Johan Von Hornisse

Johan Von Hornisse was the 1st Master Commander of the Latherian Armed Forces and commander of the Dead Zone front in the secession wars.

Early Life
Johan was born in Old Lather to a military family. He assisted in farmwork as a teenager and would spend time farming and gardening in stints throughout his life. He would later credit the early time he spent with farmers in these times for preventing him from adopting a callouos aditude with regards to conscripts and conscripted units that was common among generals of his era.

Career
Johan would recieve his commission to the newly created rank of Master Commander in the year 528 leading up to the Secession Wars and would command Latherian Forces throughout the conflict. He would codify a great deal of early Latherian planetary invasion strategies and tactics and would create and codify the first 8 Latherian Fleet army goups, albeit they would later be fully organized by his grandson Jörg Von Hornisse.

After the war Johan would retire early in 740, leaving the position after only 12 years of service. He would live out the rest of his life as a Dean at the Emporer's War College on Nassentaaf.

Views
Johan would never really ally himself with any political faction within Latheria. He considered himself only loyal to the men he worked with.first and the Emporer second. No one else held any importance for him. As a General he greatly respected the Navine's capacity for warfare, quoted as saying that they were "the greatest opponents any general could hope to challenge" on multiple occassions. Only his personal skill as a commander, popularity with those in his command and relative favor with the imperial court itself protected him from reprisals from more "political" nobles within the empire.