So you want to be Franco.
@poison_mara, how nice of a person was Franco when he seized power?
I am from the same city Francisco born. He was a weird guy. He wanted to be his brother a hero (his brother Ramon was the first with to companions in reach Argentina from Seville without any stop it was really famous and pretty with lots of woman also mason. That gives Francisco a inferior complex and a hate for masons when he was not accepted. He loves sign death sentences. However he wasnât really a bloodthirsty dictator he jailed and treatment like shit opposition; yes a friend of my father in a union in early 70 was political jailed in Spanish Morroco. But in 1940s he could have killed half of population and made gulags and that he didnât. So he was more paranoia than bloodthirsty. Thankfully if he was a Hitler he could have been a Pol Pot.
Franco colony forces didnât decide anything really too small . They bring time to foreign helping and conquer Andalusia so They were vital to the rebellion wonât be smashed first days by Republicans but importance was greatly exaggerated because politics.
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Without spoiling anything how high can character rise? And what are different path they could possible go down?
They also carried around the severed heads of the Moroccans on string.
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To be fair, while Nationalist Spain was not nice, Republican Spain has their share of massacring civilians and their anti-clerical policies pre-war was so extreme it pissed off many Spaniards especially in the north. Minority groups were also concerned that the Republicans would revoke their special rights and threw their lot with the Nationalists.
Marquis de Lafayette would have been a better example-
Oh wait, heâs an aristocrat and a moderate, whose contributions to the French Revolution was rewarded with the attempt to arrest him and probably execute him by guillotine if the attempt had been successful. Nevermind.
As for destroying the aristocracy and overthrowing the monarchy, I want reasons, now. Preferably with in-game supporting text. Iâm getting the suspicion that it is because they have the committed the utterly hideous and unforgivable crime of existing.
WellâŠconsidering weâll end up as small time schoolteachers by the end you may not be too far off the mark.
Maybe old war heroes like my mc wonât be trusted by the new Republican regime either.
On the other hand, since we end up in that school no matter what, the Imperial side will doublecross us too, so we might as well side with who best represents our own convictions here.
And said school could very well be one of the most prestigious schools in the entire empire and a legitimate reward? The intro scene was not very clear which school it was or what our PCâs thought about it. How can you be sure it is a small time teaching job designed to punish the PC?
Too many negative assumptions, especially towards the Imperial side.
My MC is an aristocrat, btw.
Of course he is. 
As for the reasons the Empire with its new Emperor seems to be progressively clamping down on the rights of the people in favour of the old aristocracy again. Re-establishing that old council of noble governors again right at the beginning of the game. Of course I get the feeling that the current Emperor is someone like Louis XVI or Tsar Nicky who really isnât fit to handle his job and is in over his head, but it still is what it is and his actions speak for themselves.
@DJB
A few years. Events will occur that will draw the officer back to the Old World around the same time as the university student finishes their education.
@Rogar @idonotlikeusernames
I was just about to say that clearly the highest position you can ever rise to in the end is a mere schoolteacher, so keep your expectations very low⊠Haha.
@Herrington
The main difference between the branches will be the different amount of context for events that will happen after the branches meet up again. Different context, different circle of friends, different stat spread. You wonât see too much of the Imperial nobility in the New World and most of the information will be filtered through newspapers.
On the University path, there will be more of a clear knowledge of what is happening in the Empire and all the writing on the wall.
@idonotlikeusernames does have a fair point with the clamping down starting to happen. Itâs partly true. I havenât parted the curtains to the inner machinations of the Imperial Palace so far, but there is much more happening there than is being told. There are three big things that have happened or are happening in the Empire right now: the nobility/military have been granted a major power platform with the Conseil de lâExaltĂ©; the Directory is bogged down in politics and is giving the Conseil a chance to grab power where the Directory is unable to wield it; the highly-educated students are beginning to rally behind the cause of the poorest strata of the Empire and their lousy working conditions.
Outside the Empire, one major thing happened: the Empire signed a white peace. Nobody gained anything out of the three-way war, and even if itâs seen in the empire as a victory because the Empire enforced peace, it was not a show of force that mightâve been expected. Even though itâs not explored too much, there is a big arms race going to happen, and the Empire will still feel like itâs invincible, influencing what kind of decision they make during that race.
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While forces from Rio De Oro and Equatorial Guinea held little to no importance in the Civil War, the Army of Africa (from Spanish Morocco) was very important. They were the ones with most recent combat experiance from the Rif War.
The Army of Africa was to play a key part during the Spanish Civil War of 1936â39. Along with other units in the Spanish Army, the Army of Africa rose against the Second Spanish Republic and took part in the Spanish coup of July 1936 on the side of the Nacionales. On 18 July 1936, General Francisco Franco assumed the supreme command over this force.
Spanish Morocco fell to the rebels without significant opposition. The initial intention was to transport the Army of Africa to mainland Spain by sea. However the crews of Spanish warships whose officers had joined the revolt remained loyal to the Republican government in Madrid. Between 29 July and 5 August 1936 1,500 members of the Army of Africa were accordingly transported to mainland Spain in a bold airlift led by Junkers transport planes supplied by Germany. The fascist régime of the Kingdom of Italy provided Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 bombers to provide air cover for merchant ships carrying 3,000 soldiers and equipment from Morocco on 5 August. Thereafter daily flights continued until about 8,000 Moroccans and legionaries, with supporting artillery, were gathered at Seville.
After landing in Spain, the Army of Africa was split into two columns, one commanded by General Juan YagĂŒe and the other commanded by Colonel JosĂ© Enrique Varela. YagĂŒeâs force advanced north, making remarkably rapid gains, and then turned north-eastwards towards Madrid and Toledo. Varelaâs force entered Andalusia and took control of the key cities of Seville, Granada, and CĂłrdoba, Andalusia. Thanks mostly to the Army of Africaâs advances, almost all of western Spain was in Francoist Nationalist hands by the end of September 1936. By early 1937 the Army of Africaâs strength had been increased to 60,000 men. The Legion and Regulares spearheaded the Nacionalesâ operations for the remainder of the war and played a central role in the Nationalist victory.
Their role was very much essential. War veterans with combat experiance are very valued, especially in conflicts where volunteers, drafters and people with little military experiance participate in battles. Their importance and advantage is even bigger in such cases.
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Of course, of course. 
Wariness does seem to be a reasonable course of action in this case, though I canât say anything about the the emperor yet since I donât know all to much about him. Iâm still supporting progressive reforms as opposed to revolution, however.
Re-establishing the noble councils seems like a step towards decentralization. I was reading a book that had a point where the introduction of the new bureaucracy and advisors to replace the noble councils was one catalyst for the increasing centralization of kingdoms. But your MC would be certainly opposed to where the emperor is delegating his power (my MC might actually be a bit miffed about that too actually).
Any further discussion will have to wait until I get to school, however.
Interesting, so very interesting. Iâm looking forward further updates.
As for being a school teacher everyone, remember that Carl von Clauswitz was also a school teacher. One in the General Staff college that is (said person came from a middle class family and enlisted as a private, rose through the ranks to become a senior staff officer by the end of the Napoleonic War, and whose possibly fabricated claims to nobility was accepted because of merit, royal assent, and Prussia being a relatively progressive state. His life story and so that of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder are very interesting).
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I still hope that my character can marry a noblewoman in a political alliance.
Youâre one of my favorite authors FYI. I wad wondering how high we could rise before we retired to teaching! Love your writing LoA is one my favorite series along with infinite Sea. Guys keep up the good work!!
Itâs become a running joke in this thread that teaching is all you ever surmount to in this story.
Mainly because Iâm not talking about what happens to lead you to that point, and what your real position is in that classroom.
Technically the statement is not false, but I do have a bit more to that than just a sudden jump into a teaching career.
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Last portion of the gameâs going to be like the Napoleonic era life sim/ hentiaâŠI see what did there. 
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You mean this weekâs special guest lecturer, President Playername?
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Iâve always suspected the teaching position was a volunteer or transitory position ⊠much like important administration people in US politics will take teacher roles (professorships or dean positions) in between their âreal jobsâ for presidents.
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I have said too much.
Itâs all unravelling before my very eyes.
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Also, cultivating the young is always a great way to publish your agenda.
You would have to be teaching in a prestigious school, after all de Reyerâs daughter is there.