Rune

Rune is the first and current party whip for the United Left People's Party since January 26, 2021. They are also a list candidate during the January 2021 Legislative elections, being ranked 6th on the party list. Rune is an Anthropologist by trade, with their work also spanning a variety of natural sciences. Their work within ULPP is focused on expanding minority rights and environmental protections. They nominated RepOfCommunists as Equalities Minister in their stead, deciding to focus more heavily on their duties as Party Whip.

On February 16, 2021 Rune became the interim leader of the ULPP being third highest on the chain of command as both the leader and deputy leader resigned at once. They did not participate in the February 2021 leadership election.

Political activities
They are the founder of the 4 ideological caucuses within the ULPP, being a key assistant in the design for the four caucus logos with Sam. They co-founded the Disability Caucus with Dadijo Penguinez. They later on founded the Forward Senate Alliance alongside Mel for the first 2021 Senate Election.

They were also the co-founder, and original proposer of the Forward Senate Alliance. The FSA later won 4/9 seats during the February 2021 Senate elections.

Rune is heavily involved within the ULPP's leadership, being the only current member who has served through the leadership of Summers, Trevor, and Bjarnason, as well as Kenson's current leadership. They have not expressed any interest in running for any higher leadership positions, but have been endorsed several times during the last leadership election despite this.

Political positions
Rune is firmly positioned on the ULPP's left. Having explicitly opposed any alliance with the Liberal Party on the basis of neoliberal policies and questioning the LWP with regards to if they consider themselves Blairites (they were not). They initially opposed the nomination of Zebra as speaker, but was explained on the decision by party leadership and requested their previous nomination be withdrew. They are a Democratic Socialist in practice and frequently bring up concerns on the ULPP's left with regards to moderation of economic and social policy. They began initial discussions on a confidence and supply deal for the Communist Party, having forwarded said deal with Kevin Trevor.

They are a vocal supporter of the Socialist Reform Bill proposed by Holmgang.

Personal life
In February 2021, a monolith appeared outside of Rune's house. It was there for two days before Rune started focusedly staring at it. At this point, the monolith started glowing before levitating into space. The monolith was spotted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the next day. This has sparked many theories that Rune might be the source of the mysterious monolith that has been circumnavigating the globe since 2020. Rune has yet to comment on these issues, aside from hissing and shouting "you don't know my true powers" to a DIN reporter who asked for an interview.

On March 16, 2021, Rune moderated a debate between Trashman and Robert La Follette for the leadership of the LWP, for which they were running.