Cardinal Daubney

Cardinal Daubney was the first minister for Kulian Emperor Victorin and the unofficial leader of the liberal movement at the time. Daubney fostered the brief revival in Kulian power following decades of war and unrest. The Cardinal sought to rid Kulia of serfdom and conscription, while liberalising the markets as much as possible. Throughout his time in office, Daubney fought against fierce conservative resistance. Most of the nobility wished to rid the realm of Daubney, and when Victorin died, the new regent and head of the privy council, Earl Dupost, exiled the Cardinal to the Ivaran island chain where Daubney was given the post of lieutenant-governor.

Earl Dupost and the nobility would see to the dismantling of most of Daubney's previous reforms, though due to the economic boom which seemed to of been brought about Daubney's policies, much of the market reforms remained untouched. When Victorin's son, Emperor Calvus, came of age, Daubney was permitted to return to Kulia where he set about once more to battle for his reforms. The Cardinal successfully ended serfdom though was unable to convince Calvus to drop conscription. In Daubney's final years Kulia once more began to prosper, the regular food shortages seemed to be at an end, and depopulation of the Empire completely stopped.