Ruhard Fritz

"'That depends... Why don't we make a deal?' - Ruhard Fritz"

Intro
Ruhard Fritz is a curious figure indeed. The former Prince of the Apothian Empire, Ruhard now travels in exile with dreams of seizing the throne from his father Malumus. Ruhard is extremely old, his true age is unknown, although whatever dark magic sustains his body keeps him youthful and handsome. While he may act polite, Ruhard always has an ulterior motive and sees those around as little more than pawns to further his own dark plans.

Appearance
A tall, well-dressed man with flowing black hair. Ruhard often wears either a black wide-brimmed hat with a long feather protruding off the side or his trademark golden laurel wreath. On closer inspection, Ruhard's face reveals the faintest hint of a beard, with a particularly distinguished mustache, as well as his pale-grey skin and pupilless eyes revealing darker truths about this seemingly harmless figure.

Personality
On first meeting, one could mistake Ruhard for polite, but this tactic is little more than the ruse used to manipulate those who the Apothian Prince sees as beneath him. Ruhard is cocky, smug, sarcastic and always wants those around him behave obsequiously to his every command.

Relationships

 * Flavius Malumus
 * A selfish old man show should have died 1700 years ago. Ruhard dispises his father and feels that his ascension to lichdom cheated Ruahard of his rightful inheritance of the throne of the Apothain Empire.
 * Nyarlathotep
 * Ruhard and the Crawling Chaos' exact connection is unknown,
 * Remus
 * Ruhard believes that Remus' "betrail" at the Star Pillar was a shame and feels that her death stole Brutus away from returning to him. He spites her memory and tries to distance any connection they ever had.
 * Brutus the Boar
 * Mahugar/The Beast of the Black Throne

Abilities & Equipment
Viper's Kiss is the name of Ruhard's Gladius. The blade was forged in ancient Apothia and is crafted from some unknown black metal. Ruhard is known to have the power to summon and dismiss his trusty blade seemingly at will.

Ruhard is known to have all manner of spells to charm to bewitch others to his will. When he can, Ruhard prefers to dominate others subtlely through magic and only fights when desperate or wrathful.

When dealing with his enemies, Ruhard often apprehends his foes through a modified version of the hold person spell. After paralyzing others with this curse, Ruhard can levitate their motionless body into the air to interrogate and torture them to his dark pleasure.