Jorlov Vadik

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Aurian Marshal of the Empire leader of the Red Protectoran during the Wars of Broken Gold. He was a career officer from a noble family. He was ambitious and known to be a capable personal fighter and adept general.

## Appearance

Jorlov had the sharp white colouring of a northerner desptite living his life in the Tor Honarik Trading Area. He was of average height but often seemed taller due to his position of command and the fact his most prominent supporter was Krathe Stoneshoulder who was known as quite short. He had light brown hair which he maintained in a neat simple style. Often his straight parting would be remarked as an example of his military precision. Careful, correct but unimaginative. He was known for wearing uniform even when not active, which reinforced this image. He was heard to say he did not follow fashion, but in the next breath would add that a uniform was never out of fashion.

## Reputation

Jorlov had a reputation as a competant general who lacked brilliance but rarly got his men killed on purpose. He was also very loyal to his superiors which led to his many promotions but also to his downfall at the end of the Wars of Broken Gold. In history he was depicated as far less villainous than his right hand First Lance Krathe Stoneshoulder despite showing a willingness to enagage or at least sanction many of the later's reprehensible choices.

## History

1267PE: Jorlov joined the Red Protectoran as a Military Adjunct to a Haft.

1269PE: Jorlov was given his own Haft command over a Mark in the 28th Red Legion.

1271PE: Jorlov, still backed by his noble family's money and prestige it promoted to Captain.

1279PE: Lack of opportunity to prove himself in any major altercations and lack of retirements in the ranks above stalled Jorlov's progress but by 1279 a Commander slot came up in the Legion and it was dutifully assigned to him. He was well liked and it was remarked on his papers of recommendation that he was very loyal and knew how to follow orders.

1282PE: By switching to the Black Protectoran Jorlov was able to get himself a Lancemark's Legion command. He was placed in command over the 4th Black Legion and had a good record at supressing banditry in the surrounding countryside of the Middleholm Protectorate. He was not well liked by the locals and he held them in something of contempt seeing even the local nobility as jumped up peasents compared to the society he had been used to in the capital. This attitude garnered him few friends and several enemies.

1289PE: After years as a Lancemark Jorlov was promoted again to the position of General. Now placed in command of all Legions in the central protectorate and the city legions of Middleholm, his influence and power skyrocketed. He applied all he had learned and proved himself an able beuraucrat as well as warrior and tactician. Let he treated the political infighting between the different power factions as a continuation of war by other means. This inevitably led to him becoming a direct enemy of the richest and most powerful civilian leaders.

1295PE: Jorlov sent assembles several legions to fight against elven insurgents and first discovered Krathe Stoneshoulder whom he saw promoted to Captain for his contributions. Jorlov was considered an exemplary officer by high command and it was well known that he would be the next First Lance or potentially would switch his assignment back to the Red Protectoran. Yet a General command in the Red was more highly sought after and harder to guarentee. Let Jorlov showed himself capable of some patience and though disappointed it was not quicker could have little true complaint to be in so prestigious a role while only in his 40s.

1310PE:Emperor Kolar Reagov reacted to the kidnapping of his wife by mobilising the full military might of the Empire. In the Protectorates the ranking Black Protectoran officer was Jorlov Vadik. He took military control of Middleholm and the surrounding towns. This was successful but at times extremely brutal. Though most of the attrocities could not be linked specifically to Jorlov or his direct commands. Blood was shed as the soldiers took control of the city from the Trading Council and other civilian leaders. There were some killings, thefts, abuses of power and some who had previously snubbed Jorlov or worked against his interests seemed to end up on the worst side of many of these altercations.

Some of the worst offenses were: the looting of the Wave Lane granary, tannery and storage which were owned by the Garinov family. They had frequently pushed on the towns councils to limit discressionary military funding and also refused to subsidise military contracts using there commodities. The looting seemed to be part of the overflow of the riots caused by the enforced occupation of the city. Jorlov however supressed these riots extremely hard and yet these locations were found utterly ruined after the events. There were also historians who claimed the quartermaster lists in the following months showed that most if not all of that looted grain, materials and produce found its way into the Protectoran's possession. One action that was confirmed as Jorlov's doing was the killing of the Trademaster of the city when he physically resisted the usurping of his authroity and the seizing of his goods.

Though Middleholm was loyalist in the conflict between the western noble house of the Dovisa Family and the crown these actions turned the city into hostile occupied territory within a week. Though as it was held in a vicelike military grip that did not immediately become apparant until later years.

At Gilgan the supression went far worse. The 7th Legion under Igor Goldof sided with the civilian leaders and resisted the switch to military control successfully. This placed the crucial mining capital firmly in the Dovisa camp.

By the end of the year Jorlov was placed in command of the Full Fury the name the Emperor had given to the combined army of the loyalist Empire. It included legions from the Red and Black Protectorans. Due to the size of the command he was given the rank of Lexion and as the First Lance was so much older and considered ripe for retirement it placed him in an ideal position. He was now direct commander of 23 Red Legions and 9 Black Legions.

1311PE: Rak Danning under Abel Venthron accpets the Dovisa Proposal

1313PE: To break the Vile Seige of Hunger Hill the Imperial commander Krathe Stoneshoulder was eventually driven to break all accepted codes of war. He decided to use a soulcrafter called Insanial and a Quorum of Death Priests. Using these dark forces Krathe was able to take the city.

1314PE: After the capture of the Marshal of the Empire Salvador Garinan Joval is chosen as his replacement when the war is reinitiated by the Emperor.

Eventually he was present at the battle the Waste of Wraiths, which all but ended the war.