Commander of the West - Vera Lanius the Absolved

[Medium Sized Model - 25mm Base]

 

Only daughters were born to Geryn Lanius, whom was the acting Marshall of Draksborne before his untimely death. When he passed, his duties fell to Vera, his eldest daughter who was only fourteen at the time and unwed. Thus, her and her sister’s youth was filled with military training and duties, very different from any other noble daughters in Draksborne. At the age of fifteen she was conferred the title of Marshal of the Realm and stepped into her father’s role. Now at twenty-one, her foe, Field Marshal Williams holds decades of experience on her, though she does not plan for it to deter her in avenging the citizenry lost in his mindless slaughter.

Vera has had the weight of the world upon her shoulders since she was a little girl. When she was a child she had prayed for a baby brother, for though her father showed her much love she detested the thought of being groomed for command and war. When he passed to disease when Vera was but fourteen winters old, all his responsibilities fell to her. Most noble daughters had been betrothed at this age, yet Vera was still without a future spouse. Conferred the title of Marshall of the Realm a year after her father’s passing, she stepped into his role with determination, sweeping behind the years of doubt and detestment behind her.

Vera would prove to be a formidable warrior and commander. Any who questioned her authority were often put back in their place by either her wits or her swift leg kick. She gained respect from other officers and soldiers quickly for her relentless attitude, and though still has times where she feels below the large world she was raised to thrive in, she presses on.

Now at twenty-one, she leads Draksborne’s army on its first attack against another nation in centuries. With Draksborne’s embassy left in ruin in Baldur’s military capital of Grimhelm, Vera has been tasked with leading the forces of the realm there in a show of strength, to try contain the civil unrest that led to the embassy’s destruction, and bring to justice those responsible. Since no one has claimed responsibility, she made the call to land ashore, and now has the city under siege, with plans to assault it before reinforcements can arrive from Grimgate.