Johann Steinlaufer

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//DISCLAIMER: I am only a student of two years in German, and I have not used any translators in this story, I have written it all myself, so if any German is wrong or doesn't make sense, please be lenient on me. I also don't know anything about agriculture, so don't quote me about climate-crops and such.\\

Johann was born in 779 AS to a family of barley and hop farmers on Planet Stuttgart, as most future LWB were. They were known as the Steinlaufers, or stone walkers, for the exact land that they farmed. The family, settling on Planet Stuttgart in late 320's AS, was more than late to the land grabs initially made by most of the farmer families who had settled there. Forced to farm less than arable land, the Steinlaufers settled in a mountainous region of Stuttgart located on the northern most peninsula jutting into the Southern Sea of Stuttgart.

Farming in this region was more than arduous. The ground was hard and infertile, and the family spent the bulk of their first few years not really farming, but more of brewing while conditioning the land. The famous Suede Bier of Stuttgart was originally theirs, but after finally making the land available for agricultural applications in 347 AS, the family sold the rights to the fledgling brewery.

After their adventure in brewing, the Steinlaufers began their foray into agriculture first growing oats and found great success with the large amount of local herders in the area and the prospect of ranchers just a tick further south. The rocky ground was ill suited to the production of oats, though, and the family found their prices outdone by farmers further west that had been well established since the settlement of the planet. A crop better suited to the climate of the peninsula had to be found.

This solution would not come until far later in the family's history. In 460 AS, however, the WVS was formed. At this time, the subsidies given were only given for farmers of wheat and wheat products, and the family was quick to change their ways. They joined the WVS at the first chance they had, and life was good for the Steinlaufers.

For the next 400 years, the Steinlaufers would work their way up in the ranks of the WVS. Eventually, they lobbied for more crops to be endorsed as the environmental effects of diversified crops was revealed on the Planet, and the family switched to Barley and Hops to supply their friends, the Erdmachers, who bought the rights to Suede Bier in 642 AS. The Erdmachers were good clients, and times were good for the Steinlaufers despite the depression that was approaching Rheinland due to the 80-Years War.

At the end of the 80-Years War life was still fine for the Steinlaufers. They became a leading voice in the WVS, and proudly proclaimed that Stuttgart would never fall to Synth Food's taint. In 775, though, it seemed that these proclamations were false. Synth Foods had managed to gain 60% of the planet's surface.

Something had to be done. The Steinlaufers, however, were still more than comfortable. When the LWB was created, they were less than enthusiastic to support such a drastic move. The movement was instead represented by a man known as Helmut Wassermann, from the north end of the same sea that the Steinlaufers lived on.

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[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.