance of the Benacian Expeditionary Force dispatched to secure Elijah's Rest against capture by the Confederacy of the Dispossessed. Whilst the son established a regency and set about reorganising the tottering kingdom, the father was exiled to Los Bananos - where he would live under constant guard, consoled only the companionship of a pair of concubines, a catamite, and a sufficient quantity of morphine as would keep him quieted during his confinement. It is said that he wrote a number of "eye-wateringly pornographic" works during his confinement. These were all however prudently confiscated and burnt by his vigilant gaolers.

In VII.1720 AN he was convicted by the House of Lords, in absentia, for the judicial murder of Julian Einhorn. His sentence, that of twenty-five years incarceration, was to be served under the same conditions of house arrest in exile under which he already languished.

In spite of being found guilty in this matter, the conditions of his house arrest subsequently eased, to the point that he was able to become a terror unto the population of Los Bananos, as well as the domestics of his household. It might be noted that, through his persistent and horrific vigour, which sometimes approached Vanic levels of awful excess, he greatly expanded the lineage of the House of Einhorn, securing its perpetuation across future generations.

Death

Tarjei's health inevitably declined in these years due to age, drug addiction, and sexually transmitted diseases. By mid 1731 AN, he was bedridden and wracked with fever, chills, and open sores. On 9.X.1731 AN at the age of 87, Tarjei finally succumbed to sepsis and other complications. His remains were unceremoniously buried in an unmarked grave on Los Bananos.

Tarjei's conduct in the final decade of his life cemented his legacy as a tyrant consumed by hedonistic excess. While preserving the royal lineage of Normark's sovereign house, he squandered any sense of nobility through unrelenting cruelty and depravity. His progeny were left to try to restore dignity to the Einhorn dynasty that Tarjei had so thoroughly debased.

Legacy

In 1723 AN, just a few years after deposing his tyrannical father, King Fredrik Michael Tarjeisson secretly commissioned a team of trusted advisors and investigators to look into potential crimes and misdeeds committed by Tarjei during his reign from 1703-1719. The King wanted to uncover any hidden transgressions in order to further justify his father's removal and exile.

The investigators' findings, compiled in a lengthy report delivered to the King in 1725 AN, revealed a litany of heinous acts perpetrated by the former monarch. The report's shocking revelations about Tarjei's monumental moral failings as king validated his overthrow in Fredrik Michael's eyes. However, to avoid a scandal which might threaten both the crown and the ideological project of the Einhorn Society, he kept the report's existence and findings absolutely secret from the public and locked away in the royal archives.

Issue

Bred under N&H Future Leadership Programme

Commencing in 1672, Tarjei Thorgilsson received a stipend from the Nationalist and Humanist Party to establish a Normark branch of the N&H Future Leadership Programme. As branch manager, Tarjei was tasked with arranging the purchase of suitable residential properties and recreational venues, the engagement of suitable Normarkers in service of the programme, and the arrangement of hospitality for visiting dignitaries seconded to the programme. As a scion of an Imperial bloodline in good standing with the cadres of the N&H, Tarjei was also permitted to avail himself of the amenities he had care of.

Born to Commoners

Although deprived of access to the Future Leadership Programme after 1719 AN, the appetites of Tarjei Thorgilsson remained wholly undiminished up to the point of his death in the tenth month of 1731 AN. In consequence he was a terror unto the community where he was exiled and particularly to the long suffering household appointed to attend upon him.


Name Year Born
Kolfinna Tarjeisdottir 1720
Hjalmur Tarjeisson 1721
Ingibjörg Tarjeisdottir 1722
Ragnhild Tarjeisdottir 1723
Járngeir Tarjeisson 1724
Þorleifur Tarjeisson 1725
Helga Tarjeisdottir 1726
Brandr Tarjeisson 1727
Hildiglúmur Tarjeisson 1728
Guðrún Tarjeisdottir 1729
Eysteinn Tarjeisson 1730

Honors and Awards

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