Stav

Yuri “Tseziyin” Stavros, visionary communistical puppet leader of the Bureau. There is literally no beginnings to his power.

Summary

Destined since before birth to be a puppet leader Stavros has been carefully trained to be a superior Puppet Leader, combining a commanding presence in public with the wisdom to take advice, guidance and instruction from the rest of the Bureau. His 0.2 of a vote is a visible and permanent reminder of his status within his own Bureau.

Early Life

Identified by no less an authority than Louis Armstrong as a future legend, Stav’s fate was sealed when Louis re-incarnated into Stav before birth. Well over a decade before his birth in fact. Many have said and continue to say this is impossible in normal biology, but as Stav and the Bureau would repeatedly prove in the years to come they were anything but normal.

The Pope Wars

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, a time of triumph, a time of disasters, it was the Pope Wars and in it’s terrors it was magnificent.

Selected by Louis as his vessel for the long foretold conflict Stav, and his inadvisably youthful bodyguards in the proto-Bureau, was at the heart of the wars. For much of 1990[1] Louis was in control, however by 1990[2] Stav’s personality began to re-surface as the forces of truth and sanity tried to rally from Pope Urban's terrible betrayal. By 1990[3] the classic split of responsibility between Stav and Louis had been established, the decisive victory at Acapulco owing much to the interplay of Louis inspirational rallying trumpet solos and Stav’s ability to actually count and delay the final attack until Pope Gregory’s reinforcements had arrived.

One Last Betrayal

With the Pope Wars won and the delicate task of reconstructing history well under way the Vatican found time for one last betrayal. Determined to silence Louis, lest he reveal the terrible mistakes and inexcusable hubris that had led to the war in the first place, they despatched the unhinged terrorist mastermind Nelson Mande-LA to kill Stav. While the by now elite veterans of the Bureau thwarted the effort, they were unable to prevent Stav acquiring a crippling heroin addiction in an entirely unrelated swan related accident. Deciding to make the best of a bad job the Pope, the haphazardly rebuilt cyborg Pontiff PopeBot JP2.0, ordered Mande-LA to covertly maintain the addiction, correctly reasoning that a constant supply of horse would keep Louis suppressed. For reasons that probably make no actual sense at all Mande-LA agreed.

A Mighty Name for a Mighty Leader

Recognising that as Puppet Leader of the Bureau he would need an impressive nickname, the Bureau conducted extensive market research and focus group exercises to determine the optimal name. They then had the research burnt and everyone involved sent to the salt mines on general principle.

Instead they determined that, while Stalin was taken and the translation of Man of Steel would be confusing, the concept was good. Thus it was decreed that Stav would henceforth be known as “Tseziyin”, the Man of Caesium.

Yuri Stavros Recognition Chart

If the man you’re looking at has none of these he is likely to be Stav.