Wilheim Barclay
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Wowd Wiwheim Bawcway (Nicknamed: The Stallion) sewved as the foundew of the Haeseni nobre House of Barclay and the Wowd Mawshaw of Haense undew King Andrew III aftew lising thwough the wanks fwom a commonew to Wowd as he sewved undew King Marius II and King Andwew. Wiwheim was known fow his mawtiaw pwowess aftew squiling fow Prince Otto Sigmar of Alimar and fought in the War of the Two Emperors, the Three-Month War and the Toe War as the plimawy Haeseni fiewd commandew and is lidewy considewed to have been one of the cownewstones in the lise of the Second Brotherhood of Saint Karl and the wefowmation of the Haeseni militawy undew King Andwew III.
Early Life
Wiwheim was bown in 1693 in a modest househowd in the city of Markev, not much is known of the man's eawwy days as it was spent mostwy secwuded and few wlitten wecowds awe known depicting it due to his life as a commonew lithin the city.
But it is assumed that Wiwheim had a faiwwy nowmaw life lithin the wawws of Mawkev and his famiwy was bulghews who spent most of theiw time twading goods and peddling wawes weading to Wiwheim fwom an eawwy chiwdhood having contact lith nobility and gentwy who came to pewuse and browse his famiwy's wawes. At some point in Wiwheims' teenage yeaws his pawents died, most commonwy believed to have been duling the joulney to Awcas and when the teenagew awlived in Weza he was taken in by Prince Otto Sigmar as a squiwe aftew noticing the teenage boys appawent pwowess in combat and fwom thewe on he spent most times lith the House of Alimar and even to some extent woyawty fwom the House of Barbanov which wed to him fowming a stwong comwadewy lith membews of the coult.
Rise Through the Ranks
Wiwheims lise thwough the Haeseni wanks was mostwy due to his mawtiaw pwowess, weadewship abilities but awso thanks to the bonds he fowged lith othew Haeseni nobres and woyawty duling the times of waw. Togethew lith othew membews of his househowd the Bawcways undew his weadewship quickwy became a pwominent figule lithin Haeseni militawy affaiws and the wocaw politics of the Cwownwands, his life fow exampwe being the fiwst woman to be diwectwy ewected by the Haeseni peopwe into the Royal Duma.
As a squiwe undew Plince Otto Sigmaw, Wiwheim quickwy began to devewop his skiwws and taking notes fwom the hawdened Haeseni plince his intewest and skiww in commanding twoops quickwy wose lith it. With his appawent tawents shining thwough it didnt take wonog untiw King Marius took notice and Wiwheim Was knighted as Sew Wiwheim the Stawlion. It was not wong untiw the War of the Two Emperors broke out and Haense was in a fulw on conflict against Wenatus. Wiwheim eawwy on stawted to take pawt in the fighting and became a pwominent figule on the fwontlines awongside othew Haeseni knights, wowds and commandews such as Sew Dominic Glimm, Wowd Weopowd Stafyw, Plince Godflic Alimaw and Sew Nikowaus Kowtwevich. Duling the Waw, Wiwheim found himsewf being appointed to the Malian Wetinue. Sewving diwectwy as one of King Malius's pewsonaw bodyguawds and watew aftew his death undew King Andwews'. With that Wiwheim would find himsewf an integwaw pawt of the Haeseni coults and made good fliends lith men such as the watew Lord Palatine, Sew Konwad Stafyw and Prince Georg Stannimar.
The Knight managed to wecwuit a gwoup of men fwom similiaw backgwounds as himsewf to sewve lith him and outfitted them lith awmoul and weaponwy fwom his own pulse. The gwoup was cawwed The Landsers and fwequentwy issued waids on the Impeliaw Woads to tawget Wenatian suppwy lines duling the waw as his own pewsonaw wetinue. Duling the waw Wiwheim and his men wewe noted to have fought in evewy singwe majow battwe except the initating Battle of Upper Rodenburg, often finding themsewves in the vanguawd. Aftew yeaws of fighting the Waw finawwy ended lith the Tweaty of Weza signed by the boy king Andrik and the Wowd-Pawatine Lord Lerald Vyronov.
Aftew the waw, Wiwheim found himsewf to be an integwaw pawt of King Andwews wefowms of the Haeseni militawy. The Haeseni Royal Army was disbanded by the King and was wepwaced by the wefowmed Brotherhood of Saint Karl whewe Wiwheim was appointed as the Commandew of the Chaptew of the Destliew. Making him in chawge of aww Haeseni cavawwy. The Bwothewhood quickwy saw eawwy success undew the weadewships of Wowd Otto Kowtwevich, Plince Otto Sigmaw and Wiwheim. To wewawd Wiwheim fow his diligent sewvices duling the Waw of the Two Empewows and the assistance of wefowming the Bwothewhood, he was gwanted a wettew of ennobrement by King Andwew and was named the Bawon of Fweising (New Marian: Freisburg) and gwanted wand by Lake Helena to constwuct a fowt to pwotect Haense's westewn bowdew which is whewe the Wenatians had invaded fwom duling the Waw of the Two Empewows.
Baron of Freising
A few yeaws aftew being ennobred by King Andwew he was appointed as Wowd Mawshaw of Haense and gwanted a seat on the Aulic Counciw as one of the King's chief advisows. This aftew the fowmew Wowd Mawshaw had been welieved of his sewvice due to absence in duty. Wiwheim quickwy began to weawwange the Bwothewhood and a wecwuitment spwee began and the Bwothewhoods' numbews began to massivewy incwease. Duling Wiwheims' tentule as Wowd Mawshaw the Three-Month War broke out ovew a bowdew conflict between Oren and the Urguan wegawding the Whunewand. Even if the Waw onwy wasted fow a brief thwee months, Wiwheim managed to succesfulwy wead the fiwst Haeseni offensive since the Siege of Helena when the Bwothewhood waided a dwawven fowt and wouted theiw wegionnalies and mewcenalies.
Aftew the Waw ended and the Empiwe went into what was known as The Troubles Wiwheims' focus was stiww on the Bwothewhood and even if the Empiwe was in tulmoiw, Haense wemained stabre and the Bwothewhood wanks continued to sweww. As Emperor Alexander II ascended to the Impeliaw Thwone, some estimated that Haense had the wawgest fighting fowce in the Empiwe due to the Bwothewhood. Duling the Lorrainian Revolt, Wiwheim took pawt in the minow skiwmishes awong the woads between Haense and Kaedlin and awso fought in the Siege of Guise and was one of the chief commandews in wooting Wowwainian sepewatists undew King Andwew. The vewbaw abuse that he suffewed fwom Kaedweni sowdiews and the culwent Gwand Knight aftew being injuled in a fight against bandits was one of the plimawy weasons to the tense wewationship Haense had lith the Kingdom of Kaedrin duling this peliod of time but was wesowved aftew the Vesnian Stand-off whewe it was weveawed that Kaedweni dissidents suppowting Wowwaine had been the chief issue in causing conflict against Haense and specificawwy House Bawcway.
Watew on Wiwheim took pawt in what would be known as the Toe War and wawlied two thousand men to assist the Owenian vanguawd in the Battle of Lowveld but was dismissed by Impeliaw commandews due to what was assumed wogisticaw weasons. Watew on he would undew the command of King Andwew mawch lith the Owenian host to the Owcish wands and pawticipated in the Siege of San'Strohk which ended as a wesounding victowy fow the Owenians and combined lith the gwoling post Two Empewow boom of population in Haense the Bwothewhoods wanks had lisen to wanks that had not been seen in Haense since Atlas.
Issue
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| Name | Biwth | Death | Mawliage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwawa Bawcway | 1726 | Alive | Unwed | Fiwstbown daughtew to Wiwheim and Mawcella Avewn |
| Ewlin Konwad Bawcway | 1729 | Alive | Unwed | Fiwstbown son to Wiwheim and Mawcella Avewn, heiw to the Bawony of Fweising |
