Pharon

Pharon is patriarch of the Leonipardes, an imperial house that owns vast estates on the hot plains of the south. The family has traditionally taken the welfare of its tenants seriously, but expects total loyalty from them. He has little to do with the Senate and the politics of the capital. Dynastic inheritance seems to him the natural order of things, so he has leaned towards Rhagaea in the civil wars.

"Fortune smiled on me. I was born to one of the richest houses in Calradia. My father spent much money to educate me, so that I can retain that wealth. And the first and most important thing I learned is that the common people are the source of my wealth, so I must protect the common people."

"Beyond that, I was taught what any aristocrat worthy of his noble name should know and how he should behave. Keep his word. Fight for his country. Have have the grace to listen to the needs of the poor men who work his estate. Have the sense not to take their advice on how to manage it."

"My class was taught how to rule, and rule we should. But one of our number should always be above the others. Put us together in a Senate, as Lucon wants, and we will always quarrel and fight. Let an emperor or empress rule in the capital, and let their children succeed them, without any fuss. We shall give them a peaceful and prosperous countryside."

 <!-- Self-consciously old-fashioned nobleman, but sided with the least conservative of any faction on his son's advice. Based on Don Fabrizio in The Leopard STEVEDIDFACE -->
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age="62"
voice="softspoken"
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culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Lord"

id="Authoritarian"
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Martira

<!-- Martira, sister of Destor, somewhat withdrawn --> (Destor was Pharon's old name.)

[<!-- make Leonipardes' wife in fact his sister, married by Gario who then cheated on her, went back to her brother -->] [lord.XML]

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voice="softspoken"
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Zeno

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age="18"
voice="ironic"
default_group="Cavalry"
is_hero="true"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Lord"

id="Authoritarian"
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Temion

<!-- Leonipardes heir. Cunning, aggressive, somewhat devious -->
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age="25"
voice="earnest"
is_hero="true"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Lord"
default_group="Cavalry"

Helea

<!-- leonipardes's daughter -->
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id="lord_1_38"
name="{=6YiMWxVM}Helea"
age="17"
voice="softspoken"
default_group="Cavalry"
is_hero="true"
is_female="true"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Lord"

 Joron

<!-- Leonipardes lieutenant. brave, good-natured, not especially thoughtful. -->
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default_group="Cavalry"
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occupation="Lord"

Alympia

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default_group="Cavalry"
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age="31"
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is_hero="true"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Lord"

Anea

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default_group="Cavalry"
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is_hero="true"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Lord"

Nonesos

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occupation="Lord"