Grand General Ivan Stormrider
Commander-in-Chief of the Domestic armed forces, champion warrior of the Federation, and one of the greatest success stories in all the Techoren. Every soldier knows the legend and because of it none challenge the Stormrider. Ivan was little more than a common soldier four hundreds years ago when the Sentinel Shar'vuck awoke and lead a military rebellion against the then current Nine. The war quickly escalated as various factions swore loyalty to the mythological figure that was Shar'vuck, the Nine sensing the growing danger sent out a large scale strike force into the heart of Shar'vucks territory, but alas they were betrayed. The strike force commander had secretly pledged his loyalty to the rouge Sentinel and corrupted many of his lieutenants to do likewise, the assault was nothing more than an ambush and a massacre. Yet despite the odds the Stormrider would not be stopped, he cut a swath of destruction and death through the ranks of his traitorous brothers and sisters until he stood before the feet of his advisory. There the two engaged in mortal combat, mano a mano, how it is not known but Ivan emerged victorious, last man standing. With Shar'vucks defeat the fighting came to an end and both sides swore allegiance to the Stormrider. It did not take much longer for Ivan to take his seat among The Nine. Still as dedicated a patriot as ever the Stormrider busies himself with the Federations defense and crushing the enemies of the Techoren and the Alliance, which he considers just about everything else.