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This regularly found him in the campus brig, where he met a female cook named Lumi Mesikämmen, who he would marry later that year in 1898, and stay with until his death in 1947.
This regularly found him in the campus brig, where he met a female cook named Lumi Mesikämmen, who he would marry later that year in 1898, and stay with until his death in 1947.


Instead of being thrown out do to his penchant for fighting, the Headmaster of the Academy, one Admiral Julius Jokinen, who would later go on to be the namesake [[Active_Ships_of_the_Royal_Talvistovan_Navy#Admiral_Jokinen_Class_Carrier| of the only carrier in service with to Royal Talvistovan Navy.
Instead of being thrown out do to his penchant for fighting, the Headmaster of the Academy, one Admiral Julius Jokinen, who would later go on to be the namesake [[Active_Ships_of_the_Royal_Talvistovan_Navy#Admiral_Jokinen_Class_Carrier| of the only carrier in service with to Royal Talvistovan Navy]].

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Grand Marshall

Artemi Kapanen

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Grand Marshall Kapanen, 1946
Birth nameArtemi Matti Rasmus Kapanen
Nickname(s)"The Black Eagle of the Motherland"
BornOctober 16, 1880
Skudenesstrøm, Glyra, Kingdom of Talvistova
DiedDecember 10, 1947 (age 67)
Ljustad, Osta, Kingdom of Talvistova
AllegianceKingdom of Talvistova.png Kingdom of Talvistova
Service/branchRoyal Talvistovan Army
Years of service1902-1947
RankSotamarsalkka.svg Grand Marshall
Commands held2nd Lord's Cavalry, Guards of Bedrosia
Battles/warsFirst Great War, Second Great War
Awards
  • Order of Liberty, 1st Class
  • Grand Service Award
  • Cross of Bravery and Heroism, 2nd Class
  • Royal Unit Commendation
  • Order of the Kaiserreich (Englean Kaiserreich)
MemorialsKapanen Military College
Spouse(s)Lumi Mesikämmen
SignatureArtemi Kapanen's Signature.png

Grand Marshall Artemi Matti Rasmus Kapanen was a Talvistovan military leader. Kapanen served as an officer in the First Great War and then went on to serve as supreme commander of all Talvistovan Forces during the Second Great War.

In a military historical society survey 50 years after his death in 1997, he was rated as the greatest military leader in Talvistovan history, and the greatest talvistovan of all time, next to king Juren II. He is the only man in Talvistovan history to ever hold the ceremonial rank of Grand Marshall.

Early Life

Kapanen was born in the small town of Skudenesstrøm, in the province of Ostra, to Jemina & Emil Kapanen, as the youngest of 5 children. As a young man, Artemi showed promise as a marksman and soldier, as he won several provincial shooting contests as his youth, and his renowned skill hunting in the woods surrounding his home town. Due to this, in combination with his love of history and his ability in the youth corps (a JROTC equivalent), he earned an appointment to the Ostra Provincial Military academy, where he would study in order to be commissioned as a Junior Lieutenant in the Royal Talvistovan Army

Education and Early Military Career

Artemi was enrolled in the Ostra Provincial Military Academy at the age of 18 in 1898, where he would compete on the academy riflery team as well as it's wrestling team.

During his freshman year, Kapanen found several issues with his fellow students, due to his lack of family lineage, as it was wildly uncommon for anyone to gain entrance into a military academy without the a previous family member having attended it, as well as being from a tiny fairly irrelevant village in the mountains.

This regularly found him in the campus brig, where he met a female cook named Lumi Mesikämmen, who he would marry later that year in 1898, and stay with until his death in 1947.

Instead of being thrown out do to his penchant for fighting, the Headmaster of the Academy, one Admiral Julius Jokinen, who would later go on to be the namesake of the only carrier in service with to Royal Talvistovan Navy.