Strants Phoenix
Duke Strants Phoenix
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
When not dressed for battle, Strants wears rich and fashionable clothes of the highest quality and style, favoring the colors red and brown.
In battle he still favors the color, though he may opt for more camouflaged clothing, always over a studded leather armor.
In either case, he always carries an elaborate rapier, its basket hilt a work of art adorned with rubies in the shape of a phoenix; the legendary Phoenix Blade.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
House Phoenix is the most important and powerful noble house in the Hegemony of Dorianor after the Elang’Draeon royal family itself. This is particularly true because they run the Phoenix Guild, the organization responsible for managing the Hegemony’s finances and trade, with Grand Duke Leomund Phoenix at the head of the family and the guild. Strants is Leomund’s only son and heir apparent to the House’s fortunes. Strants however is currently more interested in… other pursuits.
Two hundred years ago, with the Great Rebellion in full swing, Kaenus’ Black Rose Alliance required a fleet to pass the Areon Ocean and reach the Iron Empire’s heart in Athanor. This fleet was provided by the infamous pirate lady, Raede Phoenix (pronounced ‘Red’ or ‘Raid,’ depending on who you ask). She became a member of the The Black Thorns.
After the war was won, Raede was made a noble of the Hegemony of Dorianor and proved to be as cunning in managing trade as she was in managing piracy. Despite her pirate background, she and her descendants have been fiercely loyal to the Hegemony and Kaenus Elang’Draeon in particular (there is some belief that Raede’s only son, was actually fathered by Kaenus; the reality is that no one—not even Kaenus—is sure of the child’s father’s identity, but the Hegemon does treat the Phoenixes as his own family).
Strants, the latest in line of Raede’s descendants joined the military Force Academy at his father’s insistence. Leomund had hoped that the Academy would instill discipline in his son to make him ready to take up his responsibilities. His plan backfired; Strants fell too enamored with the life of a soldier. Strants felt that House Phoenix had degenerated into a bunch of courtiers, unworthy of the legendary Phoenix name. To that end, he successfully joined Shadow Force and became a highly capable member of the special forces unit.
Strants’ fame (or infamy) does hinder him to a certain degree in the pursuit of his military duty. As a particularly famous member of Shadow Force he is unable to go undercover for long or perform acts of espionage. He sometimes disguises himself on operations, but never risks such ruses for long. Thus, he is usually relegated to direct action operations.
He also has the reputation of a womanizer—which is exaggerated, but not by much. When not deployed on a mission, he is often found adventuring with Clio Justfire on her Errant Quest.
Strants, along with Clio and Gilbert Justfire, was one of the heroes who stopped Jeremiah Addus’ attempted coup d’état.
Social
Family Ties
Son of the Grand Duke Leomund Phoenix.
Relationships
Alignment
Neutral Good
Species
Ethnicity
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Duke of Auldris.
Hegemony Armed Forces Major.
Year of Birth
1708 AV
31 Years old
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Eyes
Green
Hair
Blond
Aligned Organization
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