Snapier
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Genius and polymath who followed many interests and famous for her prodigious ability to take on responsibilities, snapier was the dominating public figure of her time in Errinundera.
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Academic Achievements
Dux in all her years at the McKillops Bridge South Secondary College. Achieved the highest entry score into the McKillops Bridge Polytechnic where she studied for a Degree in Magistracy while playing for the national football side. Graduated with the top marks and deferred further study until her football career concluded. Thereafter returned to study and received a Doctorate in Law with her thesis on the Reform Potential Of and Within the Errinundrian Magistracy.
Career as Juror
On completion of her studies she became a Magistrate in McKillops Bridge where she became famous for her radical yet humane decisions. She quickly became leader in the upper house in the national parliament, a position she was to hold for over 20 years. To this she added the position of Dean of the Law Department at her alma mater, and eventually vice-chancellor of the Polytechnic.
Having established herself in these positions of influence, she set about completely revitalising the fusty role previously held by Magistrates. It was her view that the history and constitution of Errinundera were inexorably moving in a clear direction: towards greater indivdual personal and political freedoms while maintaining an absolute reverence and care for the environment. In her opinion it was not the role of Magistrates to uphold existing law but to continue the direction in which the nation was moving. This required an active, libertarian, humane and environmental approach to legal decision making. Further, any activity that threatened this path needed to be restricted and proscribed. In this she continued a strong magisterial tradition of being anti-business.
The existing Magisterial political interests proved unable to counter her extraordinary intellectual gifts and the power that she rapidly accumulated. Business interests were already so weakened that they could provide no opposition either. Errinundrians were so in awe of her that the Mayors rapidly gave her their support, effectively giving her sway over the lower house of parliament as well.
Under her influence all subsequent Magistrates were trained with an interventionist worldview. One of her legacies, considered miraculous by many, was the enduring popularity of her reforms among ordinary Errinundrians. This acceptance has led to the continued development of her vision for the nation. Many years after her death, the Magistracy is still a creature of the snapier vision. The built in attitude of continuous change towards an idealised future means that it remains radical and popular in this contrary and idealistic nation.
World Cups
- Stats include qualifying matches .
- leighm medal is voted upon by the Errinundrian coaching staff for the Player of the Series.
Added to the squad at only 18 years of age, she so impressed selectors while substituting in the qualifying matches that she became part of the starting line-up in the Cup matches. A very clever midfielder / defender her best game was the final match, the 3rd place play-off against Spaam, where she was judged the best Errinundrian afield.
- 9 leighm medal votes, of which 5 were scored in the Cup.
- Errinundera was defeated in the 3rd place play-off against Spaam.
In this shorter series snapier was the best player in the campaign and, along with longipesp and moschatuma, starred in the Cup.
- Winner of the leighm medal with 13 votes, of which 7 were scored in the Cup.
- Best Errinundrian player in the following matches:
- Europa Brittania - qualifying
- Haraki - first round
- Runaway Moose - quarterfinal
- Cup winners.
This was a stellar year for snapier. It is hard to believe she was only 22. Other highlights included:
- Her club, McKillops Bridge were the EFA Premier League champions. Won the EFA Fairest and Best Player Award for the season.
- McKillops Bridge won the NationStates Champions League. Adjudged best player of the series.
Overshadowed by the younger codith but still shone.
- 11 leighm medal votes, second to codith with 19 votes.
- Errinundera eliminated in the second round
Took on the mantle of captain and had another excellent campaign.
- 16 leighm medal votes, behind sorais with 22 and codith on 20.
- Errinundera eliminated in the first round
Other Interests and Achievements
- Author of numerous short stories, 2 novels, 3 plays, an adapted film script and many poems.
- In her teenage years and throughout her twenties was in demand as a photographic model.
- Refugee advocate.
- Buddhist all her life - extremely unusual amongst Errinundrians.
- Stamp collector
- An accomplished dancer in her youth, she continued as patron of the Mount Ellery Erotic Dance Company for many years.
- Married ictori and had 3 children all of whom became Magistrates, a family tradition that continues to this day: great grandaughter snapisnapiestu became a leading juror of her time. A great great grandaughter, snaporoo, received a scholarship to study politics at the University of Rêvane in Ariddia and also seems likely to pursue a football career.
From the Archives
Read an interview with the 18 year old snapier on the eve of departure for the World Cup 6 campaign from the Errinundera News Media archives:
