Gregor the Apostate

**Gregor uff de Uth** (162BF-98BF), also known as **Gregor the Apostate**, was king of Uthen from 136BF to 98BF, as well as a noteworthy philosopher within the *pregreckstatt* sphere of influence. Reigning at a time of increasing religious tensions with Rodinist Evonland, he was architect to a policy of tolerance within the kingdom of Uthen that was challenged by Euuan uff de Evon & the rapid expansion of the Rodinist *kurch,* an issue which would define his reign.

### Early Life

Gregor uff de Uth was born in 162BF in Finibusburg, Uthen to Reimer uff de Uth and Iyrani uff Bonn, a Laurentin noblewoman hailing from one of the lesser merchanthouses of that kingdom. The course of his upbringing is decidedly vague, as many of the letters between his parents and other documentation of his youth were lost with the burning of the uff de Uth family achieves in a fire in 132BF. What is known is that Iyrani uff Bonn was an avid acolyte of one of the closed religious practices within the Laurentin-Kaesul mythology, and his father Reimer ascribed to the Uythist traditions. These dual traditions made Gregor's life a complex one, as his mother would periodically travel to her family's hometown of Bonnhaven to participate in her religious traditions and would bring her son, heir apparent to the Uth throne, as an observer if not enthusiastic participant. Inversely, Reimer belaboured his son's education should include Uythist elements in order to render him more palatable to his homeland's populace. As per uff de Uth traditions, his son travelled with him extensively during Reimer's trips away from the capitol between 149 and 144BF rendering their son a diversely educated individual with a background in statesmanship and philosophy.

### Duke of the Suttuthenland

Subsequent to the death of the Duke of Suttuthenland, Oskar uff Pellville, in a duel at the hands of his brother Viktor uff Pellville in 143BF, *Crouunprinz* Gregor was dispatched with an cavalry detachment to the region to receive the surrender of Viktor uff Pellville and relieve him of his title in the name of the king; Viktor would instead flee into Isen, ultimately to be captured and executed for the murder the following year after an unsuccessful effort at petitioning the (DUDE UFF DE WHERETHEHELLAREWE?) for support in an effort to occupy the region and claim dominion: instead of acquiring an army, Viktor found himself imprisoned and ultimately had his head delivered to King Reimer with the compliments of the uff de Ise family. With a vacancy in position and Oskar uff Pellville's daughter Andaea not being of age to reign, King Reimer ensured that Gregor was declared to be *Duke-Regent uff de Suttuthenland*, and would maintain this position for the next five years until Andaea uff Pellville was of age to assume the position of *Dutchess uff de Suttuthenland*.

Gregor's five years of overseeing the Suttuthenland were quiet ones: appointing the *crouunprinz* to the occasionally tumultuous border region between Uthen and Isen gave pause to thoughts of opportunity on the part of these rival houses, as Reimer would no doubt move with exceptional force against any who took action against his son. Beyond an outbreak of plague in 139BF the majority of Gregor's attentions lay with maintaining cordial relations with the bordering dutchies in Isen, a task thankfully eased by his familial connections. Adaea uff Pellville became of age the following year and assumed control of the region, freeing Gregor to return home to Uthenburg in 138BF.

### Sovereign Rule

Following the death of his father Reimer in 136BF, Gregor assumed the mantle as king of the Uthen lands, VAUGELY VAGUE VAGUARY.

### Rodinist Crisis

The later years of the Reimer era had seen increasing Rodinist influence in the Uth kingdom, which Gregor's father had attempted to mitigate via establishment of prohibitions against what was termed *Unuthenfahths,* namely a prohibition on faiths without a pronounced history in the land (that is to say predominantly the Uyth and the Old Kaesul traditions, as well as other recognized minority religions) from purchasing property within township walls in an effort to reduce the strength of Rodinist merchanthouses. These trends however persisted beyond the end of Reimer's reign, and was a problem inherited by Gregor upon his coronation. In contrast to Reimer, who supported the uff de Laurent's war against Evon prior to the turning of the century,

#### The Rodinist Oath

Gregor, being more concerned with political stability than supplicating himself to the will of Uthyists or Old Kaesul traditionalists, elected to pursue a solution maintaining the dignity of the new faith while attempting to balance the interest of the old guard.