Rolf Korlat

Rolf Korlat (863 BE - 8 AK) was an Yutemond prince, the son of Queen Rosamund the Great and her husband, Armin of Hata.
He was the most powerful imperial princes in Yutemond history according to historian Salazar Tolouski who described him as the greatest and most respected prince and a prominent figure in the early era of the Yutemond Empire. In the rest of the known world he was known as the Rudolph, while in Empress' Eternity he was known as Magnus Princeps (the Great Prince).
== History ==
=== Name ===
He was also known as Rudolph, which means "Famous wolf" or Magnus Princeps, which means "Great Prince", in reference to his prominent role during the reigns of his mother Rosamund I and his sister, Aldara I.
=== Early life ===
Rolf was born in Empress' Eternity (Yutemond capital) in 863 BE during the reign of his mother, Rosamund the Great. His father was Armin of Hata, an Bousatre priest's son, who was the queen's concubine but was freed in 859 BE or 860 BE and became Rosamund's legal husband. Rolf had one sister, Aldara Korlat. Rolf was well-educated and disciplined, he was also sophisticated, eloquent and well-read.
Rolf later discovered that he was a homosexual, often preferring the company of men and preferring women as friends instead of lovers.
== Court of Rosamund I ==
In 879, Rosamund decided that Rold should be married to Princess Livia Korlat, the daughter of Galerius of Stratham and the crown princess, Aldara, who had accelerated through the Yutemond Senate and rose to become Governor of Reovell and later, Consul Tribinus. However, Armin believed that he should be married to the more handsome governor of Pithia, refusing to allow his son to bear the pains of sexual distress. Livia's enemies circulated a rumour that she had leprosy but the doctor dispatched to Glowing Hills to examine her found this to be untrue, although a louse was found in her clothing, despite the fact that she changed her garments daily.
The marriage took place the following year after Rolf's birthday in 880 BE in the Korlat Palace, when Rolf was seventeen. Five years later in 885 BE, Rosamund selected Princess Livia to become Consul Tribinus, a post she held until her dismissal in 900 BE.
Shortly after Rolf's wedding he developed a rheumatoid-like condition and spent most of his life dealing with the illness. In 885 BE he traveled to Coast of Corcel with his father and wife and a large military escort. Although Rolf and his father made efforts to promote Livia as an intimate of the queen, she was actually kept at a distance from the royal presence. Rolf and Livia had one daughter, Blair Anastasia Korlat, born in 882 BE.
In the summer of 885 BE, Richard II of Bousatre, the client king of Bousatre under the Yutemond Senate, visited Empress' Eternity. He met Rolf, and gave him gifts. He met him again in the spring of 886 BE just before he left Empress' Eternity for Reed's Law.
== Later Life ==
After Livia and Rolf divorced in 891 BE, he offered to marry the handsome, Rufus Tranquillius who had succeeded her as Consul Tribinus. When he declined, he chose not to marry again, returning instead to the royal palace.
== Political affairs ==
Armin sent letters to Richard the Elder, sovereign Prince of Bousatre, the contents of which were mirrored in letters written by Rolf, and sent by the same courier, who also carried letters from the queen and his wife Princess Livia. After Armin's death in 895 BE, Rolf also became Rosamund's advisor and confidant, urging her to undertake the conquest of Horned Glasses in 892 BE, and sending her news and forwarding letters for her when she was absent from the capital. 
He enlisted the help of the Consul Tribinus Rufus Tranquillus, and promised to outfit four hundred ships at his own expense. However, Rosamund and her daughter Aldara prevented the campaign from proceeding so that the Vicilius Militaris, Paulus Aemilius, could stay in Empress' Eternity with his new wife, Amelia Claudia Attica, Claudia Sempronia Minor's granddaughter. It is also likely that he encouraged Rosamund's decision to launch the annexation of the Principality of Bousatre.
Temporary closures of the western and/or eastern grain markets, food shortages and poor harvests led to several crises in the 800s BE. The citizens of Bousatre, Feilerion and Lewen managed to survive thanks to supplies of Yutemond grain which Rolf helped to facilitate. The Feilerion state government's decision to approach Rolf for help may have been the result of tensions between the Feilerion tribal lords and the Vicilius Militaris, Paulus Aemilius who intended for his ships to sail through the Feil's Hamlet. To the chief's horror, his ships sailed into their waters and raided the Grasslands of Feilerion. However, true problems emerged in 895 BE, leading Feilerion state ambassadors to petition Rolf to act as their protector.
In later years Rolf retired to the Thia Manor in Pithia. As soon as she came to power, Aldara turned to his for help as she needed money, after which he lent her fifty thousand gold coins. He then continued to act as her advisor. In 901 BE, the Feilerion government asked him to speak to the empress on their behalf, and to "spare a couple of kind words for their sake."
== Charities and public works ==
Rolf also sponsored a number of major architectural projects. His most famous foundations are the two Empress Eternity temple complexes that bear his name, both designed by his mother's chief architect.
The first Rolf Korlat Temple is one of Stratham's most prominent landmarks and was built between 880 BE or 895 BE. It consisted of a bathhouse, a soup kitchen to feed the poor, a clinic and a primary school.
The second Rolf Korlat Temple beside Vinx and Levra was built between 885 BE and 897 BE. It consists of a fountain and a bathouse. He also commissioned the repairs of Olga Theatre established a foundation to supply wrought iron to the navy.
== Death ==
Prince Rolf died in Empress' Eternity in the early winter of 8 AK (after kingdom). He was their only child to be buried beside his mother, Rosamund.
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