Chlodomer Bavarac

Chlodomer Bavarac
Gender	Male
Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Ul'dah
Age	Late 30s
Occupation	Shareholder of the Obsidian Coterie

Chlodomer Bavarac (pronounced /Clo-doh-mer/ /Bah-vah-rack/), informally known as the "Blackguard" to some, is a Shareholder of the Obsidian Coterie that is led by Emmette Stringers. He was previously a mercenary dedicated in conducting warfare, protection or manhunts mercilessly and with efficiency in order to bring a swift end to conflicts. An austere and bold swordsman, Chlodomer traveled around Eorzea to offer his martial prowess to the highest bidder. Before his mercenary trade, Chlodomer was originaly a Sultansworn but had to abandon his ties with the order after numerous charges of misconduct and affiliations with criminal organizations.

Biography

Early Life

Chlodomer Bavarac was born in Horizon, a hamlet in Western Thanalan. His father, Merovech Bavarac, served as a decorated member of the Brass Blades of the Rose for his efforts against amalj'aa incursions, and was stationed in Horizon's Edge at the time of Chlodomer's birth. He spent part of his childhood in Black Brush and Drybone, before his father's position in the Brass Blades eventually took him to the city of Ul'dah. His father was born in Ala Mhigo and left for the city-state of Ul'dah in pursuit for another lifestyle.

Chlodomer grew up in Ul'dah in a militaristic household, being disciplined regularly by his father. In his youth, Chlodomer aspired to become a Brass Blade, as his father had been. Due to the demanding position of his only parent, there was little time in which a bond was able to be established.

Chlodomer became a ward of his father's friend, a Sultansworn, Sigismund Rubin. Sigismund was a highly respected paladin in his ranks yet had close relations with the city-state's Syndicate. Whenever Chlodomer was in trouble, Sigismund helped him, even teaching him how to be more virtuous. Eventually, Sigismund took Chlodomer in as his own squire.

When of age, Chlodomer passed his trials and eventually succeeded in becoming a Sultansworn.

Sultansworn

When a Sultansworn, Chlodomer kept a clean public record, but along with Sigismund, his mentor, he was involved in performing side assignments for the Syndicate. A few years later, Chlodomer grew distant of Sigismund, falling for the temptations of less orthodox offers provided by Monetarists. Chlodomer provided information that would be regarded as exclusive to royalists or paladins to Monetarists and even the criminal underworld. Chlodomer committed other acts deemed criminal and treasonous to the sultanate, however the evidence of his actions were insufficient to act upon.

When better evidence of his crimes were found, action was immediately declared against Chlodomer, but through a diplomatic meeting with Chlodomer, members of the Syndicate and the Sultansworn, a "consensus" was made by merely stripping Chlodomer of his position as Sultansworn. Chlodomer retained most of his knowledge of a paladin, but much of his virtuosity was long replaced with cynicism.

Mercenary career and the Diadem Company

The concept of becoming a free paladin did not hold true to Chlodomer, forsaking the teachings behind to being a paladin and only preserving the practical knowledge of combat that those within the Sultansworn had. Chlodomer became a freelance mercenary, performing various contracts from numerous locations in Eorzea, even at times venturing beyond the continent to exotic isles to seek out more expensive work. The type of work Chlodomer handled hardly had any moral boundaries, as long as they made use of his martial prowess, else he would turn them down.

He had been hired under the service of a rich merchant of Ul'dah, Emmette Stringers, leader of the "Obsidian Coterie". His contract with the Obsidian Coterie came towards abrupt changes and so he was hired as an enforcer in her shipping branch known as the "Diadem Company". Only a moon after his hiring, Chlodomer, who was responsible for the security of Diadem, was influenced by a voidsent through unclear circumstances, and brought the Diadem Company into a crisis. Chlodomer proceeded to assault his employees during an assignment and even kidnapped one of them. Eventually, Chlodomer managed to eventually break free from the voidsent's influence and suns later defeated it in combat.

Due to these events, Chlodomer was ill regarded and met with heavy distrust by his traumatized colleagues, who had been already scrutinizing him from the very beginning. He continued to work with Emmette Stringers, performing assignments that her more orthodox employees would be less than likely to take, eventually one of these assignments involved the heavy punishment of an employee that had assaulted another. The severity of this punishment became public knowledge to the company, resulting in Emmette finding the obligation to temporarily step down as Director and for Chlodomer to work as an independent mercenary for a few moons. Martel Zero, a shareholder of the company took Emmette's place as Director for that period.

Shareholder of the Obsidian Coterie

A few moons after his brief departure, Chlodomer was contacted by Emmette with an interesting proposal. The two reunited and she spoke of the company's condition, her textile empire was a ruin, her parents had perished under suspicious circumstances and employees in her company were leaving at an increasing rate. The man who briefly replaced Emmette, Martel Zero, had also given his resignation over his a disagreement of an administrative decision that would make Chlodomer one of the Obsidian Coterie's Shareholders. Emmette's company was now here own once more but also under the heavy influence of a mysterious figure identifying himself as Lord Tybalt Beone.

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• I'd advise remaining free of quarrel with this man. He's not the sort to lose easily. - Colette Bellanger

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