Character(s) Mikael's Alter Egos

[Mikael Sisko]

AEDAN McKENNA
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AGE: Thirty-eight

HEIGHT: 6'2"

WEIGHT: 240 lbs

PERSONALITY: Perhaps dominant in Aedan's character is strength. Aedan is a proud man, who values both his self-worth and honor highly. He is strong and firm in his convictions and it's said within his lands that it would be easier to uproot the mountain itself than to persuade the Viscount against his beliefs. Aedan is an upfront, yet charismatic leader, and a generally loud personality. He has a fondness for drink and revelry, which can turn him into a blusterous, bellowing figure who loudly recounts stories of his past glories.

BACKSTORY: Early in life, Aedan was married to a beautiful countess by the name of Valerie Le'vere. A child was produced in the union, a son they named Ardan. For three years, Aedan lived with wife and son. They were happy, and the Viscount felt his life complete. The winter of his son's third year, Aedan was called to the northern keep fo Caer Cabhan, to be present to address the King's concerns over rising activity from the neighboring kingdom of Weiss. After a month away from wife and child, Aedan sent for his family. A carriage was routed from Caer Danalin to Caer Cabhan, but it would never reach Caer Cabhan. Two days later, a search party discovered the carriage ruins, and discerned that the Viscountess and her son had been murdered, then their bodies burned within their carriage. Aedan has never found those responsible, and to this day, fifteen years later, he still searches.

But he is not growing any younger. The King has time and again encouraged Viscount McKenna to marriage, but he has time and again graciously objected to the idea. The murder of his wife and child are still present on his mind, and his heart is taken with the need for justice. He fears the attachment to another wife, still remembering the pain at the loss of the last.

FAMILY: Viscountess Valerie McKenna (Wife - Deceased), Ardan McKenna (Son – Deceased), Lord Eamon McKenna (Father – Deceased), Lord Liam McKenna (Brother), Lord Tomas McKenna (Brother), Lady Alannah Greer (Mother)
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[Mikael Sisko]

SER ROLAND GIESE
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AGE: Thirty-six

HEIGHT: 6'0''

WEIGHT: 200lbs

PERSONALITY: Loyalty is foremost in the heart of Roland of Giese, King Templar of the Crown. Before country and king, there is nothing. Roland was once an optimistic, starry-eyed idealist who believed in that moto, but like any who has come to the realization that he's been used, has grown resentful. He is a sinner, who hides his demons behind a mask of duty and a boyish smile, though internally he struggles with them every day. He wrestles with the decisions of his past, but is not so preoccupied by them that he's blind to the future. He's devout in his service to his King because, as he sees it, he's already damned his soul for the man, what more price must he pay for continued favor? He's a model knight in the public eye, and yet behind closed doors, or in the depth of his soul, his sins torment him.

BACKSTORY: Roland grew up in the North, his father, Count LeMount de Carlin de Giese governs the lands next to the childhood home of Viscount McKenna, and through childhood he and the Viscount grew up as friends. Roland, being the youngest of three other brothers, had little chance to make something of himself beyond the son or brother of the count, so he joined up with the King's knights, and subsequently the order of the Templar. His prowess in battle earned him the favor of the King, and he was assigned first to the King's personal guard, then found himself in personal service to the King. His friendship with Viscount McKenna became strained after the death of his wife and child due to Roland's involvement in the incident, which the Viscount believes simply to be the investigation and failure to capture the criminal behind it, but to this day, the death of the Viscountess and her young son weighs heavily on him.

FAMILY: Count Lawrence de Carlin de Giese (Brother), Raphael Giese (Brother), LeMount de Carlin de Giese (Father, Deceased), Emilie de Medecci (Mother, Deceased)​