Viktor van Holland

Also known as "The Warthog" for his gnarly fighting style, Viktor was the next in line to take charge of House Van Holland, a legendary family that has historically guarded the Beneluxer Royalty. He was one of the most highly knowledgeable and skilled fighters in the guard, and remained an undefeated champion in the Executional Gladiatorial fights.

## Viktor van Holland

### Relatives

Sir Matthias van Holland (brother) Dame Cornelia van Holland (sister) Sir Simon van Holland (father) Dame Maria van de Bomen (mother)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Grey

Viktor van Holland was born in Haarlem, in Dutch Benelux to 2 members of the Royal Guard. He was the first of 3 children born to Simon van Holland and Maria van de Bomen. During his childhood, he learned to grow a strong bond to his family, especially his brother and sister, as he learned of the long existing rivalry between his family and the Van Zeeland Family, another family of Royal Guards. When he turned 9, he began his training, followed immediately by Matthias and Cornelia, to be a Royal Guard for the monarch at the time, Queen Amalya. Unfortunately Amalya died before he could finish his training, but the King that would succeed her shortly after would be King Maarten, who Viktor would serve until his time as a guard came to an end. Every spare second he had was spent in the library, reading every history book he could get his fingers on. Viktor officially became a guard at age 25 alongside his brother and sister. He would serve loyally, avoiding confrontations with the Van Zeelands to the best of his abilities.

It was around this time that the Royal Guard would start being integrated into the Talon Alliance. The King would have the Van Hollands and Van Zeelands sent on missions, mostly separate from each other. However, some times Maarten would have Viktor sent away on his own for participating in feuds with the Van Zeelands, one of said times being to attend the maiden voyage of the Whelkcatcher, where Viktor would fight a glorious battle against the Eireneans, and deal a decisive victory that would begin the fall of Eirenean rule in southern Vafa. However, while he was sent away on his own, his brother and sister would be knighted, with the King banning Viktor from attending the ceremony until his mission was over.

When Viktor was 39, tensions between the Van Zeelands and the Van Hollands would start to rise. Directly after his longtime rival, Liam van Zeeland, was knighted, Viktor challenged him to a duel, one that Liam would go on to unanimously win. Liam later convinced King Maarten to have Viktor “accidentally” killed in the biweekly Executional Gladiatorial fights. Viktor would agree to be the executioner, unaware of the King's true intentions, and Matthias and Cornelia would stand by to watch. During the fight, an overwhelming number of fighters were released, with King Maarten and Liam hoping they would kill Viktor. However, Matthias and Cornelia jumped in to help. Infuriated that Viktor had survived, the King denounced all land claims of the Van Hollands. Viktor later confronted Maarten privately about his decision. When the King refused to back down and made a move to attack Viktor, Viktor shot in defence, killing Maarten. Viktor and his siblings went into exile in Austria after discovering the rest of their family had been massacred in retaliation.

King Maarten’s son, Nils, was crowned king a few weeks after the death of Maarten, vowing vengeance against the remaining Van Hollands. He sent the Van Zeelands to hunt them down.

Viktor and his siblings partook in the great Battle of Vienna, where the Van Zeelands would find the Van Hollands and face off for the last time. All were killed in the fight, aside from Viktor, who dealt the final blow to Liam, killing the last Van Zeeland. His victory was short lived though, as the building he was in would collapse on top of him, the Van Holland family dying with him.

#### Trivia:

* Viktor is one of very few people who wield a Dutch Blade, a spring-loaded, retractable sword used by the Royal Beneluxer guard. Only the highest ranking of guards can be in possession of one, as they are illegal for anyone else to own
* He was the only one in his family that was never knighted
* He is the only person to kill a monarch in Benelux history