Duke Herak

Duke Herak is the Lord of Balit and brother of the King of Borna. He is a very skilled military commander and one of the main antagonists.

## Appearance

The upper half of Duke Herak's face was disfigured by an accident and covered by a bronze mask. His stature is large and imposing, not from fat but pure muscle.

During his stay in Medala he decided to grow a beard.

## Story

Due to an accident in the past where he tried to save his brother, his face was disfigured. In return, his brother, the current King of Borna tolerates his adventures even if sometimes they go beyond certain limits.

Before the story starts, He seized the Fastgrade Merchant Company that was operating in Balit and killed the Leader. He sent men to kill off other members of Fastgrade.

Previously he sieged Etra when there was solid walls and fierce fortifications plus support of Whiteport whose Navy was the strongest, but after the siege they agreed to remove fierce defenses as well as stop manufacturing weapons and armour.

### Book 1

Corco, Atau, Fadelio and Brym, the latter one being son of the now dead Fastgrade leader, together they fled to Etra but still being hunted by Duke's men, They killed them and escaped. Corco becoming "the Great Seer" does not stop him from sending assassins constantly.

Modern Bornish fleet armed with cannons utterly destroys numerous Whiteport galley navy, previously thought to be invincible.

Later after Corco settled in Etra and created a Company in the name of Fastgrade, Duke brought Bornish army to siege Etra again after ten years. Corco stood as its leader of defense and held Etra until the Alliance of Free Cities arrived to stop the Bornish forces. Herak was forced to recompense damages and also do more concessions like giving up the Saline Hills and removing the Fastgrade name of the company that he seized years ago. He accepted the agreements and the Concessions. This was a humiliation for him.

The Duke still continued to send men to harass him or his ships, until later one of his men, Felian was sent with an army to attack the Saline Hills under the guise of "chasing bandits" after they heard about high grade salt mine. They were soundly defeated and for Felian to keep his life, he was made to sign a document stating that he was forced to do so under Duke Herak's directions. Due to this King of Borna told the Duke to lay low for awhile and Duke Herak got Felian to be his subordinate before he could escape.

Later when Herak learned about Fastgrade's Auction, he joined as a guest of Devaerter. Unbeknownst to him, this was a trap all along where he lost millions to buy back the Saline Hills and other secret. In reality he was bamboozled and secrets were also given to his enemies such as Cahlia and Whiteport.

### Book

He was send as the military comander of expedition to estabilish trade between Arcavia and Chutwa. Upon realizing the situation, the expedition took over port Ulta via military force and estabilished their base of operation there. During The war between South and central kingdom, he initaliy let a small contingent of musketeers and halberteers, later on, during the armies split onto 3 parts he lead one of them. In the finale battle between against South he atteptem to kill Corco with his bow, which was first made imposiible due to defending warriors, later on due to shear number of bodies involved in the battle.

### Book

Albeit not himself, he appointed Felian Northdale as the head of military contigent during the war in the Verdant Isles

### Book

He brought most of his army from port Ulta to reinforce the fleeing armies of the League of lords and became one of the commanders during Siege of Antila. During the siege, he encountered number of new tactics developed by the Southern kingdom and was forced to adapt himself. One of these tactics include the use of snipers, which forced him to wear closthes over his armour and blacken his bronze mask. Due to the duration of the siege and his repeated loses against Corco, his mental health started to deteriote, with him becoming obsessed with killing Corco, signs of which were present ever since the auction on Arcavia. Ultimately he died at the hands of general Scolo, commander leading Southern forces during the siege, during his last ditch attempt to kill Corco and collapse the South.

## Skills/Martial

**Main Weapon**: Battle Ax and Long-bow

* **Cultivation:** Unknown
	+ Enhanced Physical Strength and Speed.
* **Languages:** Arcavian, probably Yakua
* **Warrior and General:** Can fight and kill with ease and also a General who is versed with new weapons such as muskets and Cannons. Quick to adapt Corco stategies for himself