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George Washington, Freeworld Founder: Quartz Character
George Washington (1732 to 1799) was a Virginia planter and former surveyor who commanded the Continental Army through the American Revolution. He led the army from 1775 to 1783, won key victories at Trenton and Yorktown, and then gave up his command of his own accord before later becoming the first president of the United States.
- Cost
- 7 crystals
- Type
- Character · Soldier
- Power / Health
- 5 / 7
- Color
- Quartz (Founders & Revolution)
- Rarity
- Legendary (Legacy)
- Set
- Liberty & Lightning (Set 1)
Your other characters get +1/+1.
First in war, first in peace, first to politely decline becoming king while setting impossible dental standards.
The real history
Washington was born on February 22, 1732, at his family's plantation on Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. As a boy he studied geometry and trigonometry, and in 1749 he began his first career as a professional surveyor. He fought for Virginia in the French and Indian War and in 1759 married the widow Martha Dandridge Custis.
At Mount Vernon he became an ambitious farmer, switching his main crop from tobacco to wheat in the 1760s. The estate ran on forced labor. He inherited 10 enslaved people at age 11, and Mount Vernon says he went on to inherit, buy, rent or control more than 500 enslaved people over his life. His will freed the 123 people he owned outright, after Martha's death.
In June 1775 the Second Continental Congress made him commander of the new Continental Army. After losing New York in 1776, his beaten army retreated across New Jersey. On Christmas night he crossed the Delaware River and surprised the garrison at Trenton, then won again at Princeton days later. With French troops and a French fleet, he trapped the British army of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, and accepted its surrender on October 19, 1781.
On December 23, 1783, Washington stood before Congress in Annapolis, Maryland, and resigned his commission. He could have kept power, and instead he went home. That choice made him famous around the world. He died at Mount Vernon on December 14, 1799.
Sources
- George Washington's Life, George Washington's Mount Vernon
- George Washington: Life Before the Presidency, Miller Center, University of Virginia
- George Washington's Teeth, George Washington's Mount Vernon
In the game's story
In the game's invented story, Washington lifts a glowing violet stone out of the Delaware ice on Christmas night, 1776, and finds himself on the frozen bank of the Inkwash in Marginalia. His first words are an order to be returned to his men, and the Travelers explain he will go back to the very second he left once his crack is mended. While he waits, he organizes soldiers from every era into an encampment at the foot of the Rimefold and leads the founders of Quartz, still walking to the riverbank each evening, ready to cross.
How the card plays
George Washington costs 7 crystals and is a 5/7 Legendary Quartz Soldier, so he counts as a Legacy card. His ability is simple and big: every other character you control gets +1/+1 while he is on the field.
He is a Signature card of the George Washington Leader, so he costs 6 in that deck. Play him once you have two or three characters out, so the boost lands right away.
Alexander Hamilton, Young Hopeful gets +1/+1 for controlling George Washington and another +1/+1 from his aura, turning a 2-crystal Swift character into a real threat. Marquis de Lafayette builds two Steel Golem tokens, and each one gets the bonus too. Winter Encampment, another Washington Signature card, keeps growing one of your characters each turn. Protect him: if he leaves, the whole army shrinks at once.
- Playable in decks led by George Washington.
- A Signature card of George Washington: it costs 1 less while Washington leads your deck.
- In the Washington starter deck (2 copies). Deck code:
LC2-BhoCgAKBAYIBgwGEAYUBhgKHAYgBiQGKAYsBjAKNAY4BjwGQAZEBkgGTAZQBlQGWAZcBmAGZAZoCmwGcAZ0BngGfAaABoQFBjA - Works with Alexander Hamilton, Young Hopeful; Betsy Ross, Fabric of America.
- A deck holds up to 3 copies of this card.
Questions about Washington
Did George Washington have wooden teeth?
No. Mount Vernon calls wooden dentures one of the most enduring myths about him. His dentures were made of materials such as human and animal teeth, ivory and metals, and he wore a full set by age 57.
Why did George Washington resign his commission in 1783?
With the peace treaty signed, he chose to hand his power back to Congress at Annapolis rather than keep it. In an age of kings and military strongmen, giving up command on his own was almost unheard of, and it earned him worldwide fame.
Card art
The standard version of George Washington, Freeworld Founder. The Full Art above is a rare version that can appear in packs.
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