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− | '''Graf {{PAGENAME}}''' was a nobleman of the [[Empire]] and | + | '''Graf {{PAGENAME}}''' was a nobleman of the [[Empire]] and patron of the [[League of Karl-Franz]]. {{Fn|1c}} |
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+ | ==Appearance== | ||
+ | A tall, powerfully built man, he was covered in scars and had his hair cropped close to his skull. {{Fn|1b}} | ||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||
* [[Doremus von Unheimlich]]: His son. {{Fn|1a}} | * [[Doremus von Unheimlich]]: His son. {{Fn|1a}} | ||
+ | * [[Serafina von Unheimlich]]: His wife, died young apparently after being thrown from her horse. {{Fn|1d}} | ||
+ | * [[Sylvana de Castries]]: His last mistress, daughter of a [[Middenheim]] merchant. {{Fn|1d}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
For a wager, the Graf once stood for a full day with his great warbow drawn and then at sunset struck the bullseye of a target. {{Fn|1a}} | For a wager, the Graf once stood for a full day with his great warbow drawn and then at sunset struck the bullseye of a target. {{Fn|1a}} | ||
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+ | He rarely visited the cities of the Empire but often hosted them at his hunting lodge in [[Talabecland]]. {{Fn|1c}} | ||
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+ | When riots broke out in [[Altdorf]] after [[Mornan Tybalt]] brought in the ''Thumb Tax'', he convened a meeting of the Electors and nineteen barons of the Empires first families to put down the potential revolution. {{Fn|1c}} | ||
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+ | After discovering his mistress with [[Otto Waernicke]] he gave them both a knife and told them he would hunt them down but during a subsequent hunt for a ancient female [[unicorn]] he was killed by the [[vampire]] [[Genevieve Dieudonne]]. {{Fn|1f}} | ||
==Weapons and Equipment== | ==Weapons and Equipment== | ||
He favoured a huge but plain warbow, carved from a sapling himself and a [[Dwarf]] forged hunting knife. {{Fn|1a}} | He favoured a huge but plain warbow, carved from a sapling himself and a [[Dwarf]] forged hunting knife. {{Fn|1a}} | ||
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+ | ==Quotes== | ||
+ | {| width="33%" align="center" | ||
+ | |align="center"|''You must know that when I hunt you, I love you. It is pure, with no vindictiveness. The wrong you have done me is set aside, washed away. You are the quarry, I the hunter. This is the closest we could ever be, closer by far than we were as man and mistress. It is important you understand this. '' | ||
+ | '''~ Rudiger to Sylvana.{{Fn|1e}} | ||
+ | |} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
* {{Endn|1}}: [[Genevieve Undead (Novel)]] | * {{Endn|1}}: [[Genevieve Undead (Novel)]] | ||
** {{Endn|1a}}: Part Three, Unicorn Ivory, pg. 265-269 | ** {{Endn|1a}}: Part Three, Unicorn Ivory, pg. 265-269 | ||
+ | ** {{Endn|1b}}: Part Three, Unicorn Ivory, pg. 275 | ||
+ | ** {{Endn|1c}}: Part Three, Unicorn Ivory, pg. 280 | ||
+ | ** {{Endn|1d}}: Part Three, Unicorn Ivory, pg. 283-284 | ||
+ | ** {{Endn|1e}}: Part Three, Unicorn Ivory, pg. 305-306 | ||
+ | ** {{Endn|1f}}: Part Three, Unicorn Ivory, pg. 347 | ||
[[Category:Humans]] | [[Category:Humans]] |
Latest revision as of 14:32, 6 May 2021
Graf Rudiger von Unheimlich was a nobleman of the Empire and patron of the League of Karl-Franz. [1c]
Appearance
A tall, powerfully built man, he was covered in scars and had his hair cropped close to his skull. [1b]
Family
- Doremus von Unheimlich: His son. [1a]
- Serafina von Unheimlich: His wife, died young apparently after being thrown from her horse. [1d]
- Sylvana de Castries: His last mistress, daughter of a Middenheim merchant. [1d]
History
For a wager, the Graf once stood for a full day with his great warbow drawn and then at sunset struck the bullseye of a target. [1a]
He rarely visited the cities of the Empire but often hosted them at his hunting lodge in Talabecland. [1c]
When riots broke out in Altdorf after Mornan Tybalt brought in the Thumb Tax, he convened a meeting of the Electors and nineteen barons of the Empires first families to put down the potential revolution. [1c]
After discovering his mistress with Otto Waernicke he gave them both a knife and told them he would hunt them down but during a subsequent hunt for a ancient female unicorn he was killed by the vampire Genevieve Dieudonne. [1f]
Weapons and Equipment
He favoured a huge but plain warbow, carved from a sapling himself and a Dwarf forged hunting knife. [1a]
Quotes
You must know that when I hunt you, I love you. It is pure, with no vindictiveness. The wrong you have done me is set aside, washed away. You are the quarry, I the hunter. This is the closest we could ever be, closer by far than we were as man and mistress. It is important you understand this.
~ Rudiger to Sylvana.[1e] |
Sources