![]() As the years passed, the Duke began to chafe at his responsibilities. Unfortunately, he also found that, like his grandfather, he hated politics. Gerard soon found that the court at Pelise was steeped in politics. Upon Etienne's death, it was the boy who inherited his title. Etienne was just as likely to be found raising a pint in a local pub as in residence at the family's holding, Coeur de Loup, and Gerard learned as much from the craftsmen and farmers of the villages as he did from the tutors his mother employed. From an early age he accompanied the old man on his ramblings through their lands in Racheau, wearing the grey garb of commoners. The Duke owes much to his grandfather, the infamous "Grey Duke" Etienne Montegue. Though his detractors whisper that it is the divine power of the Axe of the Heavens which gives him unnatural energy, most of his peers believe it is more the fact that his crusade against evil is making a visible difference in the land of Taltos. ![]() Tall and broad-shouldered, dark hair now streaked with grey, the Duke's gaze has lost none of its intensity or alertness.
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