Full Circle

In Ensign Flandry:

Brechdan Ironrede, Hand of the Vach Ynvory and Protector of the Roidhun's Grand Council, stands on a terrace of Castle Dhangoghan;

Dominic Flandry is an Ensign in The Terran Imperial Navy;

Tachwyr the Dark is a mei, approximately equivalent to lieutenant, j.g.

In The Game Of Empire:

Tachwyr the Dark, Hand of the Vach Dathyr and Protector of the Roidhun's Grand Council, stands, gaunt and aging, on a tower of his castle;

Flandry is a Fleet Admiral.

Both Protectors supervise schemes to wreck Terra.

Individuals age but imperialism endures? A later age will look back on empires.