Xelius Pryce

Category:Characters
Category:Capital character
== Overview ==
Xelius Pryce was a male member of House Pryce who founded the infamous Righteous Blade crime Syndicate in 186 AG, also acting as its Sedis-Maxima (leader) since its inception. Xelius, like many syndicate leaders, was a calculating, astute businessman and penetrating judge of character. Always savagely considered in his dealings, Xelius first rose to fame in a period of disarray following the Capital gang war of 186 AG which saw the destruction of the Symbiance of Silver. Though the gang war saw the rise of the Cobalt Spectres, a gang which Xelius had respect for, the ensuing power vacuum was so great that a resourceful Xelius was able to rally the Capital underworld to his tantalising access to the aristocracy of The Continent as both a noble of the Capital and a shareholder in the Treasuricus bank. Though his leadership of the syndicate was officially a secret, many knew in private but were blackmailed into submission. Using his position of status and his criminal connections, Xelius grew to be incredibly wealthy by the Uprootings. By 195 AG, the Righteous Blade had eclipsed even the Cobalt Spectres as the dominant gang of the Capital, largely thanks to criminal supply chains growing strained under the waning dynasty. Rather than disadvantaging the Righteous Blade, this only strengthened its standing for Pryce's position in the aristocracy placed him on the inside with connections other gangs could only dream of. Always ruthless, Xelius' practices would be considered highly unethical, employing a system of forced labour not seen since the demise of the Cobalt Spectres and masterminding a systematised expansion of the Capital's black market. Xelius notably almost allied the Righteous Blade with the The Fellowship during the Uprootings conflict in the Battle for the Capital, a deal which was broken off thanks to the untrustworthiness and lack of any intention to keep to their promises highlighted by Forkoux Fyth privately to him. Xelius was unable to sustain his strong leadership of the Blade after the conclusion of the conflict, now being an outsider to the nobility that once gave him and his syndicate the edge. As a consequence, shortly after his a catastrophic defeat in the Capital Decimation War. Xelius himself was killed shortly thereafter in his hiding by Tórval Jävri, leader of the now victorious Aporic Order.