Post by easter on Jul 23, 2010 5:00:56 GMT -5
(((My Reflection)))
Nation: Romania
Name: Vladimir Korzha
Gender: Male
Appearance Age: 29
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark red, almost brown unless in direct light.
Height: 5’9”
Weight: 160lbs
Appearance: Vladimir is a thin man of average height with fair skin and relatively long, black hair which he wears pulled back in a low ponytail save for loose fringe covering the right side of his face. He tends toward dressing in a military uniform; or slacks, a blazer, and a maroon turtleneck. However, at one time he was never seen out of armor. He still carries his old sword as a reminder of his war-torn history. His most distinguishable features are his oddly red eyes, his spider-like hands, and a beauty spot on his cheekbone below the outer corner of his left eye.
(((Know Thyself )))
Personality:Someone who meets Vladimir for the first time might note that he speaks little, finding senseless chatter tiresome and relatively useless. Therefore they are not surprised that when he does speak, it is usually short sentences, which are carefully thought out and to the point. He seems simultaneously distant from others and yet well aware of his surroundings and circumstance. He strikes one as both highly ironic and deeply critical of others. Sometimes going as far as to seem arrogantly superior.
However, as they come to know him better, they will find that under the silent facade he is a bundle of frayed nerves. He seems to be always on edge, afraid that any number of the other countries are out to get him. In short, he has suffered betrayal at the hands of others too often for his own mental good.
Yet if one were to break through the barrier raised by rampant distrust they would find him sweet at the very least. Possibly even charming. Though rather like Poland, he tends toward being clingy around those he's closest to.
Vladimir has grown quite weary of being associated with vampires. The mere fact that so many people visit his house for fiction-inspired tours rather than historical ones never fails to get on his nerves. He seldom seems flustered, save for when blatant flirtation is directed toward him. The only times he finds himself truly unnerved are around Russia and Turkey. He is subject to sudden headaches and occasional lapses in memory, yet finds great pride in his warrior history.
Likes:
★Music
★History
★Architecture
★Poetry
★Nightclubbing
Dislikes:
✖Hungary
✖The association of vampires with his house.
✖Betrayal
✖Plague
✖Being under the control of others.
Fears:
☣ Vladimir’s greatest fear is to not be the master of his own destiny.
☣That he will be forgotten one day.
☣Two words, Hungarian occupation.
Secrets:
♦Despite having spent so much of his existence under control of, or fighting against the Ottoman Empire, his feelings toward Sadaq are a mixture of not only fear, and hate, but also companionship and even something to the equivalent of a fascinated adoration which confuses even Vladimir himself.
♦He’s read nearly every vampire novel that has been published but will not admit it.
♦ Sometimes wonders where everything went wrong with Hungary.
Strengths:
His mask of silence makes Vladimir appear a much stronger country than he is in reality. However, he retains much of the skills and knowledge acquired during his time as a warring state. The years of being occupied or the property of others has left him resilient. Rendering him more than able to rally against blows at the things that make him an independent entity. Though he is slow to trust, those who earn it have his full support as well as whatever aid and protection it is in his power to provide.
Weaknesses:
Vladimir is distrustful, slow to take allies and quick to suspect others of treachery. His silence proves unhelpful for forming connections which could prove beneficial to his welfare. Said silence driving away nearly more often than drawing to him. Also, when he suspects someone he has a habit of going at them with of all things, the sword he wielded during his earliest days. Needless to say, this seldom proves effective.
(((The Pages of History )))
History:
1600 - Mihai Viteazul succeeded to unite all three principalities - Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldovia.
1601 - After the assassination of Mihai Viteazu, the Hungarian-origin Transylvanian noblemen swear allegiance to Rudolph II, the Hapsburg Emperor. Giorgio Basta's terror regime commences.
1606 - The Treaty of Vienna gives constitutional and religious rights and privileges to all Hungarian-speaking Transylvanians but none to Romanian-speaking people. The treaty guarantees the right of Transylvanians to elect their own independent princes in the future.
1613 - Gabriel Bethlen becomes Prince of Transylvania succeeding to Gabriel Báthory. Under Bethlen's rule, the principality experiences a golden age. He promoted agriculture, trade, and industry, sank new mines, sent students abroad to Protestant universities, and prohibited landlords from denying an education to children of serfs.
1618 - Transylvania take part to Thirty Years' War. Gabriel Bethlen invades Hungary and proclaims himself as King of Hungary.
1621 - On 31 December, Peace of Nikolsburg ends the war between Transylvania and Hapsburgs. The conditions of Treaty of Vienna signed in 1606 are reinforced.
1657 - George II Rákóczi invades Poland only to be defeated. The Ottoman Empire take advantage of the new situation and restore the military power in Transylvania.
1661 - In April Prince Kemény proclaims the secession of Transylvania from the Ottomans and appeals to help from the Habsburg Empire. He was not aware of the secret agreement between the Hapsburg Empire and Ottomans and the move will end his reign. Transylvania becomes a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire.
1683 - The defeat of Ottoman armies in Battle of Vienna means the end of Ottoman rule over Transylvania. The Roman Catholic Church becomes official church in Transylvania in a move directed by the Hapsburgs to weak the noblemen estates, which were both Roman Catholic and Protestant.
1692 - The Habsburgs control over Transylvania is consolidated even more and the princes are replaced with governors named directly by the Hapsburg Emperors, who themselves become Princes of Transylvania.
1715 - The Phanariote period starts. Nicholas Mavrocordatos becomes the first Phanariote prince of Wallachia. The influence of Ottoman Empire is greater than ever.
1716 - The Hapsburg Empire invades Wallachia during the Austro-Turkish War.
1765 - The Grand Principality of Transylvania is proclaimed, consolidating a special separate status within the Hapsburg Empire originally granted in 1691. This was however just a mere formality, as Transylvania is still an administrative area of Hungary.
1768 - Wallachia is occupied by Russia during the Fifth Russo-Turkish War.
1784 - The Revolt of Horea, Cloşca and Crişan starts in November and lasts until February in 1785. The main demands were related to the feudal serfdom and the lack of political equality between Romanians and other ethnicities of Transylvania.
1791 - Romanian-speaking Transylvanians petition to Emperor Leopold II for recognition as the fourth 'nation' of Transylvania and for religious equality. Their demands are rejected and their old marginalized status is reinforced.
1813 - Caragea's plague claims 60,000 deaths in Wallachia during 1813 and 1814.
1821 - The anti-boyar and anti-Phanariote uprising takes place being led by Tudor Vladimirescu. On 28 May a treaty is signed between Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire ending the war when Bessarabia becomes part of the Russian Empire.
1829 - Following the Treaty of Adrianople, without overturning Ottoman suzerainty, places Wallachia and Moldovia under Russian empire military rule.
1848 - The Revolutions of 1848 waves spread in Wallachia where the Romanian-speaking Wallachians try to overrule the Russian Empire's administration, demand the abolition of boyar privilege and a land reform. The revolutionaries are successful enough to create a provisional government in June and forced Gheorghe Bibescu, the Prince of Wallachia, to abdicate and leave into exile. A series of reforms follow the protests, the abolition of Roma slavery being one of them.
1848 - The Revolution are very active in this part of Europe. The Hungarians demand more rights, including a provision on the union between Transylvania and Hungary. The Romanian-speaking Transylvanians carry their own parallel revolution led by Avram Iancu, which opposed the union with Hungary.
1849 - The revolt led by Avram Iancu obtains some rights for the Romanian-speaking Transylvanians, in spite of strong opposition from Hungary.
1854 - The Russian Empire protectorate ends. It is followed by an Ottoman occupation for several months and then a two-year long Austrian occupation.
1856 - Wallachia and Moldavia are brought under the influence of the Western European powers under the provisions of the Treaty of Paris.
1861 - On 5 February, the 1859 union is formally declared and a new country, Romania is born. The capital city is chosen to be Bucureşti. On 23 December, Abdülaziz, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire officially recognizes the union but only for the duration of Cuza's reign.
1864 - The Parliament of Romania is formed. A tuition-free, compulsory public education for primary schools is introduced in Romania for the first time. Also a Criminal Code and a Civil Code, both based on the Napoleonic Code, are introduced.
1866 - On 22 February, Alexandru Ioan Cuza is forced to sign his abdication, which was mainly caused by the Agrarian Reform from 1863 made himself many enemies. Due to the country's political issues and its financial collapse, the Parliament takes the decision to bring a foreign price to the vacant throne. On 26 March, Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen becomes Prince of Romania as Carol.
1867 - Austria-Hungary is formed as a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise to replace the Austrian Empire. Transylvania becomes integrated part of Hungary.
1877 - On 16 April, Romania and the Russian Empire sign a treaty under which Russian troops are allowed to pass through Romanian territory, with the condition to respect the integrity of Romania. On 21 May, the Parliament of Romania declare the independence of the country. In the fall Romania join the Russo-Turkish War on the Russian Empire side. In November, deeply defeated in the Battle of Plevna, the Ottoman Empire request an armistice.
1892 - The Transylvanian Memorandum is signed by the leaders of the Romanians to the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph, asking for equal ethnic rights with the Hungarians, and demanding an end to persecutions and Magyarization attempts. The memorandum was forwarded to the Hungarian Parliament and the results was that the Romanian leaders are sentenced to long terms in prison.
1894 - Leaders of the Transylvanian Romanians who sent a Memorandum to the Austrian Emperor demanding national rights for the Romanians are found guilty of treason.
1907 - Violent peasant revolts crush throughout Romania, thousands are killed.
1914 - Transylvania enters World War I on the Austria-Hungary side.
1916 - Despite choosing to stay away from the war, the death of King Carol I and the course of events made Romania to change its view and decide to enter the war on the Entente side, demanding the territory of Transylvania. The demands of the Romanian Government were finally accepted and following the First Treaty of Bucharest, Romania declare war to the Central Powers on 27 August and launch attacks through the Southern Carpathians and into Transylvania. Poorly trained and equipped, the Romanian Army cannot face the power of the German, Bulgarian and Ottoman armies and Bucureşti is lost in December.
1918 - On 1 December assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held in Alba Iulia declare the Union of Transylvania with Romania.
1919 - Béla Kun, the leader of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, decides to attack Romania to regain the lost territories in Transylvania without any success. The counter-offensive led to the occupation of the Hungarian capital Budapest in August by the Romanian Army putting an end to the self-proclaimed Hungarian Soviet Republic.
1920 - On 20 January, Romania become founding member of League of Nations.
1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, in which the Soviet side claims Basarabia. The territory is given to the Soviet Union together with the northern part of Bucovina one year later.
1940 - On 27 June, following an ultimatum issued by the Soviet Union, Romania loses Basarabia. On 30 August, under the Second Vienna Award, Romania loses the northern part of Transylvania to Hungary. Only one week later the Kadrilater is lost to Bulgaria. On 8 October, Nazi troops begin crossing into Romania. On 23 November, Romania joins the Axis Powers.
1943 - Romania becomes a target of Allied aerial bombardment.
1945 - Romania takes part to Battle of Budapest as well as the Battle of Prague. Despite joining the Allies in August 1944, Romania had an important contribution in the World War II, shortening it by six months, according to Sir Winston Churchill.
1948 - A new constitution is ratified on 13 April. Two months later, on 11 June all banks and major enterprises are nationalized. During the year, also in the years to come, many pre-war politicians, businessmen, priests and even ordinary people are thrown in prisons. On 30 August, following the model of Soviet NKVD, the Romanian secret policed is formed.
1949 - A forced collectivization, in which the agriculture is organized under the socialist model, comes into force. Romania join Comecon. The construction of Danube-Black Sea Canal starts. The canal was the most known labor camp in the history of Romania.
1951 - During the night of 18 June the third-largest mass deportation in modern Romanian history takes place. Some 45,000 people are taken from their homes and deported to the Bărăgan plain.
1955 - Romania join the Warsaw Pact. On 14 February, a group of Romanian anti-Communists occupies the Romanian embassy in Berne demanding the release from prisons of many public personalities. With the help of the Swiss police, the order is re-established two days later. On 14 December, Romania join the United Nations.
1958 - The Soviet Union Army leave Romania after fourteen years of occupation.
1968 - Romania refuse to participate in the invasion of Czechoslovakia.
1977 - On 4 March, 21:20 local time, an earthquake occurs with a magnitude of 7.4 and epicenter in Vrancea at a depth of 94 kilometers. The earthquake killed about 1,570 people and injured more than 11,000. Total damages are estimated at more than two billion dollars.
1983 - As part of the urban planning programme, significant portions of the historic centre of Bucureşti are demolished in order to accommodate standardized apartment blocks and government buildings, including the grandiose Centrul Civic and the palatial House of the People, the second largest building in the world.
1987 - In a climate of economic depression and food shortages a rebellion erupts on 15 November in the city of Braşov. Over 300 protesters are arrested for hooliganism.
1989 - On 16 December, protests break out in Timişoara. Five days later Nicolae Ceauşescu organises a mass meeting in Bucureşti. The jeers and whistles soon erupt into a riot, as the crowd takes to the streets, placing the capital in turmoil. Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife leave Bucureşti putting an end to four decades of Communist rule in Romania.
1990 - On 20 May free elections are held in Romania for the first time after fifty years.
Allies:
Thirty Years War Sweden, Denmark (1625-1629), France, England, Prussia, Ottoman Empire.
The Deluge Sweden, Russia (1654-1656, and 1658 onward)
Battle of Vienna Ottoman Empire
Russo-Turkish War(1710-1711) Russia
Russo-Turkish War(1877-1878) Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria
Second Balkan War Serbia, Greece, Ottoman Empire
World War One Russia
World War Two (1941-1944) Germany, Japan, Italy, Hungary, Finland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia
World War Two (1944) Russia, United States, United Kingdom, China, Poland, France, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Netherlands, Greece, Norway
Enemies:
Thirty Year War Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Spain, Norway, Denmark (1643-1645)
The Deluge Poland, Lithuania, Denmark, Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Hungary, Russia (1656-1658)
Battle of Vienna Poland, Lithuania, Austria, Hungary
Russo-Turkish War(1710-1711) Ottoman Empire
Russo-Turkish War(1877-1878) Ottoman Empire
Second Balkan War Bulgaria
World War One Germany, Bulgaria, Austria, Hungary, Ottoman Empire
World War Two (1941-1944) Russia, United States, United Kingdom, China, Poland, France, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Netherlands, Greece, Norway
World War Two (1944) Germany, Japan, Italy, Hungary, Finland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia
Sample Post:
Tap tap tap, turn, tap tap tap, turn.
Faster and faster around each corner he moved, the rustle of fabric, the click of steal, all these were lost on him. He couldn’t care less what might happen should he be caught, all that occupied his mind was the hope that he might find a way out, find that one thread he was missing, that one piece to the puzzle that might explain how he’d been so betrayed.
It was as if only yesterday that he’d petitioned Austria’s aid against the Ottoman. Instead, it seemed he had been bartered shamelessly off to the eastern power. He suspected that accursed woman had a part in this, whispering suggestions into Roderich’s ear and twisting the rather impressionable young musician around her little finger.
The edge of the cross-hilted blade scraped against stone as he passed beneath another archway, turned yet another corner. He knew he was lost, but refused to let that affect him, refused to let these labyrinthine halls break his mind. He had a duty to his people, to protect them, to ensure their prosperity. Yet here he was, caught like some plague-ridden rodent in a trap. Corner after corner he turned, and felt his heart sink in despair. He feared he would die here, alone and forgotten by the outside world.
Falling to his knees at the end of a dead-end corner, he gazed through the fine lattice-work of a high window, wondering if somehow he could reach it, break through, and escape. Yet even now he felt his strength waning, for all he knew he was dying right there in this foreign house. He closed his eyes for a moment, whispering a prayer to whatever god would hear him, gathering his strength and his courage to turn back down those halls to find where he’d gone so dreadfully wrong.
With great effort he rose to his feet, supported as much by his battle blade as by his own legs. He knew that he couldn’t go on like this, that it would be in his best interest to find his way back through the winding passage-ways to his allotted quarters, but he also knew that if he did not try now, he would not have this chance for another hundred years.
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