Harmodius

Harmodius is the Royal Magus to the King and Queen of Alba.

Powers
Harmodius is a powerful magic user.

History
Some ten years before, Harmodius had been the apprentice to Thorn, then the Royal Magus to King Hawthor. But Thorn had betrayed the Albans and joined with the forces of the Wild. King Hawthor had raised all the power of Alba, and defeated the Wild in the Battle of Chevin. Thorn was destroyed but no corpse had ever been found. The loses for the King had been great, some fifty thousand men, loses that Alba is yet to fully recover from.

The Red Knight
Harmodius has been living for ten years in relative isolation in his tower in Harndon Palace, surrounded by his cats. Queen Desiderata challenges the Magus to demonstrate his powers for her, and enamored by the Queen he agrees. Drawing an intricate working on the ground of his solar, and invoking the power of the Sun, he summons a Qwethnethogs before her, imprisoned in the circle.

Later, Harmodius contemplates his achievement, and how long it has been since he left his tower in Harndon Palace; he can barely remember. He realizes that he's been ensorcelled by a binding spell which had been placed on his cats. He divines that the source of the spell is in the north west, and flees his tower. At the stables he demands a horse, and rides north out of Harndon, leaving a note for the Queen.