Herd Lhantun

Herd Lhantun was a Faramondian nobleman, the Head of Huse Lhantun and Baron of Pantmawr from 600 until his death in 630.
== Personality ==
Herd was a gruff, logical man. He spared no thought for the arts or sciences, instead working to cement his family's standing on the Packmoor. 
This no-nonsense attitude gained Herd many friends in the area - the lords of the Packmoor have always been poor but determined, and this culminated in an insular attitude.
== History ==
Herd was born in the city of Armel to Merick Lhantun and his wife Seirhe. His father was a landless knight, a vassal of the Duke of Armel.
Herd was brought to the Packmoor as a young boy when Merick was appointed Baron of Pantmawr in 589 following the assassination of the previous Baron.
Merick was rightly scared for his position due to the demise of the last Baron of Pantmawr, but he saw the sense in trying to befriend the other local lords. Herd was parcelled off to Baron Ering of Lancrest to learn the martial and administrative arts.
Here Herd met the to-be Count Seachan of the Packmoor and the two became fast friends. He also met his wife-to-be, Jeanne.
Fortunately for Merick, the other lords took a liking to him, for when he died in 600, they respected fifteen-year-old Herd's right to the Barony. He ruled with Baron Ternen of Murley as his regent until he was seventeen, then alone.
Herd's coronation gift from Baron Ternen was Jeanne's hand in marriage. This was the beginning of a marriage-alliance that still lasts more than a century down the line. Jeanne gave Herd his only son Roderick in 611.
Herd died in 630 at the age of forty-five during a local outbreak of cholera.
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