Cyril Morand

**Cyril Morand** is a Breton politician.

Appointed in the regency of Roger Vaux, maintained following the crowning of King Donel II, he is the Lord Treasurer of Daggerfall.

## **Summary**

Ever maintaining short hair and beard, Cyril is draped in red at all times. His appearance is deliberately basic and he wears neither jewels nor particularly fashionable attire. When not wearing a hat, a rare occasion, the subtle point to his ears betray Elven ancestry. His features are sharp, in certain lights almost gaunt, and some fun is made at his expense: this sick man of the court.

In truth, Cyril is quite healthy. Appointed to the office of Lord Treasurer at just twenty-six, the conclusion of his patron’s work, he is the youngest in the royal council. A member of the Mages Guild who studied at both the University of Daggerfall and the Arcane University, he is also amongst the best educated in the realm. A great leap for a man of his station, his family bearing not a drop of noble blood and only middling status as city-burghers.

Considering himself to be first and foremost a servant to the realm, loyal to the traditions maintained by Daggerfall, he is chiefly concerned with and opposed to the recent republican uprising in the Kingdom of Wayrest. He ever counsels action over inaction, pressing the King and those around him to seize the opportunity presented by the chaos that now exists since the death of High King Emeric.

Desiring to see the Kingdom of Daggerfall above all High Rock, its King the overlord of all Bretony, Cyril works tirelessly to prepare the realm for those conflicts he sees not only as inevitable but necessary also. Operating a wide web of intelligence, he is the King’s chief spymaster. In this he is free to do as he so desires: a benefit to both he and the King. It is rare that he should ever announce it to the King himself, if only to spare the King a troubled and worried mind, yet he maintains amongst his peers that a number of real and frequent threats to the realm exist both within and without.

As Lord Treasurer, Cyril maintains largely protectionist policies. Combatting the Republic and its influence, he introduced larger tariffs only a week following his appointment. He is kinder to others, such as the Duchy of Camlorn, though still ever looking to create agreements and charters often overly-favourable to Daggerfall. Perhaps his greatest opponents are in the nobility, who view him not only as an upstart but also as a man who would, given the chance, curb their already reduced power. Establishing new and indirect taxes on noblemen, Cyril is seen by some to be an opponent of the traditional feudal contract. Though not baseless, for he does work towards a more centralised realm ruled by a less bound king, it is not an entirely fair view of his goals.

## **Timeline**

**2E 581 — Cyril is born on 8th Second Seed.**

* He is the son of Charles Morand, diplomat and Daggerfallian ambassador to Wayrest.

**2E 585 — Cyril’s father is killed in Wayrest *(aged 4)*.**

* The Daggerfallian embassy is stormed and looted. Charles is killed in the chaos.

**2E 596 — Cyril matriculates to the University of Daggerfall *(aged 15)*.**

* He does so with the patronage of Roger Vaux.

**2E 602 — Cyril begins his studies at the Arcane University *(aged 21)*.**

**2E 604 — Cyril returns to Daggerfall *(aged 23)*.**

**2E 607 — Cyril is appointed Lord Treasurer of Daggerfall *(aged 26)*.**

* He is appointed prior to the end of Vaux’s regency and maintained after it.
* He quickly adopts protectionist policies against the Republic of Wayrest.

**2E 613 — Present day *(aged 32)*.**