Description[]
Dennis St. Albans is a Hero in Empire Earth. He is a fictional character and the Warrior Hero of Epoch XII. Albans' design seems to have been based on Douglas MacArthur's, according to the game files for this unit, named "macarthur". The uniform and the wooden pipe seen in his icon only help confirming that. The pipe, however, is not seen in the unit's model itself, despite being the most noticeable object in the icon. The reason why the developers chose a different name is unknown.
Official Bio[]
As the pampered son of the Lord and Lady Bexhill, Dennis St. Albans need never have worked a day in his life. But, despite being born into a privileged family, he chose a different way of life. St. Albans' strength of character first exhibited itself in 1954 when he was just 11 years old. When fire enveloped his Prep school dormitory, young Dennis scaled the building's granite wall to a third story window carrying a rope. His daring feat allowed 23 trapped boys to climb to safety.
Dennis joined the Royal Marines when he was 18, very much against his parents' wishes. He displayed uncommon courage and a strong ability to lead, which earned him rapid advancement. He was eventually attached to US Army Headquarters in Vietnam as a NATO observer. Maj. St. Albans was patrolling the Ho Chi Minh trail with men from the US 75th Ranger Regiment when they came across a company of Viet Minh looting a village. As point man that day, St. Albans was first on the scene. Thinking only of the civilians, he single-handedly charged the enemy, forcing them to take cover. The diversion allowed the other men in his combat patrol to surround the village. Seventy-three captives were taken in less than 15 minutes and, thanks to St. Albans' swift action, there were no civilian casualties. St Albans was wounded twice in the valiant raid, for which he received both the US Purple Heart and a British DSC. After a lengthy recovery, St. Albans retired from the military as a full Colonel.
In 1977, St. Albans founded the Philanthropic Board of Commonwealth Funds with money from his family's estate. Within a decade, the PCBF was collecting over a billion pounds sterling annually and distributing it to charities around the world.
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