Post by vitalregions on Apr 28, 2011 9:18:01 GMT
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Name --- Gilbert Beilschmidt
Nation --- Königreich Preußen ( Kingdom of Prussia )
Aliases --- Pru, Gil, East,
Apparent age --- 20
Actual age --- 820
Gender --- Male
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Eye color --- Dark red.
Hair color --- Usually framed between platinum blond, white and silver.
Height --- 1.77 cm ( 5’9’’ ft. )
Weight --- 143 lbs
Skin tone --- Fragile, quite easy to be harmed.
Defining features ---
Out of them all, Gilbert’s eyes and hair are usually the ones that draw attention. His hair is an interesting combination between platinum blond and silver, however when mixing it with his red eyes, which always look as if carving for blood, you’ll get the impression of a cruel, merciless man.
Additional features ---
Not the tallest of people, Gilbert is usually framed as a weak, young man. When that is pointed out to him, Gilbert would usually just snort or laugh, stating the fact that even if he is like that, he is still a strong man, with a positive character. At first glance, you would usually judge Gilbert as a skinny person, since he is usually seen to wear a deep blue military uniform, which covers the slightest shapes of his body. When he actually doesn’t wear it, his well-toned body can be noticed.
Gilbert considers himself to be handsome with rebel features, meaning that the others must agree with him no matter what. Another interesting thing is that his short hair cut into a nice shape varies between platinum blond, white or silver, this way his face and pale skin being accentuated. Along with this, his blood-red eyes match perfectly with his devilish grin, thus giving the impression of cruelty, which is usually used for his own purposes.
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Personality ---
Upon judging from first impression, you can tell that Gilbert has a ridiculously huge ego. He is a narcissistic, it goes without saying, always taking his time to compliment himself, repeating how ‘awesome’ he is and whatnot, he'll say it to anyone's face who thinks otherwise and do whatever it takes to prove it. As a person, it is quite obvious that he is smart enough to figure out that he is only trying to convince himself to someone he's really not. As a dark individual, he knows when the fights need to end up. Even so, despite his egoistical ways, he is a sensitive person.
Prussia is drastically different than what he appears to be, mainly because he carries the Prussian values into his personality. He does appear to believe that he is always right, yet most take him at face value and do not realize the strict standard the other holds himself to. He enjoys seeing other people twitch, and will do anything to get a rise out of someone; he's a master at teasing people and getting them riled up. He does resemble Germany quite a bit, though that thing is never to be noticed except of the fact that both of them are really strict when it comes to serious matters.
Most of the time Gilbert appears to be a bad man with cruel intentions, though he does this for his own interest and defence. His fear of being useless is great enough that even the simplest of insults implying it can send him into a depressed spiral that's hard to pull himself out of. He grins when he's sad and tucks any negative feelings away until he's ready to burst, and it is likely this which is the cause of his quick temper. He can hold a grudge for years on end, but he can forgive and forget just as quickly as he gets upset; it all depends on the situation. He's unpredictable, and he likes it that way.
Behind his obnoxious personality Gilbert is as loyal as they come. If he has someone he really cares about, be it just a friend or that special someone, he'll lay his life down without a second thought to keep them safe. He would still tease them to the point, but he would never have an ill-intent behind it. Cutting a little deeper, he’s someone you can always rely on, and he’s always there. Most ignore the fact that the lazy, nothing to care about, oddball albino, is always doing something. Once he finds someone he cares about, he'll latch on and do anything it takes to keep that bond safe. No matter what the price, his loved ones [as few as he has] mean the world to him.
Likes ---
• Pancakes – especially if they are with maple, he loves them!
• Being awesome – this is part of his ego, but truthfully he does enjoy it.
• Beer – Oktoberfest? Here comes the awesome me! How can you not love it?
• Being superior – Giving orders and seeing people obey him is one of the things that he loves the most.
• Germany - He couldn’t feel more proud of the fact that he did raise the once little nation.
• Birds – He has a strange liking in animals, especially birds. He even owns one and names it Gilbird.
• Teasing others – To get rid of the stress, he usually either tease or annoy people. Especially West.
• Being the centre of attention – Probably couldn’t live without it.
• Victory – Who wouldn’t love victory? Especially celebrating after it!
• Iron Cross – one of the most precious things.
• Old man Fritz – The best guy, according to him.
Dislikes ---
• Failure – Failure is boring and therefore not worth.
• Snow – He hates snow with passion, not only because it is cold, but it does bring back unwanted memories as well.
• Losing – Pretty much the opposite of victory.
• Being ordered around – He hates it because he thinks that he is the one to order people around.
• Being ignored – He’d explode if someone dared to ignore him.
• Being insulted – He could even use violence if someone insulted him.
• Sunflowers – He had seen them around, maybe even consider them to be beautiful. But he doesn’t like them because Russia takes a great liking in them. And he hates anything related to that bastard.
• Vodka – The scent of vodka is enough to drive him crazy, which is why he should be kept away from it.
• Cooking – He can’t handle cooking at all, that’s why he lets Germany do it most of the time.
• Austria – Those two could never get along, no matter what.
Fears ---
• That one day he would end up on his own. ( in the snow. )
• Being forgotten by everyone.
• Losing the little he has left.
• Being hated by Germany.
Lesser known facts ---
• Because of some tragic, unwanted events that took place in the past, Gilbert’s personality is sort of twisted, meaning he can be set off the wrong way quite easily. His reactions can be so bad that if he tends to fall into a state of shock it would be very difficult of him to snap out of it, especially if fears are provoked.
• He is a pervert, seriously. Especially when it comes to BDSM, his nature comes out. And if he drinks too, then.... it can turn into a pretty messy situation.
• He is a narcissist. He could spend a whole day staring at himself in the mirror and just admiring his fine looks and take every single chance to compliment himself.
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History ---
Child – Teutonic Knight Era. (Until he was around 10.)
• In 1211 Andrew II of Hungary granted Burzenland in Transylvania as a fiefdom to the Teutonic Knights
• In 1225, Andrew II expelled the Teutonic Knights from Transylvania, and they had to transfer to the Baltic Sea
• In 1226 Duke Konrad I of Masovia invited the Teutonic Knights, a German military order of crusading knights, headquartered in the Kingdom of Jerusalem at Acre, to conquer the Baltic Prussian tribes on his borders.
• In 1237 the Livonian Brothers of the Sword joined the Teutonic Order, controlling Livonia and western Latvia.
• In 1356 The Hanseatic League is officially formed.
• In 1410 after Poland and Lithuania allied, the Knights are defeated in the Battle of Grunwald.
• In 1454 The Thirteen Years Old war took its place, when the Prussian Confederation, a coalition of Hanseatic cities of western Prussia, rebelled against the Order and requested help from the Polish king. It lasted until 1466 when The Teutonic Knights were forced to acknowledge the sovereignty of and to pay tribute to King Casimir IV Jagiellon of Poland in the Second Peace of Thorn, losing western Prussia (Royal Prussia) to Poland in the process.
• In 1525, Grand Master Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach, a member of a cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern, became a Lutheran Protestant and secularised the Order's remaining Prussian territories into the Duchy of Prussia.
Teen- Brandenburg-Prussia (From 11 to 17.)
• In 1568 to 1618 Anna, granddaughter of Albert I and daughter of Duke Albert Frederick married her cousin Elector John Sigismund of Brandenburg.
• In 1641 Frederick William I went to Warsaw to render homage to King Władysław IV Vasa of Poland for the Duchy of Prussia, which was still held in fief from the Polish crown.
• In 1657, the treaties of Wehlau and Bromberg were renewed by the Polish king in the treaties of Wehlau and Bromberg.
Adult-Kingdom of Prussia ( 18 + )
• On 18 January 1701, Frederick William's son, Elector Frederick III, upgraded Prussia from a duchy to a kingdom and crowned himself King Frederick I
• Between 1713 and 1740 Frederick I was succeeded by his son, Frederick William I.
• The king died in 1740 and was succeeded by his son, Frederick II, whose accomplishments led to his reputation as "Frederick the Great".
• In 1740 the Silesian Wars have begun. The First Silesian war took place between 1740 and 1742 and the Second Silesian War between 1744 and 1745.
• The two wars are grouped together and called The War of Austrian Succession which lasted until 1748.
• In 10th April 1741, Frederick defeated the Austrian Army and conquered Lower Silesia. The next year he also conquered Upper Silesia.
• On October 1st Frederick won a victory over Austria at the Battle of Lobositz.
• On November 3, 1760 Frederick won another battle—the decisive battle—the Battle of Torgau.
• In 1744 the County of East Frisia fell to Prussia following the extinction of its ruling Cirksena dynasty.
• In the last 23 years of his reign until 1786, Frederick II, who understood himself as the "first servant of the state", promoted the development of Prussian areas such as the Oderbruch.
• In 1772, Frederick II built up Prussia's military power and participated in the First Partition of Poland with Austria and Russia.
Napoleonic Wars
• During the reign of King Frederick William II (1786–1797), Prussia annexed additional Polish territory through further Partitions of Poland.
• Prussia took a leading part in the French Revolutionary Wars, but remained quiet for more than a decade due to the Peace of Basel of 1795, only to go once more to war with France in 1806 as negotiations with that country over the allocation of the spheres of influence in Germany failed.
• Under the Treaties of Tilsit in 1807, the state lost about one third of its area, including the areas gained from the second and third Partitions of Poland, which now fell to the Duchy of Warsaw.
• The school system was rearranged, and in 1818 free trade was introduced. The process of army reform ended in 1813 with the introduction of compulsory military service.
• After the defeat of Napoleon in Russia, Prussia quit its alliance with France and took part in the Sixth Coalition during the "Wars of Liberation" (Befreiungskriege) against the French occupation
• Prussian troops under Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher contributed crucially in the Battle of Waterloo of 1815 to the final victory over Napoleon.
• Prussia's reward in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna was the recovery of her lost territories, as well as the whole of the Rhineland, Westphalia, and some other territories.
• Prussia emerged from the Napoleonic Wars as the dominant power in Germany, overshadowing his long-time rival Austria, which had abdicated the imperial crown in 1806.
• In 1815 Prussia became part of the German Confederation.
• Because of Prussia's size and economic importance, smaller states began to join its free trade area in the 1820s.
• Prussia benefited greatly from the creation in 1834 of the German Customs Union (Zollverein), which included most German states but excluded Austria.
• In 1848 the liberals saw an opportunity when revolutions broke out across Europe. Alarmed, King Frederick William IV agreed to convene a National Assembly and grant a constitution.
• The Frankfurt Parliament was forced to dissolve in 1849, and Frederick William issued Prussia's first constitution by his own authority in 1850.
Wars of Unification:
• In 1862 King Wilhelm I appointed Otto von Bismarck as Prime Minister of Prussia.
• Bismarck curried support from large sections of the people by promising to lead the fight for greater German unification.
• He guided Prussia through three wars which together brought William the position of German Emperor.
Schleswig Wars:
• The Kingdom of Denmark was at the time in personal union with the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, both of which had close ties with each other, although only Holstein was part of the German Confederation.
• Prussia led the German Confederation against Denmark in the First War of Schleswig (1848–1851).
• Because Russia supported Austria, Prussia also conceded predominance in the German Confederation to Austria in the Punctation of Olmütz in 1850.
• In 1863, Denmark introduced a shared constitution for Denmark and Schleswig.
• In 1864, Prussian and Austrian forces crossed the border between Holstein and Schleswig initiating the Second War of Schleswig.
• In the resulting Gastein Convention of 1865 Prussia took over the administration of Schleswig while Austria assumed that of Holstein.
Austro-Prussian War:
• Bismarck realized that the dual administration of Schleswig and Holstein was only a temporary solution, and tensions rose between Prussia and Austria.
• Prussia sides with Italy, most north German states, and some smaller central German states.
• The Prussian troops win the crucial victory at the Battle of Königgrätz under Helmuth von Moltke the Elder.
• Prussia defeats Hanover in the Battle of Langensalza.
• In 1866, Prussia annexed four of Austria's allies in northern and central Germany—Hanover, Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), Nassau and Frankfurt.
• Prussia also wins full control of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Prussia impelled the 21 states north of the Main River into forming the North German Confederation.
• Prussia's near-total control over the confederation was secured in the constitution drafted for it by Bismarck in 1867.
• Mutual defence treaties were concluded. However, the existence of these treaties was kept secret until Bismarck made them public in 1867, when France tried to acquire Luxembourg.
Franco-Prussian Wars:
• The controversy with the Second French Empire over the candidacy of a Hohenzollern to the Spanish throne was escalated both by France and Bismarck.
• The government of Napoleon III, expecting another civil war among the German states, declared war against Prussia, continuing Franco-German enmity.
• German states joined forces and quickly defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.
• Following victory under Bismarck's and Prussia's leadership, Baden, Württemberg, and Bavaria — which had remained outside the North German Confederation — accepted incorporation into a united German Empire.
• On 18 January 1871, William was proclaimed "German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles outside Paris, while the French capital was still under siege.
German Empire:
• The constitution of the German Empire was a slightly amended version of the North German Confederation's constitution.
• Officially, the German Empire is a federal state.
• The Imperial German Army is, in practice, an enlarged Prussian army, although the other kingdoms (Bavaria, Saxony, and Württemberg) retained their own armies.
• The imperial crown was a hereditary office of the House of Hohenzollern, the royal house of Prussia.
• At age 29, William became Emperor William II after a difficult youth and conflicts with his British mother.
The Free State of Prussia in the Weimar Republic:
• Because of the German Revolution of 1918, William II abdicated as German Emperor and King of Prussia.
• Prussia was proclaimed a "Free State" within the new Weimar Republic and in 1920 received a democratic constitution.
• The German government seriously considered breaking up Prussia into smaller states, but eventually traditionalist sentiment prevailed and Prussia became by far the largest state of the Weimar Republic, comprising 60% of its territory.
• From 1919 to 1932, Prussia was governed by a coalition of the Social Democrats, Catholic Centre, and German Democrats; from 1921 to 1925, coalition governments included the German People's Party.
• The Nazi Party in 1932 became the largest party in most parts of the Free State of Prussia.
• The East Prussian Otto Braun, who was Prussian minister-president almost continuously from 1920 to 1932, is considered one of the most capable Social Democrats in history.
• The government of the Reich unseated the Prussian government on 20 July 1932, under the pretext that the latter had lost control of public order in Prussia.
The End of Prussia:
• The Reichstag election of March 5, 1933 strengthened the position of the Nazi Party, although they did not achieve an absolute majority.
• Because the Reichstag building had been set on fire a few weeks earlier, the new Reichstag was opened in the Garrison Church of Potsdam on March 21, 1933 in the presence of President Paul von Hindenburg.
• In a propaganda-filled meeting between Hitler and the Nazi Party, the "marriage of old Prussia with young Germany" was celebrated, to win over the Prussian monarchists, conservatives, and nationalists and induce them to vote for the Enabling Act of 1933.
• In Prussia, this centralistic policy went even further. From 1934 almost all ministries were merged and only a few departments were able to maintain their independence.
• Hitler himself became formally the governor of Prussia.
• Prussia was extended on 1 April 1937, for instance, by the incorporation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck.
• The Prussian lands transferred to Poland after the Treaty of Versailles were re-annexed during World War II.
• With the end of Nazi rule in 1945 came the division of Germany into Zones of Occupation, and the transfer of control of everything east of the Oder-Neisse line, (including Silesia, Farther Pomerania, Eastern Brandenburg, and southern East Prussia), to Poland, with the northern third of East Prussia, including Königsberg, now Kaliningrad, going to the Soviet Union.
• In Law #46 of February 25, 1947 the Allied Control Council formally proclaimed the dissolution of Prussia.
• In the Soviet Zone of Occupation, which became East Germany in 1949, the former Prussian territories were reorganised into the states of Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, with the remaining parts of the Province of Pomerania going to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
• In the Western Zones of occupation, which became West Germany in 1949, the former Prussian territories were divided up among North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Schleswig-Holstein. Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern were later merged with Baden to create the state of Baden-Württemberg.
• After German reunification in 1990, a plan was developed to merge the States of Berlin and Brandenburg. Though some suggested calling the proposed new state "Prussia", no final name was proposed, and the combined state would probably have been called either "Brandenburg" or "Berlin-Brandenburg". However this proposed merger was rejected in 1996 by popular vote, achieving a majority of votes only in former West Berlin.
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Age --- 16
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