The Bearded Baron

## Roberto O'Shea

Known under many different aliases -- the most common being, "The Bearded Baron" -- Roberto O'Shea was one of the early rulers of a Kingdom (District of Muskerry) in the Region now referred to as The East.

O'Shea is thought to be one of the three former members of the secretive group Bunzo's Bandits. However, the group is now defunct.

## Farran History

The Baron is one of the more secretive rulers in the World of Farran. Because of this, little is known about him before the declaration of the borders of the District of Muskerry. Due to the Baron's allegiance to Salty, it is speculated that he is a former resident of The Lake who was sent out to claim more land for his leader. However, these reports are unconfirmed and nearly as many people believe him to have seized the land of his own accord and later siding with the notorious leader in Alton's Tower. O'Shea is also one of the few rulers who has a deal with The Caramel King, Neil Hypolite where the RaLads don't make any information about the Baron public. Many believe that this all but proves the unconfirmed involvement of both men in the group Bunzo's Bandits, though like most things to do with Roberto O'Shea, this is all speculation.

The Baron also remains the only ruler in the Kingdom of Farran to actively push his borders on a regular basis, moving the spread of his Kingdom further at every opportunity. This goes against the decree by King David of Killoughy in December 2015 to freeze all borders for 6 months while he (as the decree reads) "[gets his] head around all these fuckin' lads shnakin' into different bits of land all over the gaff, lah."

## Expansion

Since officially declaring the borders of the District over which he rules, The Baron has worked tirelessly and risen up to be the most powerful leader East of The Line. As of 2021, and after the unfreezing of borders, The District continued to grow into the largest Kingdom in the region, pushing closer to other Kingdoms and Settlements such as The Lake and L'Arch.

With little information allowed out of Muskerry, it was unclear how O'Shea maintained all of this land with a seemingly small follower base, until intelligence which was leaked by Mad Dog in March 2021 revealed that The Baron employed an army of first year med students to patrol his borders. Early reports on these strange creatures claimed them all to be highly intelligent and seemingly able to work for days on end with little to no sleep.

Though these are just rumours, the possibility of such a force existing has worried leaders of the Kingdoms of The West. O'Shea was already seen as a powerful leader with his frequent expansion, but the possession of a sleepless army has caused his threat level to be set from "Possible Dose" to "Big Dose" by King David of Killoughy. As well as that, now that leaders such as General Ailbhe and Brother Barra have deserted their Kingdoms in the East - and with The Bearded Baron's alleged allyship with Salty - there is concern over the possibility of further conquest by the former leader of Bunzo's Bandits, and perhaps even the reestablishment of the mythical, ancient enemy Kingdom to the Commonwealth of Farran, Ballincompton.