Levi Janneson

"'I did not move halfway across the globe to a new world and a fledgling nation, just to form an army so people might lose their lives. No, I formed the army so people might keep their lives.'"― Levi Janneson

Life
Levi Janneson was born in Stockholm, Sweden to Alek Jenneson, a notable military commander, and Maricia Janneson. They moved to Germany when Levi was 10, and settled down in Kiel. It was about this time he met Amadeus Jaeger, who was a student at his school. They both found a shared interest in exploration. They both began making plans to move to The New World, and after graduating began saving money to buy a shipping vessel. After buying Der Abfangjager they loaded it with goods and moved to New Rotterdam, a growing trade city in an unclaimed territory of Canada. They sold the goods in the ship and used their new fortune to rise to mayoral status, and founded the country of Ventia. Amadeus was made the first Kaiser of Ventia and Levi was made the first Minister of War. During this time he founded The Ventian Royal Military, and started the first wave of expansion using the few hundred soldiers at his disposal. he would become known as the first general of Ventia and expanded the empire enough to incorporate Citadel City. After retiring from his military career, he moved back to Tinneville and founded the New Rotterdam Military Academy, which would go on to train commanders like Ernst Klemmens and Erich von Schenk. He would become the first professor of advanced military tactics, but would die 4 years later in 1685.

Monument
Today he is remembered as one of Ventia's founding fathers, and who's achievements rival that of Amadeus Jaeger himself. A statue of him resides in The Gardens of Atlas in Citadel City, as well as in the Jardin d'Aurum.