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==Character Personality and Traits==
 
==Character Personality and Traits==
Lucien was unlike other members of his family up to this time, he was soft-spoken and intensely idealistic. He had excellent talent for charming people with his charisma, political maneuvering his opponents when in his arena of exercises, & politics. He is noted for having eyes that were unusual and also added to his charm: one being blue and the other green.<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 23 - "DELEGATE FROM NEW AVALON" - Duchess
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Lucien was unlike other members of his family up to this time, he was soft-spoken and intensely idealistic. He had excellent talent for charming people with his charisma, political maneuvering his opponents when in his arena of exercises, and politics. He is noted for having eyes that were unusual and also added to his charm: one being blue and the other green.<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 23 - "DELEGATE FROM NEW AVALON" - Duchess
 
Ariana Fulgess memoirs commenting on the future President's personality and his unusual eyes</ref>
 
Ariana Fulgess memoirs commenting on the future President's personality and his unusual eyes</ref>
  
==Character History==
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===Early Life & Political Career===  
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===Early Life and Political Career===  
 
Son of [[New Avalon]] Ambassador Jerome Davion and Jennifer DuVall (Daughter of then Prime Minister Nathan DuVall), Lucien took on the family tradition of family politics.<ref name=HDFS20>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', pp. 20-21 - "Hidden Counsel, Birth of a Federation, The Crucis Pact".</ref>   
 
Son of [[New Avalon]] Ambassador Jerome Davion and Jennifer DuVall (Daughter of then Prime Minister Nathan DuVall), Lucien took on the family tradition of family politics.<ref name=HDFS20>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', pp. 20-21 - "Hidden Counsel, Birth of a Federation, The Crucis Pact".</ref>   
  

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Lucien Davion
Character Profile
Born 2270
Died 2332
Affiliation House Davion
Profession President of the Federated Suns
Parents Jerome Davion[1] (father)
Jennifer DuVall[1] (mother)
Siblings Louis Davion
Charles Davion
Spouse Marie Fabler
Children Reynard Davion

Lucien Davion (Born 2270 - Died 2332) was a pre-Age of War New Avalon politician who later became the first President of the Federated Suns.[2]

Character Personality and Traits

Lucien was unlike other members of his family up to this time, he was soft-spoken and intensely idealistic. He had excellent talent for charming people with his charisma, political maneuvering his opponents when in his arena of exercises, and politics. He is noted for having eyes that were unusual and also added to his charm: one being blue and the other green.[3]

History

Early Life and Political Career

Son of New Avalon Ambassador Jerome Davion and Jennifer DuVall (Daughter of then Prime Minister Nathan DuVall), Lucien took on the family tradition of family politics.[4]

Lucien's younger brother, Louis Davion, proposed that he should marry a woman from the politically connected Fabler family; The marriage designed by Louis to assist his older brother become Deputy Prime Minister. He married Marie Fabler and the couple gave birth to their son, Reynard.[4]

In 2307, Lucien was appointed Deputy Prime Minister by his childless uncle, Prime Minister Martin DuVall, who educated him in the Ministry of New Avalon. After the accidental death of his uncle in 2309[5], Lucien was elected to the office of Prime Minister of New Avalon within a week. His ascendance to office marked the end of the DuVall family's dominance in planetary leadership and marked the beginning of the Davion dynasty. Lucien then began rapid industrialization of the planet.

With a week of gaining office, Lucien consolidated his position. Through his years in politics, he had established a reputation of being honorable and having strong principles, earning him respect among allies and foes alike. (Even his strongest critics and those who hated him did not suggest he had something to do with his uncle's unfortunate death.[4]) He put forth an agenda to cement treaties and trade agreements with regional worlds, which were collectively called at 'The Crucis Reach'.[4]

However, in 2314, the Terran Alliance's election turned to violence which echoed through space as the Terran Alliance Civil War. It came to an end in 2316 when the Alliance Global Militia’s Fleet Admiral James McKenna seized control of a nation flung into chaos. McKenna was elected as Director-General, declared the formation of the Terran Hegemony, and began a military campaign to reign in worlds that were once part of now defunct Terran Alliance. This prompted Lucien to begin a whirlwind tour of the Crucis Reach, where he proposed mutual trade and defense pacts among the worlds near New Avalon. Using the threat of Terran aggression and the possibility of falling under dictatorship[5], he traveled to numerous worlds, including the seven worlds of the Muskegon Empire, calling on all to join his Crucis Pact summit.[4]

In 2317, leaders from 23 worlds journeyed to New Avalon where they heard Davion propose a new federation of nations, with all members as partners. This Crucis Pact would provide protection against threats abroad and increase trade between worlds. Twenty of the worlds' leaders agreed to join on the same day[5], and Lucien was elected president of the newborn Federated Suns.

As the President of the Federated Suns & Chesterton Conflict

Within one year of the formation of the Suns, President Lucien received word from his associates from the Muskegon Empire, that Jehan Achmeed, Commander of Muskegon, would have his nation join the Suns.

However, not all went as planned, as the Achmeed family's iron-fisted rule of the Muskegon Empire did not sit well with many. With Achmeed joining the Suns, the worlds of Beten Kaitos and Emerson joined their Empire's trading partner, The Chesterton Trade Federation.[4][5]

President Lucien moved peace keeping troops to the rebellious worlds, but the Chesterton government was determined to keep them. With aid from their allies in the Tikonov Grand Union, Chesterton troops landed and easily pushed the untested Suns troops from the worlds, triggering the Federated Suns-Chesterton Trade League Conflict, the FedSun's first interstellar war as a nation.

During the conflict, Lucien's lack of skill in military leadership became apparent, as was the un-readiness of the Sun's troops. For three year, the campaign to take control of the two worlds raged with them changing hands several times. Yet in the end, the war gave the FedSuns its first defeat[4][5], showing the Federated Suns to have a weak military, despite its economic might.

In 2324, a small coalition of worlds located in the Crucis Reach called the Marlette Association joined the FedSuns. The Associates felt the pressures of two powerful nations: the Terran Hegemony and the Tikonov Grand Union. The small coalition's fusion with the Suns emboldened Lucien's nation, but the Marlette Associates' problems with the Tikonov Union became the FedSun's war. The battle for Almach, Mesartim, and Mira ended in Union's victory, and again Lucien's wartime leadership ability cemented Sun's bad reputation as weak fighters.

Capellan Zone Border Wars

Despite the two previous conflicts, the expansion of the Federated Sun's border region continued. However, the Sun's Rimward March became a hot bed of conflict with its neighbors from the Capellan Zone. The CapellanZone, a hodgepodge of smaller nations, began the Capellan Zone Border Wars in a bid to take the rich resource worlds that lay between them.[5]

Lucien used his ambassadors and diplomats to convince the Terran Hegemony to assist in dealing with the Zone's military advances. The conflicts left quite an impression on Lucien, as he felt every military loss burden him through the rest of his presidency.

End of the Presidency and his Legacy

The burdens of office laid heavily on Lucien, and he stepped down from the post of President in 2332, handing the reins of office to his brother Charles. Within three months, he grew ill from the guilt of the difficult decisions he had made, and what could have been. On his death bed, he sent a letter to his son Reynard who was serving in the FedSun's expeditions into the St. Ives frontier. In his letter, he warned his son that his family's method of domination and the machines they've used to control New Avalon would not work for rest of the nation. He suggested that things must change if anything of worth was to be achieved. A letter which in noted for being prophetic.[4]

Quotes

Our one world cannot stand alone any longer; we must reach out, forge new bonds, and seek friends among the stars, so that our children can stay strong and free.
  — Lucien Davion in a speech in support of the Crucis Pact, 2317[6]
I see a day when the Mother of Worlds will acknowledge that her children have surpassed her, when the Children of the Stars shall claim a rightful place as equals-rather than as colonial subjects-alongside the Children of Earth. I see a time of peace and prosperity embracing not one world, but a thousand worlds. Most of all, I see a day when unity in the common cause of freedom will create an age when no world need suffer from hardships or famines or internal strife, because a thousand brother-worlds will be standing by to provide the support needed to weather the bad times or to enjoy the good.
  — Lucien Davion, from a speech to the New Avalon Chamber of Deputies, 2317[7]

Title and Position

Preceded by Prime Minister of New Avalon
2309[2]-2317[2]
Succeeded by
Preceded by
none
President of the Federated Suns
2317[2]-2332[2]

23172332President

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 17
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Handbook: House Davion, p. 106, "Leaders of the Federated Suns"
  3. House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 23 - "DELEGATE FROM NEW AVALON" - Duchess Ariana Fulgess memoirs commenting on the future President's personality and his unusual eyes
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 House Davion (The Federated Suns), pp. 20-21 - "Hidden Counsel, Birth of a Federation, The Crucis Pact".
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Handbook: House Davion, pp. 16,19-20 - "A New Era in Avalon, The Crucis Pact,Muskegon and Chesterton, Marlette and Tikonov, Capellan Zone Border Wars, End of a Reign, Beginning of a Dynasty".
  6. House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 19, "The Crucis Pact"
  7. House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 21, "A Dream Fulfilled"

Bibliography