Name: Baron Janik Costellanice
Race: Human
Location: Voran, Akron
Baron Costellanice is the Lord Mayor of the town of Voran and the town's de facto ruler. The good baron is very much a trusted man of the leader of Raedis, Lord Romano, although the Costellanice family jeopardized their good terms with Raedis years ago in a short-lived dispute of back-stabbing, extortions, bribery and corruption between the Raedis' leading merchant-family, the Alleuris, and the Costellanice family. Things have settled down since those days and currently the Alleuri family hold a stable number one position as the most important merchant family in Raedis. However, in Voran and it's immediate vicinity, the Costellanices are the ones in power. In Voran, literally nothing happens without the knowledge of the Costellanice family.
The town of Voran is relatively peaceful. It's location is rather idyllic: the town sparsely sprouts over the two banks of the river and the town boasts also a bustling harbour which houses numerous riverboats and sturdier fishing ships. The dreaded plague is seeping to the town only in the tall tales of adventurers and in fact Voran is geographically nicely shielded by habited areas so there is little chance of a sudden outburst of the horrible disease. All this adds to a stable and well-doing economy of the area and nearby Raedis' military presence also makes the town safe.
So. Baron Costellanice has had it easy. No major upheavels in the recent past and none looms in the immediate future. The people do well and the lake provides ample food for the town even in those years when the crops fail for whatever reason. Thus Baron Costellanice has no opposition to speak of. In fact he and the Costellanice family he is leading are well-liked and respected in the community at large. The family is wealthy and powerful although they are largely seen as somewhat decadent and vane. Officially Baron Costellanice and all his family members are backing up Lord Romano of Raedis, but the unspoken truth is that any political change is bound to break the socio-economic coherency of Voran and that is not in the interest of Baron Costellanice. Thus the "support" he offers to Lord Romano is rather superficial and more of a courteous gesture than anything tangible.
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