Rachet d'Everard
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Rachet Maria Gottart d'Everard | |
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 d'Everard in 1949 | |
| Nationality | Yonderian |
Knight-Baron Rachet Maria Gottart d'Everard (June 4, 1903 – June 13, 1997) was a Yonderian Marshal, nobleman and Ambassador to Burgundie. He is noted for his long and succesful military career in both the Yonderian Defence Force and the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion and as a recipient of both the Yonderian Knight's Cross and the Burgoignesc Ordre d'Distintiu, the highest order for gallantry awarded by either country. As Chief of the General Staff d'Everard was instrumental in the 1948 New Army agreement that modernized the Yonderian Defence Force greatly from an army relying doctrinally on static defence to one of rapid maneuver warfare. d'Everard would go on to become Chief of Defence of the Yonderian Defence Force in 1956, a position he held until his retirement in 1970. Following his retirement from the YDF d'Everard was posted to Burgundie as Ambassador, serving with distinction for ten years in this capacity.
d'Everard joined the Yonderian Defence Force in 1924 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant before seeking furlough and joining the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion in 1929. He fought in numerous campaigns for the Burgoignesc and was awarded, amongst other orders, the Crotx della Valor, Escut della Sang and finally the Ordre d'Distintiu, Burgundie's highest order for gallantry. He was wounded in combat several times and ultimately sent home to Yonderre in 1935 for medical reasons. After attending a higher officer candidate school d'Everard held a regimental command in the Guard Dragoon Division before being sent as a military observer to Burgundie in 1939 in time for the New Burgundie Secession War.
d'Everard was the cause of a diplomatic incident when photos surfaced of him leading a charge of Yonderian volunteers dressed in Yonderian uniform, for which he was ultimately recalled to Yonderre. Under pressure from Kiravia d'Everard was tried for treason, using a poorly worded paragraph of Yonderian military legal code to interpret that his actions in the New Burgundie Secession War constituted illegally fighting for another country. In what was widely considered a pre-determined show trial, d'Everard was found not guilty and instead of jail was posted to the Yonderian General Staff. He was made Chief of the General Staff in 1948 and oversaw the modernisation of the Yonderian Defence Force via the 1948 New Army agreement for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Joanus. d'Everard was made Chief of Defence in 1956 and served in this role until his voluntary retirement at the end of 1970, aged 67. After three months of idleness he was posted to Burgundie as Ambassador, serving with distinction for ten years in this capacity until his ultimate retirement in 1980.
A lifelong soldier and statesman, d'Everard's legacy was a totally changed Yonderian Defence Force, from a conscript-based static defensive force to a professional mechanized army. His ambassadorship to Burgundie was a highly popular one that reinforced the strong bond between the two nations, but in turn the incident he caused during the New Burgundie Secession War soured Kiro-Yonderian relations temporarily.