Maurice

nationality: = IstralMaurice was an Admiral of Istral during the Great War, before being exiled by King Flavian for his incompetence, foolishness, and endangering of the lives of his countrymen.

Invasion of Istral
Admiral Maurice was placed in charge of the fleet guarding the northeast Istralian coast, pitted directly against the brains and brawn of Valyria's Grand Commander Nystos. This fleet contained the bulk of the forces, an army led by Valyria's four greatest military commanders. Therefore, Maurice's task was of utmost importance, as the destruction of his fleet would most certainly mean Istral would be susceptible to invasion.

Unfortunately, Maurice led a smaller fleet than Admiral Ryley, and was no match for Nystos, who immediately subjected the Istralian ships to rain and lightning. Within an extremely short amount of time, Maurice made a fatal mistake by commanding the Istralians to raise a massive metal wall to block the oncoming fire, spanning over from one end of the fleet to the other. Lord Nystos took the golden opportunity, separating his fleet and maneuvering around as he gave the order "chain lightning"; the metal armor set up around the Istralian ships by Admiral Maurice caused the lightning to branch through all of the ships, conducting rather easily and utterly destroying the fleet meant to protect the nation.

Maurice called a retreat and ran for the shores along with the remaining survivors, fleeing from the battle back to Rasellan.

Exile
Upon returning to the capital and informing King Flavian of his disastrous failure, King Flavian was enraged; Maurice was thereby exiled from the Istralian military for staining the name of their nation, and berated, being called a failure and things of the like. Maurice retired to the Istralian countryside, where he began to live his new life as a farmer.

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The Second Great War (224 A.R.)
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Battle of the Anvil
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