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{{quote| Our job is to gather the facts. To get emotional about it is sad indeed.| Leon Silverberg}} | {{quote| Our job is to gather the facts. To get emotional about it is sad indeed.| Leon Silverberg}} | ||
Leon Silverberg is a famed strategist of the Silverberg family and served as [[Barbarosa Rugner]]'s chief strategist during the [[War of Succession]], leading Barbarosa's forces to a stunning victory. Possessed with a rational and realistic eye for strategy, his goal was to achieve victory swiftly at any cost, with the aim of minimizing protracted suffering. | Leon Silverberg is a famed strategist of the Silverberg family and served as [[Barbarosa Rugner]]'s chief strategist during the [[War of Succession]], leading Barbarosa's forces to a stunning victory. Possessed with a rational and realistic eye for strategy, his goal was to achieve victory swiftly at any cost, with the aim of minimizing protracted suffering even if that resulted in immediate loss. | ||
Prior to his Imperial service, he lived his life travelling around the country. He would occasionally visit his nephew, [[Mathiu Silverberg|Mathiu]] in [[Gregminster]] and would become his guardian, tutoring his nephew in the ways of military strategy. Once the War of Succession broke out, Mathiu would introduce Leon to Emperor Barbarosa, leading him to become the lead strategist for his forces. | Prior to his Imperial service, he lived his life travelling around the country. He would occasionally visit his nephew, [[Mathiu Silverberg|Mathiu]] in [[Gregminster]] and would become his guardian, tutoring his nephew in the ways of military strategy. Once the War of Succession broke out, Mathiu would introduce Leon to Emperor Barbarosa, leading him to become the lead strategist for his forces. | ||
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Following the war, Leon would both propose and participate in the [[Kalekka Incident]] and he is historically credited as the man who rallied the [[Scarlet Moon Empire]] forces after witnessing the devastation supposedly wreaked upon the village by the army of the [[City-State of Jowston]]. | Following the war, Leon would both propose and participate in the [[Kalekka Incident]] and he is historically credited as the man who rallied the [[Scarlet Moon Empire]] forces after witnessing the devastation supposedly wreaked upon the village by the army of the [[City-State of Jowston]]. | ||
In reality, Leon had led the razing of Kalekka in order to shore up support for the Empire's defensive war against the Jowston invaders. Following his retirement from Imperial service, Leon moved to [[Kalekka]], not out of any sense of regret but simply because he liked the silence of the now-abandoned town. | In reality, Leon had planned and led the razing of Kalekka in order to shore up support for the Empire's defensive war against the Jowston invaders. Following his retirement from Imperial service, Leon moved to [[Kalekka]], not out of any sense of regret but simply because he liked the silence of the now-abandoned town. | ||
===Active Retirement=== | ===Active Retirement=== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
#[[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], pages 114-5, 236 | # [[Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), page 314 | ||
# [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], pages 114-5, 236 | |||
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