Concept - Elite Bandit Faction Leader

[Author's note: This character will put the total bandit faction leaders to seven, which I think is enough for this setting. I can create lesser bandit leaders, but I think the elite faction leadership is covered] The birth of the Free African Union was a difficult one, fraught with sabotage and violence. All of these now-autonomous states were once imperial subjects to Europa. All of this was undone by very cunning and patient men, each holding out for the slim opportunity to gain their freedom. A particularly devastating agricultural crisis and domestic political unrest caused Europan forces to reduce their holding in imperial Africa, and many independence movements saw this as their opportunity to expel the remaining Europan forces. After many months of intense urban and countryside fighting, these new states earned their freedom and continue to defend it to this day. The man you see before you is Francois Tolenga, former Deputy Finance Minister to the Free African Union. Tolenga was an early independence activist before the war and freedom fighter during the war. He is a man of mild emotions and is often reserved in his demeaner...unless the conversation drifts towards the Francists. Some hatreds are slow to heal and Tolenga knows this. Despite his lingering resentments, Francois served admirably within the Free African Union. His early trade deals with the Sinoan government helped to establish the necessary trade agreements and markets that the fledgling Union needed to survive its infancy. Through economic growth, the strength and resolve of the Free African Union flourished, but even this period of hope was subject to violence and terror. Around four years ago, there was a quiet campaign of terror pointed at the remaining surviving members of the Free African Independence movement. Former revolutionaries were being assassinated and their deaths were no coincidence. Rumors within the Free African Union's Parliamentary Hall is that the Europans were conducting this covert terror campaign out of spite for their imperial losses and to punish the Free African states for their success. The thought being if Europa cannot attack the newly formed Free Aftican Union, they will target their national heroes. Intelligence reports, shared from the Sinoan government, point in this direction, but offer no solid confirmation. Worse, there were three pages in the intelligence reports that allude to the Federal Union being involved, as a potential intelligence-sharing partner. The remaining revolutionaries came together and agreed on an outward appearance of exile, while still working with the Free African government in secret. Francois Tolenga is in false exile in Outlaw Country. When he first arrived, Outlaw Country was also in the infancy of its own independence. At that time, the only other bandit factions were Lekshana's, Hassan's, and Adira's factions. Francois asked for an audience with these new leaders and proposed an alliance. Francois would offer his help in establishing early bureaucracy and trade alliances with the outside world, and these faction leaders would provide protection and accommodations for him while in false exile. As with his efforts back home, Francois used his knowledge and expertise to help create the foundation of strength that Outlaw Country enjoys today. Now a faction leader himself, he operates differently than the other faction leaders. Francois holds no territory (a faction leader without a faction) but he does enjoy free and protected travel between the various factions within Outlaw Country. He maintains the ruse that he is a faction leader through the combined efforts of his fellow faction leaders. The ruse they created is strong enough to fool intelligence offices of both allies and foes. On paper, Francois Tolenga is a bandit faction leader that is feared and respected by all. In reality, Francois is a senior traveling bureaucrat who operates with the best interest of the remaining faction leaders in mind. With these new duties, Francois is handsomely rewarded. With his home still strong in his heart, Francois sends much of his wealth back to the Free African Union, in hopes he can still continue to aid his homeland, even thousands of kilometers away.