Name: Siegmund Holderlin
Age: 54
Physical Description: Though being in the latter years of his life, Siegmund carries himself with all the dignity befit of his family. He is a stout man with broad shoulders and somewhat thick arms. Though his hair and beard has become white from the dark hair he had before, his presence still demands all the respect that comes with his stature. Though his face has started to become old of age, many people still consider Siegmund still handsome in a stoic sort of way.
Important items: Locket- Though not helping him in any, this item is a memento to remember the love of his life, the wife he had lost so long ago.
Dueling Gloves- Though again, not serving any other purpose than pure look, these seemingly indestructible gloves have never left his side, should a need arise to fight in combat.
Short Bio:The head of the Holderlin noble family, Siegmund from the time he was a child, he had despised his father and grandfather as they rested on the laurels that his great-grandfather had worked himself nearly to death to earn, but throughout the years, he simply watched his family waste away their enormous wealth while he planned for his time to become the head of the family, and when he did, the family took a very different path.
His fore-fathers before him had been opposed to the policies of the emperor and had nearly started rebellions by themselves in their foolishness, however he worked to do the exact opposite during his lifetime. As soon as the new emperor ascended the throne, he used all his political savy to aid the emperor as best as his wealth and titles allowed him to.
At one point, he even offered his own eldest daughter as wife to the emperor... and sure enough, the years he spent siding with the emperor had worked. He had accepted and now his own family was tied to Reich's own. However, unlike his parents before him, he did not stop there to rest on his laurels, all his life he worked to better improve the standing of his family both in the empire and in the eyes of the emperor.
To show that, he even aided the emperor with his own regular troops and with His Hunters, hunting down and assassinating those he could and defeating those he could either in combat or in duels. Even now after the rebellion, his spies work tirelessly to find out even the slightest trace of dissent and his Hunters work to put down anyone that might think of disturbing the Empire's peace.
Starting Faction: Die Kaiserjäger(The Emperor's Hunters)- The Hunters were founded two generations ago by Siegmund's father, though during his and his father's time they were only called Die Jägers and served only as glorified bodyguards of his family and though they did more than a perfect job with this, for what Siegmund wished, he had to overhaul them, to expand their horizons.
During his time, he has spent large amounts of his earned wealth to train his old guards by professional soldiers and had them train a new generation of guards picked from the orphan children of the realm, nobody would miss them and with him raising them, they were bound to have their loyalty. These new guards however, served more than bodyguards, whilst some were trained as close quarter warriors, some of them were trained as mages and a few more of them were trained as spies to serve for his own interests.
However, when his eldest daughter married the emperor, in his honor, he renamed them to their current names and offered their services to the emperor to serve him as faithfully as they had served him. However, though they serve the emperor, they have not forgotten where their true loyalties lie, with their own master, the one who saved them from death.
Currently, he is using of his estates as a training ground for his newest generation of loyal bodyguards, mages, warriors... and hunters.
Spell List:Iron Body(Change)- This spell developed by himself to aid him in both protecting him and in combat turns the outer layer of skin of the user to something akin to iron offering both more protection and allowing the user to pack more of a punch than he usually does.
Exceptional Skill List:Exceptional Unarmed Combat x3: Though he could have as well learned to fight with weapons, Siegmund has always preferred to fight with his own to bare hands and all the training and the duels he fought throughout the years has honed his skill in combat so much that even with his bare fists he could punch through steel armor and through the flesh of an opponent even without his Iron Body Skill.
Exceptional Endurance: Though not as honed as his combat techniques, after all the punishment his body has received, it too has begun to harden so that he may better handle hits from other opponents.
Exceptional Diplomacy: Siegmund has lived most of his life in court and as such, he has become quite exceptionally skilled in his way of using words.
