Alistair Koch

Lord **Alistair Koch** is the Proudbeast Master of the Brotherhood of Masks and an arbiter of the Order Party.

## Alistair Koch

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###  Affiliations

* Brotherhood of Masks
* Order Party

###  Rank

* Proudbeast Master
* Arbiter of the Order Party
* General of the Empire

###  Appearances

* The Strange Practices of a Secretive Society
* The Crowning Celebration by the Lighthouse
* The Interrupted Weekend at the Doctor's Salon
* The Triumph of Order
* The Slight Delay in the Peaceful March to the King's Castle
* The Grand Vision of a Better World (mentioned)

## Biography

### The Strange Practices of a Secretive Society

Alistair Koch observes the ritual of dispute between Walter Keene and Jeffrey Sinclair, holding a ceremonial sword.

### The Crowning Celebration by the Lighthouse

Upon witnessing Lazarus Herst perform a miracle of flying that Angus MacBain could not replicate, Alistair Koch gives Lazarus a silver crown, crowning him as Gryphon Reborn.

### The Interrupted Weekend at the Doctor's Salon

Alistair Koch accomplices James Turner in setting up a weekend at James' manor intended to cause enough infighting between the Moderate Party and Loyalist Party to allow Lazarus Herst to win the 1792 Prime Minister election. Alistair waits at the chess-house, belittling Podrick Hill for his incompetence in chess, until James Turner arrives, sending Podrick off and giving Alistair a button off the shirt of Loyalist leader Leopold Blanchard. Alistair exits to the salon, murders Moderate leader Augustus Vallantine with a Lemurian boomerang from the wall, and plants Leopold's button on Augustus' corpse. Alistair and James convince the rest of the group that Leopold committed the murder. For their success, Lazarus shows Alistair and James the functionality of the Golden Idol.

### The Triumph of Order

Following the murder of Augustus Vallatine and the framing of Leopold Blanchard, the Order Party now rules Albion, with Alistair Koch serving as an arbiter. After questioning, he receives +11 merit for the following actions:

* Slapped a sergeant in anger. (-7 merit)
* Listened to marching music in his manor. (-2 merit)
* Loyal service to the Order Party in high-ranking position (+20 merit).

### The Slight Delay in the Peaceful March to the King's Castle

Alistair Koch and James Turner are sent by Nicolas Maker to search for Lazarus Herst. They find his dead body at the Blackfield Manor, as well as a broken Idol. They take the Idol with them back to the Party Camp, but start to fight over it on the way, leading to the death of James. Alistair attempts to use the broken Idol on an apple, to no avail.

## Possessions

### The Strange Practices of a Secretive Society

* A ceremonial sword
* A ruby ring

### The Crowning Celebration by the Lighthouse

* A silver crown with gems
* A ruby ring

### The Interrupted Weekend at the Doctor's Salon

* A clean smallsword
* A ruby ring

### The Triumph of Order

* A bunch of Albion franc banknotes
* A merit book
* A note
	+ "Dear Arbiter Koch, I am writing to inform you that our regiment's colonel was seen with another officer's wife in a potentially intimate situation. We implore you to send your agents to investigate this potential flouting of the First Virtue."

### The Slight Delay in the Peaceful March to the King's Castle

* A slightly dented sabre
* The Golden Idol (broken)

## Quotes

* "Let us await the results from the chamber below." (The Strange Practices of a Secretive Society)
* "And thus Gryphon Reborn revealed himself to his brothers by demonstrating a true miracle." (The Crowning Celebration by the Lighthouse)
* "This is outrageous! I thought you were an honorable man, Leopold, not some Aquitanian agent trying to sabotage our friendly relations with Lemuria and provoke a conflict!" (The Interrupted Weekend at the Doctor's Salon)
* "What are you insinuating, James? I would never breach the Fourth Virtue. You know damn well that I keep no secrets!" (The Triumph of Order)
* "Why are you not working you worthless piece of garbage?! I am doing the same thing I saw Lazarus do during the merit executions." (The Slight Delay in the Peaceful March to the King's Castle)

## Trivia

* A poster attributed to Alistair can be found in the lighthouse in The Crowning Celebration by the Lighthouse. It depicts a warrior spearing a snake and reads:
	+ "By guarding the lighthouse you guard the empire! General Alistair Koch"