Lukas Vanir
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Lukas Vanir (2nd of Snow's Maiden, 1533 - 7th of the Grand Harvest, 1612), known as Lukas the Learned, was a Haeseni soldier, statesman, and philosopher who served as the second Lord Maer of the Haeseni capital of St. Karlsburg, and as the fourth Lord Palatine of Hanseti-Ruska following the resignation of Duke Henry Kovachev.
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Biography
Early Life and Young Adulthood
Lukas was born in the frozen forests of Salvus to Britannus Vanir, the only remaining scion of House Vanir in the aftermath of the Dukes' War, and Emilia Vladov. The family had lost their lands and their home of Kraken's Watch after the war, and so Lukas was brought up in the outskirts of the Kingdom of Salvus, surviving by hunting the little game that lived in the woods. In his personal journals and in records from his later political campaigns, Lukas recalls that these years taught him resilience and determination. He would carry these traits and the lessons of his youth with him when his father retook the Vanir's ancestral lands during the Riga War, with the assistance of Petyr Barbanov and the others in the Carnation League. Despite being too young to actually fight, it was here that Lukas got his first glimpse at the politics of the real world, understanding the nature of power and what drives humans to do what they do, writing in his journal:
Here it is, that my family who lost everything to men we knew and trusted, shall now regain what we lost through the actions of men we hardly know.
It was here that the young Lukas began to form his identity as a supporter of Barbanov and the polity that would soon become Haense. After the passing of his father and the accession of his elder brother Fiske as Baron, he would lobby for further support of and closer ties with Barbanov, a cause that Fiske accepted open-heartedly, given his own friendship to the Barbovic Duke. When the descendants were forced to flee Vailor and migrate to the Isles of Axios, Lukas and Fiske traveled with the Carnatians, swearing fealty to and setting up camp with Duke Petyr. When Emperor John III granted Petyr the Kingdoms of Hanseti and Ruska and bestowed him with land in the north of Axios, Lukas would follow his family and move north to establish the new Margraviate of Vasiland.
In the new Margraviate, Lukas played a key role as advisor to his brother in both political and military affairs. Lukas was given command over the levy forces of House Vanir, tasked with recruitment, training, and equipping all soldiers sworn to Vanir. In this task, he performed well, employing a qualified officer corps and recruiting local merchants and craftsmen to keep the levy equipped. As commander of the levy, Lukas fought in the War of Orcish Submission and in the Coalition War, making a name for himself among Haeseni circles.
Political Career
Lord Maer of St. Karlsburg
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Lord Palatine of Hanseti-Ruska
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"Greater Man" Philosophy
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Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Marriage | Notes |
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| Astrid Vanir | 1563 | 1608 | Drasko Kovachev | First-born daughter of Lukas and Isabelle. |
| Adeline Vanir | 1572 | 1582 | Unwed | Second-born daughter of Lukas and Isabelle. |
| Harald Vanir | 1575 | 1599 | Odette Ruthern | First-born son of Lukas and Isabelle.
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