Alexios Barakos

**Nation**
 **Born**
 **Titles**
 **Beliefs**
 **Signature**
 **Relatives**
* Elena Barakos (Mother, Diseased)
* Stavros Barakos (Brother, Alive)
* Niki Barakos (Sister, Alive)
* Cratos Barakos (Son, Alive)
 **Coat of Arms**

Count **Alexios Barakos** is a Summerfast nobleman who rules over the County of Lakones. His family serves as a vassal house to  House Bennas within Summerfast.

## Personality & Beliefs

Alexios is a cautious individual when it comes to people from outside of Summerfast. He can warm up to people by way of conversation or friendly competition. That competition is usually a wrestling match or sparring with wooden weapons.

He is a man that loves to fight. It can be pitched battle, it could be a boxing match, wrestling match, Pankration, gladitorial combat, or sparring match. Despite his love of combat, he hates the toll it takes on the populace. It is why he would refuse to lend out his army to any lord or lady in wars he doesn't have a personal stake in. He cares for the soldiers under his command and would never command them to do something he won't do himself. He doesn't want to throw his men so recklessly at the enemy.

He greatly despises cowardice and weak willed individuals.

## Description

Alexios is a tall man standing at six feet three inches. He has a Herculean physique that he maintains with a strict diet and training regimen. He keeps his exceptionally thick black hair in a quiff and has a beard on his face. His skin is free of tattoos as House Barakos frowns upon tattoos. He does have a few scars on his body. The most notable of which is a slash going across his back from an Orcish sword.

## Biography

Alexios Barakos was born on the morning of March 11th 504 K.Y during a thunderstorm. He was the first born son of Mihail Barakos, who was known to be a cowardly man in the Lakonian sense. At the time of his birth, the Orcish Horde was invading Elwynn Forest and Lakones was largely left alone by the Horde so they could carry on with their traditions. At Seven he was sent to the training fortress in the mountains along with other boys his age. They are trained harshly and fight daily to survive and become the best soldiers the Alliance has ever seen.

When he was young, he met and became friends with Theodore Bennas. The two young lords often played with each other and sparred with each other. After his military training was concluded, he joined his childhood friend for his coming of age hunt. They both slew a camp of Gnolls as their first hunt together. At this time he also met his future wife Sophia Tatelli. They married within a year and his father died during his Twenty First nameday hunt. He inherited the position of Count of Lakones and with it, he had to deal with his worst challenge to date; The Defias Brotherhood.

## Titles

### Count of Lakones

Alexios Barakos is the Count of the County of Lakones, a county within the Duchy of Summerfast, strategically positioned near the mountains of Elwynn.

### Lord Without Walls

This title is a courtesy title passed down to everyone that attains the position of Count of Lakones and Lord/Lady of House Barakos. It was first given to his ancestor and founder of Lakones, Heraklos as he believed that building walls is for cowards. As they would put it, " Why build a wall when my shields are my walls."

## House

Alexios Barakos is a member of House Barakos. It is known for its martial prowess. Unlike the rest of Lakones they let the women join the men in war if they want to. They have served house Bennas as vassals since the days of Arienne Bennas and are always the first house to answer the call to arms. Heraklos adopted the bull as the sigil for his house since they see themselves as the protectors of Summerfast. They are House Bennas's most loyal vassals.

## Relationships

Alexios Barakos met Theodore Bennas when they were children. They grew up together and have been great friends. He trusts Bennas with his life and would follow is command without question. Despite this, he will occasionally have disagreements and even want to fight Bennas if he is upset with him.