Geoffrey of Richmond

History

Geoffrey is the constable of Richmond, and has been for the last ten years. He got the post through Infernal manipulation, because he has been a member of the York coven for seventeen years. He was born into a minor noble family of north Yorkshire, and was always a strong candidate for the post of constable. He was also ambitious, cruel, and unscrupulous, which brought him to the attention of the York coven. His corruption was easy, and the death of the rest of his family, all sacrificed to Satan, sealed the pact for his soul. Since then he has served faithfully, building up the Richmond coven and preparing the way for demonic rulership in the north of England.

While he is motivated by the search for power, he is not so interested in esoteric power over demons. Thus, he is not actually a threat to the leadership of the York coven. He does want to be absolute ruler of the Dales, however, and he has a promise of that power, should he remain faithful. He is already autocratic, and accustoming his followers to obeying any orders, no matter how harsh they may seem. So far, he has been content with scourging disobedient soldiers, but soon he will begin executing them, probably by impaling.

He has an inner core of counsellors and guards who are as cruel as he, and used to obeying commands to abduct, torture, and murder people. He has toyed with the idea of corrupting them, but he does not want them to be part of the Richmond coven, since they do not add enough to its power. He will soon make a pact with another demon, one of Malkurrag's servants, to grant power to this group.

So far, apart from murdering his family, never finding the accused innocent, and being autocratic, Geoffrey has not committed many crimes. Those he has had abducted have always been suspected of serious crimes, even if they were actually innocent. So far, there is nothing other than the fact of his diabolism that could be used to get him in trouble, and proving his involvement in such things might be difficult, especially when he has such a good relationship with the church.

Description and Stats

Geoffrey is slightly below average height, with blond hair, a hooked nose, and cold eyes. There is something faintly unpleasant about him, but he is still very impressive: a leader to be feared is the impression he gives. He normally wears chainmail and carries a morning star. The morning star is enchanted to inflict immense pain: PeCo 25, -5 to all actions for every body level of damage caused.

Str +1 Stm +1

Int 0 Per -1

Prs +3 Com +3

Dex 0 Qik +1

He has Charisma 5, Occult Lore 5, Hierarchy 10, Morning Star Attack 5, Parry 4. His demonic gifts include the morning star and his horse, a demon. He has also been granted the charisma to sway crowds of people, but in a personal capacity he seems much less pleasant. He will not become decrepit with age, although he will appear to get older to avoid suspicion. Finally, he causes intense pain whenever he fucks anyone: he enjoys this more than causing pleasure.

The horse has an Infernal Might of 25, and is jet black. It can ride very fast, and through the air as well as over land. It is also capable of breathing fire, for +25 damage.

Plans, Weaknesses, and Evidence

Geoffrey's first aims are to increase the membership of his coven, as detailed in the Devils of Richmond. Beside that, he is busy accustoming people to his power. He hasn't tried exerting it over the other nobles of the area, and, indeed, he uses it little outside Richmond. Over the next couple of years, he plans to accustom the peasants to obeying him instantly and without question. He hopes to have the coven complete by 1225, so that there is time for its members to attain the necessary influence before Malkurrag is released.

His main weakness is that he is not over-bright, and he can get carried away with his own power. By putting him in a situation where he would have to exert his power or seem foolish, you could probably get him to overreach himself.

As a consequence of being a bit thick, he has actually kept letters and other evidence that link him quite clearly to diabolism, name the other members of the Richmond coven, and provide evidence of the existence of the York one. These letters are kept in his privy chambers, in an iron chest which is guarded by a poisoned needle and a heavy lock. The trouble is that these letters would not be accepted as proof by many of the ecclesiastical authorities in the area, because they are in league with the demon. They would convince the Quaesitores, however, and so would justify extreme actions taken by the covenant.