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A minor character from the novel [[Tower of Doom]], "the Old Baron" (otherwise [[unnamed]]) was the father of both [[Baron Caidin]] and [[Wort]] and the former ruler of [[Nartok]]. | |||
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The Old Baron was an [[adulterer]], having an illicit relationship with a woman named [[Kylene]]. Both his wife, [[the Old Baroness]], and Kylene gave birth two children, [[Worren]] and [[Caidin]], on the same night. Because of Worren's deformities, the Old Baron switched out the stories of their parentage, with Caidin becoming the official [[heir]] and Worren becoming labeled the [[bastard]]. To cover up this [[transgression]], the Old Baron [[poisoned]] both Kylene and his wife, murdering them. He ordered his men to throw [[Irsyla]], the [[midwife]] who oversaw the births, into a crevice, and they left her for dead. However, Irsyla survived and even outlived the Old Baron, returning to Nartok following the Baron's eventual death from old age. Many years later, she told [[Mika]] of the Old Baron's crimes before Irsyla passed away of old age herself.<ref>[[Tower of Doom]] p. 257-258</ref> | |||
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[[category:Adulterer]] | |||
[[category:Betrayer]] | |||
[[category:Character Without Game Statistics]] | |||
[[category:Darkonian]] | |||
[[category:Deceased]] | |||
[[category:Former Baron]] | |||
[[category:Former Baron of Nartok]] | |||
[[category:former Inhabitants of Darkon]] | |||
[[category:Former Inhabitants of the Forest of Shadows]] | |||
[[category:Former Inhabitants of Nartok]] | |||
[[category:Old]] | |||
[[category:Poisoner]] | |||
[[category:Transgressor]] | |||
[[category:Uxoricide]] | |||
==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue== | ==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue== | ||
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A minor character from the novel Tower of Doom, "the Old Baron" (otherwise unnamed) was the father of both Baron Caidin and Wort and the former ruler of Nartok.
History
The Old Baron was an adulterer, having an illicit relationship with a woman named Kylene. Both his wife, the Old Baroness, and Kylene gave birth two children, Worren and Caidin, on the same night. Because of Worren's deformities, the Old Baron switched out the stories of their parentage, with Caidin becoming the official heir and Worren becoming labeled the bastard. To cover up this transgression, the Old Baron poisoned both Kylene and his wife, murdering them. He ordered his men to throw Irsyla, the midwife who oversaw the births, into a crevice, and they left her for dead. However, Irsyla survived and even outlived the Old Baron, returning to Nartok following the Baron's eventual death from old age. Many years later, she told Mika of the Old Baron's crimes before Irsyla passed away of old age herself.[1]
References
- ↑ Tower of Doom p. 257-258
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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