Safez of Roarborne

Safez of Roarborne (appeared 11 December 2025) is a Lionarchic politician and a member of the Central Command of the Lionarchic Roarist Party. He previously led the Lionarchic Roarist Party (LRP) as party leader until he abolished the position and replaced it with the Central Command.

Safez appeared on 11 December 2025 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. He immediately joined the Lionarchic Roarist Party and succeeded his older brother Scor as party leader. Similarly to Scor, Safez moved numerous family members, friends and close allies into high-ranking positions in the party. This led to significant backlash from several party members. Salah, one of these critical members, demanded Safez to step down as the party leader and to democratize the party leadership. Following increasing pressure, Safez gave in and reorganized the leadership, forming the Central Command. He attempted to appoint himself as the chairman and select several family members and close allies to join the Central Command, but these moves led to significant resistance. On 11 May 2026, Safez finally successfully appointed Scor as the chairman and the two selected several family members and close associates to become members of the Central Command. This was generally regarded as a victory for Safez since he held onto his de facto leadership of the party successfully.

Safez improved relations with several important plushies to increase his international recognition and acceptance. In February of 2026, Safez recovered Spottelina Purr and Juniorientje Purr from the void and returned them to Spot Purr and Junior Purr respectively. While Junior Purr and other high-ranking heads of state initially appeared weary of Safez, this move increased his popularity significantly. The return of Spottelina and Juniorientje, two highly regarded figures in Juniorwood, led to rumblings in the void. This prompted several panthers to appear, including Pantheron, a long-standing nemesis of the Tigerium. Some allege this was intended by Safez. He supposedly would have used the diplomatic gesture to gain international recognition while also profiting from the distraction Pantheron would provide by re-establishing Pantheria. This belief is further backed by Safez's friendship with Haferys Ishtar, a close associate of Pantheron.

Early and personal life

Safez of Roarborne appeared on 11 December 2025 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Earlier that year in July, his brother Scor, as well as Scor's two sons: Scer and Scar, had already appeared. They founded the House of Roarborne on 1 December 2025 and the Lionarchic Roarist Party (LRP) one day later. Shortly after Safez's appearance, six more Roarbornes reappeared from the void.

Safez became the head of the House of Roarborne for a brief period of time, though he was later succeeded by his father, Sulay of Roarborne. Safez was widely considered the most intelligent of the Roarbornes. His leadership in the Lionarchic Roarist Party allowed him to move his brothers Sifad of Roarborne and Sabah of Roarborne into high-ranking positions in the party. When he was forced to reorganize and democratize party leadership, he founded the Central Command and slowly made moves to dominate it with family members and close associates.

His three children, Sarsel, Sabbar and Saher, appeared in December of 2025. The mother of his three children, Regina Maluf, appeared on 16 February 2026. Safez and Regina reportedly already married before they were absorbed into the void, though the exact date of their marriage is unknown.

Lionarchic Roarist Party rule (2025-present)

Safez joined the Lionarchic Roarist Party directly after he reappeared. He succeeded his elder brother Scor of Roarborne as the new party leader. Safez immediately started integrating his family into important positions in the party leadership. He designated Scor as the leader of the military wing of the party, the Lionarchic Roarist Armed Forces (LRAF). He also moved his brothers Sifad and Sabah to key roles in the party. While the party started suffering from internal discontent, it acquired around 15% of the vote during the first election on 2 January 2026. After the result, Safez employed two personal bodyguards, Khaled Mansour and Assef Mansour.

Safez started facing increased opposition from within the party. The most prominent critic, Salah, argued Safez practiced nepotism and aimed to wield total control of the party. He added that if Safez were not to step down as party leader and democratize the party leadership, he would "rip the party in two". Safez agreed to the demands and reformed the party structure. On 7 February 2026, he established the Central Command, a nine-man council led by a chairman. Additionally, he abolished the old leadership rank. Safez attempted to name himself chairman and fill the rest of the seats of the Central Command with family and close allies. While the internal opposition prevented him to name himself chairman, he did fill up some positions with allies. The democratization of the party structure, paired with the increasing image of the LRP as the major left-wing party, was met with a boost in popularity. During the next election on 26 February 2026, the Lionarchic Roarist Party acquired nearly 20% of the vote, which is a five percentage point increase from its previous result.

Democratization of the party

Around February 2026, discontent grew among senior party members who were displeased about the integration of primarily Roarbornes into key positions of the party. One of the discontent members, Salah, sought to establish a more democratic party leadership contrary to Safez's one-man rule. He demanded Safez step down and the party to become directed by a democratic council. According to Safez, the growing pressure from senior members in the party forced him to resign as leader and establish the Central Command of the Lionarchic Roarist Party. It was a nine-man council, led by a chairman. Safez initially proposed to name himself Chairman, but Salah and other officials demanded he becomes a regular member at most. Another senior party member, Abdul of Hashemane, reportedly opposed dynastic rule by the Roarbornes and advised Safez to accept the demands, as Salah had now made public statements wanting to start an "anti-Roarborne front" to remove the Roarbornes from the LRP. Following these events, Safez elected himself as a regular member alongside Abdul of Hashemane and Scor of Roarborne. The position of Chairman remained vacant.

Safez actively sought to consolidate his power in the party regardless of the internal opposition led by Salah. He notably designated Sifad of Roarborne as another member of the Central Command. Safez also improved relations with the House of Hashemane. Later he appointed Faisal of Hashemane as another member of the Central Command. While the Hashemanes publicly opposed dynastic rule, they actively supported Safez in his attempts to centralize authority under his command. Analysts speculate the Hashemanes supported Safez since they severely disliked Salah, though none of the Hashemanes have confirmed this. Safez also continued consolidating his influence by improving relations with Amin Zambada, the Director of the Lionish Social Nationalist Party. Later, Umrad Makharat, a general, was reported attending the meetings with Safez and Zambada. The media widely covered the alleged relations between Makharat, Safez and Zambada, among the various allegations against Makharat, the most prominent one was the reported toast to Safez at a party. The event was highly documented by the press and was widely regarded as definitive proof of Makharat's pro-Roarist stance.

The allegations gave rise to broad mistrust in the royalist government among civilians, who voiced their concerns about the support for the LRP by several military officers, primarily referring to Makharat. King Leeuwtje of Orleons reacted to the allegations by stating that "military personnel must remain unaffiliated and neutral on politics". Salah, who was still a public critic of Safez, accused him of attempting to stage a coup alongside Zambada and Makharat. The rivalry between Safez and Salah worsened when Safez stated he would "remove the enemies from within". Following the allegations, Safez and several other members in the Central Command rejected Salah's nomination to become a member of the Central Command. Salah publicly contested the rejection, accusing Safez of prioritizing the consolidation of power around his family and removing opposition to ensure his continued authority. Safez defended the decision to reject Salah by saying that party leadership should remain exclusive to his allies and members of the Roarborne family. He dismissed Salah as incompetent and added that the Central Command collectively decided against his appointment. Around this time the LRP also saw a halt in its consistent growth in popularity, which analysts blamed on the controversies and internal rivalry.

International recognition

On 21 February 2026, Safez recovered Spottelina Purr and Juniorientje Purr and escorted them to Juniorwood to meet with Junior Purr and Tijgertje. Safez sought to improve relations with both the Tigerium and Juniorwood by handing the two Purrs over to Junior, a diplomatic gesture which Tijgertje and Junior stated they greatly appreciated. The diplomatic mission was widely regarded as a success since the Tigerium and Juniorwood sent diplomats shortly after to meet with Safez and his brother Sifad of Roarborne. The initiative was met with internal backlash however as several party members deemed it contradictory to traditional Roarist principles. One of the critics, Kareem, said all ties to monarchies should be severed. Safez defended the initiative saying international recognition is essential for the growth and popularity of the party.

Following the diplomatic gesture, some critics speculated Safez recovered Juniorientje and Spotelina from the void to prompt the Pantherians to return from the void. They argued this would weaken the influence of the Tigerium in the Lionarchy, which they speculated could destabilize the country and allow future coups to be staged.

Improvement of relations with the LSNP

Safez also initiated negotiations between the Lionarchic Roarist Party (LRP) and the Lionish Social Nationalist Party (LSNP). Safez sought to overthrow the cabinet at the time, Mufasa I, by imposing a vote of no confidence. Though it was a minority-cabinet, Safez first improved relations with Amin Zambada, a prominent member of the LSNP at the time. Both Safez and Amin Zambada publicly stated their negotiations were successful. Safez called it "an unbreakable alliance between two natural allies". Zambada later revoked LSNP-support for the cabinet and a vote of no confidence was successfully passed. New elections started on 26 February 2026, during which the LRP grew in popularity.

Political ideology and beliefs

Safez was originally a devout Roarist and supported the complete abolition of the monarchy in favour of a republican system, where democratic elections would determine the political course of the government. Safez was initially firmly anti-monarchist, aligning with several radical Roarists and calling for a revolution against the House of Orleons, the royal house of the Lionarchy. However, his stance grew less radical after advocating for better relations with the Tigerium and Juniorwood, despite both being absolute monarchies. He argued that maintaining friendly relations with foreign powers, regardless of their governance, was essential for both Lionarchic and international stability.

Roarbornism

Safez's political ideas gradually shifted to a hybrid ideology of Roarism and his own principles, often referred to as Roarbornism, which is widely regarded as a later and highly personalized variant of Roarism. Its ideas position the members of the House of Roarborne and Safez in particular as the total and divine leaders of the Lionarchy. The ideology combines Solarite nationalism, sectarianism, militarism and a cult of personality around the Roarbornes.

While Roarbornism shares the traditional Roarist support for a centralized army and opposition to economic decentralization, it diverges in its stance towards monarchies, the treatment of ethnicity and the control of public institutions. Roarbornism notably takes a different stance towards monarchies than traditional Roarism, arguing that friendly relations with other countries and subsequently also monarchies, are essential for stability. However, both ideologies oppose the rule of a monarchy in the Lionarchy. Additionally, Roarbornism seeks to establish an exclusive democracy and to divide the Lionarchic population into a three-tiered social hierarchy. This social structure elevates Solarites to first-rank citizens while Savalions are designated as second-rank citizens. The other ethnicities are degraded to third-rank citizens, losing the rights to vote and to hold bureaucratic positions. Finally, both Roarism and Roarbornism aim to move all public institutions into the hands of the state, though Roarbornism seeks to move these institutions specifically into the possession of the Roarborne family and its close allies.

Roarbornism is frequently contrasted with other variants of Roarism, including Saharism and Neo-Roarism. Both Saharism and Neo-Roarism are non-dynastic and more socialist than Roarbornism. Saharism aims to focus less on Lionarchic-nationalism, focusing instead on establishing a full democratic political system, the removal of the monarchy and the non-corrupt handling of state institutions. Neo-Roarism on the other hand is widely described as a far-left variant of Roarism. Neo-Roarism abandoned nationalist principles and instead adopted radical leftist doctrines such as revolutionary socialism.

Personality

Safez is widely characterized as a pragmatic strategist and is seen as notoriously intolerant of dissent. Observers note that he appears to have a profound sense of loyalty to his own family and sees any opposition to him or his family as a personal betrayal. Safez also confirmed he sees the Solarite community superior to the other Lionarchic ethnicities. Additionally, experts concluded that Safez uses his charm strategically to gain influence in politics. Safez appears primarily devoted to his eldest son Sarsel, who he considers his heir. However, Safez has granted his other sons important political positions as well.

Notes & Trivia

Safez is owned by p1gsel.
Safez is based on Hafez al-Assad, a former president of Syria. Safez's wife, Regina Maluf, is based on Hafez al-Assad's wife, Anisa Makhlouf.
Safez's children are based on Hafez al-Assad's children. Rune of Roarborne is based on Bushra al-Assad, Sarsel of Roarborne is based Bassel al-Assad, Sabbar of Roarborne is based on former president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Saher of Roarborne is based on Maher al-Assad and Sahid of Roarborne is based on Majd al-Assad.