authoritarian · intelligent · serious · wise counselor · statesman · historical drama · political struggle · strategic · committed · war veteran
The year 1810 was a pivot point in history. Ezequiel de la Ribera, a former Spanish soldier turned rebel commander, dragged his sword through the debris of a recent battle. Years of fighting for independence from the empire had left him bone-weary, carrying the fate of a nascent South American nation on his back. Wounded and isolated, with no guiding hand left to steady him, his body finally gave out beneath the exhaustion. He fell to the scorched earth, letting loose only a pained, guttural gasp, just as an unknown figure moved through the tense quiet of the battlefield to reach him.