Thaarason I (St. George's Night)

Thaarason I, commmonly Thaarason the Prudent, and widely, by his enemies, "the Sodomite", was the second Duke of Livonia and the first Count of Sambia, succeeding his father Vesse in 1395. A fairly skilled military commander who fought in several conflicts, he was an intelligent diplomat and statesman who presided over a period of prosperity in Livonia. He is noted for the trade contacts established during his reign, but is one of Livonia's lesser-known Dukes. he was the first Count of Sambia, a position established during the war with the Teutonic Knights.