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 ====== Tobias Kuhn ====== ====== Tobias Kuhn ======
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 +**Baron of Ulrichstein**
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 Sir Tobias is the unrecognized bastard son of Sir Wernherus of [[atlas:​Grohn]] and Nell, the baker'​s daughter. When his mother died, Sir Wernherus gave him a horse, sword, shield, and a small bit of coin - then told to get out of the village. Tobias gathered his remaining belongings and followed the trade roads west. He spent some time as a mercenary before he finally made enough money to return east. Several years on the edge of King [[Reiner IV]]'s court eventually gained him a frontier barony along the [[atlas:​Bornheim]] trade road. He currently serves as the [[wp>​Baron]] of [[atlas:​Ulrichstein]]. Sir Tobias is the unrecognized bastard son of Sir Wernherus of [[atlas:​Grohn]] and Nell, the baker'​s daughter. When his mother died, Sir Wernherus gave him a horse, sword, shield, and a small bit of coin - then told to get out of the village. Tobias gathered his remaining belongings and followed the trade roads west. He spent some time as a mercenary before he finally made enough money to return east. Several years on the edge of King [[Reiner IV]]'s court eventually gained him a frontier barony along the [[atlas:​Bornheim]] trade road. He currently serves as the [[wp>​Baron]] of [[atlas:​Ulrichstein]].
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   * **Born:** Winter 404   * **Born:** Winter 404
   * **Parents:​** Sir Wenherus of Grohn (M, 363-446) and Nell (F, 392-422); unrecognized ​   * **Parents:​** Sir Wenherus of Grohn (M, 363-446) and Nell (F, 392-422); unrecognized ​
-  * **Knighted:​** Summer ​435+  * **Knighted:​** Summer ​434
   * **Spouse:**   * **Spouse:**
-    * Marjorie (F, 414-), Married 436+    * [[people:Marjorie ​Kuhn]] ​(F, 414-), Married 436
   * **Issue:**   * **Issue:**
     * Fuchs (M, 439-)     * Fuchs (M, 439-)
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 ==== Western Court ==== ==== Western Court ====
  
-Tobias ​staying it the camp for another year to ensure ​the goblins would not come back, but finally in 432 him and a few of the mercenaries who pledged loyalty ​to him left the mining camp.+The company went their separate ways, except for Tobias ​and a few of the men who wintered at the camp. When the roads became passable again Tobias, Bernahard, [[Konrad Brandt|Konrad]], and [[Lothar Himmel|Lothar]] traveled to [[atlas:​Aufhausen]] the seat of [[wp>​Duke]] [[Wracwulf Stoyan]]. The Duke had been charged by King [[Reiner IV]] with the disposition of royal lands into new baronies. Tobias had seen much of the west and desired the land that was denied ​to him by the fate of his birth.
  
 +For five years Tobias used his skills with sword and lance to win accolades at the various tournaments while Konrad and Lothar moved among the the nobility in search of likely supporters. During the Summer of 434 he led a dozen guardsmen to the defense of a nearby village against an orcish attack. They not only drove off the orcs, but Tobias himself slew the chieftain. When he returned to Aufhausen Duke Wracwulf knighted him and accepted his oath of fealty to the realm.
  
-==== Court of Reiner IV ==== +His new knighthood catapulted him into the upper ranks and gave him access to new avenues ​of power. He used the money he had saved and what he had earned to gain enough support to "​purchase"​ a western barony. It cost him nearly everything he had saved, but in 436 Duke Wracwulf created the barony of [[atlas:​Ulrichstein]] and named him its baron.
  
  
 ==== Baron of Ulrichstein ==== ==== Baron of Ulrichstein ====
  
 +Sir Tobias arrived in the burned out remains of Ulrichstein in the Summer of 437 after he raised enough money to buy some mercenaries,​ craftsmen, and a wagon train of supplies. By 454 Ulrichstein was a thriving town and the Baron'​s patrols along the [[atlas:​Bornheim]] trade route cut down on the number of lost caravans.
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 +As a frontier baron he exercises a great deal of control not only over his own lands, but the royal lands that surround him. Duke Wracwulf has named him bailiff over the surrounding lands and the the villages they contain. For his part Sir Tobias can be a difficult, but fair man. He does not tolerate failure or incompetence lightly, but he believes that praise should be given when it has been earned.
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 +He has fathered 4 children with his wife - and in memory of his father, none with any mistress. In fact, he has never taken a mistress to his bed since he was wed in the Chapel of the Waters in Aufhausen in 436.
  
  
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 ==== Parents ==== ==== Parents ====
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 +His mother died before he left and he heard that his father passes away a few years ago as well. His step father is probably dead as well; although he has never entertained the idea of returning "​home."​
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 +==== Wife and Children ====
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 +Marjorie is a spitfire of a woman skilled in the use of sword and spear. She is not a mercenary, but she is no coddled noblewomen from the east. She enjoys falconry as well as a few of the more traditional "​womanly"​ activities.
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 +Fuchs is definitely his father'​s son.
  
  
  
 {{tag>​human noble dakarian}} {{tag>​human noble dakarian}}