BSG | Calimaco Bladesong
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King Calimaco Bladesong (a.k.a. The Rich, The Enlightened)
Mental characteristics
Personal history
The son of King Arald III Bladesong seethed at his father's ineptitude at making the Kingdom prosper, and ultimately killed him while dueling for the throne. Some Marcher relatives sought vengeance and some Grandees questioned the duel's regularity, but overall The Council, relieved by the end of the drunkard's rule, endorsed his killer's.
Heartened, new King Calimaco stepped back from dueling himself to become a generous patron of the martial arts. Under his reign, jousting became the official Marcher justice system. Many of The South's elite duelists died during an assault on mutinying prisoners at Cuervo Keep; Calimaco led a public campaign to save the endangered regional tradition.
However, his spendings left him too poor to bail out the Coastal industries during the Crab Bubble Burst of 949, and he angrily repressed the ensuing protests. Realizing how that made him look, he worked on his reputation by protecting the region from krakens and pirates; and he swore never to be caught unprepared again.
Calimaco raised cruel taxes to refill the Treasury. He modernized the Kingdom and made it wealthy, even acquired a profitable vineyard; but rumours painted him as paranoid, as he had tripled Palace security from fear of a plot from the Patricians, or his coldly ambitious husband, or his heir.
To cement his reputation once and for all, he searched for the legendary Scepter of Alma Bladesong, said to guarantee a golden age for rulers true of heart. Calimaco believed that “the worthy shall rise”, and in making one's own luck: perceiving no sign from the Ninth, he spent over a year mapping the maze-like reliquary, overcoming through perseverance what was meant as a test of faith.
King Calimaco 'the Rich' -in money, glory and power- did rule over a golden age, asserting control over his free-spirited nobles. At the end of his reign he had the Scepter hidden back in its reliquary, so as to preserve its mystique.
- BSG | Event 0001 - Coronation
- BSG | Event 0002 - Council Introduction
- BSG | Event 0003 - The Path to Victory
- BSG | Event 0004 - A New Baby!
- BSG | Event 0005 - The Jousting Tournament
- BSG | Event 0006 - The Honour Guard
- BSG | Event 0007 - The Favoured Competitor
- BSG | Event 0008 - Finding a Spouse
- BSG | Event 0009 - A Plague of Rats
- BSG | Event 0010 - A New Trend
- BSG | Event 0011 - A New Petition
- BSG | Event 0012 - Eligible Options
- BSG | Event 0013 - Stargazing
- BSG | Event 0014 - Jousting Fever
- BSG | Event 0015 - The Royal Wedding
- BSG | Event 0016 - The Crab Bubble Bursts
- BSG | Event 0017 - An Embarrassing Problem
- BSG | Event 0018 - A Kraken!
- BSG | Event 0019 - A Bizarre Report
- BSG | Event 0020 - About your Heir...
- BSG | Event 0021 - The Songstress
- BSG | Event 0022 - Mutiny at Cuervo Keep
- BSG | Event 0023 - Pirates!
- BSG | Event 0024 - Devotion
- BSG | Event 0025 - Arms Shortage
- BSG | Event 0026 - The Songstress's Secret
- BSG | Event 0027 - Undercutting
- BSG | Event 0028 - Your Heir
- BSG | Event 0029 - A Brand New Harvester
- BSG | Event 0030 - A New Contraption
- BSG | Event 0031 - Your Ambition
- BSG | Event 0032 - A Fateful Tree
- BSG | Event 0033 - Hordling Attack
- BSG | Event 0034 - An Invitation
- BSG | Event 0035 - Roving Hunters
- BSG | Event 0036 - Ambition: The Sceptre of Sages
- BSG | Event 0037 - The Deceased
- BSG | Event 0038 - The Horde Strikes Back
- BSG | Event 0039 - The Crystal Pox
- BSG | Event 0040 - Spoon Thief Revealed
- BSG | Event 0041 - The Summer Games
- BSG | Event 0042 - Ambition: The Sceptre of Sages
- BSG | Event 0043 - Vineyard Renovations
- BSG | Event 0045 - An Irksome Legacy
- BSG | Event 0046 - An Eerie Feeling
- BSG | Event 0047 - A Sacrilegious Request
- BSG | Event 0048 - Ambition: The Sceptre of Sages
- BSG | Final 0001 - The Monarch is Victorious!
