Caspar Pentaghast

King Caspar Pentaghast, also known as Caspar the Magnificent, was born 1:79 Divine (allegedly); he was the ruler of the city-state of Nevarra in the late Glory Age and the founder of the first Pentaghast dynasty.
== Background ==
Caspar Pentaghast was born in Hunter Fell, a small town near Nevarra, at the time one of the Marcher city-states. Weak leadership had left it lagging behind the rest of the Marcher cities, to the point that many of King Ionas' advisors felt that the city-state would be better served under the rule of Orlais or a more prosperous city-state like Starkhaven. Caspar plotted to depose King Ionas before he could finish destroying Nevarra though his incompetence or deliver it to a foreign nation, and successfully seized the throne in 2:46 Glory at age 60. 
Pentaghast family history states that Caspar was a ferocious knight and dragon-hunter. He would organize great hunts with hundreds of knights from other noble families to hunt the beasts. It is also said that he once killed a dragon single-handedly, then had its bones and scales used to fashion an armor that is still in the possession of the Pentaghast family, and that the last dragon he killed was a Vinsomer that was twice the size of a normal high dragon.
During his rule, Caspar employed the Tevinter mage Vitus Fabria as his personal advisor. Fabria was the first to preach the idea that the souls of the dead displace spirits when they cross into the Fade, and founded the order of the Mortalitasi based on that belief.
Family legend also holds that Caspar lived to the age of one hundred and twenty-seven years old. As the story goes, Caspar still showed no sign of decrepitude despite his advanced age, and even bested his great-grandson Mathas while they sparred on his last day, blocking every one of Mathas' blows and countering them with twice as much vigor. After throwing his great-grandson to the ground, he used his sword to cut the beard clean off his face, telling him to be more mindful of his appearance. From that day onwards, Mathas would remain entirely clean-shaven. After their sparring session, Caspar retired for his afternoon nap; by the time supper was called, he had passed in his sleep. He had ruled Nevarra for sixty years.Codex entry: Caspar the Magnificent
King Caspar's bloodline held the Nevarran throne for almost three centuries, with only a small interruption in the aftermath of the Third Blight as Orlais occupied the Blight-weakened Nevarra. The Nevarran throne was famously retaken by King Caspar's namesake, King Caspar II, in 3:65 Towers. While the throne of Nevarra passed on to the Van Markham dynasty in the Exalted Age, the Pentaghasts eventually reclaimed the throne in the Steel Age and have kept it ever since.
After his death, King Caspar was mummified and eventually laid to rest in the Grand Necropolis, where the spirit that possessed his corpse still resides. He is currently kept in a massive throne room deep within the Pentaghast family crypts, a golden crown on his head and a now-dull silver sword on his lap. Children of the royal family, such as Cassandra Pentaghast, are sometimes brought to meet him. A look from King Caspar's mummy is considered a singular honor. 
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