Supreme Leader Benthamic

Benthamic
Homeworld:	Earth
Height:	2 meters
Age:	106
Distinguishing features:	Cyan skin, bright red eyes, jet black hair
Affiliation:	Polarian Empire/Second Advent
Personality type:	ENTJ
Spouse:	Merkon
Children:	MC Zoomer, Sips II, "the Donald"

     

Part of the Chiss article series.

"Nonsense repeated does not become the truth."

Supreme Leader Benthamic, born Rraq'agathi'biashas, is the current reigning dictator of the Polarian Empire. A leader as influential and cunning as he is unpredictable and imposing, Benthamic commands the militant Second Advent with an iron fist and is looked upon with envy by his numerous children, the Chiss, and foreign humans alike.

Benthamic, along with several real-world leaders such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Julius Caesar belongs to the ENTJor "Commander," personality type.

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Biography

Benthamic was born 1910 GWY in modern day Wishkah, a region long occupied by ambitious Chiss conquerors. The son of two wealthy aristocrats, Benthamic quickly proved himself to be a step above his contemporaries, easily rising to the top of his classes and beyond with a keen interest in the subjects of science, history, and military strategy. He maintained a distant, almost businesslike relationship with his father which was only strained further after the untimely death of his mother, who died due to heart complications, which wounded him deeply. When given the opportunity to enroll in the prestigious Nytorb Institute in far-off Actias at the age of 16, Benthamic quickly obliged.

Benthamic fit in well with the intellectual minds at the Institute, so much so that he was approached by a senior student to join the secret Blackstar Society, a noble gathering of only the wealthiest and highest performing students at Nytorb. It was there that Benthamic began to nurture his disdain for the genetically and intellectually inferior, and the contacts he gained in the Society would be instrumental in his eventual rise to power in the Chiss political system.

To no one's surprise, Benthamic graduated as the greatest performing student in years, scoring particularly well in the field of military strategy. For his undeniable potential, Benthamic was enlisted into the Grand Army of the Chiss Descendancy, where he served for a mere two years before ascending to the rank of Lieutenant.

Lieutenant Benthamic became one of the most valued military officials in the Grand Army, facilitating countless Chiss victories in the many wars Lord Fog (the current Chiss Emperor) would wage in the ensuing years. However, on more than one occassion, Benthamic was forced to lead his troops into battles he knew he could not win; he began to grow tired of Fog's recklessness. By the time he inevitably gained the rank of General, he was confident that the only solution was to personally assassinate Fog so that he may take the throne for himself.

The assassination transpired exactly according to Benthamic's design, but to his dismay, the very next day an armed coalition consisting of Mallandian and Edgelandian forces marched on The Chiss Descendancy to completely eradicate the Chiss species; as it happened, the nation's emergency nuclear launch codes died with Fog, and Benthamic was quickly running out of options. Gathering what loyal soldiers he could, the General fled Valencia and sought haven in the unexplored wilderness of Ormun.

While on Ormun, Benthamic, alongside the 3,000 Chiss he was able to rally to his cause, formed the Second Advent and set about mounting an offensive to retake Valencia and establish themselves as the new rulers of The Chiss Descendancy. After several decades of planning in the shadows, the Second Advent emerged once more in 1986 GWY and seized control of Valencia, offering the remaining Chiss there the option to either assimilate into the ranks of the Advent or be branded as traitors.

Unanimously, the Second Advent elected Benthamic as the first Supreme Leader of the newly formed Polarian Empire. Over the course of the next 20 years, Benthamic would lead the Chiss to a golden age of science and progress, all the while quietly devising a sinister plan to eradicate life as a whole and replace it with his own image.

Meanwhile, Benthamic realized he could no longer ignore the blossoming love between a rare human Second Advent commander, Merkon, and himself. The two married soon after he established himself as Supreme Leader and the two bore three children, all three of which eventually established their own nations at their father's encouragement.

"Fear the snake who thinks himself a dragon."

Personality and Traits

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