Bateaux

Note: A direct translation of his name would be "Battle."

Bateaux was a Garberan Duke that, along with a few local clans that had been assimilated by Garbera several years ago, staged a rebellion against the royal family five years ago. He most likely was also backed by Mephius, but that is still conjecture.

In order to take the Royal Estate, Bateaux and his men attacked in the middle of the night in a surprise attack. At the time Vileena had been visiting here grandfather at the estate. Jeorg fought a commendable battle with a small company of men, however after awhile, he judged it pointless to just increase the number of deaths and decided to surrender. Bateaux then held up in the estate with them as hostages.

Since Jeorg and most of the surviving me where heavily injured, the nine year old Vileena took up the responsibility of negotiating with Bateaux for the release of the hostages. She tried to insist on keeping herself in exchange for releasing her wounded grandfather and the dozens of injured soldiers, as well as the women. Bateaux was impressed by the young girl’s courage and complied by releasing half of his prisoners, but refused to let Jeorg go. After a month the rebellion had been mostly suppressed and only Bateaux remained. However, even though supplies were running low, he refused to surrender and was poised to go down fighting.

With the help of some of the rebel soldiers, a small window of time was made when Vileena and Jeorg could escape through the underground waterway. However, instead of abandoning the rest of the hostages to what would most likely be certain death, Vileena sent a message containing information on the rebels scheduled and movements.

A group of elite Garberean soldiers used the info to infiltrate the estate and rescue the hostages, among them was a knight apprentice named Ryucown. As soon as he gave the sign that the hostages were freed, the Garberan army commenced its attack. And, when the defending forces were too busy with the assault, Ryucown singlehandedly rushed into their midst and personally brought back Bateaux’s severed head. Earning himself the rank of Knight.