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}} | }}One '''"[[President of the High Council|head of the Presidency]]'''", to whom the title would go on to be applied more specifically as a grisly joke on the circumstances of his death, led [[the War King's Homeworld|the Homeworld]] before the [[War in Heaven]]. After his death following the [[Faraway Declaration]], his [[decapitation|severed]] [[head]] was known on [[Earth]] as the '''Poenari Relic''', and it later delivered the '''First Message from [[the Enemy]]''' to the [[Great House]]s. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== As President === | === As President === | ||
The 412th President of the [[Great House]]s took office 95 years before the beginning of the [[War in Heaven]]. Unlike his predecessor, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Crimes Against History (short story)|Crimes Against History]]'') [[Romana III]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') the 412th President trusted the [[intervention]]ists to neutralize any threats to the Homeworld, so he regarded the coming War as an impossibility. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Crimes Against History (short story)|Crimes Against History]]'') | |||
76 years before the start of the War in Heaven, [[the War King|a fearsome renegade]] forced his way into the head of the Presidency's quarters, killing three Presidential guards, to deliver a 15-minute warning about the upcoming conflict. This terrified the President, who refused to heed the warning, even after the renegade convinced the rest of the [[ruling House]]s. | |||
When the renegade returned to the Homeworld a third time, 45 years later, the head of the Presidency had him immediately arrested and restrained at a public trial. At the trial, the President delivered the [[Faraway Declaration]], announcing a plan to personally start a new Homeworld [[colony]] on the supposed enemy base of [[Faraway]]. While the President was away, [[Umbaste]] was to serve as his temporary replacement. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | |||
=== As the Poenari Relic === | === As the Poenari Relic === | ||
The Poenari Relic was the severed head of a [[Caucasian]] male wearing a frozen, horrified face and a large black | The Poenari Relic was the severed head of a [[Caucasian]] male wearing a frozen, horrified face and a large black moustache, preserved in a substance similar to [[honey]]. It was kept at [[Poenari]] by the [[Order of the Dragon]]. According to their legends, it belonged to one of the "first warriors" who stood at the gates of the city of [[Ubar]] at the start of time and was killed by the [[s'tanim]]. The Order believed that, if they guarded the Relic until the end of time, it would be returned to [[Heaven (afterlife)|Heaven]]. | ||
In [[1476]], after the [[Sultan]] requested [[Vlad III]]'s severed head on a stake as evidence of his conquest in battle, [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] soldiers brought the Poenari Relic. It was then put on display in Constantinople for a [[century]]. In reality, Vlad survived the battle and died in [[1973]]. | In [[1476]], after the [[Sultan]] requested [[Vlad III]]'s severed head on a stake as evidence of his conquest in battle, [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] soldiers brought the Poenari Relic. It was then put on display in Constantinople for a [[century]]. In reality, Vlad survived the battle and died in [[1973]]. | ||
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=== First Message from the Enemy === | === First Message from the Enemy === | ||
Five days later after the delegation left for Faraway, the President's [[decapitation|severed]] [[head]] returned to the Homeworld. | Five days later after the delegation left for Faraway, the President's [[decapitation|severed]] [[head]] returned to the Homeworld. Based on its levels of [[piryon]] and [[anti-piryon]] [[radiation]], the head had apparently travelled the entire lifespan of the [[universe]], from 3500 years after the [[Big Bang]] to within five years of the [[Big Crunch]]. For most of this time, the head had been kept alive; it only finally died within a century of its return to the Homeworld. Between its teeth was a slip of paper bearing the First Message from the Enemy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
{{quote|[[the enemy|We]] are not amused.|The First Message from the Enemy|The Book of the War (novel)}} | {{quote|[[the enemy|We]] are not amused.|The First Message from the Enemy|The Book of the War (novel)}} | ||
Eventually, some [[Academician for Game Logic|Academicians]] like [[Minkosa]] believed that the First Message was conveyed by a "talking head". The story of the [[Seven Prophesied Heads of Severance]] spread the idea that, after six further severed heads had spoken, the War in Heaven would end ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'') and "the true War" would begin. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head of State (novel)|Head of State]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The title "head of the Presidency" is a joke about this President's ultimate fate. | * The title "head of the Presidency" is a joke about this President's ultimate fate. | ||
* The gender of the President is kept ambiguous throughout the entries concerning his role on the Homeworld. It is only as the Poenari Relic that he is identified as male. | * The gender of the President is kept ambiguous throughout the entries concerning his role on the Homeworld. It is only as the Poenari Relic that he is identified as male. | ||
* [[Jim Mortimore]]'s unproduced ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' story ''[[Heart Full of Sky (novel)|Heart Full of Sky]]'' would have depicted an entity protecting the Relic through the lifetime of the universe. | |||
== External links == | == External links == |
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