Hello fellow Elyrians. My name is Andrew, or as most know me due to Discords of Elyria; Klaus Zervas. I was previously campaigning for the role of king and while I’m not dropping out of the race altogether, I’m switching my focus to a duchy spot, and putting my support behind another candidate; Violet.
Now, this said. That doesn’t mean i’m opposed to ending this at the top. While I’ve set a particular goal, if those who support me want to see me at the top and they make that happen; I will lead to the best of my ability, with my supporters and hopefully my competitors at my side to create a lasting story and a strong kingdom.
Who am I?
I’ve been following CoE since early november of ‘16. I’m currently a count in Tyria on NA-west.
When I first started participating in the Discords of Elyria, I had joined Aranor along with my SO on east, but ended up moving west with them shortly later. Which, lead to us meeting Zalfira, a then to-be Queen, who due to certain circumstances chose to settle at the Duke level, and joined Tyria. I followed her there, and I’ve since become part of her council. At this point, not only is she my duchess but she’s also become a very close friend.
Outside of Chronicles of Elyria, I’m a 23 year-old cook, who’s been a gamer and a computer nerd as long as I can remember. I currently work full time as a cook, who also doubles as a waiter, at a fairly new restaurant that specializes in chicken tenders. I’m also the COO of a small multimedia development company.
Over the past few years, I’ve worn several different hats in different communities, from community moderator of a few small games, to head admin of a few different forum RPGs, to a manager at a restaurant/bar while living up north. I’ve also doubled as an advisor and leader of small gaming groups and guilds in various games.
Why I chose to back Violet instead of running for king solo
While I feel I could do a pretty good job as a king, I also feel my strengths lie greater in being a step down, leading a smaller group of people and acting as an advisor to the archduchess and her king. With their current plans, and the conversations I’ve had with them and other members of the new community; I feel that they currently hold one of, if not the best plans to secure not only a strong community, but a lasting one. Between Violet, Phyllain, and the people they have working with them; both other participants in the contest, and outside parties I feel they have a well rounded group that serve to create one strong unit, with a variety of strengths.
I feel I’d be able to aid violet and the others on the ducal council in creating a lasting story and a strong kingdom, and i feel that us working together from the beginning will lead to a stronger union and a better chance of a long lasting kingdom then us running separately and trying to mix ideals after the competition is over.
The Duchy
My plan is to focus primarily on agricultural and crafting, to support communities inside the duchy that wish to either till their farms, care for their animals, or utilize the crafting systems(and by this I both mean actual crafting of items such as weapons and armor, as well as things such as alchemy and the like).
However, as a duke I’m also aware that a strong military is also important,to aid in the safety of the duchy and the kingdom as a whole. While I have no current ties to any specific PvP groups, I welcome any who wish to speak with me.
On a rules and regulations standpoint, the duchy will follow any laws decided by the queen(or king). After that, duchy wide laws will be worked out as we learn more about the systems we’ll have to work with by myself and a group of advisors that will include a mix of chosen and elected officials.
As far as guilds and schools go, I hope to house several within the duchy. And as long as they were willing to work with me and my council, I would have no problem coming to a mutual agreement with them for aid in return for an equal return. Beyond that, if a school or guild wants to form within the duchy, I have no problem with so, be it they want to work with me, or just as an entity within my dukedom.
What about taxes? Well, in my personal opinion we know far too little about how the tax systems will work for me to give a concrete answer to how I plan to go about taxes. However, that said; I don’t plan to create a burden on either myself or the duchy. So short of you presenting me with a very good reason I don’t foresee me willingly accepting “tax free havens.” However, if you can manage to create on within my duchy and i don’t find out? Go ham, just know that if it comes under my radar, I will do something about it to whatever extent my powers as a duke can. Now this doesn’t mean I plan to tax my community to hell. Once we learn more about how the systems will work, I’d sit down with my council and will work out a fair taxation system that while offers the necessary resources to both the duchy and the kingdom as a whole.
Organized Religion. Personally, I plan to work within the lore of the tribe and biome that my duchy lands in. That said, I will not be forcing others to follow said religion, at least nothing beyond what current lore states. If per say, the lore states that the religion my main tribe is finds other religious practices to be abomination, I will likely play the part of such.
Personal Play Style
Now I’ve touched on several various topics here, but not really what my personal preferences are. Now note, these preferences will not impact the duchy. I am completely willing to sacrifice my own preference for the good of the duchy and the kingdom. Community is by far more important to me then most of these topics.
As far as tribe goes, my preference is as follows Dras > Kypiq > Waerd. Now an important note, this statement is based off of information we have today, that could very well change as we get to play Vox and the various test phases. However, if land selection were tomorrow and i was able to pick what ever tribe I wanted. That would be the choice order I would go by.
Outside of running the duchy, my goals are to focus primarily on the cooking mechanics. The concepts of being able to make a living working as a chef in game was actually the concept that originally brought me to want to learn more about CoE.
Klaus as King
Now, with all the above stated; while my personal goal is to be a duke. If enough people wanted it, and the token count reflected as such. I would still be willing to take up the mantle of king. I would run it very similar to i plan to run my duchy. With systems in place for various councils, with my own duchy focusing primarily as what was stated previously.
My relationships with the other runners, would as long as they were willing remain the same, with myself willing and hopeful to work together with them to create a strong kingdom.
Contact Me
Have any further questions? Just want to chat with me? See who I am? Well come hang out with me in my discord.
My Discord
Other Links
Violet’s Campaign Post
Violet’s Discord
