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Cyricus Carrard

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"Though Lord Carrard had just entered his sixty-seventh year, he was yet a vital and powerful warrior, and his eyes, one of blue, the other of gold, had lost none of their sharpness. His beard was darkly silver and his scarred face was that of a venerable campaigner, the very epitome of a Bretonnian lordly knight."

—Description of Cyricus Carrard, Baron of Quenelles.[2]

Baron Cyricus Carrard was a noble Bretonnian Lord and Baron of Quenelles.

History[]

In the year 2276 of the Imperial Calendar, the chivalrous Baron Carrard of Quenelles mustered a great host of bold knights to ride south and east, to crusade with him beyond the Badlands, and deep into the heart of the Land of the Dead.[1]

The inspiration for this holy quest came by way of portents uttered by a mysterious courtier in the hall of an exiled knight, who told of the resurrection of an ancient and powerful Tomb Queen, Spethah the Amaranthine. The baron was unwilling to let a potential threat go unanswered and hoped to strike down the foul Tomb Queen before she could even leave her sarcophagus.[1][2]

Alas, despite all their gallantry, heroism and the aid of the fabled Grail Knight, Leodegar, it was the baron and his allies who met their end in the sun-blasted desert after Carrard was struck down by Septhah herself. Leaderless and outnumbered by the awakening Undead, the surviving knights of Quenelles were driven into the Badlands where, on the highlands overlooking the Black Gulf, the Bretonnians met the Undead in a desperate battle. Through daring heroics, and by the will of the Lady, Septhah was slain and the surviving knights returned to the Border Princes.[1][2]

But by slaying such a valued commander of Nehekhara's legions, the knights of Bretonnia raised the ire of Settra the Imperishable and he wasted little time in plotting retribution.[1]

Family[]

Baron Cyricus Carrard is the ancestor of the Bretonnian hero, Leofric Carrard.[3]

Canon Conflicts[]

In Lords of the Lance, the novel indicates Baron Oswain Lothar as Karolina Lothar's father while the interactive map on theoldworld.com says she was the daughter of Baron Carrard.[2a][4a]

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