Krévelt iś Esteren-Jaturnenlat

Krévelt iś Esteren-Jaturnenlat (jaturnian: [ˈkɾevelt iʃ ˈeʃteɾen jaˈtuɾnenlat], Téreslat, 1926/08/03) is a torberian politician and former Épirgarda officer. He is known for his de-facto leadership of both the Torberian Council and the Hardliner wing of the Séltet Party and is considered by the reformists to be the biggest obstacle to a Torberian liberalization. During the purge, his position as an important member of the Épirgarda and his friendly relations with several prominent reformists allowed to avoid being charged with treason. He was the governor of Jaturnia from 1955 until 1968, when he got promoted into the Torberian Council. Thanks to his connections to the Épirgarda and political influence, he had managed to consolidate a conservative-hardliner bloc which holds a majority in the Torberian Council.

First years and Séltism
Krévelt was born in Jaturnia to an upper class Jaturnian noble family in the small village of Téreslat. Krévelt spent most of his early life in Jaturnia, studied in the Krûselam of Jaturnenlat before finally studying law in a local university. There, he gained a fascination for the Séltet system, becoming a devout supporter of Kêbrennt. His zealous attitude led him to requesting the governor of Jaturnia, a prominent member of the Épirgarda, whether he could join the organization's ranks. As Krévelt later described, it was a "reluctant agreement", as Krévelt's expirience with actual arms and combat was lacking. Considering the young Krévelt to be a foreign spy because of his suspicious loyalty to Kêbrennt, he senthim to the K-Épirgarda, a branch of the Épirgarda more close to the regular army than to the Épirgarda itself.

Before the Governorship
After joining the Épirgarda in 1947, he quickly rose through the ranks thanks to his connections to the Torberian nobility and the Lészer himself. Few things are known about this period of his life, due to the secretiveness of the organiation, but it is known that he joined the Jaturnian Security Council in 1950, and became it's leader in 1953 or 1954. Around the same time, during his service in Jaturnenlat, he managed to kill several leaders of the Jaturnenlat uprising, and even capturing the leader of the separatist movement. This gave him a lot of support within the Épirgarda and the civilian government. His efforts in maintaining Torberia's grip over Jaturnia earned him the governor's trust, who secretly appointed Krévelt as his successor in early 1955. A few months later, the governor was killed in a car bomb terrorist attack by the LJSZ. Despite only serving in Épirgarda for 8 years, he became the new governor of Jaturnia, being recognized by Kêbrennt soon after.

Consolidation of his Jaturnian governorship
Krévelt started his governorship from tightening his grip on the Jaturnian population, expanding the Jaturnian Épirgarda and establishing it as the Jaturnian default law enforcement force, sidelining the reformist-filled TRM. Then, he began the process of "smoking out" political separatists by starting political repressions against possible co-conspirators and executing most of the separatist prisoners, actively using his power to threaten not only Jaturnian terrorists, but moderate political dissidents. He was the sole founder of Jaturnian Séltet Foundation, which rewarded his supporters (pro-seltet teachers, bureaucrats, mayors, his own soldiers, etc), intending to show that collaboration was a better choice than rebellion. During the Third Jaturnian Uprising, Krévelt "deliberately and consciously" violated multiple inter-Velizkan peace conventions, as well as using a human wave tactic, which resulted in thousands of deaths on the Jaturnian side. After that, he initiated another massive wave of repressions rebels and his political opposition, killing the last known rebel leaders in Jaturnia.

A return to normality
Following subsequent reign of terror, Krévelt got an ultimatum from Vétlan, which demanded that he either lighten his grip on the province, or be deposed as governor of Jaturnia. Krévelt, not having anywhere near enough support to oppose Vétlan, reluctantly agreed to lighten his grip, returning to the pre-Krévelt moderate status quo. Krévelt re-allowed the mainland Torberian companies in Jaturnia, allying with the Sêuretkáltfirma, a known hardliner-aligned leader of industry, to revive the jaturnian metallurgic industry. During the next decade, the Torberian economic miracle finally reached Jaturnia, bringing the prosperity and industrial growth. This gave Krévelt much needed popular support, which made the governorate of Jaturnia a lot more stable than before. Staiblity allowed krévelt to loosen his political grip once again, mirroring the rest of Torberia in the process of liberalization while still being largely authoritarian. Krévelt's reform made him a lot more respected in the government, changing the image of Jaturnia from a desolate industrially undeveloped province within Torberia into a prosperous region vital for Torberia. The governor's sucesses in bringing progress to this region got him closer to Kêbrennt, which requested him to join the Torberian Council in 1968.

The Torberian Council
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