Thomas de Agueda

The former Regent of Canton City
Thomas DuMont De Aguda
Race	Human
Hometown	Vila Agueda, Agueda, Canton Kingdom
Gender	Male
Height	5'11"
Weight	150
Quote	"Screw your courage to the sticking place, cousin! You are the duke now, but if you continue babbling so, it won't be long before you're hanging from the gallows!"

Sly and calculating, and prone to condescension, de Agueda is known to very carefully plan things before proceeding. He closely adheres to protocol, and rarely suffers any deviation from such. This helped him to be a highly effective Chamberlain.

Thomas de Agueda hails from the same family as Duke Ferdinand; they are cousins. Thomas began working for the king as court scribe, and his magical ability helped propel him through the ranks of the king's court, eventually being named Chamberlain in 1440 DR [1016 WE|29 GWR] . With the death of King James, de Agueda, following custom, took the office as Regent until a new king was to be crowned – a process prolonged by a lack of an heir. He summoned the 11 Dukes of the kingdom to convene a Ducal Council. Many thought the clear successor would be Duke Carver, until Thomas revealed a note, apparently signed by the king on his death bed, indicating Duke Ferdinand was the king's choice.

It was found several weeks after that the note was forged by an ally of the Regent, a mage named Cassius, and leader of a thieves guild called The Canton Underground. He was quickly arrested and thrown into the island prison of Ondero just off the coast of Canton City, where he and Cassius await trail.

Escape

Seeking to prevent his cousin's execution, Ferdinand de Agueda sought the aid of a mysterious paladin of Morlander named Tarce Mulvain to devise a plan for getting his brother out of Ondero. Mulvain hired several bands of pirates to cause trouble along the northern Canton coast, in part to aid the coming war effort. In doing so, he also hired the band known as the Red Eye Pirates who were lead by Sarah Harold.

It was Sarah and her most trusted compatriots that broke into Ondero under the cover of night and helped Thomas to escape. Before leaving, Thomas was sure to punish Cassius for his failure, then traveled back to Agueda. In the meantime, the war had broken out, with Mulvain acting as general. Instead of returning directly to Vila Agueda, Thomas and his bodyguards instead went to the recently sacked Creiss Castle, where he labored for several weeks attempting to gain access to the hidden chamber below. As the tide of battle turned against Ferdinand's forces, Thomas was relentless in attempting to gain access. Finally, he called for the imprisoned former lord of the castle, Doña Letizia Gomes Castillo, to be sent.

He was finally able to convince the Doña to open the keep, and disappeared within. A few days after, a band of soldiers, looking for Sarah Harold, and intending to retake de Agueda in the name of King Eric arrived, and fought him deep in the bowels of the caverns and catacombs found beneath Creiss.