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Prior Bumble is a Club Penguin Army veteran as well as the founder and 1st Commander of the Recon Federation of Club Penguin, creating it in 2019 upon his return to the community.
People's Republic Army (2008)
In 2008, Prior Bumble served as Commissar, second-in-command, of the People's Republic Army under the legendary CollinZfresh. There, he fought alongside Oagalthorp of ACP and saw combat against the Romans and the Nachos. When PRA expanded divisions, he was appointed Vice President of the army's Australian territory. His retirement came only weeks before the retirement of CollinZfresh, and, in both their absences, the army fell shortly after.
Return to Club Penguin Rewritten (June 2019)
Prior Bumble eventually returned to the armies community in June 2019, starting with playing Club Penguin Rewritten. Then, after frequenting the "System Defense" mini game at EPF headquarters, and it was after a session of this that the Recon Federation of Club Penguin was formed by chance. Every seat but one at the EPF conference table was full, and Prior took the last one. An unidentified user said, "Uhh...someone say something." Prior drew breath and began giving orders at that moment. The organization that would eventually develop into the Recon Federation was born.
Early Days With RFCP (Summer 2019)
Prior initially operated RFCP without a Discord server, instead working from Club Penguin Rewritten directly. RFCP member SgtSpoon created the army's first server, managing it on Prior's behalf. The army frequented the EPF command room from which it had been founded, as well as Iceberg on the Blizzard server. However, this bought the group into conflict with Mopia, whom similarly spent a lot of time on Iceberg. After some skirmishes, peace was reached and an agreement made meaning Mopia would avoid Iceberg on the Blizzard server.
Prior Bumble formally registered RFCP into the Club Penguin Armies (2019) league, developing a presence on that league's map. On the same day, the Recon Federation suffered their first major internal conflict, as “The Great Schism” occurred. Tensions grew rapidly and ended in Spoon and three others having an argument with Prior. This led Spoon to kick him from the server, attempting to coup Prior and seize control of the Recon Federation for himself. However, Prior formed a new server for the Recon Federation and invited over soldiers who remained loyal to him. Thus, RFCP survived the conflict. Spoon and the other dissidents attempted a campaign against the Recon Federation, but this failed.
Tensions continued to grow elsewhere due to RFCP's new map presence, as the Lime Green Army started to invade the Recon Federation's territory. This commenced the War of Smoke and Sour. Formally starting on the 2nd of July, the conflict initially took a bad turn for the Recon Federation. However, talks between Prior and leaders of the New Viking Alliance quickly evened the odds, albeit complicating things as LGA similarly started recruiting allies. The end-result saw LGA, the Rebel Penguin Federation and Cosmic Army fight the New Viking Alliance consisting of RFCP, the Elite Guardians of Club Penguin, Pizza Federation and others. The war ended after three and a half weeks of fighting with a declaration of no formal winner and a final battle score of 8 wins and 5 losses in favour of the New Viking Alliance.
In the meanwhile, Prior continued to push RFCP to grow its sizes, leading the army to climb the Top Ten as the month went by.
However, RFCP's successes were marred towards the end of July by two shocking events. On July 29th, Prior was shocked to see the arrival of a user claiming to be CollinZfresh in the RFCP Discord server. At first, the stage seemed set for a touching reunion but it quickly became clear something was amiss. The next day, the user rejoined the server and claimed they were in fact Templars leader Xing on an alt account, making it clear that the whole thing had been a lie. Prior was deeply shaken by the event and the incident sparked an internal search to try and locate the real CollinZfresh, which never reached a conclusion.
This saga was quickly overshadowed by the sudden news that DatBoiRaven, RFCP HICOM, had apparently died. The news was taken with deep sorrow by the entire community and the grief felt by the entire community. The CPA league decided to host a community-wide memorial on August 5th and more than 100 members of the community turned up to pay their respects, marking a rare moment of community unity during otherwise turbulent times.
August and September saw RFCP adopt the Duck Defenders as a colony thanks to Prior's personal friendship with Cena. The Recon Federation also faced off with LGA twice more, winning the Peninsula Wars and the Whack-A-Mole War against them thanks to superior sizes via colonies being allowed. The Recon Federation seemed poised to reach major army status and even become a serious threat to well-established dominant armies like the Rebel Penguin Federation.
It was then in mid-September that things started to sway in the opposite direction.
First Troubles (September-October 2019)
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Personality
Prior is known for being militant, well-spoken, serious, and warm-hearted. Praised for his battlefield speed, his command style is emoji-heavy and anchored primarily by unique formations such as R and F. When using word tactics, he can be aggressive or slightly flirtatious. Prior is known for delivering battle speeches before every major conflict. His leadership is made distinct by the cultural insistence that he be addressed as sir, Commander, or Chief by his soldiers, and he has stated that he will never share leadership of the army. He entered the CPATG league undefeated in war for three straight conflicts against LGA and led a record 15 battles in 7 days against ACP in the War of No Return.
Father of Club Penguin Warfare
After declaring independence from his former league, Prior and his army founded a new one, Club Penguin Warfare. Because of the labor and finances he contributed to make the league possible, he is often known as the "Father of CPW," and was elected as one of four first Admins. This experience would later help secure him the position of CEO of CPAWL, which he held in September of 2020.
Awards
RFCP Legend, RFCP Feddies Awards
Most Achieved, CPATG Summer Awards
Best Leader (2nd Place), CPATG Summer Awards
Best S/M Leader, CPAH Awards
Most Respected Allied Leader, EGCP Awards
Best Allied Leader, LGA Awards
Personal Life
When not attending to the militant duties of the army, Prior can be seen as an affectionate patriarch, sometimes referred to as "Papa Prior" by his soldiers, or "Uncle Prior" by his colonists. He conducts a near weekly "Storytime with Papa Prior," where he reads children's books to his troops and shows the illustrations on Discord, and he holds "Office Hours" biweekly to address the concerns of any RFCP members. Prior was briefly married to ex-ACP 1ic, Sidie9.
He runs the RFCP website and blog as well. In 2020, he embarked on a project to author The Complete History of Club Penguin Armies in an academic, hard copy format. He has communicated with and interviewed Lance Priebe for this project. Prior is notoriously mysterious about his in real life identity, but some things, like the death of his older brother, and a debilitating past physical injury, have been revealed.
Quotes
"War the fuck on."
"I'm Commander in war and in peace. But a better one in war."
"What is the RFCP? Something we fight as? Or something worth fighting for?"
"As long as I am Commander, I refuse to see something I created destroy someone."
“The best way to be a leader is to be good to my soldiers.”
“We have fought here. We have joined the legends that bled on this snow before us.” (After the battle that made the iceberg RFCP's sacred ground).
"There is a soldier in us all."
“Do not be deterred by the noise of yesterday, and do not be haunted by the silence of tomorrow.”
“It is easy to fall in love on Club Penguin. We are already in love with ourselves, and who we can become here. We get to be who we feel we are inside.”
“Many in real life call me a leader, too. But this [RFCP] is the way I prefer to be one.”
“There will be time for us to be gentlemen when we are Goliaths.”
“We will turn our soldiers into men. But it is our blood which must be spilled first.” (Prior to his officers).
“Rain fire on them.” (Prior in the War of Smoke and Sour)
“I have walked among the wild, and the wild is you.” (Prior to his soldiers)
"I don't feel fire. I don't feel heat. There's no war in me right now. I don't feel thunder. I don't feel the night. Or the ground beneath me. I only feel you." (From Prior's speech to his soldiers before what he thought would be his last battle).
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