Edgar Blackthorne

Lord Edgar Blackthorne was the Reigning Patriarch of House Blackthorne from 566AE til 569AE. Known as the Pious Griffin, he was deemed a disastrous leader for his many wrongheaded attempts to bring Aradian religion to the aggressively secular West. His refusal to retaliate against Brecilidian incursion caused a series of military disasters that ended in the loss of Frostfall to the High Elves; he refused to let his armies make war, believing that pacifism was the only way to solve the realm's problems. He remained celebate and fasted constantly, and his economic policies were viewed as unreasonably favorable to the peasantry.
Edgar was the secondborn son of Sir Edward Blackthorne by his wife, the Lady Astoria. He had an elder brother Henry who preceded him as Lord, and a younger twin brother Edwin Blackthorne who succeded him after his death as Edgar had no heirs of his own.
== Appearance & Character ==
Though not formally an Aradian priest, Edgar wore his hair in the tonsured stile; a ginger fringe around the brow and ears, with a pate shaved bald. This visibly displayed his devotion to Aradia. He wore plain roughpsun robes and hemp sandals instead of a noble's raiment. These features distinguished him heavily from his otherwise identical twin Edwin.
Edgar was considered a zealot, extremely pious, unable to think or converse on any matters that were not religious. He had few friends in the West, though many more devout families such as his cousins in House Knox favoured him heavily. He frequently despaired of his hedonistic brother Edwin, though his attempts to convert him into Aradian modesty went over about as well as it did with the rest of the Thunderlands.
== History ==
== Legacy ==