Lorn Hunter

## Appearance

When young Lorn is a little gaunt. He is tall and though not muscular he is physically healthy and fit. His chin is sharp, his eyes long and narrow for a human. His hair is a light unremarkable brown. As he aged he put on more weight, but never becomes heavy especially around the face. His hair darkens as he ages and then thins in his later years.

He typically wears an Aurian military uniform and after the Founding of the Protectorate Forces to fight the Commerce Wars he wears the uniform of that military.

When in battle he wears chain mail armour with breastplate, greaves and bracers made of dwarvern steel. Unknown to most the chain mail is special as it was blessed by Jerome Faithful to ensure Lorn didn't die.

## Reputation

Lorn is a reasonably well liked and effective military officer. Once Jerome has his vision he makes it his business to to grow Lorn's reputation. he is remarked for being an efficient fighter but after his successes in the Second Commerce Wars he is renown as the first general of the Aurian Empire in the 30-50PE era. His reputation becomes that of a strategic expert. His book called the 'Baton not Blade' grows his reputation and helps cement his legacy. Charismatic and clever Lorn Hunter is one of the most popular and respected leaders in his time in the Empire. He is remarked especially for his military theory and his ability to turn enemies to vassals and then into useful allies.

## History

21PE: Lorn Hunter is given a commission in the War of Thorns. He is a young officer, but not as naive as many.

21-34PE: Lorn is engaged in the War of Thorns and by the end is a Captain in the Aurian military. He is recognised as skilled but is not considered remarkable.

39PE: The cleric hero Jerome Faithful sees in a vision that Lorn Hunter will open new doors in the world. He then goes on a personal crusade to preserve this man and further his career. Later in the year, he saves him from a disease outbreak.

41PE Lorn Hunter promoted to Blademark.

43-44PE: The Second Commerce Wars begin in earnest with Auria taking chunks of what are now called the Protectorates. Lorn is given command of the Mining Campaign to take Gilgan. In order to do this he is temporarily 'caveated' (term for a temporarily promotion) to the rank of General. He presses his forces hard and they surprise an opposing force almost destroying them, but giving quarter when they surrender. This is vital as it allows Lorn to appear believeable when he makes the 'Golden Offer' to Gilgan. many of Gilgan's subsidiaries had thrown in already with Auria because it already used the cellan and was based on its gold trade with Auria as its major partner. Gilgan joins the Empire in early 44PE. Lorn is confirmed as a general.

44PE: A year of fighting as Imperial Forces under General Lorn Hunter takes Middleholm and wipes away the old dwarvern nation of Golmhaven. Thousands of refugees are left traveling north and west. There is an effort in Rak Danning to simply join Auria, but it is uncovered my the current First Dann of the state and brought to an end. The dwarvern faction of Rak Danning are particularly anti-Aurian and anti-Lorn Hunter. At the end of the year Lorn is summoned to Tor Honarik to meet with the Emperor.

45PE: Lorn Hunter is recognised as the epiome of Aurian Military professionalism and might. To acknowledge this Lorn Hunter is made into the first Marshal of the Empire since Grant Boldant.

46-48PE: Marshal of the Empire, Lorn Hunter leads the Aurian Empire on the Rak Danning Campaign. It takes two years, but he is eventually successful thanks to fantastic logistics and the military might of Auria's legions. Lorn's main base during these years is Middleholm the very city he took by force only 3 years previously. As he did with Gilgan though he succeeds in turning his reputation in a defeated enemy. He uses the fact that he is using it as hsi staging base to completely rebuild Middleholm's defenses. He repairs the Dwarf's Wall and builds from nothing the Man's Wall. On the land, that was decimated by the bombardment during the campaign to take Middleholm in the Second Commerce Wars, he builds an extensive command centre and makes it permanent so that after the war it can be used as a military training academy as well as administration building for the future. This is one of the reasons Lorn is sometimes called the Father of the Protectorans.

50PE: Protectorate forces are mustered at Middleholm for the Forked Offensive into Saracan and Alkan.

55PE: Lorn publishes 'Baton not Blade' his book on strategic theory.