Rodrick XIII

King Rodrick Carpatheon XIII is the current king of Corgana. He rose to power in 1421 OCA after the death of his brother, King Peter VII. He is not a particularly well-liked king and has instituted a number of taxes and restrictions since his coronation. In particular, he is despised by most tieflings due to his failure to reverse discriminatory policies left in place by his predecessors. 
==Biography==
Like most rulers of Corgana, little is known publicly about the king's life prior to his ascension to the throne. Like all Carpatheons, he was groomed to rule from a young age. He was named Rodrick and is the eighth in a long line of Carpatheons with that name, dating back to Rodrick I, the king who started the Giant Crusades. 
Early in his reign Rodrick promised to reverse racist policies left in place by his brother, primarily those that discriminate against tieflings. In over thirty years of rule, he has yet to keep one such promise and as a result tensions were very high during his first years in office, coming to a head in the War of the Horn in 1446 OCA. After a crushing loyalist victory in 1452, Rodrick remains in power and keeps tieflings even more in check under the boot of new laws and restrictions, particularly on the purchase and ownership of weapons.
As of late Rodrick has fallen out of favor, even with loyalist sympathizers. In 1458 he famously passed a beard tax for a short time, which required all men with facial hair to pay an additional tax. Thousands shaved in protest and the ruling was overturned within a month, but the damage was done. Most Corganans now consider Rodrick to be too old and mentally unstable to rule, and await the day when his son Trevor IV will take the throne. 
Paranoid about possible assassination attempts by the Sons of Mephistopheles, Rodrick keeps his royal guard close at hand at all times, even forcing the men to keep watch in shifts outside of his bedchambers at night.
==See Also==
*The Carpatheons
*Corgana
*White City
Category:Notable People