Jehan Fairfax

"*Men often speak of justice as the middle way, the compromise, but that is the guise of lesser evils. Justice is to uphold that which is right, and there is no place for compromise in this.*"
―King Jehan the Wise of Callow

## General information

### Status

Deceased

**Jehan the Wise** was a king of Callow and is widely considered as one of the country's more popular monarchs. He marched on the Principate of Procer to hang seven princes and one, which means he reigned as part of the Fairfax

Dynasty.

## General Information

Jehan Fairfax was Named the Good King. Though it’s never specified his reign must have been been long as he survived six wars. At least one of which was against the Principate and we can deduce from his epigraph that a couple must have been against the Dread Empire. He was a popular monarch: there is at least one song written about him and Cordelia Hasenbach mentions his memoirs which were used in reforming some of Procer’s government.

He’s had at least one son, named Pater, who inherited his throne but did not heed his advice.

## Epigraphs

"*Never back the Praesi in a corner, son. That’s when the devil-summoning starts, and it’s all downhill from there.*"
―King Jehan of Callow, addressing the future King Pater the Unheeding

"*Men often speak of justice as the middle way, the compromise, but that is the guise of lesser evils. Justice is to uphold that which is right, and there is no place for compromise in this.*"
―King Jehan the Wise of Callow

"*There’s a very important difference between a nice man and a good one.*"
―King Jehan the Wise

"*Six wars I fought since my coronation, so hear me when I say this: war may be fought for righteous reasons, but no war can ever deserve that epithet.*"
―King Jehan the Wise, apocryphal last words

"*Prayer and a sword gets better results than prayer alone.*"
―King Jehan the Wise

"*Evil is cruel, and so men think it follows that Good is kind. This is a mistake, my son. Though fire is warm and in the dark of night we huddle around it, it also burns.*"
―King Jehan the Wise

"*It is a bitter truth that in trying to escape the flaws of our parents we inevitably inherit the worst of them.*"
―King Pater of Callow, the Unheeding
## References

1. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/prosecution-ii/
2. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/chapter-20-ashes/
3. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/prologue-4/
4. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2016/10/12/heroic-interlude-prise-au-fer/
5. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2018/09/03/fatality-ii/
6. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2015/09/23/chapter-26-junipers-plan/
7. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/prosecution-ii/
8. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2016/02/03/chapter-12-reproval/
9. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2018/02/28/chapter-70-reverb/
10. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/chapter-22-rescue/
11. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2016/10/12/heroic-interlude-prise-au-fer/
12. ↑ https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2018/11/02/interlude-apogee/