Aurther der Schwartz

Aurther der Schwartz (15 July 1880 - 16 Feburary 1965 ) was Prime Minister of Apfeldonia from 1916-1953, CEO and head engineer of Schwartz Industries, and leader of the ANWA. He is accredited with modernizing Apfeldonia and helping win the great war.

Birth and moving to Lipton
Aurther was born in the small village of Scrog, in the Schulfsrum mountains, to a member of the house of Schwartz. His very early years are marked with the families constant struggle for survival in Scrog. His father was part of only a side branch in the family, and although born a derict member, his family lived in poverty for the early part of his life. His father worked in the mines of the Schulfsrum, a dirty, dangerous job that was almost secluded to the Schulfens of the north, a cause that Aurther would lobby for during his whole life.

At around age 7, a distant uncle of Aurther's, Darholt der Schwartz, was CEO of Schwartz Industries, and also an economic teacher at Lahn military academy, travelled to see Aurthers father. Appalled by the living conditions he saw in Scrog, he offered to take Aurther to Lipton for a formal education and a better life, Aurther's father agreed on the spot.

Little Aurther boarded the big iron train that stopped by once every two months, if the weather allowed it, or when someone with enough money wanted to travel. It was his first time riding a train, it was his first time leaving Scrog to go anywhere out of the mountains. He starred out the windows in amazement, as the snow slowly started to get thinner and thinner during the ride, once he saw green grass for the first time, his uncle thought he was going to fient. Aurther knew nothing but arctic winters and freezing summers. He marvelled at the height of the mountains he just came out of as the train steamed through Freihiet, the villages there, though qaint, where huge compared to his little frozen former home. The train stopped at a cafe in Celestria, inside Aurther ate pastries for the first time, he also ate several fruit, another luxery that was not given in Scrog. He was amused by the funny clothes of the bartender at the cafe, he recorded in his dairy later on "if the man was going to live so close to the mountains, he would need more than just a set of funny green overalls with flowers stiched on them".

Back on board, Aurther feel asleep for several hours, when he awoke the landscape had changed even more, now there was no mountains in sight, he saw for miles and miles on end rows of wheat, barley, and oats grown tall, he could see every village within two miles prop up from the land. He saw orchards of apple trees pass by, the houses with their little red roofs and charming attire. Farmers plowed and plowed the fields that swifly moved past, then the villages started getting bigger, soon the small roads of dirt changed to roads of pavement, the train chugged past rows and rows of houses, more houses and people than Aurther had ever seen in one place. His uncle tapped his shoulder and pointed out of his window, Aurther rushed over and upon looking out saw a huge gilded city. This must have been the "city of gold" he heard so much about, the bridges, the palaces, the grand buildings all melted into a scene of wonder. The people all started to look like his uncle now, the men wearing expensive looking suites, the women in long beautiful dresses. This was the capital of Lipton, his new home for most of his life.

Education and Fortune
Aurther was enrolled into Lahn Military Academy, where he would graduate a leader in military engineering, a second Leutenant in a sapper corps, and Valedictorian of his class. He would meet his best friend and future king, Travis. In addition, Aurther reorganized the Apfeldonian Conservative party, of which he would be a member.

Aurther was planning on staying in the sapper corps, until his uncle passed away, and Schwartz Industries was bequeathed to him. At that point Schwartz Industries was almost bankrupt, it was unable to sell enough product to keep it afloat, let alone make a profit. When Aurther took over, the Great War was on the verge of defeat, Aurther decided to manufacture for the military, this endeavor turned to be a very successful venture, and it made Schwartz Industries rich again. Three years into the war, King William II died, leaving the Crown Prince to ascend to the throne as King Travis III. Despite Schwartz Industries economic success, Apfeldonia was losing the war, fast. As a result, the King, Aurther's best friend from Lahn Military Academy sent him a letter of summoning; this letter urged him to join parliament, to represent Scrog, in ordered to be appointed as Prime Minister. Aurther did this and was elected on a landslide victory due to the King's patronage and his past ties to the now ruling Conservative party.

Prime Minister
In order to win the war, he had constantly  pestered for a military upgrade, which was allowed. Schwartz Industries was soon producing new tanks, airplanes, weapons, and even battleships for the military, with this the nation won the war. Aurther would continue to push for modernization of the nation, even to the point of using his political clout to intimidate parliament, whom was conservative to step down from certain major decisions. During the various uprisings and political turmoil years, Aurther pushed for an agressive and even brutal solution to the problem, he constantly insisted on military action and refused to let " a bunch of morons in masks run around bombing things because they dont get their way". He pressed for capital punishment on those found guilty of treason and terrorism and these tatics payed off, as this and the near death of the king won several years of peace and stability later on.

Resignation and later life
In 1953 he stepped down from the position of Prime Minister, he wrote a two hour long farewell speech. He would live out the rest of his days in the Schwartz Mansion in Lipton, he would constantly keep track of parliamentary news and even sometimes show up to charity fundraisers for various causes, he still lobbied for the ANWA and finally won out when compensation would be payed to northern families in the 1970s, after his death.

Legacy
He is viewed as one of the greatest modern figures in Apfeldonian history, he revolutionized technology and Industry, and used his wealth to better the country. He is known as the father of the modern Apfeldonian economy.

He had five children, three sons and two daughters. One son would go on to become Prime Minister in 1986. Another leader of Schwartz Industries, and the third Cheif of Staff in 1992.

Several places and things are named in his honour.

There is a statue of him in Industrial square, Lipton.

Several streets bearing his name can be found throughout the world

The battleship "AMS Aurther" is named in his honour

Aurther University of economics and engineering was named in his honour, he was also named their first dean.