Ramund Argander

**Ramund Argander** is the current Baron of Erencliffe. He is popular, and holds a great deal of influence and support with the nobility and the Thaneholds; enough to make himself be viewed as a threat by other powerful nobles.

He is the son of the late Terund Argander, brother of Brice Argander, who is the Thane of Rainestead, and the late Queen Rowan Kaulden. He is married to Adele Argander, with whom he has a daughter, Rose. He also has an illegitimate son, Aamon, who he raised for a time at Erencliffe, before sending the boy off to a monastery at the behest of his wife.

## Background

Ramund was born in **8A84**, to the Baron Terund and Baroness Mara of Erencliffe. When Ramund was nine, his father sent him and his younger brother away with their mother so he could join the Rebel Queen without further endangering them. Baroness Mara took them to her elder sister Thalia Esterstin, who at the time was the ruling Margravine of Ontmery. Mara fell ill during the journey, however, and died just a day after reaching Ontmery. Ramund and Brice were raised by their aunt and uncle, who treated them as if they were their own children. When Terund perished in the Battle of South Hill, in **8A99**, the children were formally adopted by their aunt and uncle.

Ramund returned to Erencliffe to claim his place as Baron in **9A02**, but he found Erencliffe still occupied by Maudesian forces. He joined the resistance in removing the Maudesians from Erencliffe, and in the process earned the affections of Adele, the daughter of the Maudesian governor, who had spent most of her life in Erencliffe, and was sympathetic to the rebels' plight. Though her infatuation proved one-sided at the time, she kept helping the resistance by passing on information. The rebels were successful, and Ramund reclaimed his title as Baron of Erencliffe.

Once he'd reclaimed his lands, Ramund turned his attention to the recovery of the barony. He built Fort Terund in the Hinterlands, and his is efforts resulted in improved trade and security for Erencliffe and its surroundings. He made regular visits to court, where his calm practicality earned him the respect of King Baylor, who made him one of his trusted advisors. In **9A10**, Ramund's bastard son, Aamon, whose mother had died in childbirth, was born.

Six years after reclaiming his lands and title, Ramund once again crossed paths with Adele on a trip to Dersoden. Adele had elected to stay with a cousin in the city instead of returning with her parents to Maudet after the war. The two started a relationship, and she returned with him to Erencliffe, where the two married. Their union was rather controversial, as some people believed Adele to be a Maudesian spy. Long-buried gossip about Aamon being Ramund's bastard son also resurfaced, and Adele became fixated on her husband's "proper Nordish son". Ramund eventually sent Aamon to a monastery once he was old enough, to spare his wife's feelings; though would visit often.

Their own child, Rose, was born a few years after, on an exceptionally warm afternoon, and had the immediate affection of her father. The toddler was often seen surveying her future barony from atop Ramund's shoulders.