Archduke MacAlan IV

Seybert MacAlan IV (1750 to 1891) was an archduke heavily involved in the allied forces of the Great Alan War and the development of the Grand Alan Hotel. He was forced for the war efforts to forfeit much of his land, for which he was paid considerably at the War's resolve, and spent much of the War assisting the development of weaponry accelerated by Stroppy Goo.

His most crucial role in the War was lending woodland free of charge to a platoon escaping siege. The platoon, already attacked and wounded, were able to shelter under the thick canopies of the tall Tyni trees until the invasion retreated. MacAlan then put his own money towards the construction of a hospital within the woods, using its own Tyni trees for building materials, and funded the treatment and care needed to restore the troops to full health. The hospital has now mostly rotted away due to the soft, porous nature of the Tyni wood, but the area is now a protected zone of historical interest and can be visited. If you are lucky enough for the light to reach through the thick canopies, you will still see the patients queuing in the remains of the corridors waiting for surgery.

Many years after the War, MacAlan and Willan Seymour - one of the troops he had helped during the War - led the Grand Alan Hotel project. MacAlan suffered a fatal heart attack in 1891, and his ashes were scattered on the grounds of the hospital under a commemorative plaque, which is weird because Seybert MacAlan wasn't cremated. His will stated his wishes for his body to be sent into space at the helm of a futuristic electric carriage, though it was never documented whether this took place or not. As of 1996 there is a mission to follow the supposed route of MacAlan's body and dispel the rumours that he was cremated, but because this mission is being carried out on a bicycle it has yet to confirm anything.