Hestor Whitefjord
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Hestor Alban Árcoih Whitefjord is a Kiravian civil servant, author, and landowner.
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Biography
Born in the mountain community of Dealford, Kirav, to Falkland and Scotiana Whitefjord. He was raised at Whitefjord Purchase, his family's ancestral plantation settlement. Isolated from most nearby towns, Whitefjord spent most of his time at the settlement examining the contents of the Purchase's library, where he picked up an interest in the social sciences and Kiravic history. Upon his adolescence, he would often travel to Dealford to attend classes, and to partake in tavern discussions concerning social issues.
Whitefjord left the Aterandic Mountains to attend Thandish College, a small, Kaldev-speaking university outside Baysar. After recieving a Cooper's Degree in Sociology, Kaldev Coscivian, and Aterandic Studies, he went to the prestigious St. Andrew's Academy in Baysar, from which he graduated with honours.
Choosing to remain in the academic life, Whitefjord travelled to Icelake, where he bacame a Læsecôliuv (hihg-school) teacher. Dissatisfied financially, he took a better job teaching in Alexandria Countyship. Alexandria, much like his own home, was an Aterandic Mountain community, faced with the same issues he had grown up with. It is here that he wrote and published his first book : Word from the Valley", a cultural commentary describing the experience of Eastern mountain life through happenings in the ficticious town of Riverlight. The book gained considerable popularity.
He entered politics when he was elected as a Freeholder for Alexandria Countyship, and then as its representative in the Annex Legislature.
Taking a hiatus from politics, Whitefjord became a part-time professor and a community organiser in Baysar, of which he was later elected City Administrator. He was defeated in the next election, but was asked by Emperor Sandforest to become a Public Minister. He accepted, and served the post for five years. During this time, he met and married Deanna Pinecliff, with whom he returned to Whitefjord Purchase after leaving his post. There, he composed numerous essays, narrratives, and commentaries, which were later donated to the Dealford Library.
Leaving the plantation once again, he became an officer in the Education Service, working his way up, eventually, to become Secriatist of Education.
He is currently under electoral consideration to be the next Emperor, and has recieved several large foreign donations.
Beliefs and Philosophy
Politics
Hestor Whitefjord's political views are centre-right, and leaning towards Social Democracy in terms of economics. He champions the Empire's Cultural Activism Policy, preaching that the Empire should take a role in protecting and futhering all Kiravian cultures. Education is high on his priority list, making him a prime candidate in academic circles.
Religion
Whitefjord is an active member of the Church of Kirav. When asked about his beleifs by Darys Amberwood, he responded "I believe in the one God, and that Jesus Christ is his missionary to humanity. I believe that we should live by Christ's exapmle in everything we do." This has brought some criticism from foriegn secular Socialists.
He was the leader of the small (Six members) Church of Kirav community at Thandish College, and represented the Church of Kirav at the Spirituality Conference of St. Andrew's students for some time. He was in charge of an ecclesial library during his second residence at the Purchase.
Residence and Property
While Sèr Whitefjord's primary residence is the manor house at Whitefjord Purchase, he owns a small townhouse in Kartika, and an apartment in Rawling, Vabaria, for when he must remain there for political duties.
He is also a large proprietor, owning Whitefjord Purchase, a portion of land in English Farms Countyship, Karesta, and one hundred acres of grazing land, cropland, and rangeland in the Upper Norwest region of Kirav.
