Prince Charles Viromaro
Prince Charles Viromaro is a Pretender to the Kythiran Throne living in exile in the Republic of Aqumis. Once the Crown Prince of the Kythiran Empire, he was superseded by his sister Theodosia Viromaro due to the Reforma Carta.
Youth
Prince Charles Viromaro, formerly Crown Prince Charles Viromaro, was the heir-apparent during the late Fourth Era, set to become Emperor Charles IV Viromaro.
He is the second child and firstborn male heir of Emperor Louis Viromaro and Empress Prisca Viromaro. He accompanied his father, Emperor Louis, to most state functions in the role of Crown Prince. When he was five years old he was allowed to knock the hammer to begin the yearly opening ceremony of the Imperial Senate. The Grand Helmira Hotel, build during the Great Expansion of Helmira, was originally named the Prince Charles Hotel in his honour.
He studied History at the Imperial University of Helmira, after which he was sent to the Imperial Navy Headquarters to become
Crown Prince, Admiral, Prince-Regent
During the Kythiran Invasion of Imperius, he served in the Kythiran Imperial Navy as an Admiral, where he commanded the Second Attican Fleet, and was present during both the Battle of the Northern Sea and the Liberation of Lotric. When he learned of High-Lord Von Roterstein's failure to deliver troops for the war efforts, he challenged him to a duel, but the High-Lord either never received the letter or chose to ignore it.
After the assassination of his mother, Empress Prisca, he returned to Helmira, taking the role of Prince Regent as his father became increasingly isolated.
During this time he continued to clash with his High-Lords. A Viromaro absolutist like his father, Charles had never left Helmira before the war.
Loss of power
After the end of the war, the High-Lords of the Big Three conspired against the crown and forced the Emperor to sign the Reforma Carta, he also had to resign in favor of his daughter, Charles' older sister Theodosia Viromaro. Charles tried to fight against the Reforma Carta, but both his father and the Grand Chancellor ultimately signed it in order to prevent a civil war.
Rather than surrendering his power, Charles decided to escape the Empire and go into self-imposed exile in the Republic of Aqumis as a Pretender to the Kythiran Throne. Still an Admiral of the Second Attican Fleet, he ordered a dozen ships to sail towards the Viromaro palace of Sanssouci. During the war, much of the Viromaro fortune had been hidden across the empire, often using imperial palaces to store it. Sanssouci was one of these palaces, and ultimately Charles escaped to Aqumis with a stolen fortune of 19 million Florynts.
Personal Life
Prince Charles during his time as Crown Prince was betrothed to the countess of Alberico. However, they never married, and although she lived with him for some time, this relationship was clad in scandal. In exile, Charles remains unmarried.