antagonist behind the scenes: Baron Janos of Var-Jaqai, son of Corvin III
Description: Baron Janos is always seen with his trade-mark smile, a scar drawn from the right edge of his mouth to just below his eye. Dark humoured, Baron Janos has a habit of chuckling to himself and approaching a situation with polite jests and sarcasm aimed at the circumstance (and not anyone else).
No one seems to know what Baron Janos is thinking. His wit makes him formidable at court and he honors his Liege's wishes to the word and shows great initiative.
Baron is a steady and cautious warrior. He is practical and lets his men do the dirty work, but his not a man averse to getting his hands dirty. Many of his older vassals know of how hands-on he was under his Lord Father's Corvin's command. It was only recently did he learn to resist the urge to concentrate his focus and keep his mind more engaged in the goal instead of the task at hand.
Liege Lord: Duke Godfrey of House Baldwin
Estate: Barony of Var-Jaqai
- Village of St. Kareen's Haven (Generates $560,000 annually)
- Castle Corvin (Generates $280,000 annually)
- Attributes: IQ 13, HT14
- Disadvantages: Callous
- Advantages: Filthy Rich ($840,000 annualy), Versatile,
- Skills: Psychology-15, Body Language-14, Strategy-14, Acting-15, Performance (Jesting)-12
Notable Allies:
Sir Kassel "Break-Spear'
Description:
Sir Kassel is Baron Janos' right hand and Banneret. He appears as a tall sharp featured veteran of many battles.
A very devoted family man, Sir Kassel with his wife Charice have 8 children. The eldest two are lovely daughters who dote on their father and are married to very capable, young and loyal household knights, who have taken his name (because they did not come from a noble family). His other two sons are squiring for their brothers-in-laws, while the other are still too young to leave the manor.
He rides into melee Sarmatian style, using a Longspear two handed for the reach and penetration. On foot he fights with spear and staff mastery, and very heavy armor.
Notable Traits: ST13, Staff-15, Soldier-16, Tactics-14
Magos Iryn Johansen
Description:
Magos Iryn Johansen, is Imperial trained magos of the coin. Baron Janos relies on his skills for the organization of his estate and the training of his servants.
Magos Iryn, is a very capable bureaucrat but his greatest talent is in teaching. Like many castrated Magos, he has found his own family in his lord, his master's right hand man, his students and servants. He has several promising students, young men who are very capable and have returned from the Magos University to serve him in his weakening age.
Iryn is a very capable teacher of the ancient philosophers methods of critical thought. Secretly he is one of the "faithless" and dwells too much on godless philosophies.
Notable Traits: IQ15, Empathy, Teaching-18, Psychology-17
Sir Titos Corwin
Description:
Sir Titos is Jano's middle child, has a reputation for being strange. Even as a squire, Titos displayed unusual cunning and manipulative skills, which allowed him more opportunity to be on field of battle. What makes him strange is that, he will not participate in the action, instead he will provoke those around him, allies and enemies, to impulse and action to their demise.
Notable Traits: Fast Talk-16
