Arnulian

Arnulian (born Gunther Torwald Jackson) was en erinian politician and theorist who became the 10th Grand Protector of Erinia.

Earlier in his life, Arnulian had written many books and treaties where he praised the system of the commonwealth and the protectorate as the best possible system of government. In 1042 he was elected to parliament from the sub-province of Ruryala in the Lakedon Republic. Five years later he became the leader of the Preservist Faction. After the death of Grand Protector Marianus in a horsing accident without an appointed heir, it fell to the parliament to pick his successor. The debate came down to two candidates, Arnulian himself and Markus Harrison, leader of the Moderate Faction. Arnulian won the vote by 10 ballots out of 300 total.

Although Arnulian respected and honored the military of the commonwealth, he largely shifted the focus of the state towards the parliament and civil matters. He eased or outright lifted many trading restrictions between the new republics and improved the road system, greatly increasing the prosperity of the new republics in the Compact lands in particular. Arnulian also officially sanctioned over 80 arostrian colonies in Etria, a process that saw most of the Nulian inhabitants there either killed or forcefully removed. To combat this growing problem, Arnulian decreed that the Nulians would once and for all get their own homeland on Banyap island in the north of Dovania, renaming it to Nulia. In 1061, Nulia was officially made a republic of the commonwealth.

In 1063, whilst attending the 14th Spaltanic games, Arnulian was shot in the abdomen by a disgruntled soldier and died the next day. He was succeeded by his designated successor, Alexian.