The Gallic Seigneurs

[The Gallic Union]

NAME: Félix Aurèle Léandre ( @Hokan )

RANK: Seigneur, Amiral

AGE: 59

BIRTHPLACE: New Orleans

GOVERNING SYSTEM: Orleanais

FLAGSHIP: /S/-Lion.d'Orleanais

Biography

Félix was the fourth son of the prominent Léandre ménage from Orléans. The family is known for its ownership of large tracts of arable land and animal husbandry before the fall of the Kingdom. The members of the Léandre often had only two choices in life, to join the military or work in the family business. Félix and most of his siblings chose the former, seeing it as a means to free themselves from what otherwise would be a stagnant life.

Due to his family’s place of wealth in Orleanais, Félix was welcomed into the ranks of the military with relative ease. Initially posted as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy fleet based out of Orleanais, through a mixture of nepotism and minor successes he managed to see himself promoted to the rank of Capitaine. While his promotion was celebrated by his family, he was now put into harm's way with more frequency and often by his own request. Many of the operations he performed at this rank were small scale actions against Brigands, Council and sometimes the Maquis.

However, on one occasion the unexpected arrival of an Council Obstinate Cruiser and the situation that developed from its arrival drew interest from his senior officers. The cruiser came at an inopportune time, and the situation Félix found himself was ill-suited for an easy victory. Through a number of desperate gambles, the Council Cruiser was disabled by the more agile Triumph at Félix command; the Obstinate cruiser was then finished off by the combined firepower of the destroyer and an arriving bomber wing. He was recognised for this victory, and earned commendations that merited a promotion.

In his time as a Commandant he was mostly deployed to fight against the Council, the zenith of the Gallic Civil war was fast approaching and their ferocity only became more intense. The engagements became larger and more bloodied, until finally they broke down the door to Ile-De-France.

Commanding his own Obstinate battlecruiser, Félix was in the thick of the fighting that took part in the system; through the chaos of battle his ship was caught out of position and almost annihilated. Suffering several injuries and most notably becoming blind in his right eye, the declared ceasefire was the only thing that saved what remained of his crew and himself from the cold grasp of space.

In the aftermath of the civil war, there was a great vacuum within the military. The loss of life and the spit which resulted in the Royalist occupied Hebridies had left the navy depopulated with senior officers. Although there was a coordinated effort for those who fought with the Council to now take various positions across Gallia, there was a strong push from Ile-De-France to unite instead of divide the realm further.

Félix Aurèle Léandre was recognised for his bravery during the defence of Ile-De-France, and received a promotion to Contre-amiral amid the political machinations of the time. Although it was not lost on him that his promotion was more a matter of maintaining stability than his own ability. He spent most of his time after the civil war commanding ships in the defence of Ile-De-France, rubbing shoulders with politicians and developing friendships with corporate interests.

The shock invasion of Gallia by the Kusari Navy threw what was becoming a comfortable status quo into disarray. Contre-amiral Léandre was deployed to assist in the defence of Burgundy from the invaders, commanding a Remembrance-class Battleship. He repeatedly proved an apt military commander in the operations attempting to repel the might of the Shogun’s Navy. Although to his surprise and to many others, word was passed around that the Languedoc front threw Gallia a rope; the Enclave returned to aid the state in its time of need.

Kusari was repulsed from Gallia, a victory which was well celebrated but not one without taking a toll on Gallia and Félix. Discovering only at the end of the war that his father and military siblings had been the unfortunate victims of war, leaving him as the sole Léandre alive. Fighting with the grief of loss, Félix secluded himself from all of his social engagements. His command performance greatly suffered as he found solitude more comforting, until he took an extended leave of absence.

Félix was later summoned before the Maréchal de Gaule, he was not given a reason why nor did he care much to inquire. The Maréchal organised the meeting to offer the Contre-amiral a new role, Seigneur des Orléanais. The governorship over a system and a promotion to Amiral. Félix initially hesitated to accept the offer, unsure as to why he would be chosen for such a position. The Maréchal eloquently explained that he needed able commanders to keep the peace and maintain unity within the realm, adding on that the family connections and influential friends could not hurt.

Seeing it as a way to find renewed purpose and escape grief, Félix agreed to take on the role.

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