Several years later, at the height of his victory, Otkell learned the depths of despair, for his son Othmar and daughter Oda were slain by Agmund’s huskarls as they sought to seize the banner of the fallen jarl of Vanskrdal.
—Middarmark, “Otkell, Warchief of the Gott Host,” p.30
Lendermenn have administrative and military responsibility for the region and collect taxes for the district. But more importantly, they are representative of a potentially larger shift in the entire Middarmark.
Take a look at one such lendermann, the tie-ins to recent Middarmark lore, and even an Easter Egg to the Bridge of the Damned adventure.
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