King Bison I

Bison I was the first King of Derpscovy to appear in the hit roleplaying series Late Night With Jam.

Childhood
Bison grew up in Derptroit, the capital of Derpscovy, and grew up knowing he would be the future King. He had a bastard half-brother by the name of Jamtein Adsum, and the two built a great friendship that would dominate Derpscovian politics in later years. Bison also became good friends with a younger boy named Cirion Leon, who made up for what Bison and Jamtein lacked in skilled related to politics and governance. Training heavily in the art of war, Bison was a skilled fighter and leader but he lacked aptitude for strategizing or forethought. This would come to haunt him in later years, but as a child and a young man he was content with being admired for his bravery and skill in combat.

The Fister Frontier
Sometime in his youth, Bison went north and spent some time in Bearland and along the Fister Frontier. Some historians believe he began this tradition among the heirs of Derpscovy, others that it had gone on for centuries and Bison's time in the north was nothing new. While there he worked to perfect his combat skills against raiding parties that would often come over the mountains, spending some time in the mountain barony of Vizegal. It is here that he met and fell in love with a peasant woman, one who he would eventually marry and sire a son upon. He set the two up on an estate in Bearland, but his father and the Derpscovian court had grown tired of him shirking his duties and forcefully recalled him to Derptroit.

King of Derpscovy
Bison I became King of Derpscovy shortly after his return from the north, and alongside the skilled statesman Cirion Leon and great warrior Jamtein Adsum ensured that Derpscovy remained prosperous and secure for many years. He maintained close relations with the Soup Empire, whom he respected for their martial abilities even if they lacked the finer points of civilization. Not content to sit on his laurels, Bison began plotting with his allies to expand the Derpscovian hold on Scovania and curb the power of House Cliffhall. To secure Cirion's support he granted him a knighthood, and Cirion was able to negotiate an military alliance with the Soupists.

A group of minor nobles tied to the Cliffhalls entered into a border conflict with the Soup Empire, providing Bison the casus beli he needed to make a move. Cirion was sent to try and convince the Cliffhalls to surrender their palace to Derpscovy, which they unsurprisingly declined. Expecting this, Bison led the Derpscovian Cavalry in a direct charge against the Cliffhall Palace, into hails of arrows and walls of spears. They were massacred, with Bison sustaining a minor wound. Upon regrouping, he realized that Cirion had been captured by the Cliffhalls. His army crippled, Bison could not aid the Soupists as they managed to push the Cliffhall's counterattack back.

Death and Legacy
Bison I, along with Jamtein Adsum and the better part of his retinue, negotiated a ceasefire with the Cliffhalls and the sides agreed to meet in the Palace. The Derpscovians went in under a white flag with the aim of securing Cirion Leon's release, but upon reaching Cirion's cell the Cliffhalls turned their spears upon the Derpscovian's backs. Many veteran and respected nobles were massacred, Bison himself being assassinated in what would become known as "The Bloody Rise of House Cliffhall".

Although he does not play a major role in the series, his death and its consequences can be seen as the catalyst of the series, and much of the stories and drama in later episodes and even seasons can be attributed to it.