Rudiger von Unheimlich
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] |
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