Samuel Troute

Samuel I (3E170-) of House Troute was the Lord of Wheaton. During the Third Red Crown War he was one of the conspirators that overthrew Emperor Krieg I and was a member of the Grand Regency.

Biography
Always an ambitious man that craved power, Samuel saw a new conquest - and new pawn in his schemes - when he arrived in the capital of Redrock: the wife of the heir to the throne, Angela Floode. Angela was easily seduced by the general, and secretly became his lover. Things became complicated when Emperor Ulrich I died suddenly in 3E203, and suddenly Angela's husband Krieg I was the Emperor and Angela the Empress. Security around Angela became tightened, especially as the paranoid Krieg became increasingly suspicious of his wife's infedelity. When The Southern Lands and Mourningvale rose in rebellion, Samuel was sent out to defend his emperor's lands. Samuel had been already planning the Emperor's overthrow, and the chaos of war presented him with opportunities. The opening of the war had created many new enemies for Krieg, including the second most powerful man in the capital, Steward Isaac Greentower. The two, along with the heir to Ipparaldea, Werner Herra, began a plot to overthrow the Emperor.

The Emperor's armies were defeated by the southerners at the Battle of Southstone, but due to the wounding of High Duke Frank Errege, Samuel was promoted to replace him. With direct control over the army, Samuel had a large enough power base to begin making moves on the throne.