Robrecht Tornier

Robrecht Tornier was the warlord of the town of Dornrod during the mid-2nd Century, and later the first king of the Kingdom of Dornrod.
Thanks to meticulous records kept by several of his advisors, the personality of Robrecht is no mystery. It is said he was a frail man, kept in power by the protection of his younger brother Jurgen, who really ruled Robrecht's domain through the influence he held.
Robrecht suffered frequent bouts of insanity; it is during these episodes that he made many of the decisions that shaped Dornrod. Many others had envisioned themselves ruling the area, but Robrecht was the first crazy enough to follow through with the vision. Thanks to the competence of his brother he managed to succeed.
His fall from grace began early on when he married his cousin Fleur and had a son, the future second king of Dornrod, Merven Tornier. Both Robrecht's choice of wife, and the fact that Merven suffered the same insanity as his father, earned Robrecht infamy in the court. Jurgen could only protect his brother so much, and was forced to conduct several purges over the years to prevent a coup.
Robrecht died in 148 at the age of 50. Officially he died of natural causes, but the politics of the court at the time mean that foul play is not out of the question - one record states that 'there was an awful amount of blood for death by natural causes'.
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Category:Dornrod