Karameikos - Vaults of Pandius

Unveiling the Radu Clanthat his cousin, Theodosius, allows in his life.Suspicious of Cartha's loyalties, Emil recentlyconvinced Anton to maneuver Pieter out ofSpecularum to the Veiled Society's newoperations in Kelvin.Theodosius, son of ZweisHistory: Zweis Radu despaired of ever siringa male heir, and took his frustrations out onhis wife and four daughters. Needless to sayhe was overjoyed when, 15 years ago, shegave birth to little Theodosius. The boy grewup sullen and quiet, despite his father’s bestefforts to draw him out. Zweis dotes on himnonetheless, and was proud whenTheodosius recently informed him of hisintent to join the Veiled Society when he issheared in a few short months.Personality: Theodosius is quiet andreserved, unlike his father, but neverthelessbears a similar air of danger. Though Zweisnever once raised a hand to the boy, theabuses suffered by his mother and sisters lefthim with a cold sense of detachment towardsthe suffering of others. He has recently founda clinical amusement in killing and dissectingsmall rodents and livestock.Appearance: Lean of build and red haired,Theodosius looks nothing like Zweis.Fortunately for him, he resembles hismother’s side of the family instead of that ofhis true father- Vasile Torenescu. He rarelysmiles, his expression dark behind his grayeyes.Relations: None but his mother know thatTheodosius is the product of an affairbetween her and a member of the hatedTorenescu clan, although Cartha and Pieterquietly seek confirmation of their suspicions.Emil Radu is the closest thing Theodosius hasto a real friend, and will make him a deadlylieutenant one day. Pieter and Theodosius,despite being “brothers,” are not close.Pieter, son of ZweisHistory: As a youth, Zweis Radu fell deeplyin love with a peasant girl, Marika Petrescu.Theirs was a doomed affair, though, forAnton Radu had already betrothed his son toa more influential Traladaran family whilebuilding his power base. When Marikaturned up, pregnant, Anton had no choicebut to quietly relocate the young woman toa convent far outside of Specularum. Thefact that her child was actually Cartha’s (withwhom she had been having an affair), andnot Zweis’, made it all the more imperative.The object of that birth, bright-eyed Pieter,was thus raised within the Church ofTraladara. Following his Shearing ceremony,he immediately took his vows to becomeordained a cleric in its hierarchy.A few years ago, Pieter- now a ranking priestin the church hierarchy- showed up at theRadu family estate, revealing his parentageas the son of Zweis and Marika. Afterconfirmation of his “true” lineage by bothAnton and Cartha, Zweis welcomed himwith open arms and he was instated as alieutenant in the Society.Most recently, he was sent away to the city ofKelvin, under the auspices of his priestlyrole, but secretly to oversee the installationof a fledgling branch of the Veiled Societythere.Personality: Pieter takes his priestly dutiesvery seriously. He detests the Thyatianoccupation and the efforts of the Church ofThyatis to convert his Traladaran people.Incredibly, he sees no hypocrisy in also90THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #1