Aurelion Abrudas

"'I never knew my mother. They say she was the most beautiful woman in the world - noble, strong, intelligent; a true hereda... I would've liked to have met her.' - Auri about his mother, Trebia Aurelos"Aurelion Abrudas, known as "Auri" by his family, was the son and only child of Markus Abrudas and his wife, Trebia Aurelos. He was named by his father in honour of his maternal grandfather; the fabled Imperator, Aurelion Aurelos. As his mother had died birthing him, Aurelion was raised by his father alone on Carthaan, under the protection of his grandfather. Like his father before him, he would go on to distinguish himself as a Blackwatch agent and eventually rise to the rank to Ferrum Primus, serving both his grandfather and his adoptive uncle, Pallix Arterius.  

Despite being the theoretical heir to his grandfather's empire by the ancient right of blood, Aurelion instead supported his adoptive uncle's claim to the throne by right of merit, as was his grandfather's wish. He unwittingly became embroiled in a plot to have Pallix assassinated and replaced with himself, which he thwarted with the aid with his fellow Blackwatch agents, proving both his allegiance to Pallix and his belief in his grandfather's ideological legacy. He is recorded as having said ''"My grandfather's blood does not convey some divine right to rule. We're past all that." ''