Roger Vaux

**Roger Vaux** is a Breton mage and statesman.

The chief minister – or *alter rex* – of the Kingdom of Daggerfall, he is also an Archmagister of the Mages Guild.

## **Summary**

Roger Vaux is a Breton of middling stature and slight build; a typical physique of a mage. His lined face is accentuated by his high cheekbones and large dark beard, which is tidily brushed. A small, narrow nose rests between Vaux's close-set grey eyes.

His attire reflects his status as Archmagister, being a long robe – edged with furs – crowned by a heavy mantle and hood of blue leather. Vaux's hands are adorned with numerous enchanted rings.

Despite his humble origins, Vaux is a man of exceptional learning and talent. He is an eminent wizard, scholar, statesman and diplomat. It is this aptitude – combined with his charisma, cunning, diligence and luck – that permitted a chandler's son to rise to the regency of Daggerfall.

The Archmagister's influence and reputation at home and abroad has certainly inflated his ego and pride; his enemies (and even his allies) frequently accuse him of vanity and arrogance. He is but chief among the king's servants, yet Vaux often acquits himself as though he were master of the realm. Ambassadors refer to Vaux as the *alter rex* - the other king - which he publicly dismisses but privately indulges.

Vaux's time as chief minister has largely been defined by his foreign policy. The Archmagister's objective has been the consolidation of Daggerfall's ascendancy over Breton, so to procure the title of High King for his royal master. Such efforts are ultimately orientated towards the King of Daggerfall's imperial ambition (an enterprise which Vaux himself is ambivalent about). It is his belief that such mastery can be achieved through peace, as manifested in the Third Daggerfall Covenant which Vaux devised.

## **Timeline**

**2E 559 — Roger is born on 1st Rain's Hand.**

**2E 589 — Roger becomes the court magister of the King of Daggerfall *(aged 30).***

* King Casimir requests a candidate from the Daggerfall chapter of the Mages Guild, who nominate Vaux.
* He is appointed to the Royal Council.

**2E 592 — Roger becomes Guildmagister of the Mages Guild's Daggerfall chapter *(aged 33)*.**

* His bid is advocated and sponsored by the King of Daggerfall.

**2E 596 — Roger assumes the regency of Daggerfall *(aged 37).***

**2E 603 — Roger becomes an Archmagister *(aged 44).***

* Buoyed by his secular power, Vaux is appointed as one of the six archmagisters of the Mages Guild. This accords him jurisdiction (at least nominally) over all guild chapters in High Rock.

**2E 607 — Roger concludes the Third Daggerfall Covenant *(aged 48).***

* Following years of careful negotiation, the league is inaugurated alongside the coronation of Donel II.

## **Quotes**

### Quotes by Roger Vaux

* *"If war is craft, then peace is art."*

### Quotes about Roger Vaux

* *"What he cannot achieve by persuasion he achieves by munificence; what he cannot achieve by munificence he achieves by implication."*
* *[Vaux] asks twice with a smile; thrice, without."*

## **Gallery**

The seal of Roger Vaux, signifying his status in Daggerfall and the Mages Guild.