Character from A Practical Guide to Evil by ErraticErrata
The First Prince of Procer — a Lycaonese warrior's daughter who became the continent's most powerful diplomat, driving a Crusade and then building a peace, proving that Names aren't the only kind of power.
Cordelia Hasenbach is the first Lycaonese to hold the title of First Prince, and she did it by crushing southern opposition in a year. She's from a warrior line that defends against Ratlings and the Dead King — she understands existential threat the way courtiers understand etiquette. She has no Name, no magic, no Aspects. Her weapon is diplomacy — intelligence, charisma, encyclopedic knowledge of parliamentary procedure, and the bone-deep Lycaonese understanding that some threats require everyone to stop fighting each other and face the real enemy. She drove the Tenth Crusade against Catherine, then became Catherine's ally when the Dead King proved to be the actual threat. Their political partnership — the First Prince and the Black Queen — is the diplomatic backbone of the Grand Alliance and eventually the Liesse Accords. She's Catherine's rival in governance and her equal in strategic thinking, and neither of them would ever admit it.
Proceran, Lycaonese heritage — the look of a northern warrior aristocracy refined into political elegance. She dresses like a First Prince: formal, deliberate, every detail calculated to project authority. She carries herself like someone who became the most powerful person in the largest nation on Calernia at age nineteen and has been maintaining that position through pure political skill.
Also known as: Cordelia, Hasenbach, First Prince