Name: Baron William Turner Thurmin
Position:Independent Courtier
Race: Human
Spouse Races: Human
Religion: Church of the Uniter
Foes: Rival (General), Racial Schism (Beastmen), The Crag Barons
Plot Twists: Commoner’s Blood

House Fluff: House Thurmin is an ancient house and powerful Crag barony with a noble history known for standing proudly in defense of the Empire. In recent time the Thurmin house had fallen on hard times and in an effort to regain it’s former glory sought to engage in open rebellion against the Empire. A young Captain William Turner was set  with a token force expected to fail to pacify the family. By appealing to the peasantry of the area that had long suffered the harsh he was able to form a popular rebellion against the House and successfully oust them from power. For completing this task considered suicide by most he was granted the hand of the Thurmin heir Lady Ishel Marxis Thurmin and all the families lands by the Emperor himself. In his efforts to establish a propsperity in his new domains he has attracted many supporters such as Death Knights who sympathize with his efforts in wiping out the undead menaces from beyond the crags and many of the peasantry who view this commoner turned baron who is a symbol of greater things for the common people.

Personal Fluff: William Turner was born in a small hamlet on the imperial province. His mother died in childbirth and his father took up drink not long after. At the age of 14 he ran from home and joined up with the Imperial army under service of the beastman Lord Blackholm. William was quick to rise in the ranks with his tenacity and savage combat skills, this grew into a intense rivalry with the resident beastmen nobility who viewed him as a human commoner that had grown to big for his britches. After rising to the rank of Captain, William slew Lord Blackholm’s son in a sanctioned duel. In his fury Lord Blackholm commanded William on suicide mission to the against the Crag Barons. Through these actions William first found a distaste for those Beastmen butchers who care little for human life common or noble. Pulling off the impossible William was given the Barony by the Emperor further enraging Lord Blackholm. With his new position of power, the threats only grew as Lord Blackholm and the Crag Barons who newly resented this up jumped commoner who now controlled a noble house, threatened him at every turn. He was soon approached by the newly instated High Priest. He would join this new faction and gain social protection in exchange for his use as the churches attack dog in times of conflict. As William began to immerse himself in the politics of the Empire following the High Priests every move, a hate grew in his heart for the current Lord General of the Empire, Ilves Tassu who openly promoted his agenda of beastman advancement. Ilves being a commoner like William only seemed to push this hatred further, it seemed he had not earned his seat but gained it through nepotism. William swore he would see their whole race brought low.

Oaths:
+1 Religion
+1 Economic

Death Knight [x2]"Order of the Sapphire Blade"
Death Knight [x2]"Order of the Black Thorn"
Archers [x4]"Blackholm's Boys"
Miners [x3]"The Terra Raiders"
The Proletariat "The People"
Engineers [x2]"The Kalitor Family"
Demagogues [x2]"Hormister Debate Club"
War Golem [x3] "Crom Cruache"
An effigy of the "Red Claw", a Crag god of death, Cichol was given this by the previous Emperor himself, as Cichol had spent many a day in his youth planning potential invasion strategies of the Crag Baron holds. Cichol swore to the Emperor when it was given to him, that he would one day do what the First Emperor did not, and cleanse the north of the Barony. Has been loaned to Baron William Turner Thurmin.

Vassals and Other Holdings:
House Thurmin rules a small fertile valley domain