Chancellor Mornan Tybalt
The chancellor is lipless, humourless, pockmarked, and balding. He dresses in drab grey as a protest against the colourful fopperies of the aristocrats he regards as parasites. Tybalt is the son of a grocer, not a noble-born courtier. However, his ambitions were not limited to running a stall in the Grandmarkt, and he soon took the path most poor folk take when seeking to earn the respect of their social superiors.
He joined the army, where he comported himself well, serving in the streets of Altdorf and hunting Beastmen in the nearby Reikwald. He was promoted to the quartermaster’s staff, earning further regard for his prudent economics. He joined the record keepers at the Vaults and came to the attention of Baroness Hoksvoll, chancellor of the Imperial Fisc. She proposed that he be made chancellor of Altdorf.
Whilst Mornan possesses a great talent for pointing out where money could be saved, or new ways in which it could be raised, he is not temperamentally suited to be a chancellor. He has no respect for the nobility, resenting them for having won their office through blood ties rather than earning it through merit. He hides his bitterness, obsequious when dealing with his aristocratic acquaintances. He is, or was, hardworking and talented enough to earn the grudging respect of those who paid his taxes.
Things changed when he instituted a punishing poll tax, wildly unpopular with Altdorfers, who dubbed it the ‘Thumb Tax’. Its imposition was a factor in the uprising known as the Great Fog Riots. During the unrest, Mornan was cornered by the mob, who made their feelings plain by clipping off one of his thumbs.
Since his maiming, Mornan has grown more resentful and ambitious. He dreams of an Empire ruled by men such as himself: hardworking, educated, bureaucratic, and tyrannical. He has become interested in the worship of Solkan, an obscure god of vengeance and retribution. Most followers of Solkan seek to defy personal enemies or confront the followers of Chaos. Mornan, however, seeks a form of retribution against sections of society rather than individuals. Now he seeks vengeance against nobles and poor alike.
He encourages the judges he has recommended for promotion at the Palace of Retribution to mete out death sentences, and he rewards watch captains for meeting arrest quotas. Mornan pays for all this through endless imposition of new taxes aimed disproportionally at Altdorf ’s poor. To plausibly deny his malice, he has spearheaded drives to rename parks and bridges in the city after the reigning Emperor, whilst putting his name to publications suggesting reforms for the betterment of the lower classes.
He joined the army, where he comported himself well, serving in the streets of Altdorf and hunting Beastmen in the nearby Reikwald. He was promoted to the quartermaster’s staff, earning further regard for his prudent economics. He joined the record keepers at the Vaults and came to the attention of Baroness Hoksvoll, chancellor of the Imperial Fisc. She proposed that he be made chancellor of Altdorf.
Whilst Mornan possesses a great talent for pointing out where money could be saved, or new ways in which it could be raised, he is not temperamentally suited to be a chancellor. He has no respect for the nobility, resenting them for having won their office through blood ties rather than earning it through merit. He hides his bitterness, obsequious when dealing with his aristocratic acquaintances. He is, or was, hardworking and talented enough to earn the grudging respect of those who paid his taxes.
Things changed when he instituted a punishing poll tax, wildly unpopular with Altdorfers, who dubbed it the ‘Thumb Tax’. Its imposition was a factor in the uprising known as the Great Fog Riots. During the unrest, Mornan was cornered by the mob, who made their feelings plain by clipping off one of his thumbs.
Since his maiming, Mornan has grown more resentful and ambitious. He dreams of an Empire ruled by men such as himself: hardworking, educated, bureaucratic, and tyrannical. He has become interested in the worship of Solkan, an obscure god of vengeance and retribution. Most followers of Solkan seek to defy personal enemies or confront the followers of Chaos. Mornan, however, seeks a form of retribution against sections of society rather than individuals. Now he seeks vengeance against nobles and poor alike.
He encourages the judges he has recommended for promotion at the Palace of Retribution to mete out death sentences, and he rewards watch captains for meeting arrest quotas. Mornan pays for all this through endless imposition of new taxes aimed disproportionally at Altdorf ’s poor. To plausibly deny his malice, he has spearheaded drives to rename parks and bridges in the city after the reigning Emperor, whilst putting his name to publications suggesting reforms for the betterment of the lower classes.
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