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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
Allegiance(s)
Service/branch

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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