Jerago Herwig

**Jerago Herwig** is a Rogrezian noble who became the Scarlet King of the Bleaklands.

## Jerago Herwig

### Aliases

Scarlet King Lord of Nerasta

Count of Hermaran

### Relatives

Sofia Herwig (Wife, dead)Natasha Herwig (Daughter)

Balthazar Herwig (Brother)

Lucrezia Manette (Blood-sire)

Rannic Drazkin (Blood-brother)

### Affiliation

Principality of HermaranKingdom of Rogrez (Formerly)

Kingdom of the Bleaklands

## History:

### Early Life:

He was born in the land of Rogrez during the years before the Unification. His father died when he was five, leaving him the Prince of Hermaran.

When he finally came of age, he married Lady Sofia, daughter of one of his vassals. He also formed a coalition to fight off the northern raiders.

### Unification Wars and Losses:

Soon the wars to unify Rogrez began. Jerago was initially against the rise of the young upstart Conroy Van Vonvolkvan in his attempt to unify the principalities of Rogrez under one banner, but with the rise of the northern invaders and rumors of vampires in the west, he was forced to bend his knee to the golden Prince.

It was during this time that the vampires under Boriang Volgarsh broke free of the quarantine created by the elves and invaded the lands of Mortan. They would then attack the castle of Nerasta and took it. The vampire also killed Jerago's wife Sofia and turned his daughter Natasha into his vampiric thrall.

This quite understandably enraged Jerago who begged Conroy to destroy the vampires, starting the 1st Mortan War. Many battles and skirmishes were fought between the forces of Rogrez and the Bleakland vampires, until the controversial truce that took place in the gnomish village of Torvisa when Bois Negelt and necromancer Perzak Norgelt made a peace in order to allow both nations to end the war.

This infuriated Jerago, but he could not go against his liege’s orders.

Despite this, he continued serving Conroy during the Unification Wars. It was not until later after the unification of Rogrez that he was able to convince his now King Conroy to allow him to take an army into the Bleaklands.

### Retribution:

He marched his armies into the marshy blighted lands, facing the vampires in many battles, until eventually he was ambushed at the hill of Varsic and his army was decimated. Boriang beat him down and left him for dead. He was found later by Lucrezia Manette who took him to her castle. She healed his wounds and gave him an offer. She told him of *varshi trak*, ritual where a vampire could challenge the current Scarlet King to a duel, allowing him to kill the vampire overlord with no intervention. The only catch was that only vampires could make such a challenge so Jerago would have to become such a creature himself.

After several days of thinking, he agreed, allowing Lucrezia to turn him into a vampire, rendering him undead.

He then spent many months training in the vampiric dueling methods alongside a fellow vampire Rannic Drazkin, a former soldier of Nerasta, who quickly came to the aid of his former lord.

He challenged Scarlet King Boriang, facing him in single combat. The battle was long and brutal, but in the end he won, beheading the vampire and destroying his heart. This freed his daughter from her enthrallment but left her devastated in what she has become.

### Blood King:

He was declared new Scarlet King of the Bleaklands, and although he never wanted this, he was forced to take the throne. He would rule over the vampires and in his early years and actually improved the lives of his human subjects.

He attempted and failed to make peace with his former home of Rogrez and learned that his brother had succeeded him as Count as he technically died when he became a vampire.

Many centuries passed when he was contacted by a dwarf Tolargar Azuf'son who offered an alliance to him against the Kingdom of In-Dork, knowing he had goals against that realm, but not knowing of his want for the Jewel of Karanash. He accepted this alliance in exchange for Tolagar marrying his daughter and giving him many books on arcane lore. The two warred against the Dorki for many years until Tolagar was defeated after he overstretched himself but his daughter returned to his court with the book known as Tararia-vak-Hulum.

## Personality:

In his youth he was a kind and noble man who cared deeply for his people, but after his long conflict with Volgarsh, he became bitter and grim.

## Titles:

 Unknown lord
 Unknown lord
 Boriang Volgarsh
 Tolargar Azuf'son

## Relationships:

**Family:**

He would do anything for his wife and daughter.

**Friends:**

**Rannic Drazkin:** The two were long-time friends and after Jerago after became a vampire, the two swore an oath to become blood brothers.