95th Tracker | Adrián Novak | District Ten

At a young age, Novak was groomed to succeed his uncle, Elio, in his underground operations to gain influence and possess a mini-empire in District Ten, vainly named the Elion Empire. Novak came under Elio and his partners' tutelage as early as a young teen, leaving his parents as an off-the-books transaction when they couldn't pay for the empire for their needs.

Novak learned to be strategic, stealthy, well-spoken, and cunning. Out of the empire, he lived a normal teenage life: flirtatious, sociable, and an overall pain in the ass when he needed to be. This was by design, to paint this image of him as an innocent boy, who was in reality, so much more.

While he was being prepared for a slow takeover when Uncle Elio was too old to carry on his duties, Novak saw an opportunity to capture immediate political power five years ago. Impulsively, and much to the chagrin of Uncle Elio and his partners, Novak filed to run for mayor of District Ten against incumbent Kieran Emberstatt. He campaigned on a changing of the guard, taking an aggressive stance against the leadership of the Emberlowes who dominated the political world of District Ten. Of course, he used this framing because it was the best angle available, not because he felt any particular way about them. His Uncle raised him to be, in his own words, a king in due time, but Novak believed his running for mayor would catapult the empire into control quicker.

One roadblock, other than beating the very popular current mayor, came in a letter he received from a woman during his election campaign. It was from Lillia Clay, an ex-girlfriend of Novak's from high school. Lillia revealed that shortly after he broke up with her, she found out that she was pregnant, and the child was his. Attached was a picture of his daughter, Kara, who was no more than seven years old at the time. Did Lillia like Novak? No. Did she want him to be in his daughter's life? Not really, no. But as a candidate for mayor, she recognized the opportunity to leverage a scandal for financial support for her family. Novak paid her off, and after he won the election, continued to do so, but kept minimal contact with Lillia and has still never met his daughter.

The first few years of Novak's mayoral term were dedicated to building an image and reputation in District Ten. He hosted a derby and hired an official homegrown sheriff in Yury Catastrophe. He sought to create an environment of so much good that the bad that his Uncle was doing (and Novak was signing off on,) would be unnoticeable. For public decisions where Novak needed to make unpopular decisions, he would preemptively appoint members of the Elion Empire to his cabinet as "fall men." They willingly took the hit to protect Novak's standing and reputation.

Well into his term, Novak met Lorenzo Emberstatt, a member of the family he formerly declared as his political adversary. One thing led to another and they became intimate with one another. Very few secrets make it through the cracks of the Elion Empire, but Novak ensured that this relationship remained a secret. It compromised him in more ways than one. In fact, soon after Novak and Enzo started seeing one another, Novak's decision-making became less sharp, and some of his actions (such as buying into The Pound orphanage and its attached dog shelter,) undermined the integrity and progress of the empire.

In the months leading up to the 95th Elections, Novak grew increasingly paranoid of his surroundings, swearing that anyone outside of his inner-circle was an enemy: the Capitol, Lillia and his daughter, the Martens, the Emberstatts and the Lowes, even Enzo...

Perhaps he was right to be paranoid. Roughly three months before the election, Mayor Novak was shot in the leg with his own hidden gun by an intruder in his bedroom. He survived this attack, but begged his family to keep it a secret. They did so.

While still intending to run for election, Novak hasn't made a public appearance in over two months. Instead, he has appointed a few trusted surrogate candidates to speak in his place. He has only made one televised appearance to make his speech declaring his candidacy from his home and one private photoshoot with Victor Andal Searley.

With only a few weeks left before Election Day, will he make an appearance?

1.50% of the Public approves of you. (1-2 success, 3 failure)

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SUCCESS

2. Kiss a baby and it doesn’t cry. (1-3 success, 4-5 failure)

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SUCCESS

3. Meet secretly with your rival candidates and spin the media to your side. (1-4 success, 5-7 failure)

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SUCCESS

4. Pass a thorough physical inspection from the Peackeepers. (1-5 success, 6-9 failure)

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SUCCESS

5. Print your speech in the local paper to rave reviews. (1-6 success, 7-11 failure)

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SUCCESS

6. Avoid a scandal implicating you with a local beauty (1-10 success, 11-22 failure)

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SUCCESS -- Oh he's dodging the Lorenzo allegations.

7. Successfully raise $1,000 in campaign funds (1-9 success, 11-21 failure)

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