[b]Count Karl of the House of Blynne[/b]
Lord of the County of Black Rock
Historically a Bannerman to the Earl of Echo Valley
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[b]Physical Description:[/b] 
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[*]38 years old. 
[*]6 foot; fit, with a layer of "winter fat" from good living.
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[b]Personality:[/b]
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[*]Confident, forceful.
[*]Self serving; he rarely does anything that doesn't benefit him directly.
[*]Misogynist.
[*]Sexually active beyond his marriage.  (More in his first post; link coming.)
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[b]History:[/b]
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[*]Karl was raised in privilege and pleasure, wanting for nothing.
[*]He joined the County's Guard as a teen and was its Lord Commander by the time his father died and Karl himself became the 5th Count of Black Rock.
[*]Karl had always been an ambitious man.  Anticipating the War of the Three Rivers, he expanded the Guard from 60 men to 500.
[*]Historically, the County of Black Rock carried the Banner for the Earldom of Echo Valley.  
[*]But during the next 6 years, Karl's loyalties shifted as often as did the wind.
[*]He agreed to and betrayed alliances as was necessary to conquer new territory.
[*]Ultimately, though, the flip-flopping between [I]friends and enemies[/I] backfired and he lost most of his territorial gains.
[*]Now, at the start of our story, Karl fears that his new Lord, Phillip of the House of Greeling, Earl of Echo Valley, may punish him for not supporting his predecessor.  
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[b]Regarding his Niece:[/b]
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[*]With the death of his brother -- who had lost his wife in childbirth -- Karl became the caretaker of his niece.
[*]Karl has always viewed the young woman as a [I]trading piece[/I] in his ambitions to expand his power.
[*]As a young beauty, she was also an object of lust to Karl.
[*]He would love nothing more than to marry her off to another Noble while secretly being her lover as well.
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