Travis Barrett

Travis Barrett is an impostor and vagabond from Goldshire. He posed as Vilhjálm Daniel Gudrödar of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati and was primarily known as Villy Esposito. After his confession of his deception, he was included in Francia's witness protection program.

Biography

Puppet Ruler

In 1651 AN, Travis Barrett took the place of Vilhjálm Daniel Gudrödar. A coup was committed in which the King of Elwynn, Thorstein Noah Hallbjörnsson, was deposed. As an impostor he became king of Elwynn. He was charged with all executive, legislative and judicial powers if exercised through the advice Council of Eliria. He appointed the SLORC troika King Ryker Everstone of Goldshire, Jeremy Archer and Heath Belledin to the Council of Eliria, effectively giving this troika full power over Elwynn. His reign ended in 1653 by the adoption of the 1653 Constitution of the Elwynnese Republic (which formed the basis for the 1671 one). He was a transitory head of state of the republic as Prince of Elwynn until the Senate elected a replacement later the same year (Liv Dravot), whereafter he retired from politics, resigned all his noble and other titles, and declared himself a loyal subject of the Kaiser under King Ryker Everstone, becoming effectively Ryker's property.

The Elwynnese and Shirerithian governments protest against these allegations, saying that they have no knowledge of Mr Barrett, but rather that these actions were subjected upon Prince Vilhjálm.

Humiliations

Underwent castration in the year 1653, in accordance to the Edict of the Kaiser ordering the castration of all male Froyalaners. He later stated that his castration was not voluntary, despite the fact that it as such was portrayed at that time.

As King Ryker's existence has been deemed, by the authorities of the Sovereign Confederation, to have continued past the point of the expiry of his physical form, he remained bound as a Loyal Subject to the operating system that inherited the old King's consciousness. The King, though now disembodied, retained his taste for the earthly pleasures and did often commune with him for the purpose of vicariously sensing what it was to be alive. This did however necessitate a certain amount of surgical intervention, cranial augmentation, and neural grafting, so as to establish a serviceable interface. For this reason he was housed at the Augur Industries research centre located in Kingsgate and, on account of discretion and professional courtesy, was known only by his serial number during the periods of "downtime" when he was not in communion with the operating system.

In 1656 AN he approached the Elwynnese senate to request a decree that annulled the marriage between the parents of Vilhjálm Daniel Gudrödar and Esther Fatima Gudrid. The petition was granted. Consequently he was given the bastard surname Esposito (Tellian for "exposed"), which in Shirerithian tradition is given to caste-shamed deposed individuals from the nobility. That is how he became known as Villy Esposito.

Liberation

Following the Second Amokolian War Villy was included in the head count of surviving Froyalaners earmarked for deportation to Francia in the event of a satisfactory peace being negotiated. As such he became one of the multitude whose fate became tied in the dying days of 1679 to the return of the city of Mittlere Stadt to Elwynn. On 10.III.1680, following the conclusion of the Treaty of Mittlere Stadt, he was transferred to Fröjaländarläger Malexanderstad, awaiting admittance to Francia, which occurred on I.VII.1680.

At his meeting with his liberator, Kaiser Arkadius Frederik Gustavus des Vinandy, he told the truth about his deception. No longer after that did he know that before the Froyalan Tribunal, after which he was included in the witness protection program.

Preceded by: Noah	King of Elwynn 1651–1653	Succeeded by himself as Prince
Preceded by: himself as King	Prince of Elwynn 1653	Succeeded by Liv Dravot