Ludara Kresh

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Ludara Kresh (born 954.M41) is a Lady General of the Ashimar Nova Guard, the most senior officer on Ashimar High Command, and effectively the supreme commander of the entire Ashimar Nova Guard. Kresh is a master tactician and military organizer, who is cold, ruthless, and logical in the planning and execution of her campaigns. She has brought many victories and battle honors to the Ashimar Nova Guard forces she has commanded, though often at great cost due to her relentless, win-at-all-costs mentality and draconian approach to discipline. While many Ashimar Nova Guard officers are respected and beloved by their troops, Kresh is one of the few who is feared.

History
Born in 954.M41 to an aristocratic military family, Ludara Kresh was groomed from birth to be a military officer. As a child and teenager she spent much time practicing fencing and target shooting, studied Macharius, Slaydo, and Macaroth, and watched propaganda films depicting the exploits of Imperial heroes like Ibram Gaunt and Ciaphas Cain. As a young adult, she attended Ashimar's prestigious Kinodia Military Academy, where she was a classmate of fellow future Lord General Danilus Voltek. The two quickly became rivals, both in academics and other matters, due to both being prodigies and being from different backgrounds - Kresh was from the aristocracy and Voltek was a commoner. When they graduated in 975.M41, they were at the top of their class, tied for #1. Both were commissioned as Lieutenants, with Kresh going to the Ashimar 31st and Voltek going to the Ashimar 42nd.

Kresh quickly rose through the ranks, rising from Lieutenant to Commander within her first decade of service, serving as a battalion commander and later executive officer of the Ashimar 31st. Her strategic insights were crucial to the Ashimar 31st's victories in the Selvann Insurrection and several campaigns along the periphery of the 13th Black Crusade. In the aftermath of the 13th Black Crusade, when Ashimar greatly increased the founding of new regiments, Kresh was passed over in favor of her rival Voltek for command of the newly-established Ashimar 43rd. Kresh instead was promoted to Colonel and given command of the Ashimar 31st, following a scandal that saw the removal of her predecessor, Col. Vanius Zenon.

As Kresh's career continued, she found time to start a family, marrying Lord Commissar Anton Nageris, with whom she had three sons, and eventually being promoted to General. Adom, Leon, and Saule all eventually joined the Ashimar Nova Guard, and all three were killed in action during the protracted and bloody fighting of the Katalian War. While she publicly remained stoic and resolute, Kresh was devastated and blamed herself for the loss of her sons. The tragedy served to further harden her heart and she determined that such emotional ties were a weakness that someone in her position could ill afford, so she divorced Lord Commissar Nageris and successfully petitioned for the Officio Prefectus to reassign him far away from any war zones in which the Ashimar Nova Guard operated. It was after the Katalian War that Kresh began to truly acquire her infamous reputation, and become known as "Lady Death."

By Ludara Kresh
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