Huey Powell

"'Is this what you wanted, Totem? I did it. I brought them to their knees. No more am I the President; I have become Death.'"Hugo Joseph Powell, better known as Huey Powell, is the incumbent President of Merewin, elected in 984 PB according to the Mirrorland-4347 timeline. In his own timeline, however, Huey was a lowlife family man with a lack of confidence in his government's actions over failed diplomacy with Benatola, making a deal with the Wish Demon Totem subconsciously to become the President of the nation in exchange for his soul, humanity and morals. He is the central protagonist, and his transition from ill-experienced leader into tyrannical dictator is the central focus of the story.

Appearance
Huey Powell is a Caucasian male, with neat brown hair and square-rimmed glasses. As the series progresses, he sports a moustache and finally a full beard and mullet. As the President of Merewin, he wears a signature black suit and red tie, a flag pinned on his lapel and a silver and gold watch on his left wrist. In most pictures taken of him, Huey stands with the signature Napoleon hand-in-waistcoat stance, and likely smoking a cigarette.

Personality
Huey Powell's personality constantly shifts as the story progresses. As Totem explains, the sacrifice of the bargain was his soul, his humanity and his morals, for he wanted to see how a mere commoner with ambition and without morality would lead the world into a state of disrepair for his own amusement, for that is the only luxury Wish Demons can get: to see how their creations can destroy the world.

Huey becomes more megalomaniacal as the story progresses, changing priorities from preserving the people, to enslaving others. War and conquest becomes his sole aim, and his aim to see Merewin pass into the golden age becomes an imperial fantasy, and eventually his downfall.

History Before Mirrorland
Before the events of Mirrorland, Huey Powell was a lowlife family man, with a wife, Elizabeth, and a daughter, Scarlet. Unable to provide for his family, Huey juggled several occupations, and was financially unstable. He believed his government was incompetent in providing for the people, and he felt the effects of this incompetence more than anyone. The lack of respect for the workers had left Huey and many other members of Merewin ostracised. The turning point came with the announcement that the government was backing down and subjugating itself to the rule of Benatola, a rival Kingdom, which would inevitably make life for the workers even worse.

He had always been ambitious about wanting to lead, though knew that day would never come, until meeting the Wish Demon Totem in a dream and signing the contract, waking up in the Mirrorland as the President.