Chancellor Maximilian Liao
The Mad Fox of Sian
To his followers, Chancellor Maximilian Liao is the visionary architect of a glorious destiny. To his enemies, he is a delusional tyrant cloaked in philosophy and paranoia. And to historians—those who dare speak truth—he is something more complicated still: a man of extraordinary intellect, unmatched ambition, and a mind teetering on the edge between genius and madness.
Maximilian Liao reigns over the Capellan Confederation with a velvet hand clad in steel talons. From the shadowed palaces of Sian, he commands a vast intelligence apparatus, a rigidly controlled society, and an ideology built on obedience, sacrifice, and the sanctity of unity. Every citizen of the Confederation knows his name. Every mural bears his gaze. Every whisper of sedition is met with swift correction.
Educated in both traditional philosophy and statecraft, Maximilian was a brilliant student who devoured doctrine and art with equal hunger. He believes utterly in the Dream of Unity—that only the Capellan system, guided by the steady hand of House Liao, can deliver true order to the chaos of the Sphere. In his view, individuality is an affliction, and freedom is a dangerous illusion. He does not simply rule; he defines what is true and permissible within the Confederation.
Beneath this rigid worldview lies a mind unlike any other among the Great Houses. Maximilian speaks in riddles, sees patterns where others see coincidence, and moves his pieces across the board of the Sphere with unnerving foresight. He cultivates an aura of theatrical unpredictability—one moment a philosopher-king delivering impassioned speeches on destiny, the next a ruthless tactician signing death warrants in silence.
Even in Sian’s hushed corridors, it is whispered that the Chancellor’s brilliance is shadowed by instability. He suffers from erratic moods and episodes of cryptic mania. Some say he communes with ghosts of past Chancellors. Others believe he fakes madness to unnerve rivals and keep his court on edge. Whether mask or malady, his unpredictability is as much a weapon as any sword in the Confederation’s arsenal.
Under his rule, the Maskirovka—House Liao’s feared intelligence service—has flourished, rooting out traitors, steering foreign policy, and weaving misinformation across the Sphere. While sometimes reckless, his military campaigns are often guided by cunning deception and brutal surprise. He has suffered defeats, yes—but he has turned just as many into victories with a sleight of hand no one saw coming.
To the Capellan people, Maximilian is more than a man. He is the embodiment of their will—flawed, magnificent, and merciless. Dissenters vanish. Loyalists flourish. And through it all, the Dream remains.
"Unity is not granted. It is enforced." So says the Chancellor. And in his Confederation, there is no room for doubt.
Maximilian Liao will not be ignored, whether he leads the Sphere into a new age or flames. He is the storm within the shadows—the fox in the emperor’s robes, and the dreamer with a dagger beneath his sleeve.
Age
60
Family
Children
Sex
Male
Gender
Man
Eyes
Brown
Hair
Silver and Black, Long
Height
5'10
Weight
190
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