Baron Mirth – Troupe of Bones
The leader of the Troupe of Bones, Baron Mirth is like the force he commands — the personification of discipline and order. Mirth knows well that he is subordinate to his commander-in-chief, the Jack of Tears. Rumor has it that the baron was created by Aerin Beldare. Whatever the truth, the skeletal baron swaggers through the carnival, secure in his position and publicly jovial about all matters.
In private, however, he argues that the carnival must expand to protect itself, and sees every intruder or counterattack against a raiding party as an excuse to lobby the dispassionate Jack for a campaign of conquest.
Mirth is a huge creature, almost seven feet tall, dressed in brilliantly polished armor and a flowing scarlet cape. He carries a bastard sword and a shield emblazoned with an unmarked scarlet field. He goes about at all times escorted by at least a dozen of his crack shock troops. A lady’s man, the baron keeps a small harem of undead concubines.
It is rumored that he was once one of Demoiselle Antunes‘ more fortunate lovers. Lord Quick is envious of Baron Mirth’s position as the general of the Jack’s army and security, and schemes to displace the Troupe of Bones’ position as Carnival security. Cordelia and Baron Mirth are very close allies and tend to take complying positions with each other, since their followers tend to be close in purpose. Baron Mirth respects Valiant greatly, and tries to give him more consideration than the other leaders do. He has expressed an active hate for Alice, but nobody has been able to find out why.
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