George IV
| George IV | |
|---|---|
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| Rijkse of Empherias | |
| Reign | 29 December 2442 – 24 April 2446 |
| Coronation | Never officially coronated |
| Predecessor | Abigail |
| Successor | Roxanne |
| Born | George William Edward Lydekker 19 July 2394 Wynnoa, Empherias |
| Died | 24 April 2446 |
George IV (George William Edward Lydekker; 19 July 2394 – 24 April 2446) was Rijkse of the Kingdom of Empherias from 2442 until his death from liver disease. He succeeded his mother, Abigail I, when she passed away. Following his death, his daughter Roxanne I ascended to the throne.
He joined the military aged 18 but was discharged just nine months later after an accident related injury blinded his left eye, blew off his left ear and gave him substantial injuries to his left shoulder. Later, he sought cosmetic surgery to reconstruct his
Personal life[edit | edit source]
He joined the military aged eighteen but was discharged just nine months later due to an accident-related injury. This injury left long-standing effects that may have saw his premature death. He became totally blind in his disfigured left eye; he developed tinnitus and became deaf in his left ear, and only kept partial hearing in his right ear; he took substantial injury to his left shoulder and upper arm which saw him lose mobility for many years there. The arm-related injuries, which happened on his writing hand, saw him switch to his right hand for signing and writing documents which saw his previously fast writing skills diminished. Between leaving service and ascending to the throne, George sought ways to hide and fix his injuries to which he received cosmetic surgery to restore his facial features (mainly his eye and ears) to a relatively normal position.
The injuries made exercising his upper body a lot harder and painful, and he would begin an alcohol addiction that he managed to kept relatively hidden from the public barring a few public scandals involving celebrities and socialites. His alcoholic addiction did not subside when he became the ruling monarch and although his wife, Anna Thorns, made several attempts to get him to stop, he eventually developed a harsh liver disease. For the remaining few months of his reign, he was often away from public view and once vomited deep red when doing a public engagement in February 2446 which raised awareness for his declining health. He died on 24 April 2446 in his sleep, likely due to internal bleeding, although doctors now suspect he may have also developed liver cancer years before he died.
The queen-consort Anna Thorns would later, during her daughter Roxanne's reign, would try and raise awareness for both veterans protection and alcohol-related death awareness. She became deeply involved with many charities helping victims.