Duke Riedra

**Duke Riedra** (pronounced: Doo-k Ree-drah) is a former mercenary and traveler. He is a middle aged man who has been to every city in the eastern kingdom except for Cold Harbor. He returned south before the civil war had reached it's boiling point. Duke now owns the Medranas Estate along with his business associate, Vivian Listota.

### Physical Description

Duke is built like an average human. He stands around 5 feet and 11 inches (1.8 meters) tall and around 170 pounds (77 kilograms). Duke gave off a purposely rugged appearance, despite now owning a manor that would reflect nobility status. Duke's skin is slightly tanned, an attribute due to his love of being outdoors. He has a light stubble on his face, with slightly darker hair around the chin. His dull brown hair would be swept back with a single lock usually floating around the edge of his face loosely while his eyes were a much warmer shade of that same brown. His face did show slightly more age than the normal human male in the same age group, but this is because of his many years of getting into fights while protecting caravans.

Duke prefers to wear darker clothing, with much of his closet consisting of grays, blacks, and dark greens. Occasionally when does some manual labor (more to keep his body in shape than out of necessity) he prefers to wear black leather gloves, his right glove being custom made due to his cut off pinky and ring finger. Duke's wardrobe can be considered a cross between common and fine clothes.

### Personality

Respectful and warm are the words that most of Duke's friends and associates use to describe him. Some of them believe that it is his openness to strangers that will lead him to get taken advantage of, but Duke is not afraid to show his intelligence and guile when it is brought into question. Duke would be seen as the thoughtful and considerate owner of the Medranas Estate while his counterpart would be seen as quick to anger and impulsive. Duke's constant thinking would sometimes lead him to missed opportunities, a problem that Duke did not seem to mind.

Duke's goal is to establish the estate into a reputable hub for merchants of all trades to come and engage in a safe environment, a sanctuary from the ongoing war. While not a devout follower, Duke finds that he connects with the god Soltian the most out of the entire pantheon.

### History

Not everything is known about Duke, as he only shares what he feels appropriate at the time. Duke was born in the lower districts of Dragon's Talon, and was considered a rowdy child back then. The time between childhood and his later adventuring days are unknown, but he had worked with Daniel Zaphard's parents at some point as a caravan guard, as well as working with Fenlarys' mentor. It was in his later years of travel that Duke lost his fingers in a fight with bandits, and this caused him to finally settle down in Varna and work on becoming a businessman more than a worker. Recently, he used his savings to purchase the Medranas Estate at a blind property auction and felt a connection with the runner up bidder, Vivian, and decided to share the property if she was willing. Since arriving at the manor, he has invited people from his younger days to come help in making his dream a reality.