Legacy of the Tyrant (TWS)

You're J.R. Lemons Yulder, descended from a notorious line of mercenaries-turned-usurpers. You are recognized as a ruler not because your ancestors were great or even decent, but because the better royal families are extinct. The people do have some faith in you, but it's not as a good ruler- they are simply relieved to have a lesser evil than the Tyrant. Under the Tyrant they were forced to work the fields and mines of your homeland without rest, frequently to death; under her the precious metals of the mines were quickly depleted and shipped abroad, and the once fertile farmlands have turned to desert.