Lord Marshall of Gaul

"The crown may pass, but I am eternal."The Lord Marshall of Gaul is the right hand of the king. He is the commander of the entire army and personal guard to the crown. His true name is unknown he has served since Gaul was first settled by humans in HE 513.
===== The Legend =====
The legends say that he was originally a knight loyal to King Gerhard of Breten, and kept his vow to the line of the king. Being one of the only loyalist knights to survive the civil war, he accompanied Prince Tristan in their exile from Breten. On the treacherous path over the Dragonspine mountains, The refugees were ambushed by trolls. Fighting them back to a nearby sulfur deposit, he cast his torch at his own feet, creating an inferno that consumed the trolls. Although he was pulled from the fire, he was mortally wounded by the beasts and his skin was burned to the bone. Prince Tristan wept over his fallen protector."I will not let you die for your king. You must live for your kingdom."This was the night that he received the king's blessing and became Lord Marshall. The prince's tears restored his vitality and he breathed again. The prince took his tiny shield, pierced and broken by the trolls' claws, and wrapped it around the Lord Marshall's scarred face. He has worn it since that day as a symbol of his vow to live for the kingdom, for he cannot die so long as Gaul must be protected.
=== The Likelihood ===
Lord Marshall is an appointed position, like many of the bureaucrats in Gaul. When one of them dies, another is chosen from the must trusted military advisors to the king to assume the mantle, wear the shield over his face, and pretends he is "The Immortal Lord Marshall, Eternal Protector of Gaul"