Ballaiy Luvvar

Ballaiy Luvvar (23 July 1965 – March 1998 Gregorian Human Calendar, GHC) was a Kalubian politician who founded the Equalwi Dictoria Party (EDP) and (BBA). He was a central figure in the Kalubian Civil War and the bitter enemy of Kalubian Föcan Reinder Stuhy until he was killed in 1998 GHC.

Early Life
Ballaiy Luvvar was born to Kamaru Luvvar and his first wife, Elsa v’Túslingen on July 23rd, 1965. He was mostly raised by domestic servants, with his parents separating at a young age. His other mothers had no interest in him, and his father was preoccupied with his role as Führer of Kalubio. He had little friends, as the noble class of Kalubio was minuscule. He was educated at a private institution with other Kalubian noble children, most of whom envied him for his status as son of the Führer.

Post-Revolution Kalubio (1975-1986)
Following the exile of the Luvvar family, Kamaru left his wife and travelled with Ballaiy to Bathole. The duo were forced to construct new identities to be able to find shelter and employment. Spending many nights homeless, Kamaru eventually fell into illegal drug trafficking and use to support himself and his son, as well as cope with the stress. He grew angry more often, becoming violent and threatening towards his son and others on the street. Terrified and disgraced, Ballaiy eventually abandoned his father and snuck across the southern border to neighbouring Putoola as a stowaway. He was eventually apprehended and forced to reveal his identity. Rather than punish him though, Ballaiy was offered a position on a merchant naval ship where he would be trained as a medic assistant and crew. Ballaiy accepted the offer, and spent the next several years travelling the globe and learning the skills of a doctor. Upon reaching adulthood, Ballaiy retired from the merchant crew and moved to a portside village he had visited in Skabb, becoming its first ever doctor to help the children there. The village faced frequent plight from the Skarred, both keeping Ballaiy busy but also angry that so many were being killed by terrorists.

Skabb Inter-Regional Crisis (1986)
Luvvar, still in exile from his home, was taken in as a KFAF base doctor following a Skarred attack that left dozens dead in his native village. He was recognized as the son of Kamaru Luvvar, to the disgust of some soldiers, but most were fairly accommodating. After several months of handling wounded and dying troops, Ballaiy decided that Kalubio had no place sending so many to die abroad. He negotiated for a pardon, and was allowed to return to Kalubio a new person. Ballaiy had one goal; reclaim and fix his home region, as his ancestors failed to.

Dictoria Party and Kalubian Election (1986-1988)
With a significant disapproval of the provisional council currently governing Kalubio, Ballaiy founded a political platform based on a single-ruler policy that would solve the many stagnant decisions the council would come to regarding crucial issues. While many were uncomfortable with another Luvvar vocally intending on becoming the sole leader of Kalubio once again, many were also fed up with the (predominantly Kalu-blooded) council and were open to any change. Luvvar promoted a withdrawal from Skabb and military reform, and improved protection for law-abiding citizens. After a heated campaign against Reinder Klaus and his Reformist Alliance, Luvvar eventually lost by a narrow margin to Klaus. Outraged at the result, Ballaiy vowed revenge against Klaus, seeing himself as the only one who could solve Kalubio’s issues and Klaus (a former representative of the council) as part of the plague on his homeland.

Kalubian Civil War (1988-1998)
Main article: Kalubian Civil War

Luvvar secretly arranged with mercenaries from Jalfxia via his right-hand Marko Whiksi to assassinate Vycanc Aiza’ak Katzjung during a trip to Bathole, in order to spark turmoil within the Reformists. On August 15th, 1988, Aiza’ak Katzjung was killed. The Reformists immediately blamed Luvvar and demanded the Equalwi Throne (with whom Luvvar had allied himself as a military liaison) surrender him. The Throne refused, citing him as a necessary countermeasure to the WMD arsenal the Reformists possessed. Negotiations broke down, and following the assassination of a second major Reformist, war was declared between the Federation of Kalubio and the Royal Equalwi Throne on September 4th, 1988.

Luvvar was a primary target for several kill/capture mission by KFAF. During this time, he used manipulation and censorship of media to turn Equalwi into an effective puppet state, with its entire army at his disposal, as well as its links to foreign powers. He managed to effectively brainwash the entire state into believing Reinder has purged his own government, and was using Skabb terrorists to fight a war against the state to secure his own power. When his façade began to break down, he began using threats and manipulation to keep leaks silent, and her Majesty of the Throne completely cut off from the outside world. His scheme finally collapsed when Connor “Tsunami” Felidow exposed him before a gala of royal Gacawys and Equalwi nobles, including the Throne, during a gala event in 1998. The Throne severed ties with Ballaiy, and he was forced to plan an escape from Kalubio lest he face execution for his treason and atrocities against Kalubian and Equalwi citizens. He was seemingly killed by Joseph Rodenski during Operation Jericho in 1998.

Apocalypse Incident (1999)
After the outbreak of the Apocalypse mutants, Luvvar revealed himself to be alive following Jericho. While he had been killed, the Jericho facility was actually to upload a copy of his consciousness to a secure data vault. He had returned, but in a different body. Luvvar made a tense ceasefire pact to assist Reinder Stuhy, Alezhja Malkin and Joseph Rodenski exterminate the remnants of his failed Supersoldat project, under condition he would be allowed to live under protection away from Kalubio. The group accepted the proposal, and the group began a worldwide Intel hunt led by Luvvar and Malkin to destroy the project and all evidence of it. Before the group reached the UKM in Kikikoa, Luvvar sacrificed himself to hold off a horde so the others could escape, after making them swear to restore his legacy.

Appearance
Ballaiy is a rose pink Goldblut horse with a shimmering white mane and matching tail. He has a red tattoo on his left side, presumably due to a blood pact made in Skabb. When in public, he often wears the typical BBA sash adorned with several medals achieved from both his service in Skabb and to the Equalwi Throne. He has tough, black claw-like hooves for hands and feet, matching his piercing dark eyes. Ballaiy moves with a commanding presence, a rigid posture and often with his hands/hooves behind his back.

For more formal wear, he is shown wearing a black silk neckpiece, and matching ties around his mane and tail. At the Equalwi Gala, he wears a golden imperial robe with bright blue stitching that matches his BBA sash.

Personality
Ballaiy is a brilliant manipulator and political strategist. He is very bitter towards the Kalu-bloods of the region, who overthrew his family and forced him into exile as a child. Ballaiy is fond of the Dragonia and Goldblut races, believing that they together are fit to create a perfect society of order and wisdom. He looks very highly upon his soldiers, even occasionally fighting alongside them, and is shown to have a great amount of respect for his troops.

Luvvar is paranoid of those outside his closest circle however, and rarely deals one-on-one with any high-ranking officials outside of it. He is often dry and sarcastic with his opponents, most of whom he views as intellectually inferior to him and hindrances to his vision of a perfect world. While he hates the Kalu-bloods of Kalubio, largely due to Reinder Klaus’ election, he does not have any particular hatred to the Kalu race until near the end of the war. Ballaiy reviles his family and seeks to redeem the Luvvar name by reforming Kalubio into an imperial utopia, however without the presence of “savage” Kalu-bloods. While he is largely apathetic towards the human race, he does view some of them as worthy of saving and joining his mighty Kalubio empire. His anger is generally expressed as sternness instead of outright rage, although during Jericho he has an outburst that ultimately proves his demise.

Trivia
-       Ballaiy’s name is designed to sound like “Ballet Lover.”

-       Ballaiy’s firearm of choice is a Colt pistol. Colt is a breed of horse.

-       Ballaiy has a very vague sexual orientation. He has displayed attraction to females such as Alexia Malkin, but also implied to have romantic feelings for some male associates. He seems to have little interest in sexual relationships either way.

-       Ballaiy’s greatest fear is death.

-       Ballaiy’s mannerisms are influenced by many popular villains in film, video games, and comic books. A few are Colonel Hans Landa (Inglorious Basterds), Lex Luthor (Superman), Aaron the Moor (Titus Andronicus), Pagan Min (Far Cry) and Isabel Kabra (39 Clues).