With The Undead army destroyed and its leader defeated, Bretonnia rejoiced in its victory. The Duke looked down upon his brother, blood filled his eyes and he let out a horrific moan.The Red Duke was dead. The Scourge of Aquitaine was one of the mightiest Blood Knights since Abhorash himself, but even he could not stand against The Lady's wrath, blinded by the holy light surrounding Louis his heart was pierced by blessed lance, skewering his body and lifting him from his saddle. In a great battle at Ceren Field, the Red Duke fought against King Louis the Righteous, charging the Grail Knight wielding a lance soaked in the blood of Bretonnian knights. The Duke believe that his brother the king had been behind the assassination attempt in Araby and turned his forces to destroying him and the king immediately raised an army to stop him. Transformed completely in both mind and body, the monster immediately set about attacking and killing those he had protected, drawing to him Knights from all across his realm who sought to emulate his warcraft as he raised deathless legions with his new-found powers. Instead he was most brutally and viciously murdered by the newly risen vampire lord. After three nights of the Duke on his supposed death-bed the Bretonnian Baron who had orchestrated the assassination attempt sneaked into the Duke's room to finish the job. He gave the Blood Kiss to the poisoned and dying duke before having him returned to his camp where his followers discovered the 'mysterious illness'. Even though the Duke was eventually overcome, he slaughtered many and Abhorash was impressed by the knight's bravery and prowess. In reality his illness was the Blood Kiss offered by the ancient vampire Abhorash, who came across the Duke in the Arabyan desert as he was fighting off an assassination attempt.
However, this was not the end for the duke. Falling mortally ill, he was taken back to his realm by his loyal knights, there to lie in bed for several nights with little sign of improvement. Tragedy struck when the Duke appeared to contract a mysterious illness after surviving an assassination attempt by the Arabyans.
It was in Araby that the Duke earned the name El Syf ash-Shml or ' The Northern Sword' from the locals, though it was commonly simplified to just 'El Syf'.
He joined his brother in the Great Crusade against the Arabyans and their Sultan Jaffar, first freeing Estalia and then taking the fight into Araby itself. An avid crusader and mighty warrior, he was the brother of the Grail Knight King Louis the Righteous. In his mortal life the Red Duke was Duke of the Bretonnian province of Aquitaine.
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