Prinz Valdemar

Description
Prinz Valdemar is the youngest son of the current Kaiserin. With two older brothers he has no chance of attaining the throne. As a young child he was shunned, despite his talents.

As a young adult he fell in love with a beautiful girl from one of the noble families of Garrios where he was stationed, but her family arranged a marriage with his older brother. The brother, who was an arrogant and oft-times violent man, abused his wife until she threw herself from the roof of their palace. When Valdemar learned of this it drove him into a deep despair, whereupon he lost part of his mind to darkness. His brother was never punished so he has held a resentment ever since, not only against his brother specifically, but against the empire as a whole.