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Griffinpage, 1st Duke of Stirling

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== Virtual Paradise History ==

I became a member of VP on September 29, 2012, under the name Allanon. In May 2020, my username was changed to Griff.

== Active Worlds History ==

In the summer of 1998 (at the age of 10), while visiting my father in Northern California and attending his final computer course at Yreka Community College, we were introduced to Active Worlds by another adult student named Ed Borg. He showed us a tower he had built, along with some of his neighbors builds. From that moment, I was obsessed. However, I did not have a computer at home. The next summer, I convinced my dad to let me download AW on his computer, and explored as much as I could during that visit.

In late 1999, we acquired a Gateway computer, and I was able to join Active Worlds full time. In December, I became citizen 310922. Unfortunately, someone else took the name "Griffin" while the $20 check was in the mail. As it had recently been announced that there was a film version of The Lord of the Rings trilogy in the works, I decided to take on the name Legolas. Not long after, while looking for someone at Alphaworld GZ to start a twin city project with, I met [[User:Legion|Legion]], and together we embarked on a project that would culminate in his city of Peaceville, along Median Way. The failure of my own half of the town was the first of many - for the next several years, I roamed Alphaworld, starting towns and other projects, just to delete them days later.

A few projects that survived my purges include Alphaton, Las Vegas, and Scholzberg.

== Real Life ==

*Currently a full-time student working towards a Bachelor's degree in Legal Studies at the University of Maryland Global Campus.
*Works for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility as an Electronics Technician.
*Earned a Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity Technology at the University of Maryland Global Campus in 2023.
*Earned a Certificate in Computer Information Systems at the California Institute of Arts & Technology in 2022.
*Earned an Associate's Degree in History at Grossmont College in 2019.
*Prior Fire Controlman First Class (E-6) in the United States Navy (2012-2018).
*Originally from the eastern Mojave Desert (Needles, CA); has lived in Arizona, California, Illinois, Nevada, Virginia, and Washington.
*Has visited American Samoa, Australia, Austria, Brunei, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Guam, Hong Kong, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Tonga, Saipan, Singapore, and Scotland.

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{{World
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|''26 October 2012''
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a world in Virtual Paradise. It is open for public building and the building theme is General.

==History==
Established on 26 October [[2012]], [[User: Nibbles|Nibbles]] originally conceived the idea for the world and thus can be rightly called the founder of Blizzard. [[User:Tom|Tom]] did the construction of the original Ground Zero for the world. Construction for new ground zero, dubbed version 2.0, was begun on 29 April [[2013]] under direction of [[User:Legion|Legion]] with some assistance from [[User:Roy Curtis|Roy Curtis]] (who did the ruins near the center of GZ), [[User:Tom|Tom]], and [[User:Edwin|Edwin]].

==Points of Interests==
* '''Object Yard''' by [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] :: 500 0 500 :: The Blizzard Object Yard contains a grouping of most of Blizzard's objects.
* '''Grand Central Station''' :: 0 0 -8096 :: Central teleportation hub for Blizzard world
* '''VPSchool''' by Nibbles :: 502.877 0 580.151 180 :: School designed for teaching users about building in VP

=== Towns ===
* '''New Cypress Hollow''' :: 100 0 100 -180 :: A town built by [[User:GC|GC]]
* '''PiPoTown''' :: -256.511 0 -0.736 :: A town built by [[User:masterpipo|masterpipo]]
* '''New Rockford''' :: 500 0 16 :: Capital of [[Kingdom of Palmshire|Palmshire]]
* '''Pinecrest''' :: 300 0 250 -180 :: A town built by [[User:Tom|Tom]] and [[User:Cloggedone|Cloggedone]]
* '''Berwick''' :: 500 0 114.5 90 :: A small town located in the scenic northwestern Berwickshire. Administered by [[User:Allanon|Allanon]].

=== External Links ===
* [http://s1.uniquevps.info/blizzard/op/?action=index&q=/models Listing for models in Blizzard]
* [http://s1.uniquevps.info/blizzard/op/?action=index&q=/textures Listing for textures in Blizzard]

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[[Category: Public building worlds]]
[[Category: Worlds]]

Legion I of Palmshire

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Griff:

:''This is official Palmshire biography of Legion. For official Virtual Paradise biography of Legion, please see [[User:Legion|Legion]]''

{| id="toc" style="width:25em; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; float:right;"
!colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-size: small"|His Majesty
|-
!colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold"|King of Palmshire
----
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Reign
|!align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|22 January 2011 - present
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Predecessor
|!align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|None recognized before
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Heir apparent
|!align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Katy, Princess of Stirling]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Prime Ministers
|!align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|''[[List of Prime Ministers of Legion I|See list]]''
|-
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-size:110%;"|<div style="background:lavender; font-weight:bold">[[Prime Minister of Palmshire]]</div>
|-
!align="center" valign="top" colspan="3"|In office
|-
|align="center" valign="top" colspan="3"|4 July 2004 - 22 January 2011
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Monarch
|!align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|Pre-[[Monarchy of Palmshire|Monarchy]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Preceded by
|!align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|Office created
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Succeeded by
|!align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|[[GC, 1st Baron Cypress|The Duke of Cypress Hollow]]
|}

'''Legion of Palmshire''' is the [[Monarchy of Palmshire|constitutional monarch]] of Palmshire and has been reigning since 22 January [[2011]]. He was [[Prime Minister of Palmshire]] from [[2004]] to 2011. He also holds the peerage as Baron Rockford.

==Business career==
Lord Rockford formed a company called [[Circle of Peace]] with [[User:Allanon|Legolas]] in December [[1999]] and was its chief executive officer and director for its entire history until its dissolution. He also formed [[Saint Mark's Plaza Hotel|Saint Mark's Plaza Hotel Company]] in [[2006]] to manage his newly built hotel in downtown [[Cypress Hollow]]. Both companies were later dissolved and all of its assets transferred to newly formed [[East Winter Company]] on 1 October 2010, which he became Governor of and sits on its board of directors.

==Political career==

Lord Rockford first entered political career as the Mayor of [[Peaceful Valley]] on 30 April 1999. Later that year, in December, he became first and only Governor of former Peace Colony and served in that capacity until 4 July 2004. On that day, he became first Prime Minister of Palmshire and remained in that office until 21 January 2011. His tenure as Prime Minister saw quashing of Communist rebellion in [[Palm Hollow]] and quelling of a riot in [[Rockford]] that broke out following a bloodless coup of 10 September 2010 that resulted in dissolution of old Palmshire Senate.

He was created the Duke of Rockford on 4 November [[2010]] and first took up seat on [[Parliament of Palmshire|Parliament]] on 13 November that year. He later renounced this peerage and became Baron Rockford on 20 March 2011.

Rockford also served as [[List of mayors of Rockford|Mayor of Rockford]] for three terms. His first term began on city's founding city (1? October [[2000]]) and later resigned on 4 December [[2009]]. He returned to office on 17 January 2010 and resigned once again on 17 May same year. In same year, he became acting Mayor on 25 June, again as Mayor on 1 September, and finally retired from that office on 21 January 2011.

==Early reign==
On 22 January 2011, Rockford acceded to the throne as the first reigning monarch of Palmshire. His reign saw another riot in the capital as result of his refusal to receive petitioners demanding that he declare war on Iceman Empire which he refused, claiming that would give undue recognition to vicious barbarian state which he would not lend his hands to. He subsequently gave order to troops to open fire on rioters after they refused to disperse.

Known for his hostility toward the liberal governments, he played a role in fall of the Duke of Cypress Hollow's Whig government by allegedly bribing members of the Parliament, including [[Demon Dog Tenenbaum, 1st Baron Arcadia|Lord Dublin]], the leader of Communist Party and Foreign Secretary under Cypress Hollow government. The bribes allegedly included various promises designed to encourage them to vote down the budget bill proposed by the Government at Parliament's March session. A week after the Government budget was defeated by close margin of one vote at the meeting, the monarch used refusal of Prime Minister to resign his office, as required by convention when defeated on a motion of confidence, as pretext to dismiss him and his Cabinet on 28 March.

Following the fall of Cypress Hollow's government and ministerial instability, he appointed [[Bach Zhaa, 1st Baron Oxford|Lord Metaville]] to serve as caretaker Prime Minister while he searches for a suitable candidate for Prime Minister. At first, he made offer to [[Kitty Kat Kelsey, 1st Baroness Tumblr|Baroness Nottingham]] to form a new Government but she declined. Later, two candidates expressed interest for the office, triggering a contest to win the King's favor. The King threw his support, and therefore that of the monarchy, in favor of the [[Nibbles Yocum, 1st Baroness Rochester|Duchess of Rochester]], leader of the Tory party, against Lord Dublin, whom he detested due to Dublin's Communist affiliation.

==Constitutional struggle==
Rochester subsequently took office on 5 April, but at cost of provoking a relatively bloodless but nevertheless expensive civil war, known as [[Palmshire War of the Roses]], with Lord Dublin and his supporters that lasted less than month before armistice was finally signed. The treaty ending the civil war was ratified by the Parliament shortly thereafter. Rochester's government was on firm footing, retaining confidence of the Crown and the Parliament, which ensured its long survival until her resignation in 25 June. Subsequently, left with no suitable alternatives, the King was forced to appoint first Communist prime minister in the person of Lord Dublin.

Dublin's government subsequently lost vote on budget in the Parliament in summer and advised the King to dissolve the Parliament, paving way for next general election to be held. At [[Palmshire general election, August 2011|August general election]], Dublin's government made a one-seat gain but this was not enough to assure a parliamentary majority for them. Thereafter, Dublin resigned. The King, biased towards conservative parties, then offered to appoint Rochester to the office of Prime Minister, who promptly accepted it. She later resigned on 29 September amid a controversy and was replaced by a fellow Tory peer, the [[Arnold, 1st Baron Huntington|Lord Huntington]], who headed the Tory government until his government's weakness after loss of seats in the Parliament forced the King to dismiss the Tory government on 6 November.

The King then turned to Lord Metaville to form a new Communist government. However, Metaville's grip on the control of Communist party were weakening to the point Lord Arcadia (as Lord Dublin is now known) defeated Metaville in party leadership election and this led to Metaville's resignation from office of Prime Minister on 10 February 2012. The King then appointed Lord Arcadia as a new Prime Minister. Arcadia's party won [[Palmshire general election, March 2012|March 2012 general election]] and remained in power.

Arcadia's government later lost vote on budget in June and was forced to call another election. [[Palmshire general election, June 2012|June 2012 general election]] held saw Moose party led by [[Brock Tokeington, 1st Baron Tokeington|Lord Tokeington]] made gains in the House of Commons at expense of Communist and Tory parties. Thirteen days later after election, Arcadia resigned as prime minister for once more and the King commissioned Tokeington to form a new government which was last until 29 August. That day, having become exasperated with Tokeington as well Moose party's hold on Commons having been reduced through resignations, Legion I dismissed Tokeington and his government from office. He then chose to entrust premiership to [[Chris D]], whose party had substantial number of seats in Commons.

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{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|colspan="3" style="background: #ACE777;"|'''Regnal titles'''
|-
|Preceded by '''New title'''
|'''[[Monarchy of Palmshire|King of Palmshire]]''' 2011-present
|'''Incumbent''' ''Heir apparent:'' ''[[Katy, Princess of Stirling]]''
|-
|colspan="3" style="background: #ACE777;"|'''[[Peerage of Palmshire]]'''
|-
|Preceded by '''New creation'''
|'''Baron Rockford''' 20 March 2012-present
|'''Incumbent''' ''Heir apparent:'' ''Not named yet''
|-
|colspan="3" style="background: #FFBF00;"|'''Party political offices'''
|-
|'''First''' None recognized before
|'''[[Palmshire Tory Party|Leader of the Tory Party]]''' 2010-2011
|Succeeded by '''[[Nibbles Yocum, 1st Baroness Rochester|The Duchess of Rochester]]'''
|-
|colspan="3" style="background: #ccccff;"|'''Political offices'''
|-
|Preceded by '''Office created'''
|'''[[Prime Minister of Palmshire]]''' 2004-2011
|Succeeded by '''[[GC, 1st Baron Cypress|The Duke of Cypress Hollow]]'''
|-
|}
</div>

[[Category: Palmshire people]]

August 2012 House of Lords voting results

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Voting results from '''House of Lords proceedings on 26 August 2012'''.

==Membership List==
Members present:
*[[Legion, 1st Baron Rockford]] - [[Monarchy of Palmshire|King of Palmshire]] and de-facto presiding officer of the [[Palmshire House of Lords]]
*[[Brock Tokeington, 1st Baron Tokeington]] - [[Prime Minister of Palmshire]] and [[Lord President of the Council]]
*[[Bach Zhaa, 1st Baron Oxford]]
*[[Kitty Kat Kelsey, 1st Baroness Tumblr]] - [[Leader of the House of Lords]]

Members absent:
*[[GC, 1st Baron Cypress]]
*[[Nibbles Yocum, 1st Baroness Rochester]] - [[Leader of the Opposition]]
*[[Demon Dog Tenenbaum, 1st Baron Arcadia]]
*[[AlexTheMartian, 1st Baron Alexandria]]
*[[Anthony, 1st Baron Anthony]]
*[[Koll Tenenbaum, 1st Baron Redlight]]

==Voting summary==
===Government bills===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" width=100%
|-
!Bill title
! width=15%|Author
!Description
!Ayes (Names)
!Nays (Names)
!Abstains (Names)
!Notes
|-
|Right to Internet Access Act bill
|Chris D
|To guarantee Internet access as a human right and to provide for free broadband access for every citizens and residents of Palmshire at the state's expense. Furthermore, to provide for a free laptop if an eligible citizen is unable to afford a computer.
|4 (Brock, Bach Zhaa, Kitty Kat Kelsey, and Legion)
|0
|0
|Bill passed by 4-0-0.
|-
|GSK Memorial Day Act bill
|Baroness Tumblr
|To provide for a holiday in which every person eligible is entitled to a free inhaler and candy in memory of Baroness Tumblr's bronchitis and use of the GSK inhaler.
|4 (Brock, Bach Zhaa, Kitty Kat Kelsey, and Legion)
|0
|0
|Bill passed by 4-0-0.
|}

===Opposition bills===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" width=100%
|-
!Bill title
!Author
!Description
!Ayes (Names)
!Nays (Names)
!Abstains (Names)
!Notes
|-
|GC Eat Hay Act bill
|Lord Rockford
|To mandate for Lord Cypress to eat the hay as the punishment.
|0
|0
|0
|Bill died at first reading (Motion to bring the bill to the vote did not received a second).
|-
|Regency Act bill
|Lord Rockford
|To provide the provisions for the regency should the heir, Katy de la Cueva, ascends to the throne before age of 18.
*Lord Cypress shall be appointed the Regent to rule the Kingdom in her name with the Regency Council.
*The Regency Council shall be composed of the Regent, the Prime Minister, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
*There shall be the following restrictions on the Regent's powers for one month:
**The Regent may not dismiss the existing ministers including the Prime Minister
**May not create peerages except for members of the Royal Family.
*Those restrictions shall expire within a month.
|3 (Brock, Bach Zhaa, Legion)
|0
|1 (Kitty Kat Kelsey)
|Amendment motion to replace Lord Cypress with Lord Oxford as the proposed Regent seconded and passed. Entire bill passed by 3-0-1.
|-
|Act of Settlement bill
|Lord Rockford
|To provide for establishing the line of succession to the Palmshire throne. The line of succession shall be established as follows:
*1st - Katy de la Cueva
*2nd - Baroness Tumblr (Kitty Kat Kelsey)
*3rd - Lord Tokeington (Brock)
*4th - Lord Oxford (Bach Zhaa)
*5th - Lord Cypress (GC)
|3 (Brock, Bach Zhaa, and Legion)
|0
|0
|Bill passed by 3-0-0.
|}

==Motions==
===Government motions===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" width=100%
|-
!Motion title
!Author
!Description
!Ayes (Names)
!Nays (Names)
!Abstains (Names)
!Notes
|-
|Censure Motion Against Lord Cypress
|Lord Tokeington
|To call for Lord Cypress to be ejected out of a cannon for the amusement of the people every second Thursday.
|3 (Brock, Legion, and Bach Zhaa)
|0
|0
|Motion seconded and passed.
|}

===Opposition motions===

==Next meeting date==
The House of Lords agreed to meet again on 30 September at 10:01PM VRT

==Sources==
* [http://pastebin.com/ZXYj6zQE Transcript for House of Lords proceedings on 26 August 2012]

[[Category: House of Lords proceedings, 2012]]

August 2012 Agenda for the Palmshire House of Lords

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The Legislative Agenda for August sitting of the [[Palmshire House of Lords|House of Lords]] on 21 August 2012 at 9:17PM VRT is now open for submissions from the Lords of Parliament.

== Members ==
* [[Legion, 1st Baron Rockford]] - [[Monarchy of Palmshire|King of Palmshire]] and Lord Speaker of the House of Lords
* [[GC, 1st Baron Cypress]]
* [[Demon Dog Tenenbaum, 1st Baron Arcadia]]
* [[Nibbles Yocum, 1st Baroness Rochester]]
* [[Arnold NYC, 1st Baron Huntington]] - [[Leader of the Opposition]]
* [[Koll Tenenbaum, 1st Baron Redlight]]
* [[Kitty Kat Kelsey, 1st Baroness Tumblr]] - [[Leader of the House of Lords]]
* [[Anthony, 1st Baron Anthony]]
* [[AlexTheMartian, 1st Baron Alexandria]]
* [[Brock Tokeington, 1st Baron Tokeington]] - [[Prime Minister of Palmshire]] and [[Lord President of the Council]]
* [[Bach Zhaa, 1st Baron Oxford]]

== Debate agenda ==
The follows issues on the debate agenda are:

# No issues yet

== Bills ==
The following bills has been submitted for the legislative agenda before the house of Parliament convening on the said date:

=== Government bills ===
The '''Government''', with the the '''Lord Tokeington (Brock)''' heading the ministry as Prime Minister, has submitted the following bills:

# '''Right to Internet Access Act bill''' that if passed, shall guarantee Internet access as a human right and to provide for free broadband access for every citizens and residents of Palmshire at the state's expense. Furthermore, to provide for a free laptop if an eligible citizen is unable to afford a computer. Introduced by '''Chris D'''.

=== Opposition bills ===
The '''Opposition''', with the '''Lord Huntington (Arnold NYC)''' as the Leader, has submitted the following bills:

#

== Motions ==
== Notes ==
None of the other parties or independents has submitted any bills for addition to the agenda but that does not means they cannot introduce it during the sitting of the Parliament. The agenda is simply there so that members may know beforehand what to expect in the Parliament.

[[Category: Parliament of Palmshire agendas, 2012]]

List of places in Blizzard

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== Downtown Blizzard (Ground Zero) area ==
=== South Blizzard - Morningwood district ===
==== Sycamore Street ====
* 109 Sycamore Street - Cube House
* 110 Sycamore Street - Sgeo Townhouse
* 111 Sycamore Street - RyanLennon Townhouse

==== Morningwood Lane ====
*

==== Unnamed Boulevard ====
* Allanon's House
* Roy Curtis's Cafe

==== Unnamed Street ====
* RyanLennon Shopping Center
* Hicks Tower

=== West Blizzard - Sunset Strip district ===
==== Sunset Boulevard ====
* Sunset Boulevard - Blizzard Arena
* Sunset Boulevard - VP Gas Station
* Sunset Boulevard - Cube Casino-Hotel

* Cy Terminus

=== West Blizzard - Industrial District ===
* Chris D's Old Warehouse
* VP Brewery

=== North and Central Blizzard - Civic Center ===
* Ground Zero
* VP Television Studios

=== East Blizzard ===
* PBJ Lane

== New Cypress Hollow ==

[[Category: Blizzard]]
[[Category: Lists]]