The Wolfbrand family

"***Honor, Law and Loyalty!***"

The Wolfbrand royal family has ruled over Ethen for hundreds of years, and are known as strict but fair to their subjects. They rule Ethen from Casmore, sitting on the Howling Throne.

## King Alexander Wolfbrand

The current king of Casmore is Sir Alexander Wolfbrand. Alexander is known as an excellent warrior and a cunning tactician. He has a long and victorious history in the ranks of the Wolfbrand army, joining when he was only 13 years old.

He spent most of his life in the service of the army, touring the countryside protecting civilians from the dangers of the wilds. There hasnt been a full out war in the lifetime of Alexander, even though once it was very close, but he has had a leading role in the few scuffles the Ethean army has had with the elves.

### The Kidnapping

One of the biggest influences in Alexanders life was when he was kidnapped by an elven incursion looking to sow chaos inside Casmore during a conflict that was raging at the time. The point of the incursion was not to kidnap the future king, but to find a way to cause havoc in the capital, which they definitely managed to do. Alexander was only 15 years old at the time, and spent nearly a year as captive in horrible conditions. The elves fed him poorly, kept him in unsanitary conditions and constantly questioned him, trying to get any information they could about Casmores defenses and other strategic information. Alexander never said a word. After a party led by his father, Sir Darius Wolfbrand managed to rescue him, they saw it as a miracle of Martha that he was still alive after the hell he had been put through. Sir Darius in his rage killed every elf he could find, so no interrogation of what had happened could be held, and young Alexander was so traumatized at the time he could not speak a word of it.

After weeks of work with the royal clerics of Casmore, Alexanders mind was finally starting to return to normal, and he started revealing details of the events that had occurred. He revealed how it wasn't the elves intention to take him, and that they completely panicked once they realized what had happened and argued about returning him, but decided to try to hide him so no one would figure out what had happened. He told how horrible his treatment had been, but how he had endured all that time without breaking. His father was of course filled with pride in his sons success under such heavy duress.

Today, Sir Alexander attributes his calmness and patience to the sort of training he received while being kidnapped. People remember him as a rash and stubborn young man before the incident, but after it happened he clearly had changed, and most would argue he changed in a good way. Sir Alexander is considered an excellent ruler and is very well liked, which is not a trait all of his predecessors have had before him.

## The Wolfbrand Line

The Wolfbrand line extends at least 600 years. The first known Wolfbrands are Frederick and Kinsey Wolfbrand approximately 600 years ago. The current king, Alexander Wolfbrand has a brother and a sister, Laszlo and Morrigan. His father, who died about 10 years ago was Sir Darius Wolfbrand, and his mother Orla. The king before Darius was Kendrick Wolfbrand, and before him Leoric.