Konrad Aldrech of Carroburg was an Imperial noble who was the Duke of Drakwald and its last Elector Count.[2a]
Aldrech's noble house was a cadet line of the Hohenbach dynasty, which had ruled the Empire since the late first millennium IC after Sigmar had abdicated the throne.[1a] Yet there was no love lost between him and Emperor Boris, who refused to send soldiers to the Drakwald to rebuild the province from the savage Beastmen attacks that had reduced it to ruin.[1a]
The previous Elector Count of Drakwald, Vilner, had perished without heirs and the emperor had not yet named a successor. Drakwald was left to rot, with the emperor declaring the Beastmen threat that had brought it low over, despite numerous warherds still ravaging individual settlements. All the revenues of Drakwald instead went right into the Imperial treasury, along with its Runefang Beastslayer.[1a]
Because of this, Aldrech joined a conspiracy among the nobles of the Imperial court, headed by the Prince of Altdorf, Sigdan Holswig, to force Boris to abdicate.[1b] With the support of the Halflings' Elder of the Moot and the clandestine approval of the Cult of Sigmar, the group was forced to act once their activities were reported by Skaven spies to Adolf Kreyssig, the head of Boris' secret police.[1c]
Konrad Aldrech was with the rebels when they cornered Emperor Boris and forced him to sign a formal diktat of abdication.[1d] Along with the rest, Aldrech was overwhelmed when Kreyssig came to rescue the beleaguered emperor from the conspirators along with his Kaiserjaegar after Baron von Klauswitz of Stirland had betrayed the group to them.[1d]
In a final act of cruelty, Boris raised Konrad to the status of Elector Count of Drakwald, before having him executed with Beastslayer, the Runefang associated with that province.[1e]