Emperor Glenton Gryphon-Bush II
| Emperor Glenton Gryphon-Bush II | |||||
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| Reign | 2010- | ||||
| Coronation | 25th January 2010 | ||||
| Predecessor | Emperor Thaddeus Gryphon | ||||
| Heir apparent | Prince Glenton Gryphon-Bush III Philopator | ||||
| Born | 4 February 1979 Melbourne-Haven, Jackson; The Confederate Empire of West Phoenicia | ||||
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| House | House of Gryphon-Bush | ||||
| Father | Emperor Thaddeus Gryphon | ||||
| Mother | Juno Bush, Queen of West Phoenicia | ||||
| Religion | True Path Faith | ||||
Early Life
4th West Phoenicia Civil War (1993-1997)
After the death of Queen Juno in 1992, Prince Consort Thaddeus Gryphon assumed control of the West Phoenician throne. His duty was a transitional rule until Princess Aphrilis returned to West Phoenicia, for her coronation. As the late queen's eldest child she was next in line to rule.
Thaddeus's father, Emperor Niclas Gryphon of the Kingdom of Gryphon convinced his son to continue to rule and not hand over the Crown to his eldest step daughter. The Emperor pledged that the Kingdom of Gryphon would support his right to the throne.They even sent a battlion of soldiers to assist.
Emperor Thaddeus was able to bribe Most High Reverend Darius Mckay the reigning Pontifex to support his claim to the throne. Which he did and Thaddeus Gryphon was proclaimed king. He accused Princess Aphrilis and her husband of poisoning Queen Juno, who was loved by a huge portion of the population, so much so the West Phoenician government was able to keep Princess Aphrilis out of the country.
Princess Jezebel Bush-Tasman sided with her sister and convinced her husband who was a prince of The Kingdom of New Hobart to support a military intervention. Princess Aphrilis husband was also able to convince his homeland The Widemeadows Isles to support Aphrilis claim to the West Phoenician throne. In exchange they would compensate Widemeadows Isles with yearly gold and silver.
Prince Gai Bush sided with Emperor Thaddeus while Princess Clytemnestra, Princess Mariamne and Prince Jericho remained neutral.
After diplomatic talks broke down the sisters declared war on Thaddeus and the nation was plunged into war. The war lasted for 3 years until the sisters were able to gain the upperhand.
Emperor Thaddeus was forced to flee to his home in the Kingdom of Gryphon when the elder daughters of Queen Juno marched into West Phoenicia with their foreign armies to claim their birthright.
5th West Phoenicia Civil War (2008-2010)
In the year 2000, Queen Jezebel Bush-Tasman was now queen after planning an assassination attempt on her older sister's life who was under the impression the attack came from terrorist factions and not her own sister. Aphrilis and her family fled to the Kingdom of Widemeadows Isles her husbands native land after Aphrilis abdicated the West Phoenician throne. It would take a few years before Aphrillis learnt of her sister's treachery.
At the beginning under Princess Jezebel leadership, the nations economy, the agriculture industry grew. However large surpluses were exported to the Widemeadows Isles, and she filled the ranks of nobility with nobles from her husband's homeland. Once she gained a large amount of government support she turned into a tyrant ruling the country with an iron fist. She increased the number of crimes that people could be sent to the Prison Labor Program, an increased workforce that tripled tobacco, tea, coffee and other resources exports. However citizens began to hate her.
She fired all of the old Guard members of Congress, promoting those senators who fit her agenda and for those who spoke out they were either exiled or imprisoned.
She increased the military, keeping them well paid to ensure their loyalty and promoted loyalists to ranks of superiority. She created a large network of spies that kept tabs on disloyal members of the royal household who themselves were exiled if they stepped out of line.
When rumours reached her that the Kingdom of Gryphon was going to launch an attack to remove her from the throne she had Emperor Thaddeus Gryphon son and her half brother Glenton Bush II placed under house arrest with his whole family. Other family members were also questioned and placed under house arrest too.
She placed the media under her country and pushed out propaganda demonising her opponents and the Kingdom of Gryphon. She arranged for the destruction of the tobacco and tea plantations and accused enemies of the destruction. Calling on all loyal citizens to rise up against the enemy. Civil war finally exploded when she had innocent tourists from Gryphon arrested and executed for espionage.
Her brother, Prince Gai Bush escaped house arrest fled to his step father side in the Kingdom of Gryphon, he convinced the Kingdom of East Ivoria; his wife's nation of birth, of his wife's mistreatment at the hands of Queen Jezebel and was able to sway them to support The Kingdom of Gryphon in the attack on West Phoenicia. During the same time Prince Glenton Gryphon-Bush II second wife Alotta Diesel-Bush was able to smuggle out a letter after bribing a guard, the letter was sent to her father; the King of North Eden. She persuaded him to join The Kingdom of Gryphon war alliance.
A number of naval battles flared up, followed by a combined 3 nation alliance Airforce bombarding West Phoenicia. Before troops were to enter the nation, Queen Jezebel called for a peace treaty at the urging of her children before troops were going to be dispatched. Not wanting to be executed which she knew Emperor Thaddeus Gryphon would have called for, she called for peace on her terms.
She was given free passage for her and her family back to Widemeadows Isles. Within a year she was Queen Consort of the Kingdom of New Hobart after the death of their monarch and her husband was appointed king.
Emperor Thaddeus Gryphon was only to stay on as a transition rule where he would pass on the throne to his son. He produced a will stating Queen Juno had declared before her death that the offspring of her union with Thaddeus Gryphon would inherit the throne before the children of her first marriage.
Glenton Gryphon-Bush was installed onto the throne and stabilized the government and economy. He created new trade deals and new alliances. He lavished additional titles on family members and other loyalists. And gave the working class a tax break while working hand in hand with the government to improve conditions and infrastructure in the nation.