Florian Aeschelman

Florian Maria Wilhelm Aeschelman, 1st Baron of Aeschelman (August 11th, 1888 - September 6th, 1960) was a Dorvish general and military historian. A staunch militarist he lead the Dorvish Royalist Army and was Minister-President of the Dorvish Royalist Council during the reign of the Dorvish Soviet Socialist Republic. He is credited with being the general responsible for defeating the DSSR and restoring the House of Vinisk back to the throne of Dorvik.

Florian was a renown orator and after the fall of the DSSR he wrote several books on war and politics including one, Ein Vereinten Regierung (A United Government) which advocated the arrest and execution of all those with leftist policies and affiliations. Florian and the Aeschelman family were the Barons of Aeschelman a noble title bestowed upon him by the exiled Dorvish King, Anselm I, upon his return to the country in 1940.

Biography
Florian grew up in a middle class family who had ties to the local military recruiters which permitted Florian to attend the local Gymnasium, a type of Dorvish secondary school. Florian eventually gained access into the Largonia Military Academy and successfully completed his academy degree.

Florian entered the Royal Dorvish Army as a Lieutenant in the infantry regiments and served during the various insurrections in 1907, 1908 and 1910 before rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and serving in the Dorvish General Staff. It was in the Dorvish General Staff that Florian was promoted to Major General and became close associates with Vasily Kaminski, the Dorvish spy who would later help Florian expose several members of the Imperial Party of Dorvik as communist.

In October of 1911 when the first communist revolution attempted to take over Largnoia, Florian was appointed to the command of the 17th Infantry Division and he alongside two other Army divisions crushed the rebellion in six weeks. Florian was awarded the Imperial Cross, 1st Class and was appointed Military Governor of Largonia until December 1913 when he was replaced by Inge Breiner.