William Valerius

William Valerius, named Secundus posthumously, was the founder and first Emperor of the Valerian Imperium. An accomplished general in the Euro-American Wars, Valerius became Governor of the new Roman Territories in southern Italy, where he consolidated a powerful army during the initial months of the Federal Crisis. Valerius staged a land invasion of the divided United States in 2113 AD, and was hailed by his men and the survivors of the Crisis as a blessed Emperor. The Emperor succeeded in reunifying the warring states under an American Imperium, which prospered under his rule. William's campaigns in the First and Second Plasma Wars secured his Imperium's global power, American power rising to encompass most of Africa and the Americas. Valerius was the first to discover and utilize the powers of the Well of Disciples, and ruled for centuries. His final campaign was the great Adunationem, his unification of all man's nations under supreme Valerian rule. William was killed during the later stages of the Adunationem, but passed the crown to his sole remaining male heir Adrian Valerius, who completed his father's mission.