Puppet Show- Napoleguin
Napoleguin is a character and a brilliant military mind from Polaris in Pirate101. The last of the Emperor Penguins, he saw it as a god-given right to rule over Polaris; however, by the events of Pirate101, his glory has long since faded and he finds himself in hot water.
History[]
Napoleguin grew up in Polaris. His starting job was as a ship clerk. Ten years from his first job, he became the Emperor of Polaris. He was able to accomplish this by way of the Penguin Revolution, in which he (alongside the other Penguins) overthrew the old ruler of Polaris.
However, it was after the revolution that he revealed his real intent- he wanted to keep all the power for himself! Placing his old comrades back into their low standing area, he began an ambitious new plan- the conquest of the whole Spiral! To accomplish this task, "he rebuilt the Polarian navy from the ground up and [upon completion of this task] attacked all of his allies at once- Valencia, Marleybone and Monquista!" (as stated by Catbeard). Naturally, nobody responded to this in a pleasant way, and it wasn't long before the Polarian War broke out.
Eventually, Napoleguin was betrayed. Some of his own troops went turncoat on him almost immediately (perhaps having realized they were working for a madman), "Marleybone started a revolt in Napoleguin's backyard" and, to make the sweet pot even sweeter, "Valencia unleashed "the Clockwork Armada"; "They turned the tide" and subsequently earned Napoleguin a long stay at Fort Elena.
It would've seemed that Napoleguin had no hope of escape. However, the tiny tyrant was far from defeated. As time went on, Napoleguin began formulating a plan to escape from the fort. Somehow, he passed this information on to Catbeard (despite Catbeard claiming the plan to bust Napoleguin free of his imprisonment was his idea) and, by the time Pirate101's events roll around, the player frees Napoleguin (along with his valet, Nicholas, and Napoleguin's Honor Guard). Napoleguin is eventually given to the Opposition in the hopes that he can end the Monquistan Civil War.
We learn before going to Aquila that Napoleguin has won the Monquistan Civil War for Gortez, and has most likely left for Polaris. By the time of Valencia Part 2, we receive information from a side quest about Polaris that reveals that Napoleguin is now Emperor of Polaris and made peace with Polaris' enemies from the polarian war exept for marleybone which intercepts with shipping. However, not much else is revealed.
Trivia[]
- Napoleguin is a parody of Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Napoleguin's rise to power is based on Napoleon's, as Napoleon rose from the army ranks to Emperor during the French Revolution whereas Napoleguin rose from shipping clerk to Emperor during the Penguin Revolution. Both rises to emperorship were done within 10 years.
- Napoleon was mocked for his height in propaganda, to which the "Napoleon complex" is named after him. The Napoleon complex is an inferiority complex regarding domineering or aggressive attitudes in individuals with short statures, to which Napoleguin also suffers from.
- Napoleonic France fought several coalitions of world powers simultaneously such as Britain, and Russia during the Napoleonic wars. Napoleguin would also fight several powers such as Marleybone, Monquista and Valencia simultaneously.
- Napoleguin was arrested and exiled to Fort Elena, similarily to when Napoleon was arrested and exiled to Saint Helena after their defeats.