King Heinrich

King Heinrich of Egalstria, also known as Heinrich von Reavsburg, is the 50 year old ruler of the Kingdom of Egalstria. The last of his royal line (as he has no heirs), Heinrich is the last remaining stability the crumbling kingdom has left.

Bio
King Heinrich was born in December of 816, to King Karl IV of Egalstria and his wife, Queen Agnes. Heinrich was educated in all the kingly arts, like stewardship and diplomacy, but when he inherited the throne at age 32, he inherited a broken monarchy. Egalstria's deeply feudal society had created a weak monarchy, but a very powerful landed gentry, with most of the powers in the hands of the Noble Council, which would either veto or approve anything he wanted to enact.

He married a young noblewoman from the house Von Lichtenstein, and they loved eachother very much. However, fate had other plans, it seemed. The young queen was discovered to be barren and infertile, and when she was only 30, died. As such, Heinrich took a vow of celibacy, swearing to never marry again. His death would be the end of the royal house, the family Von Egalstrien.

Though his reign has been mostly positive, there were two major disasters during it so far. The first was supporting a rebellion in Parcenis against the newly-crowned King Pausinax V, which soured relations between the two kingdoms greatly. The second was no fault of his own, the coming of the Plague Dragon, which destroyed much of the southlands, which were renamed to the Plaguelands. That said, the dragon was eventually defeated by heroes led by the knight Sir Klaus Revelle, one of which being Hana ul Astellia, known to surface-dwellers as Saint Flosculus.

He has ruled for many years, holding the fragile kingdom together. Despite a crumbling infrastructure, the rising threats of bandits and highwaymen such as the infamous Luna Brigade, and the possibility of war with the mighty Kingdom of Parcenis, Heinrich's cool head has always prevailed. He is, however, getting old, and he will not live forever...