Wesley Victricius Mercator

Wesley Mercator, bearing the Imperial name Victricius, was founder and High Imperator of the first Mercatian Empire. Instigator of the Imperial Civil War, Mercator and his followers seceded from the greater Imperium following his assassination of his uncle, Emperor Adrian Amatius Valerius. He was the son of Grand Duchess Caroline Valerius and Grand Duke Lucius Mercator, the first Duke of Mercatia. After his death during the Amatian Campaigns, Mercator was succeeded as High Imperator by his adopted heir Antoine Pontidius Cancolt.