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His unit would be trained using his own unique brand of tactics, which unfortunately did not help during the 1985 Corric Succession Crisis. The 4th Royal Armored Cavalry Regiment was deployed to capture Fort Vincezno Airbase, which was being held by the air forces declared treasonous in support of Prince Astolfo. The First A.C. was subject to several strafing runs and bombings by the rebellious forces, leaving Demuiré in a coma and most of his subordinates dead.
Demuiré took five months to recover from his injuries. The Armed Legions gave him the Distinguished Merit Medal for Service, but citing psychological stress, placed him into a position training armored vehicle crews. He soon was transferred to a clerical position overseeing maintenance crews instead. After a brief period of reinstatement as an artillery commander in 1987 through 1988, Demuiré was promoted to Major and was discharged honorably from service in 1989. Demuiré, in one of several rare interviews, stated he was extremely dissatisfied with this course, as in his views the recently-coronated [[Sebastián II]] "would rather ignore those who have seen our military deficiencies first hand than to have them help address those deficiencies."
== Private Career ==
Demuiré moved to Tonderouca in southern Castijara and founded Quill Defense Contractors with several associates he knew from military service. Using combined funds, the group purchased an office and storage space in the city and began recruitment of security specialists and recently discharged or retired Corric military personnel. According to recruiting material from this period, QDC accepted only those who could provide several personal references and proof of honorable discharge, if a veteran. Longtime associate Alicia Tumbas has been quoted as saying this was implemented by Demuiré to "weed out the thugs and idiots whose only reason to hold a gun is to feel powerful."
The QDC operations were spearheaded and often personally led by Demuiré, and included providing security details for private individuals, training law enforcement and security forces for Corric and foreign governments, and as anti-abuse of power presences at large-scale protests. Between 1990 and 1995, the company expanded rapidly, securing nearly $900 million in private and government contracts across eastern [[Novaris]]. As the reputation of his firm grew, Demuiré signed off on expanding operations into an international rather than regional scope.
An unknown number of classified contracts with government and nongovernment entities in this period provided enough revenue for QDC to purchase the Pomesoria Castle in southern Ashura, [[Packilvania]], and the land surrounding it. The company incorporated in 1997 in the city of Akas Akil, forming an international headquarters there and moving their operational headquarters to Pomesoria, though the Tonderouca offices would be retained as the company's Corric branch. Demuiré personally recruited several current QDC executives during this period, taking more strategic control over the company while leaving day-to-day matters to delegated officers.
In 2003, Demuiré authorized the creation of branch offices in [[Arkalarius]] and [[Qumar]], citing increased demand in those regions for private security and training. He also spoke to a Corric investor panel in July, announcing the creation of Quill Rapid Transit Group. This subsidiary, the first of many for QDC, was devoted to the secure and safe transport of money and other valuables. QRTG is now one of the largest international security and transport services in use by banks, mints, jewelers, and private individuals. Demuiré would officially inaugurate Quill Air Consultants and Quill Defense Firm in 2006 to provide boots-on-the-ground services to governments and air combat, transport, and surveillance options.
While QDC does not disclose its clients publicly, there is evidence that Demuiré was present in some capacity at several low-level conflicts in the early and mid 2000's. He has expressed a personal interest in making sure "things turn out honorably," an attitude which has been echoed by all QDC contractors whenever asked their intentions about their work.
TacGen Systems, owned by Corric veteran Manuel Goméz, was often a partner with QDC, supplying weapons and equipment. When Goméz died in 2008, Demuiré pushed for the acquisition of his company by QDC, citing his "friends' wish for a more honorable form of warfare" to the company board. The acquisition was eventually successful, and transferred ownership of weapons factories and development centers in northern [[Gondwana]], as well as all TacGen IPs and schematics, to QDC.
Demuiré would use his personal wealth to start Shining Armor Investments in Tivot in 2009. A private equity firm, much of its revenue was generated in early years by investments into green energy, smartphones, internet services, shipping, and microchips. Currently the seventh-largest private equity firm owned by a Corric national, Shining Armor allowed Demuiré to form the non-profit International Code Group in 2011, which focuses on providing housing, food, and clothing to homeless and disadvantaged persons in developed countries that lack a social safety net.
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