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Stygia Von Stroud. Lord of the northern province of Mawari. Often refered to as the dragon of the north. Far and wide it is known that stygia is the greatest swordsmen in the empire formally the royal guard captain of luna before she and her sister went missing on the day of darkness. When daemons poured out of the north he took his blade and traveled from canterlot to mawari joining the citizens there in pushing back the monsters. Stygia is is not a commander who tells his soldiers when to charge but rather to keep up as he spearheads the counter attacks. Stygia is a reckless sort in combat often looking for what appears to be the most dangerous combatant on the opposite side and going straight for it. This has also earned him the nickname slayer king by many especially his diamond dog allies who’s own slayer king is a good friend and rival of his. Though Stygia does care for his people deeply he is not a man devoid of sin. His protection and guardian nature does not extend to the slave class who he makes painstakingly work his fields and jobs that are to dangerous for normal citizens. It appears his harsher treatment comes from fact sense slavery is a newer concept to the land he has a belief you brought it upon yourself by falling so far into debt or losing in battles. He has also let his title go to his head a little bit and being an eternal warrior has lead him to develop a bit of a fight hard play hard mentality that is not befitting his station. His citizens work hard to keep the economy of mawari flowing, and the warrior caste do little more then train in both warfare and philosophy for the winter war that dawns every year. All in all Stygia is beloved by his people though his brash nature puts him at ends with many of the other elector lords.
