Conservative Ordo Malleus Party

The Conservative Ordo Malleus Party is a party in Telamon founded by Benjamin Kil'dred Nam'a'taht in 2492. It grew in prominence under the tutelage of Thorden Raxney from 2505 to 2549. It is currently led by Roger Evars.

=Modus Operandi= It supports man above all else. It believes man is the God-Emperor's greatest creation. As such, a greater dedication to solving the problems at home, first, through large or small government is a must. A focus must be placed on returning to our roots of family values while defending our great nation from threats abroad and at home. Through working with other esteemed organizations CAM pledges to place Telamon first.

=History= Founded in 2492 the party grew in power with Mr. Raxney at the helm. Under Mr. Raxney's care the party has consistently been the largest party in Telamon's Parliament with a few hiccups. Despite that the party strongly endorsed the [{Rightful Radical Party]]'s Shrink the Parliament bill, which reduced Parliament's size from 750 seats to a more manageable 250. The bill easily passed and the party shrunk from 307 seats to 49. This dedication to do what's best for Telamon even to the party's detriment is the party's key characteristic.

Dark Days of Thorden Raxney Jr.
In 2549 Thorden Raxney Jr., son of the great Mr. Raxney, was elected as president of Telamon. He led the nation into one fiasco after another and strayed from the party's core beliefs. Roger Evars, Thorden Raxney's right hand man, moved against the president and kicked him out of the party. He reformed the party under the new name of Conservative Ordo Malleus to distance everyone from the dark days under President Raxney Jr.

Revival
Since then COM has been entrenched in their conservative views of lowering taxes and spending, balancing the budget, and staying out of global affairs. They believe it is necessary to update the Telamonian defense forces along with other aging departments.

COM has worked to repair the damage from President Raxney Jr. by repairing the bridges to the other parties. COM, despite its new name, is one of the oldest active parties in Telamon. Its distinguished history revolves around the great Thorden Raxney who served as prime minister for almost half a century.

=Policy Positions=

Centralization
unitarist leaning

Civil Rights
moderate restrictive

Ecology
moderate environmentalist

Foreign Relations
moderate isolationist

Government Responsibilities
small government-leaning

Taxes
responsible spending & responsible tax cuts

Market
convinced regulator

Military
moderate militarist

Morality
convinced conservative

Religion
moderate religious

=Prominent Party Members=

Roger Evars
Roger Evars is party chairman and former Minister of Internal Affairs. Evars looks more the intellectual than bookworm but he was in charge of Raxney's bodyguards before Raxney was elected Prime Minister. He has served as Minister of Internal Affairs for over 5 terms. Smart for his age of 32 Evars is content to do what he's told. He strongly believes in strengthening Telamon's police forces and increasing police powers to protect the people. He is committed to preserving the party's core beliefs as laid down by Thorden Raxney Sr.

Kurtis Mannheim
Kurtis Mannheim is the party's diplomatic guru and former Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has been instrumental in the party since its founding in 2492 and restructuring in 2505.

Haran Jaxx
Haran Jaxx is affectionately known as Numbers. His brain is a living calculator able to process large sums in record time. He is the party's treasurer, chief accountant and former Minister of Finance. Despite numerous health problems he is eager to become Telamon's #1 financial guru. He believes drastic reforms are necessary to cut back on spending and on taxes. He believes that the Telamonese people know how to use their money best. He is the catalyst resulting in the most drastic cut in spending and taxes in the past 50 years resulting in a balanced budget of around 100B TPD. Mr. Jaxx convinced the party leadership to sponsor the Budget Proposal of October 2525 and the Income Tax Proposal of October 2525 that saved the nation, and its residents, millions.

Augrim
Augrim is a retired general and former Minister of Defense since 2502. He is the second most powerful member of the party and it is expected he will be the next party leader. Like all of the party's key players he is from Lirona.

Ferromort
Ferromort is a retired federal judge. He is a former Minister of Justice. Although his glory days are behind him he holds a lot of the strings behind the scenes. He is also quite wealthy and bankrolls at least half of the party's expenses.

Catotus
Catotus is an up and coming urban planner who is favored by luck. He met Thorden Raxney by chance in a pub, impressing the older politician, who urged him to join the party. After several years working in the party he designed the new headquarters building. He has served as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport for over 5 terms. While in office he has worked to enhance the national highway system although his other projects have fallen by the wayside.

Garal
Garal is a retired surgeon and former Minister of Health and Social Services. He believes it is the duty of the government to provide massive programs to help all citizens. He is vehemently pro-life and has never performed an abortion. He once quit as chief surgeon of a major hospital because it routinely performed abortions. The hospital later changed its position and hired him back.

Morgan Harad
Morgan Harad is the black sheep of the party elite. He went to public schools all his life working his way up from the ghetto. He is a former Minister of Education and Culture, which is a position he has held for over 5 terms. He recently received a third doctorate in sociology.

Delphan Gruss
Delphan Gruss is a stereotypical scientist. He is often found in his biotechnology lab working on "the next big thing." He is the party's resident genius who has no common sense. He is a former Minister of Science and Technology.

Ramus Macabee
Ramus Macabee made his mark as a four star chef. He is former Minister of Food and Agriculture. He is moonlights as the personal chef for the party leadership.

Evin Hekate
Evin Hekate is a a former Minister of Environment and Tourism. He doesn't get along with the rest of the party because he believes Telamon should open its borders to everyone. He says this will increase tourism exponentially pouring money into the treasury. When he isn't talking about tourism he holds rallies to protect the environment.

Garba Mojaro
Garba Mojaro is a former Minister of Trade and Industry. He sits on the board of three major corporations and has been CEO of numerous others. He knows business inside and out. He also served as Raxney's campaign manager when Raxney started in politics.

Elizabeth Raxney
Elizabeth Raxney is wife to Thorden Raxney Jr. She is a secondary teacher in Lirona where she teaches history and social studies.

Thorden Raxney Jr.
Thorden Raxney Jr. served as co-party leader 2542-2549 when he was elected President. He became party leader when his father, Thorden Raxney, resigned after the election. He has three children with his wife Elizabeth. Before his election as president he lived in Lirona near COM Party Headquarters. He was kicked out of the party in a coup led by Roger Evars.

Thorden Raxney
Thorden Raxney served as party leader 2505-2549. Additionally, he has served as Prime Minister 2505-2540 and again 2542-2547. He replaced Benjamin Kil'dred Nam'a'taht as party leader who retired after a single term and then passed away. Under his leadership the Conservative Adeptus Mechanicus has changed names, ideologies, and grown dramatically. It spread beyond its roots in Lirona to every canton. Under his guidance the party consistently earns 20% of all votes nationwide.

Raxney led the charge to return parliament to its respectable nature. He sponsored legislation to censure parties that act in a manner unbecoming the dignity of parliament. Raxney has also heavily utilized global bulletins to browbeat and praise parliament for its decorum.

His youngest son passed away in 2547 resulting in an extended mourning period for the entire party and a loss of all their seats in Parliament. He briefly returned to politics afterwards and then retired in 2549 when his son, Thorden Raxney Jr., was elected President.

Benjamin Kil'dred Nam'a'taht
Benjamin Kil'dred Nam'a'taht is the founder of the party. He served as party leader from 2492-2502 when he retired to spend more time with his family. He passed away three months later of unknown causes. His ideology was vastly different from the party's current platform. His support base slowly withered away as Thorden Raxney's grew. The two increasingly butted heads until the day he died.