Fourth time's the charm I guess. My first idea: Portugal and Germany on the battlefield. But it quickly became too violent and not much talking. Plus it wasn't as historically accurate as I would have liked since Portugal looked to strong. She would have been in a period of turmoil at this time as her king just died. The next two times were a fail as well. The second one was the allies discussing battle plans and Germany stalking them. But it got too out of character and Portugal was too snappish. Third time was the treaty of Versailles, but it got too slow to write. This last time I got my inspiration from my research. In the Battle of Lys the Portuguese men were exhausted and running out of resources. 7,000 men were killed, wounded, or taken in prisoner. What if Portugal was captured as well? I wanted her face to face with Germany and in a way that showed that while she knew she was weak, she would always remain strong. The result was this. I wanted to write the story of Anibal Milhais but I couldn't figure out how to in this last version. You can find part of it at the bottom on her character sheet or on Wikipedia
italics are words in Portuguese, bold is the translation or a note.
Germany- WWI
Sitting across from me was a country I had captured during the Battle of La Lys, almost without a fight. Portugal. The nation had wavy brown hair going down his back tied in a green ribbon. He had bright green eyes, one with a large scar over it. He looked an awful lot like his brother Spain but the difference was that he wasn't smiling nor did he seem oblivious to the world. I admittedly don't know much about him, just that he is old allies with England and has colonies in Africa. I had declared war on him two years ago when he had captured my ships in his harbors after a request from England.
"O que é que tu queres Alemanha?" He asked in his native tongue (What do you want Germany?). I cleared my throat.
"I am sorry but I do not speak your language," I apologized in English.
His lips curved into a smile and he snorted. "I probably should have expected that. The only three nations in Europe who can even begin to understand my language is my idiotic brother Spain, France, and to an extent, Italy. Then again, I never did spread east to your part of Europe. I am a sea power, not a land empire."
"That's why you didn't put up much of a fight," I guessed. A bad move on my part. Portugal lunged at me, his hands chained to the table the only thing keeping him from strangling me.
"I didn't put much of a fight because I couldn't put up a fight! It was 20,000 men with 88 guns against 100,000 of your soldiers! That same army you attacked had been fighting for weeks without any reinforcements! The day you slaughtered them was supposed to be the day they would finally be released!" He yelled at me. His eyes narrowed at me. "Before this slaughterhouse of a war I had lost 82,000 civilians to famine and 138,000 to the Spanish flu. In 1908 my king and his heir were assassinated. Two years later the last king was exiled."
"Are you trying to make me pity you? Because it's not exactly working." I said lowering my gaze.
He let out a soft laugh (though it sounded slightly feminine). "I am not, I am simply trying to get you to understand my situation here." Through his handcuffs, he rubbed his arms and I saw hints of scars. "In such a short time I lost much of my power," he paused for a second. "Yet through this, I am still a long-lasting country, especially compared to some of your ancestors," he said that last part with a smirk.
"What do you mean?" I asked, my heart pounding. Unfortunately my idot brother Prussia never mentioned the past countries to live in my land. He'll always change the topic.
"This year I will officially turn 775 years old. However I lived about 199 years allied with my Father Carthage, 495 years under the Roman empire as Lusitania, some 235 years in a chaotic mode where I think I was controlled by the Visigoths, and 432 years under the Muslim Empire bringing my total years of existence to 2,136 years so far. So yeah, I'm ancient compared to you, even if some of those rumors are true." Portugal said leaning back. I frowned.
I frowned. "What rumors?" I asked him.
He rolled his eyes. "That's something to ask other countries or just look up. As I said before, I never really interacted with your part of Europe." *
"Look, sir-" Portugal spontaneously burst out laughing.
"You, actually, think, I am, a, guy!" Portugal said through fits of laughter. "Oh meu deus you really are a young country!" (my god
Concealing my blush I asked, "So wait, you're a woman?"
Still smiling, she nodded and replied, "Yes I am a woman. I have to dress like a man in order to fight, as unfortunately women are not allowed to. Don't be embarrassed, I've had to dress like a man for centuries and you're not the first one to be confused." For someone who nearly tried to strangle me earlier she was taking this new comment much more lightly. "Though if you attempt to 'check' you will lose an arm," she warned.
I shifted uncomfortably in my chair and decided to change the topic to why I brought her here. "I'll make a deal with you. If you give me some of your territory in Africa then I promise to let you go."
She rolled her eyes. "I'll do that the same time I decide to give myself up to Spain, so that's not going to happen. You promise to let me go? Yeah right. I've seen a lot of promises in my day and they never last." Portugal's scarred eye twitched. "One of the reasons I'm still in this war is because of your campaign in Africa." Her fists pounded the table. "I was the first European since my adopted grandfather Rome to even step foot in Africa! And yet you and the others dare harass my colonies." She growled, switching back to her scarier form.
I set my jaw. "It seems that I am going to have to use force in order to take control."
"Knock yourself out," she said simply.
"Oh and one more thing…" she smirked and held up the pair of opened handcuffs. "Good luck and good bye."
"How did you-?" I stared at her for a second and then lunged. She dropped down and rolled to the side, sticking her leg out which tripped me. I fell to the floor and she pushed pressure points on my neck, and the world went black.
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Later I woke up chained to the chair wearing nothing but my boxer shorts. A tattered part of my shirt was tied tightly against my mouth. There was a note in my lap that read: Portugal- 1 Germany-0. I screamed in anger.
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Later at the Treaty of Versailles Portugal got my territory of Kionga which reached only a thousand kilometers. I suppose war has a sense of cruel irony to it.
*Portugal is referencing to the rumors of Germany being the Holy Roman Empire. I don't exactly belief it since Germany would obviously have memories of that time period. Instead I favor the idea that Germany may instead be a reincarnation of HRE.
Also in my research I used a variety of websites though my main one was the questionable Wikipedia. If there is a fact wrong, I apologize for it. Review (preferably) or PM me if there is a fact wrong or one that I missed that I should put in.
Country: Portugal
Capital: Lisbon
Birthday: either June 10 (Portugal day, day of death of her famous poet Luís Vaz de Camões) or June 24 (day Afonso Henriques proclaimed himself prince and later king of Portugal)
Official Language: Portuguese, you'll often hear her speak it when she doesn't want anyone else to understand at Hogwarts.
Official Flower; Lavender
Human Name: Maria Henriques
Gender: Female (I know there are people who out there who prefer male!Portugal so I try to compromise by having her pretend to be a guy throughout history.)
Looks: Generally like the sketches, she has brown hair often pulled into a braid and green eyes. Also carries a sword. Normally wears worn boots and an old jacket she uses for fishing. There is a scar on her left eye. There is also a less known but much larger scar on her stomach meant to represent the Lisbon earthquake. She is about 5 feet 3 inches (about 160 centimeters) and weighs around 120 pounds (54 kilograms).
Personality: A bit stubborn, but generally smart as she actually has one of the oldest universities in the world. She also is very defensive about herself as she has maintained her borders for centuries. You do not want to insult her, as she can pack a punch. However when you don't piss her off she will be polite to you and respectful. She also nicknamed silver-tongue occasionally because of her preference of diplomacy over war.
Relation to other countries:
England: She is his oldest ally but they have an awkward relationship. Their feelings of romance are a bit confused. They are not dating anymore because of the railroad incident when both of them wanted to build a railroad connecting their colonies in Africa but England won out. This incident happened because of the British ultimatum where the Portuguese could either go to war against them ending their treaty or humiliate themselves by relenting. They relented and twenty years later, it was one of the causes of the ending of the Portuguese Monarchy when the last king and his heir were assassinated. The current Portuguese national anthem, A Portuguesa was written in response to the British Ultimatum and England tends to be moody whenever someone sings it. The treaty of Windsor always seems to work in his favor. On a lighter note, Portugal is also the one who introduced tea to him, and he is forever grateful. They also worked together in the Napoleonic wars as France never conquered both of them and France attacked Portugal three times.
America and Canada: She cares about them a lot since she knew them ever since they were little. She has empathy for Canada as their brothers overshadow both of them. She is good friends with America as she is the first to recognize him as a country and many of her citizens live in the United States.
Spain: Can't stand her brother, she had far too many wars with him. She knows even now he wants her to become a territory of his. One of the reasons she carries around her sword, but she gets along better with him nowadays. After all, siblings have to stick together.
Asian Countries: Are good friends with them, as she traded with them. She was the first one to reach Japan after she shipwrecked on his island. They traded for a while but he kicked her out when the Europeans started trying to convert people and the introduction of guns destroyed the bushido code. Macau was the last of her colonies to leave her in 1999 but they are on good terms.
France: she slaps him every time he flirts with her. The other reason for carrying her sword, she is still wary of him after the Napoleonic wars. He fortunately was never able to conquer her. However, Portugal and France do side on a few things, but it tends to pertain to cooking and wine.
Germany: she has a respectful relationship with him. In WWI she was dragged into the war when she honored the Anglo-Portuguese alliance by seizing his ships. In turn he declared war on her and she lost seven-thousand citizens. In WWII she had her own problems, since at that time her boss was Salazar, a fascist. He admires one of her soldier's bravery (Aníbal Milhais) in the war who had defended the rest of the retreating allies with just his machine gun. He sympathized with the Axis and traded with them, but didn't support them in war. With the Allies Portugal allowed them to use a naval base in Azores though Germany didn't attack her because of that. In the modern world she gets along with him better than some other European countries, since he never tried to invade her. He also gets along well with her since he thinks she is the only one of the Roman Empire's descendants who really tried to live up to his name. (This is a bit longer than others since I thought it would take a bit of time explaining. Annoyingly my textbook never mentions Portugal entering WWI so I googled this and used a book from the library)
Roman Empire: Her adopted grand-father. She inherits her dark hair and created her own empire, one of the first to do so in centuries (the Holy Roman Empire doesn't count since it wasn't holy, it wasn't roman, and it wasn't much of an empire.) She also inherited an obsession with fish (it was a staple in their diet).
The Italy brothers: She gets along well with North Italy since she knew him when she was Lusitania. She is a bit protective of him since she thinks he is so adorable. She is on bitter terms with South Italy due to his relation with Spain, and the fact that he annoys the cod out of her.
Hungary and Ukraine: Whenever she wants to feel like a girl she goes to the two of them, though this isn't often. She is good friends with Hungary as they both like to team up to scare and prank the male countries. She is also the first to recognize Ukraine as a country.
Muslim Empire: Her adopted mother. She kicked her out because of clashes in religion and her people wanted freedom and to not be controlled. However her language changed because of the Arabic, and became the poetic language we know today. She also adopted architecture and art from both the Muslim Empire and the Roman Empire. She also still has an astrolabe invented by the Muslim Empire. (This is my own idea, and the Muslim empire occupied Portugal from about 700 A.D. to 1143 A.D. if I am correct.)
Likes: Fish and fishing, cooking, soccer, poetry and music
Dislikes: Her brother Spain and (depending on the situation) France, anyone who messes with her or her colonies and England.
Religion: Catholic
Crush: Um… fine it's England, though it will be tough to get her to admit it.
Pets: Galo (rooster/cockerel) de barcelos, a black rooster with symbols on it named Cruz (cross) and a rare Iberian lynx named Augusta, and finally Portugata, a brown cat similar looking to Spain's cat.
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