Sebastian Wallace

Name: Sebastian Wallace

Birth date Safree 31st, 1801

Age as of 1826 25

Race: Shivian

History:

Sebastian was born on the Gargainian-Shivian border which left him with a distinct Gargainian accent and the persistent rumor that he was actually the illegitimate son of a Hunter. There is no proof that his Druid mother was ever unfaithful, but the rumors left him with a deep hatred for the Druids. His father was the governor of the border district and his main concern was the Demons. Sebastian was born just as the Shadows were losing control of Gargain. This meant that, while the Druids fell into a civil war, the Demons were free to run wild and often broke into Shivian territory. The Demons normally attacked livestock when they entered Shiva, but the number of missing people increased every year and Sebastian's father was worried he would need the army stationed on the border in order to keep the Demon menace at bay.

Sebastian's family was well off, both his parents came from rich families, and he seemed to enjoy his childhood-particularly causing trouble with his older brother, Anton. His father sent them to a friend, deep within Shiva, during the First Shadow War and was killed during the Battle of the Crossroads. Sebastian's mother relied on her brother, Dmitri, to help her raise the boys after the war ended. She returned to their house on the border while Dmitri applied for Shivian citizenship and in 1810, Anton went missing. Sebastian took part in the search party, but was separated and discovered his, now turned, brother feasting on a deer. According to Sebastian, he met his brother's gaze briefly before killing him.

After his brother's death, his uncle and mother sold their house and moved to Bearcaska. Dmitri quickly inserted himself into Shivian society and became the assistant to the Shivian ambassador to Gargain. Dmitri also arranged another marriage for Sebastian's mother and sent Sebastian to Frouth's Prep School, the finest in Shiva, and then Amber University. When he was eighteen, Sebastian became aide to the majority leader of the Plumet party and when he was twenty, Sebastian ran his first campaign against a weak Unionist member. He lost, he claimed because the Plumet party refused to effectively support him, so he switched to the Unionist party and won the 1824 election. While he did this, he used his uncle to strengthen his connections with a newly stabilized Gargain, made numerous business deals with Ferdarians and Korens, and became involved in a speculation scheme (although he denied that all of his life). Sebastian became a favorite media figure because of his meteorite rise and competition with Patrick McAlister for the Unionist Presidential nomination. When he lost to McAlister, he switched to the disorganized Plumet party and became party leader. Sebastian was instrumental in organizing both peace treaties between the Killers and Shivians and was key to Kingsley's own political successes during the Second Shadow War.

"We used to live on the Gargainian-Shivian border when I was a child. One day, my brother disappeared so we went searching. It was cold and the first snow had fallen. I was freezing and  somehow I was separated from the group, but I managed to find my brother. He was feasting on a deer, wallowing in its blood. He had been turned and, as I raised my rifle, he whirled around and stared at me. I stared back and pulled the trigger. It was him or me, you see."