Avatar Lafayette

Avatar Lafayette was the first Avatar to Koloktos in the New World. Having been born during the most crucial turning point in New World history, Lafayette and his wife Victoria faced many challenges that in turn made the New World what it grew to be. Being the son of King Jay of Memphis, the son of Queen Beatrice of Evazia, and a decorated General in the Suffolkan military as well as a close friend of Suffolk's King Angelo, Lafayette quickly grew to be a very powerful and influential person in his time, and perhaps the most powerful person in history.

Childhood
Lafayette was born in Covington in the year 100 to King Jay and his mother Beatrice. His mother was the childhood lover of King Ralts of Evazia, but she was taken away during a Memphizian raid of the city at the beginning of Secondoguerra by Jay's army. The Centennial was a dark time for the world, as trade routes and exchange of information among nations were eliminated since all nations felt they would be safer existing on their own. Beatrice, fearing as well how her power hungry husband would raise her baby boy, used the chaos of the Centennial to run away from the city. She embarked on a year long journey all the way to Evazia with hopes to be reunited with Ralts.

Upon reaching the city of Evazia, she was turned away at the palace gates as none of the soldiers believed she had any connections with the King, writing her off as a crazed foreigner. Despite her several attempts at reuniting with Ralts, she and her son spent the first twelve years of their lives in Evazia living in poverty out in Evazia-West. Evazia-West is a poor district of the city where everyone lives in small homes built into stone walls along narrow creeks.

From an early age, Lafayette made it very clear how interested he was in world history and the stories of others, writing often in his childhood journal of the story of Santiago and Marius and how it is a metaphor for universal brotherhood. He speaks of the one hundred years before his birth as a fascinating time in history of which he "missed out on."

In his journal, Lafayette writes of the faithful day on which his entire life changed. The entire city, particularly those living in poverty, were invited to Evazia's Hall of Hope for a great feast hosted by the royal family. King Ralts himself pledged to attend the feast. Lafayette writes that during the feast he lost his mother and decided he would walk home and wait for her. It was on that walk home that he met little Victoria sitting atop the Bridge of Santiago, a large pedestrian bridge that stretches above the waterway running through the town center. She was sitting on the edge alone, which prompted Lafayette to go speak with her.

Victoria was friendly with Lafayette, despite revealing how sad she was on the inside. She told Lafayette that she was planning to jump off the bridge into the cold water stating that "when I'm cold I can't feel anything, so if I jump into the cold water I won't feel sad anymore." Victoria lost her family earlier that year to sickness and has been trying to sustain herself entirely on her own since then. Lafayette warned her that the cold water could get her sick and she could die, not realizing that the plunge from that height would kill her instantly anyway. She heeds his advice and goes home with him. Lafayette promises her that she could live with him and his mother.

Upon making it home with Victoria, Lafayette sees that his mother has not come home yet. Lafayette writes that the house was particularly cold that night, so he stole a torch from the Evazian peace memorial downtown, a torch that would not be replaced for several hundreds of years. After waiting at the house for many hours, Lafayette's mother rushes home after looking all over the city for her son. She informs Lafayette that they will be moving very soon, and Lafayette informs his mother that his new friend Victoria would be coming with them.

What Lafayette did not know was that King Ralts recognized his mother at the feast, and they were reunited at last. Ralts had remained unmarried with hopes of reuniting with his childhood love, and at last they were to be married. Lafayette did not realize he was moving into the palace until he was shown his new room. Lafayette describes moving into the palace as an overall negative experiencing, stating that Victoria's presence with him was the only good thing about his new life. He writes: "I hate it here, I want to leave." Lafayette and Victoria's rooms were across the hall from each other, a hall they shared on the second floor of the palace. At the end of his entry describing his new life at the palace, he writes that he finds no purpose in documenting his life anymore and would like to discard his journal. He does not pick up the journal again for another nine years.

Return to Memphis
Lafayette spends the next nine years of his life studying world history and languages, giving it his all to stay outside of the palace as much as he can. Lafayette and Victoria made it a habit of never being present at feasts, celebrations, and anything else to do with the crown or the palace. They would either manage to hide in some city bar or simply in the woodland outskirts of the city. Despite how often they would be in the city trying to blend it, it was too risky to develop any long term friendships with anyone. They mostly kept to themselves, but because of this they grew up rather secluded. They had no friends except each other.

In 121, that friendship was to grow even more. Word spreads around the palace that King Ralts thought it would be good if Lafayette and Victoria were to marry soon considering his poor health. Lafayette and Victoria upon hearing this from Beatrice did not protest despite never having disclosed any feelings for one another in their nine years together in the palace. Lafayette and Victoria discussed it in private, and agreed that they would indeed like to marry one another, and eventually rule Evazia together as King and Queen. The wedding would not happen immediately however as King Ralts requested for Lafayette to take a trip to Wellington and then Covington with his mother. He referred to it as a goodwill trip in troubled times, but the truth was Beatrice wanted Lafayette to come face to face with his true identity.

Because Lafayette is of Memphizian and Evazian royal blood, he has a claim to both thrones. King Jay never tried to have any other children because of his old age, and thus Lafayette was the only true heir to the Memphizian throne. King Ralts saw this as a potential opportunity to unite Evazia and Memphis, a plan Lafayette would not come to realize until he reached his father's throne room.

Before going to Covington though, Lafayette and his mother reached Wellington for a few meetings and tours. Lafayette quickly grew bored of the political talks and decided to have a look around alone. He knew Wellington was the old capital of Santiago, and hoped to find some of its history. Not only did he accomplish this, he managed to find the single most sought after document in the city: Santiago's Declaration of Nationhood, written by Santiago himself. Quickly realizing the value of this document, he knew he could not tell anyone and was determined to send it to wherever the Santigens moved after the invasion. What he did not personally understand was the document's significance as well as exactly how badly the Suffolkans wanted it. He even writes that he hopes to learn more of what the document really is during his time in Covington. Despite how much he studied in his life, he only studied Evazian books. During a visit to the battlefield of Primaguerra, Lafayette writes: "I'm realizing that I know absolutely nothing about this world of mine." It is in Wellington that Lafayette learned of the so-called "Era of Solitude" as well as the legend of Koloktos and the worldwide search for his first Avatar.

Before pressing on though, they were to go to Covington to meet with their King Jay. They arrive at dawn, and immediately Lafayette is amazed at the city's beauty. His amazement quickly diminishes as the true nature of this trip begins to reveal itself. His mother requests that they see a play together at the city's Café Théâtre, a play about a Memphizian Queen who betrayed her country when they needed her most. The play goes on to explain that the Queen not only ran away but she took the one true heir to the Memphizian throne with her. Lafayette, unable to watch the rest of the propaganda piece, storms out of the theatre. He considers it a possible coincidence up until the moment Beatrice brings Lafayette to the Palace in Covington. Lafayette meets Jay, and all becomes clear: Lafayette is Jay's son. Lafayette writes: "I am disgusted by this news" having only heard of the horrible acts committed by the Memphizians in the Evazian textbooks.

The reunion is not at all violent, but rather very professional. Queen Beatrice enters the palace as would any other royal. During their meeting in Jay's throne room, Jay reveals his intentions with the world. He states that he is "the most powerful man in a broken world" and that it is his duty to unite everyone under one flag, one language, one crown. Jay goes on to say that Koloktos gave humanity a second chance to govern themselves, and that Jay was to unite everyone now when it is still a manageable task. Lafayette furiously disagrees, saying that the ideal world is not a world of single rule, but individual rules living in harmony. Lafayette takes the approach that countries and cultures should live separately but in harmony with each other, thus establishing his world view for the remainder of his life.

Jay offers his son an opportunity to rule with him, to invade the neighboring countries together as father and son. Beatrice protests, stating that this was not her intention of bringing him home. Beatrice tells Jay that her son will not support such chaotic intentions. Lafayette, torn between these two identities, chooses neither and runs off. That night, he and his mother return to their temporary housing situation along with the rest of the Evazian soldiers who came with them. Beatrice falls asleep early, preparing for a long journey back to Evazia the next morning. Lafayette, on the other hand, had different plans. In the middle of the night, he escapes the house. During his conversation with his father, Lafayette learns that after the Santigens lost their capital, they fled to a peninsula to the south: Suffolk. Lafayette made it his mission to find his way to Suffolk to not only return the document he found, but to settle. He told himself he would establish a life for himself there, and then reach out to Victoria so that they can marry in peace far from their lives in royalty.

There was one problem though: Lafayette is now the only person outside of Covington to know that Jay plans to take over the entire world.

Antebellum Years
''"Jay, my father, mentioned that the Santigens have moved to a new country... Suffolk. I am to go there as soon as possible and give them their Declaration back." -Lafayette, 121''

Lafayette, wrapping himself in the largest hooded robe he could buy and riding the first horse he could find, sets off for Suffolk in the middle of the night leaving his mother a letter stating that he wants to live his own life far from it all, not stating exactly where he was going.

Going off a map called Mondiale 100 that depicted the state of the world during the Centennial, he tried his best to find his way. Since the map scale is rather small, he could only go off of a general direction : southeast. He planned to follow the coastlines the best he could, but got lost somewhere in the Jordanian Mountains. It was there that he met a man called Romus.

Romus was a Suffolkan who was also traveling back home. He agreed to help Lafayette reach Suffolk, and the two bonded rather well on the way. It was during his conversation with Romus that Lafayette heard the name of his future home for the first time: Fort Nassau, the capital. Romus takes Lafayette through Norfolk, and eventually to Fort Nassau where he meets King Angelo.

It is during his meeting with King Angelo that Lafayette finally reveals his possession of the document. King Angelo and the others, eternally grateful for Lafayette's efforts in returning this to them, pay Lafayette a large sum of money. Although Lafayette never discloses how much money he was given, it is known that with this money he was not only able to build his estate, but the money lasted him multiple generations. Almost every Avatar after Lafayette has returned to the estate to withdraw money and it has never run dry. The money was also frequently used to purchase historical documents and artifacts over the years. Lafayette simply mentions that he was "paid heavily."

When Lafayette arrived in Fort Nassau, he noted how destroyed parts of the city looked. This was no accident, as the city was practically destroyed half a century ago by the Toledans during Terzoguerra. Lafayette spends his earliest days in Fort Nassau living in a small home designing and self-funding multiple construction projects in the city. He rebuilt many homes, added an extension to the castle, and rebuilt parts of the city's eastern wall. As a part of his continued public service to the people of Suffolk, Lafayette also joins the military. His reasons for taking on military duty despite Suffolk not having a very active military is that he believes he might be able to help the country prepare for a possible invasion. During this time, Lafayette writes that he hopes to soon build his very own homestead.

Lafayette is the richest man in the world even if he does not know it. Considering both his role in the military and his desire to send for Victoria, he designs a huge home where he can house soldiers and live comfortably with the love of his life. The estate is finished during the summer of 122.

By the time the estate is finally finished, Lafayette has climbed up the ranks of Suffolk's military. He was able to accomplish this with ease not only because of his natural skill with a sword and leadership, but because Suffolk did not really have a large military. Lafayette is granted the role of Top Commander of Suffolk, the General.

As General and Angelo's de facto right hand man, Lafayette insists on increasing the size of the military and letting him train soldiers at his estate. Angelo, although skeptical of Lafayette's reasoning, chooses to trust him anyway. For the next couple of months, Lafayette starts training his soldiers and sending them to every corner of the country. He does not want to scare an already terrified world with news of a possible invasion, so hopes instead to be read in case it does happen. Lafayette manages to find a few who are very close to him, and trusts that they can help him train his soldiers. He even writes that he hopes soon to travel to Evazia to bring Victoria to him, a journey he is never able to make. Not only that journey, but there were also plans by Angelo to erect a statue of Lafayette as well as expand the boundaries of his estate. None of the proposed projects were able to see the light of day, unbeknownst to them.

The Centennial War
On the night of the invasion, Lafayette writes that he and his friends Romus and Stanley were in the middle of having

a night of drinks and laughs back at the estate. During a pause in the laughter, Lafayette said he noticed the tea in his cup was vibrating softly, like something large was making its way over to him. What Lafayette did not know at that time was that Jay had invaded and conquered Norfolk, and was on his way to Fort Nassau. Lafayette mentioned that his drink was shaking, and the others said the same of theirs. After about twenty minutes, they heard a loud explosion. They ran onto the balcony where they saw Fort Nassau in the distance engulfed entirely by flames.

Immediately the three run outside, get on their horses, and make their way over to the city ready to fight. Upon reaching the city, Lafayette said he noticed two things: the Memphizian flags and that a large portion of the castle was destroyed. He learned later that Angelo was killed.

In the midst of the fight, Lafayette is struck down by his father who decided he would lead his army to glory. On the battlefield, right in front of the destroyed castle, King Jay asked Lafayette one more time to join his cause. Lafayette furiously refused and threatened Jay saying that if he continued his invasions, he would stop him. Jay was disappointed to hear his son speak against his plans, but decides to spare him.

''"You are the heir to my throne and thus I will not kill you, my son. I know what I want for the world, and you seem to know what you want. Carry your ideas as far as they go, but know this: I will as well!" -King Jay, 122''

What this ultimately revealed about King Jay to Lafayette was that his father was not an evil man. It was his way of saying "may the best man win." Lafayette realized that this war was not a fight of good versus evil, but a competition among ideas, and the winner's prize was deciding the first step this brand new world of mortal humans would take together without its God.

Lafayette continues to lead his army in the fight, but he realized quickly that he was losing. He had prepared, but not only did he not have enough time to prepare properly, he underestimated the man power of Memphis. If they were to destroy Memphis, it would take a lot more than courage and strength: they needed numbers and wit.

Romus advises Lafayette to retreat so that they can live to fight another day. Lafayette reluctantly listens to his friend, and retreats as many of his soldiers as possible to save them from becoming prisoners of war. Together they get on a bunch of small boats to the east and watch the flag of Suffolk over Fort Nassau come down and be replaced with the mighty blue white and red. Because Suffolk's flag also has blue and white, Romus makes a comment to Lafayette that resonated with him even until after the war.

"You know what the difference is between our flag and theirs? Blood."

The soldiers sail off to the west coast of Toledo where they camp for several days. They are only a few hours walk away from Toledo City, and were able to warn King Franklin of Jay's intentions. Franklin assures them that they have everything under control and will increase their soldier count in the coming days. Only a few days later while Lafayette and Romus are roaming the streets collecting food for the soldiers, Memphizian soldiers invade the city. Having practically no men to fight with, Lafayette and the remainder of his squadron are forced to flee even further east watching yet another flag be burned down. Despite these recurring failures, Lafayette was determined to stop his father. Next they knew where they had to go: Kaspia.

The Kaspian Royals is the country furthest east in the world, and also the country least likely for Jay to invade. It is known by all to be the Holy Land, thus if Jay was to ever invade it, he would probably go there last. Above all, Lafayette knew Kaspia was the home of the Wise Men, a group of men who have seen the worst of times and the best of times. He sought after their guidance.

Avatar Lafayette
Lafayette writes in an earlier entry back when he was still in Wellington that his mother told him that the Wise Men would have a very difficult time locating the Avatar because of the lack of communication in the world. The duty of the Wise Men is to find the reincarnations of Koloktos, and thus they have the power to sense the presence of Koloktos in others. That is why when Lafayette and his men landed on the shores of Kaspia, King Yakup was most curious.

Yakup immediately demanded that the foreigners be sent to his chambers. King Yakup is the immortal king of Kaspia, and deemed by Koloktos to be the mentor to his Avatars. King Yakup knew something terrible was going on in the world as although unable to know where the Avatar is, he is able to feel his emotions. Without wasting any time, as soon as Yakup meets Lafayette and learns his name, he greets him by calling him "Avatar Lafayette."

At first, Lafayette was skeptical of Yakup and his own potential identity as Avatar. Yakup responds by taking him to the Great Divide and connecting him with his past lives. Lafayette writes in particular about his experiences speaking to Airwalkers Méphistò and Felix. From there, Romus and Lafayette travel to Albatross Point where they stay a short while with Yakup discussing some plans and helping Lafayette come to terms with his new identity. Afterwards, they return to Kaspia so that Lafayette can read Koloktos' Eleven Volumes. After reading the Volumes over the course of an entire day, he looks for Yakup.

Lafayette is informed that Yakup is in an underground cave filled with refugees. Yakup shows the refugees to Lafayette, all of whom have come to Kaspia fleeing Jay's war. They bring with them news, news that Jay has officially declared war on all nations, killed Captain Dill of Scarland, King Domenico of the Santigen Islands, King Angelo of Suffolk, and even King Franklin of Toledo. All of them, dead. Their nations have also died, as they are now Memphizian Territory. The only free country left is Evazia.

The last piece of news comes from a few refugees in Evazia fleeing a potential invasion. They say that King Ralts has died of his sickness, and Queen Beatrice has been in prison ever since he left Covington. She was never able to return to Evazia, meaning that if Lafayette had stayed in Covington, he too just might have been imprisoned.

These refugees were not just sent to be safe from the war, they say that they were sent by the Queen of Evazia to find Lafayette. This Queen being Queen Victoria.

Turning the Tide
As soon as Lafayette hears that Victoria is looking for him, he realizes that the next step in stopping Jay has to be to travel to Evazia and help Victoria lead the military. Before leaving, Lafayette discusses with Yakup and Romus his plans for the war. This is the first time Lafayette considers the idea of destroying Memphis completely and replacing it with a brand new government. At this time, he says he will establish "The Kingdom of New Lexington" in its place. And with that, he goes off to Evazia.

Lafayette never makes it to Evazia unfortunately. Everyone underestimated how far east Memphis has gone, and they were intercepted by a few Memphizian scouts who surprise attacked them and threw them in their wagon. The Memphizians bring them all the way to Covington. Upon arriving at the Covington Jail beneath Fort Covington, Lafayette hopes to find his mother. He learns quickly that she died early that month to sickness. This ruins Lafayette's morale, and he finds himself trapped in jail for three years.

In the year 125, he and Romus finally escape. King Jay was trying to invade Evazia at the time, and suffered defeat after defeat at the borders. He requested additional troops, some of which were patrolling Fort Covington. Because of this, the guard presence at the jail reduced dramatically. After seeing the reduced numbers and hearing of Jay's failures out east, Lafayette and Romus regained their spirits.

The two manage to break into an attic of a two story home on what was at the time Covington's main residential district (and would later be named after him). Despite the horrors of the war, Covington itself was rather peaceful except for its now heavy soldier presence. Refugees in newly occupied territories who would honor Jay's rule showed up in Covington every single day, coming in from every corner of the world. Throughout the course of the war, this turned Covington from a city dense with Lexingtonian culture into a more cosmopolitan corner of the world. After Romus and Lafayette were able to reliably get food and furniture into their attic, they started trying to contact the outside world. Lafayette sent a carrier pigeon to both Evazia and Suffolk. The one sent to Suffolk was sent straight to his Estate and was disguised as a letter from a Covington businessman interested in buying the property. Lafayette hoped that he still had men working there who would not only read the letter but interpret the code in its content.

After living in the attic for two weeks, they got a reply: not from Evazia, but from Suffolk, what Lafayette presumed to be the less likely response. Lafayette was shocked to hear the one piece of information that would completely turn the tides on the war: Stanley was alive and managed to keep Lafayette's estate under Suffolk control.

Stanley wrote to Lafayette that after he and Romus left to defend Nassau, Stanley turned off all the lights on the property and mobilized as many men as he could in the basement. Since the estate was brand new, it was not visible on any map in the city and thus the Memphizians never knew it was there. By the off chance that they would find it, the soldiers were ready to defend it.

After reading Stanley's letter, Lafayette and Romus were determined to go back to Suffolk and help Stanley take the country back. The journey back was not too difficult. They were able to acquire refugee identification at Covington in case they were caught on their way to Suffolk. They got their papers and immediately set out. After a long journey, they were prepared to begin fighting back.

In the Distance
Lafayette knew well that Victoria must have positioned soldiers on the border, and thus she sent multiple messengers from the estate to the border with Evazia to hopefully get in contact with Victoria. Lafayette manages this, and Victoria sends as many soldiers as she can. The soldiers are able to make their way all the way to the estate, and thus the famous liberation of Suffolk began.

''"The Evazians have arrived. Tonight, we march. With luck, I'll be in Scarland by the end of this week." -Lafayette 125''

The last place Jay imagined would need protection was Suffolk, and for good reason as well. He knew no rebel could manage an invasion by sea, and the Secondo Mountains in the north provide the ideal natural border. Because of this, Jay took a lot of his soldiers out of Suffolk, particularly Fort Nassau, when he was losing men in Evazia. The low number of men in Fort Nassau made Lafayette's comeback possible. The soldiers at the estate were ecstatic to see Lafayette again, and when it was time to fight, they referred to themselves as Lafayette's Soldiers, not Suffolkan Soldiers.

Lafayette split his men into two squads, one of which would take on Fort Nassau with Lafayette, and the other would take Norfolk with Romus. Lafayette successfully takes Nassau back for Suffolk with ease, leaves some men there, sends some men west to Kingsbridge, and then starts hiking north himself to check on Romus and see if he was able to take Norfolk.

As the story goes, Lafayette and his men were atop a hill when they saw a giant flag of Suffolk flying over Norfolk. The sight was so exhilarating that one of the soldiers started singing a song that would become the Suffolkan national anthem: In the Distance.

"And in the distance, we saw the flag! And in the distance, the people they sang oh off in the distance!"

Upon reaching the city, they quickly received news that Kingsbridge and Fort Suffolk were also successfully taken back. Lafayette decided next to order the start of reconstruction in Suffolk. Lafayette writes here that the Memphizians were not at all kind to the cities. Now that Suffolk was completely liberated, the first thing the citizens asked for was a Grand Court. Before leaving for Scarland, Lafayette ordered the construction of this court in Kingsbridge. During a speech to the people of Kingsbridge, Lafayette declares for the first time that he intends to kill his father.

Lafayette and his men head straight to Scarland after the construction of the Courthouse began. Scarland was a very easy victory for Lafayette's men, and they were able to quickly crown a new king: King Roald. King Roald was an interesting decision, for he was only fifteen years old. He was chosen by his own people, not Lafayette. From there, they sailed to the Santigen Islands which was even easier than Scarland. The last thing Jay expected was rebel invasion in the Southern Sea. In the Santigen Islands, they crown King Gerald.

The next liberation would have to be Toledo, which Lafayette admits is too great an endeavor to do alone. He leaves Stanley in the south as he marches north to Evazia with Romus to reunite with Victoria and take on Toledo together.

The Fall of Memphis
Lafayette arrives in Evazia in the spring of 127. Lafayette reunites with Victoria, an event recognized by the citizens of the country. Lafayette and Victoria spent his first night in the city together on the top floor of the palace. The people of the city knew this, and lit up the northern coast of the city with torches. The torches would remain their indefinitely, forming what is known today as the Golden Coast.

During his stay, Lafayette established the Avenue of Defense in Evazia, a long street dedicated to the military so that they could plan their liberation of Toledo. Lafayette plans to send his men to Kaspia and take Toledo from there. Lafayette writes that Jay is supposedly in Toledo to respond to the liberations in the south, and so he hopes to see him there.

They set up camps outside the city. They send in a few spies who report that Jay has returned to Covington They plan to initiate the raid that same night. They were able to swiftly take the city and crown a new king: King Jonathan. The belief is that Jay realized there were not enough soldiers to protect the city, so he went back to Covington to plan their defense.

Invading Covington would be the most difficult part of the war, but Lafayette had a plan. He took over Fort du Sud, a Memphizian fort used to scout out King Jordan only a few decades ago. It was at this fort that Lafayette learned the truth: Jay knew nothing of the liberation in the south and he only returned to Covington so that he could plan his invasion of Evazia. He has been so focused on destroying Evazia that he never revisited his previous acquisitions.

This is where Lafayette's plan came in:

Refugees were entering the city en masse every single day, so Lafayette planned to send in two soldiers disguised as refugees every single day day for two months. Some days he would send three, and other days five. He started by sending Romus and Stanley who would organize the meeting of all the new soldiers. Every time a soldier made it into the city, they were contacted by Romus and Stanley. Their codename was "Untrustable" and it was how they greeted one another.

The Untrusables would meet once a week to brief everyone on updates from Lafayette and Victoria. After the two months were up, every one of their soldiers and a few squadrons scattered around the wilderness with all in position. On that faithful morning, Lafayette and Victoria walked into the city, unchecked, without suspicious. In the midst of the working day, Romus and Stanley gave the signal, and all the Untrustables who were encouraged to take on jobs in all sectors of the city, revealed a weapon and started attacking the soldiers from the inside. The soldiers in the wilderness who were advised to invade at sundown showed up, and at that point the winner of the Centennial War became very clear.

That night, Lafayette stormed Jay's palace alone to find him already waiting for his son. Without protest, Jay accepted his defeat, and allowed his son to kill him, calling it "an honor."

Kingdom of Fayette
After Jay was killed, Lafayette knew he had to destroy the Memphizian name and start anew. He would allow his citizens to pick a name, for he did not want to impose the identity of Lexington on a country that was definitely something much newer than Lexington. To his surprise, the people demanded their country be named after Lafayette, but to call it "Fayette."

The reason for the shorthand "Fayette" is interesting. Back when Lafayette took back Suffolk, his soldiers called themselves Lafayette's Soldiers. When the Suffolkan people who were liberated learned of this, the ones who did not know Lafayette misunderstood the title given to the soldiers as "La Fayette's Soldiers" thus misinterpreting it to mean "The Fayette's Soldiers" since their limited knowledge of Lexinais was enough to tell them that La meant The. Because of this mistake, word reached as far as Covington that "there was hope in Fayette's Soldiers."

The name stuck, and the new Kingdom was named Fayette.

The flag chosen was the same Memphizian Flag, but the blue was replaced with another red.

''"The flag of Memphis was stained with the blood of those who fought for Lexington. This new flag is that flag, but it has once again been stained by those who died for its longevity, those who died for Fayette." -Lafayette, 127.''

The competition of ideas has come to a close, and Lafayette's view of the world has overcome Jay's. Humanity has taken its first step separate but united, united against the one thing nobody wanted: war and needless slaughter.

King Lafayette
After Lafayette was crowned King of Fayette, he married Victoria, and was crowned King of Evazia as well. For this reason, for this brief time in history, Evazia and Fayette were really one country that was prepared to separate.

Lafayette's first order as King came almost immediately. During the celebrations of the end of the war, Lafayette was visited by a hopeful leader, a leader who wanted positive change for his people. His name was Rémy, and he was a Governor in the eastern province of East Memphis.

Lafayette recognized the difference in culture out in the East Memphis and Marquis provinces of his Kingdom. He declared that because he believes that we are stronger separate but united, he believed the citizens of those provinces deserved their own country. The governors of East Memphis and the Marquis came together and established their new Kingdom: Gransylvania.

Lafayette spends several years traveling between Evazia, Gransylvania, and Fayette making sure all is going smoothly. What Lafayette and his wife Victoria learn quickly is that the royal life truly was never for them. They never liked the attention, the honors. Lafayette writes that Victoria teased about granting the Kingdoms to their children as soon as they are able.

In the winter of 136, Victoria gives birth to twins, a boy named Kole and a girl named Sofya. As the children grew older, Victoria and Lafayette learned quickly how intelligent and able their children were. They decided that when their children reached the age of 21, they would finally separate Evazia and Fayette again, giving Fayette to Kole and Evazia to Sofya. Because of this, the royal bloodline of both Evazia and Fayette will forever be connected, ending centuries of rivalries between the two cultures.

In the year 136, Lafayette turns the Jaystone Hospital into a full-blown university of Cartography & Arts as well as for medical professions.

When Lafayette reached the age of 40, plans for a third Fayettian city finally came to light. Lafayette spends the remainder of his reign planning the location of this third city. In 140, the Kinzington Proposals were signed planning to start construction in 156.

When 156 did come, Lafayette writes that he was never able to start the construction because the construction site was covered in horseback soldiers covered entirely in bright white clothes. These strange soldiers attacked the workers in an event that would go down in history as the first true offensive of the Sad Paintings.

Soldiers in White
In the year 157, Lafayette and Victoria step down as promised and hand their Kingdoms to their children. In addition to this, the two finally fulfill their wish of living in Suffolk together at the Lafayette Estate. From there they plan to keep in constant contact with their children.

Lafayette writes that the day he reached the estate, he learned of the death of Stanley. Stanley had moved to Norfolk where he raised a family, but ultimately died of illness.

In addition to this, Romus contacted Lafayette after he moved home to tell him of strange soldiers trying to invade the country from the north. They could not successfully invade, and one of them was captured in Norfolk. He was brought to the Grand Court in Kingsbridge. At this point, Lafayette realizes where these soldiers might be coming from.

The soldier's name was Zhaar, a self proclaimed Sad Painting from the Southern Desert. He spoke of a large city in the desert far from anywhere Lafayette had ever been. After the Suffolkans tried to get too much information from Zhaar, he hanged himself, leaving the mystery of the Sad Paintings in the air.

The Death of Two Lovers
In 182, Victoria died back at their home in Suffolk. She was too old to fight an illness she had and ultimately passed away. After burying her in the tomb next to the estate, Lafayette was found dead in his house hours later.

He died with this final message in his journal to the next Avatar:

''"Hopefully the peace we are living in now will be sustained. To the young Avatar who may read this when I die, that is our duty: Maintain the peace. Avoid war, do not play sides. I believe the future can be bright." -Lafayette, 182''

On the next page, Lafayette simply writes "Victoria died today." and nothing else.

On the page after that, there is a note by Romus, the friend who found Lafayette dead in his home.

''"My good friend Lafayette was found dead in his home in the year 182, the night of the day his wife Victoria had died. I found his body sitting upstairs in his council room all by himself. History will never forget you, Fay." -Romus, 182''

Legacy
Lafayette and Victoria's legacy is one that resonates in every corner of the world, from names of places to the many achievements of Fayette. Fayette remains the most powerful country in the world, and eventually adopts a system of Constitutional Monarchy in a plan called The Simon Papers that becomes the basis for democracy in the world, particularly countries like the Kingdoms of Yakovia and Gransylvania. The street in Covington Lafayette lived on was renamed La Vie de Lafayette which literally translates to "The life of Lafayette." The argument given for naming the street "the life" was that the identity of the street was the collective identity of all those who lived there, the life of the street. The naming convention given to that street slowly took over the entire city.

Victoria's lasting legacy reveals itself on every map of Fayette: Victoria Provencia. The province in which Covington lies was named after their Queen Victoria, and eventually a University in the city was named after her.