Seeing as i've been putting a lot fo extra work into my army as of late and really churning stuff out I though I might as well start an army blog. The army is obviously Carroburg themed and you can read some backround below.
The Prince
Ferdinand III was the first of three sons to Prince Ferdinand II of Carroburg. Growing up alongside his brothers Franz and Rustov, Ferdinand clearly excelled academically and appeared to be the perfect successor to his father. Until, in his seventeenth year he accidentally killed the Nephew of Boris Todbringer in a drunken duel.
He was instantly cut off from the family, and sent off to join the priesthood. Ferdinand’s heart was broken by this abandonment and he became bitter and vengeful. Over the next fifteen years he plotted, betrayed, and murdered his way to the position of Lector. Still he was not content. Soon his father would have to be succeeded by one of his two untarnished sons. Ferdinand would have his vengeance.
Rustov, the youngest of the brothers was killed when his musket mysteriously exploded while hunting boar. As Franz was leaving for Altdorf, his father was found stabbed to death in his bed chambers. Franz was stopped en route, and when his carriage was searched a bloody knife and several heretical tomes were found hidden within. He was tried and found guilty of heresy and regicide by and outwardly lugubrious Lector Ferdinand. Even as his brother begged for his mercy and was roasted alive at the stake, not a quiver of emotion could be seen on Ferdinand’s face.
His mother was found swinging from a noose on the northern wall of the keep. It appeared that she had committed suicide out of despair and shame.
Ferdinand, now the only living member of the royal family, was coronated Prince of Carroburg, and canonized for having the strength to punish his own brother for his heinous crimes.
Soon after, Ferdinand replaced his family’s coat of arms with one of his own design. On it is an armored leg crushing a serpent that is simultaneously sinking it’s teeth into the calf of the leg, below this reads “Nemo me impune lacessit”. He also removed any mention of his family from the imperial library and issued a general decree that they not be spoken of. Few realized that Ferdinand had become one of the more powerful and influential figures in the empire. The Prince-Lector of Carroburg.
During his time in the church The Prince has collected a small handful of devoted followers. Reinhard Gausser is an inquisitor within in the church and, while not corrupt, is known to be somewhat excessive in fulfilling his role and thus easily manipulated by Frederick. Ignacious Oberst is concernedly corrupt and sadistic. It is rumored that he keeps a small stock of prisoners at his home to be used in his personal torture room. Franz Eberhardt is the epitome of avarice. He has taken his position in the church only for his personal financial benefit and he runs the majority of The Prince’s extortion rings and other criminal enterprises.
The prince is only 31 but appears aged before his time. Since his estrangement from his family he has grown tall and thin, appearing almost weakened, but this is far from the truth.
He wears the traditional black curaiss of The Prince of Carroburg at all times along with the bright, blood red cloak and robes of a Lector. His mostly bald head coupled with his sharply pointed nose give him a very raven-like appearence. He carries the ornate, slender-hafted Mace of Helsturm which he received as a personal gift from the Grand Theogonist on his coronation. His shield is round, bronze, and ornate, engraved with his personal Heraldry and motto.
With his new position, Nothing is now beyond him.
