Freezis Foundation


 * For other uses, see Freezis (disambiguation)

The Freezis Foundation, originally the Freezis Firm, was a merchant guild founded by Keel Freezis and later reorganized as a massive business conglomerate by his son, Shaw. Its influence stretched across the majority of Evillious, and maintained a branch in nearly every major nation across the region.

Foundation
In EC 492, Keel and Mikina Freezis expanded their general store in Aceid, Elphegort into a thriving business, establishing the Freezis Firm under Keel's name. As the business continued to meet success, it expanded across Elphegort and into Lucifenia, Marlon, and Levianta. The prospering company eventually began absorbing assets of preexisting trade associations, constructing a vast information network for the Freezis Family and its business.

During that period, the trade coalition was joined by the Association intelligence network; as part of the merge, it was decided that the closest and most trusted aide to the Freezis family head would adopt the name "Bruno" in recognition of the Association and would become the interim manager if the event of a power vacuum without an immediate successor. As the Firm expanded, Keel was accompanied by a Bruno that acted as his butler and informant.

With the numerous businesses under its umbrella, the Freezis Firm formed the Evillious Trade Alliance with it and other businesses throughout the Evillious region, making Keel its leader. Easily controlling the market with its communication, the firm became the richest conglomerate at the turn of the 6th century EC. With their enormous assets, part of the firm's wealth secretly funded the ambitions of Queen Prim Marlon. Around the same time, it funded the creation of a monastery dedicated to the god Held in Elphegort.

Reign of Evil
With the company financially secure, the trade alliance's leading members kept in contact through Keel's monthly banquets; the gatherings allowed the separate branches of the organization to exchange information, make transactions, or advance their own authority. In EC 499, the Freezis Firm agreed to send aid to the Kingdom of Lucifenia on behalf of the Elphegortean government as part of a joint effort with the Kingdom of Marlon to relieve Lucifenia's famine and troubled populace.

At the start of the Green Hunting in EC 500, Keel and his family were imprisoned by Princess Riliane and held captive at the Lucifenian palace dungeon. Reaching out to its allies in Lucifenia, Keel was liberated and given him residence at Corpa's mansion in Rolled. Shortly after, the company secretly funded the Lucifenian Resistance and collaborated with them for the Lucifenian government and Riliane's rule to be overthrown. At the same time, the Freezis Family relocated to Bariti, Marlon, changing the firm's nerve center.

Following the outbreak of the Lucifenian Revolution later that year, the firm's Rollam merchant commanded the city's middle class into a frenzy when the revolutionary army's battle at Rollam became dire. The Freezis Firm then provided additional, needed weapons and turned the tide to the Resistance's favor. With the revolution's success, Keel attended the peace talks concerning Lucifenia's future and agreed to the execution of Princess Riliane and Marlon's occupation of Lucifenia to aid the new government.

Marlon Operations
Over the following years, the Freezis Firm continued to financially support King Kyle's regime after he annexed Lucifenia and set up business arrangements with the merchants there. As part of the efforts, the firm's domestic sales in Marlon were boosted by the Marlon navy's blockade of Elphegort. The firm also began publishing the novels written by Keel's daughter, Yukina, with the books instantly becoming bestsellers.

In EC 505, the firm arranged a deal to supply new weapons for Kyle's soldiers as the king prepared for a rescue operation of his mother in the Blood Pool region. Shortly after, Keel retired after suffering from a major concussion, handing the organization over to his son, Shaw. With his his father's guidance, Shaw gradually garnered business acumen and the firm grew under his leadership.

Reorganization
The company was later reorganized by Shaw as the Freezis Foundation in EC 531; after its creation, a business contract was agreed upon between the foundation and Elluka Clockworker, permitting her to freely use the foundation's power and resources. Over the years, the foundation continued to prosper and expanded into numerous industries under its banner, including the Shuburke Newspaper in Elphegort and the Freezis Fishery Association.

In EC 573, the Freezis Foundation organized, funded, and established the first international police organization, the World Police, with the cooperation of all the Evillious nations in order to crack down on organized crime. Around that time, the foundation purchased the Castle Hedgehog property and offered it to the World Police as a new facility for their secret Interrogation Execution Department. At some point, Shaw took on a member of the Marlon royal family as his closest aide, the new Bruno.

After several of the original manuscripts of Yukina Freezis' lost works were discovered being sold on the black market, the foundation issued a Lost List naming all missing manuscripts for the public to be turned in upon discovery. As the years progressed, the foundation had the World Police mercilessly crack down on copyright defilers and criminal syndicates jeopardizing its business operations.

The foundation funded an expedition to charter the seas west of Marlon and discovered the continent of Maistia in EC 592; colonizing it, the foundation harvested the New World's resources for trade to Evillious. During this period, Shaw Freezis' granddaughters Hanne and Heidemarie Lorre were set up with positions in the Shuburke Newspaper and the World Police's International Works Department, respectively.

Père Noël
In EC 597, the foundation's Dashaw Freezis and Hanne went to Lioness on business when the town was burned to the ground by "Elluka Clockworker", killing Dashaw. That same year, Bruno Marlon took a trip to the Lucifenian Republic on business when he was attacked and secretly killed by Kaidor Blankenheim. Two months later, Kaidor returned, disguised as Bruno, and took over his duties.

Following the rise of criminal operations by Père Noël, the Freezis Foundation began investigating the organization. In EC 599, a new headquarters was constructed in Bariti and Shaw moved into it as his permanent residence. As the years progressed, the Freezis headquarters continued to be expanded with renovations. On August 18, EC 609, Bruno attended the inauguration party for President Julia Abelard as a representative of the Freezis Foundation.

Later that month, the foundation's information network discovered a supposed sorceress going by the name of "Elluka Clockworker" was spotted in Toragay and was supposedly the leader of Père Noël. In early September of that year, Hanne was given full access to the Foundation's resources to investigate the mysterious murder of Marquis Kaspar Blankenheim that occurred in Toragay and its potential connection to "Elluka".

Soon after, Bruno pressured the World Police's Elphegort branch to halt the investigation into the black market run by Kaspar. After the governments of Elphegort, Marlon, and Lucifenia announced their joint effort to limit tobacco trade on September 6 in response to the marquis' death, the Freezis Foundation rebounded heavily against the sanctions to the trade.

Following Shaw Freezis' death on October 17, Bruno Marlon took temporary control of the Foundation while the business deliberated over his successor. After the situation in Toragay escalated into mysterious, widespread epidemic, the Elphegort government entrusted the Freezis house with the investigation into the events. Shortly after, the foundation issued a quarantine of Toragay and had the World Police cut off traffic leading to and from the city at all checkpoints.

On October 19, Bruno had a Interrogation Execution Department unit arrest Hanne and Heidemarie Lorre for their alleged connections to the Lioness Burning Incident and the Toragay Serial Killings. After the official announcement of Toragay's total decimation by the World Police on November 8, the Freezis Foundation announced they would send an investigation team to further look into the incident.

Later that month, Aai Freezis was selected as Shaw's successor as president of the Foundation and both Bruno and Nob Nicole were selected as her vice presidents, Bruno tasked with Evillious' development while Nob was assigned to oversee the New World's projects. Shortly after, the Freezis Foundation began covertly trading with Evillious' black market through Bruno's new membership to Père Noël.

While illegal trade began becoming an increasing problem in the New World, Vice President Nob began focusing resources on eliminating Père Noël's black market. Throughout May of EC 610, Vice President Bruno sent over numerous workers to Maistia to take over the foundation's development projects in Maistia. Around mid-May, Bruno had the International Works Department recall its investigation unit into the Rolled Murders back to headquarters in Marlon.

On May 23, the foundation leaders met with Lucifenian officials at the Lucifenian Palace to discuss countermeasures to crime in the New World. Several hours later, a Justea unit interrupted the meeting and arrested Kaidor Blankenheim for masquerading as Bruno Marlon and his alleged connection to Père Noël. Afterward, President Aai and Vice President Nob called for Lucifenian President Abelard's resignation due to her apparent collaboration with Kaidor.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * In business, a foundation tends to be an organization run for philanthropic or legal economic reasons and kept afloat by the finances of a family or individual, versus a private firm or company that works for the purpose of economical profit.