Caladog

High King of Battania - Egalitarian - Populist - A "Parvenu" Upstart

Adopted Son of Aeril - Shepard of the People

"The current High King of Battania is Caladog, a brilliant war captain adopted by the prior king, Uthelhain, who then died in mysterious circumstances. Despite the doubts around his succession, Caladog has made himself popular among the lesser clans of the land who admire him, a man of no great lineage, for having discomfited the Battanians’ traditional clan hierarchy. His clan is the fen Gruffendoc, a formerly obscure family now swollen with his comrades-in-arms with whom he has made marriage alliances."

Story of Character

He's the adopted son of the old high king, Aeril. Caladog married Aeril's daughter and she gave him three children Mengus, Corein and Merag. Both his wife and former High King Aeril are missing in game.

Caladog's wife is not shown in game, she may have been exiled - killed / died in child labor / war - nothing about her is known except for that Ariel awarded her to Caladog for his service. 

		SKILLS				TRAITS
	307 251 229 0 167 82		303 201 204 80 169 0		302 208 0 0 62 0

Cut Content or Dialogue

From TaleWorlds' Dev Blog (which I cannot link to anything off site) ↓

The Battanian king Caladog is partially inspired by Gruffydd ap Llywellyn, who dominated much of Wales in the 11th century. He was a very colourful figure, ruthless yet possessed of a wicked sense of humour. He is famous for quipping, when accused of having killed off all his competitors for the kingship, "I merely blunt the horns of Wales' sons lest they injure their mother." The charismatic silver-tongued rogue, who'd steal your cattle and then extemporise a poem about it: this was a bit of stereotype of Celts among the English at the time. It's actually a common view that inhabitants of peaceful but despotic kingdoms held of tribal peoples who had a strong oral tradition and enjoyed freedom but little security. Boastful, cunning, resourceful, but perhaps a tad too cussed and individualistic for their own good -- the Battanians aren't an efficient conquering machine like some of their neighbours, but no one makes war with more flair.

Translating Welsh to English: Caladog = Bad Luck

Sent men to kill the Ragged after his cousin, Deimul was murdered by him.

Inspiration

The lords.XML file says he's ruthless and has an ironic voice.

In the voice_strings.XML file it states that ironic means extrovert, not agreeable - Likes to talk, but can enjoy being provocative, abrasive, or offensive. Voice suggests that the character is always on the edge of cracking a quip. Such as with Marc Anthony in "Rome" and Wellington in "Napoleon".