Karl Prosek Biography

[mobuttu]

I'm currently planning a campaign where PC eventually will have the opportinuty to go back in time through the Ocmulgee Mount Complex (WB27 Adventures in Dinosaur Swamps) to meet (and maybe kill) Emperor Karl Prosek.

1) Can you help me choose at what time would it have the more impact on Karl Prosek live and more desetabilizing for CS for the PC to travel back in time?
2) Do you miss anything in KP Bio below?

To help choose I did a Karl Prosek biography:

# Biography of Karl Prosek
42 PA. Karl Prosek (Father Joseph Prosek I) is born.
70 PA. (Autumn) Karl Prosek's father (Joseph Prosek I) is killed en route to inspect the Lone Star Complex. (CW1)
71 PA. Karl Posek was elected Chairman of the Coalition States.
72 PA. (January 1). He takes possession of the position of Chairman with a bold speech praising his father's work and urging people to strengthen his army to join the tide against his magic-using enemies. Hostilities begin with Tolkeen.
76 PA. Joseph Prosek II, his first child with Lady Prosek, is born.
78 PA. (December) He declares himself Emperor for life. (CW1)
86 PA. Jason Prosek, his second child with Lady Prosek, is born.
100 PA. Plans for military conquest and expansion begin. Along with his son Joseph Prosek II.
101 PA. Together with his son Joseph, begins the Crusade for Humanity.
102 PA (4th July) Lady Prosek incident. Jo-Anna Prosek, the emperor's wife was kidnapped (and left for dead) by terrorists from the "True Federation of Magic". His son Jason Prosek died in the attack. (WB16)
105 PA (February) Lord Coake frees Lady Prosek and returns her to the Coalition deeply impressed by the kindness of those she considered enemies.

Biography:
WB11. Coalition War Campaign. p. 214
WB16. Federation of Magic R&U. p. 29
CW1. Siege on Tolkien. p. 100-111

[taalismn]

The tabloid version will feature Karl's fling with Erin Tarn in the stacks of the Chi-Town library, his consulting an astrologer, and his covert lunches and fishing trips with his half-brother Lord Dunscon..


Or is that one of the alternate timelines created by our time-travelers when they #### up?

"Wait, he and Dunscon are in cahoots to divide North America between the two of them?....Okay, who went off the plan and stepped on a butterfly?"

[ShadowLogan]

1) Can you help me choose at what time would it have the more impact on Karl Prosek live and more desetabilizing for CS for the PC to travel back in time?

Well the farther back in time you go the more impact it will have on Kark Prosek's life.

I'm not sure how to define destabilizing for the CS since the farther back you go the bigger impact it will have, I'm just not sure in what direction.

[mobuttu]

I dunno, just listening to what you think.

I was planning the PC to travel to K. Prosek childhood or maybe the same day his father was killed.

[taalismn]

(To pre-teen Karl Prosek) "You're a wizard, Karl."

[mobuttu]

(To pre-teen Karl Prosek) "You're a wizard, Karl."

Man, that's evil!

[mobuttu]

And here you are Karl Prosek family tree excluding second cousins and unconfirmed gossip about his father affairs.

[Curbludgeon]

I like the idea of disrupting the election to Chairman as a false flag intimating not only that magic stopped the attempt on Prosek, but laid blame somewhere else. Having the appearance of an NGR plot switches a lot of discrimination over to Ze Germans and has potential for fostering diplomatic relations towards parts of the Federation of Magic.

[ShadowLogan]

Well if Karl never enters politics (and doesn't have kids) for whatever reason how WOULD the CS TURN OUT?

According to Tarn Chi-Town was a different ("liberal" or "moderate" compared to 101PA) place before Karl took over. Would the CS have retained that "character" it had before Karl took over? Or was the CS destined to go down this path regardless of who is in charge? Or would the CS fall apart?

[mobuttu]

So I see two possibilities here:

1) Mess with the Joseph Prosek I assassination attemp day in order to influence Karl, divert they attention from Magic Users or kill them both (Soseph I and Karl) to stop succesion.

PC travel in time to the assassination day.

or

2) Mess with Karl P. life in for him not beign his father successor.

PC travel in time to Karl's childhood or pre-adulthood (does this word exist?).

For what do you vote?