[hider=Baron Ros Argall of Mortawel]
Name: Baron Ros Argall of Mortawel

Age: 37

Appearance: It may be that he was not born into the position, but Ros does not look like a Baron.  His dark eyes and face are soft, his mouth near-constantly upturned in an easy smile, his red hair loosely hanging down just past his shoulders.  His body, while always arranged into a perfect posture, is smaller than what one might expect, with Ros being smaller than average.   And while he does not neglect his physique, he lines it in thick fabrics and soft silks to make himself look ever more gentle and non-threatening.

Known for: Being elevated from his Lowborn birth to his current rank.  During his tenure as the Captain of the Guard for Duke Leolin II of Bryn a Mor—the father of the current Duke—he uncovered an elaborate plot to murder the entire family of the Duke.  Acting quickly, he rushed the entirety of the Duke’s family to safety—including Arwel, who has since inherited his father’s throneto become Duke himself—apprehended every person involved with the plot within several miles of Caerbryn, and got them to divulge the identities of those ultimately behind the plot, who resided beyond the borders of Bryn a Mor.  Out of thanks, the Duke granted Ros the Braony of Mortawel.  While not the most prosperous in Emperiat, or even in Bryn a Mor, Mortawel is composed of a bay along a prominent shipping lane, making it both a common place to resupply and to shelter from the Summer Storms, making it a fairly valuable piece of land.

Dirty little secret: 
[hider=Is very secret]It is no secret that Ros holds no great zeal for the religion of Emperiat.  However, something that he keeps close to his chest is that he worships the gods of Bryn a Mor, from before its conquest by Emperiat, with great fervor.  And plans to see the practice spread.[/hider]

Skills: While Ros has some skill with a blade, his greatest assets are his patience, his persistence, and his silver tongue.  Ros plays the long game, and can convince people that his desired outcome is in their best interest as well.  

Motto: “I don’t have enough prestige for the Landed-folk, nor enough piety for the priest-folk, but everyone wants my gold.”
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[hider=Bryn a Mor]
Name of the Province: Bryn a Mor.

Name of your liege: Duke Arwel  Caerbryn
[indent]Age: 28[/indent]
[indent]Ruled for: Six Years[/indent]

Position: Stretching out into the Western Sea.

Specialty: Buried deep beneath Bryn a Mor’s great rolling hills is a vast mineral wealth.  Most of Emperiat’s iron, much of its gold and marble, and a decent amount of its other mined and quarried materials come from Bryn a Mor.

Weaknesses:  For all the value that Bryn a Mor’s hills might have, it leaves its people very little arable land.  Villages get along fine, but larger settlements must import food to keep everyone properly fed.  

History: Of Emperiat’s provinces, Bryn a Mor—which literally means “Hill and Sea” in the native tongue of its people, the Bryny (called Morians by the reast of the world)—is one of the most recently incorporated.  Bryn a Mor’s hills, which it is in part named for, provided an incredible defense against invasion.  But that did not last forever, and the Emperiat’s King Biel IV led the force that overcame these much vaunted natural defenses, earning him the epithet “the Conqueror.”  While it has been several generations since the last person to have seen Biel’s Conquest died, the people of Bryn a Mor have a rich cultural tradition that has strongly resisted both dilution by and incorporation into Emperiat’s broader culture.

It was early in the reign of the now-late king Andèris that the old ruling family of Bryn a Mor, which had initially been given stewardship of the province my Biel the Conqueror himself, died out.  Andèris made the decision give the province of Bryn a Mor to not only a native noble house, but the last living relatives of the last rulers of an independent Bryn a Mor—the House Caerbryn.  This made the now-late king exceedingly popular among the Morian general populace and nobility, which in turn led to Bryn a Mor actively supporting King Andèris throughout his reign.  Duke Arwel Caerbryn is the third generation of his house to rule over Bryn a Mor.
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