Cnaeus

Younger brother to Emperor Ignavia 'The Sybarite', Cnaeus 'The Warrior' was the 109th Emperor of Baz (though his claim was never fully asserted) and in many ways his older brother's opposite. A life lived listening to his family and palace's complaints about the Emperor drove him to be everything they wished Ignavia could be for more than just five minutes at a time. Dutiful, diligent, and dignified, Cnaeus quickly became the favorite horse of the hundreds if not thousands of nobles who wished for Ignavia's deposition. However, until Ignavia's abdication, it does not seem that Cnaeus himself ever truly resented his brother, perhaps it was a result of The Sybarite's famed charisma that Cnaeus, despite using Ignavia as an example of who not to be as a possible future Emperor, never actually criticized his brother himself, at least not publicly, and the two seemed to enjoy a surprisingly good relationship as Emperor and General. This changed immediately when Ignavia named his nine-year-old cousin, Junius, as his successor during his sudden abdication.

Cnaeus, who had been the presumed successor for most of his life, was understandably outraged by the decision, which was made for reasons not publicly known. He, backed by his huge number of supporters who had long ago thrown themselves behind him in any event that he made a bid for power so that their own station might similarly benefit, waged a civil war against Junius and the imperial loyalists who supported The Child, Ignavia, and Ignavia's decision. The war never rightly concluded, as it was interrupted by repeated attacks from outside forces. Cnaeus is believed to have died defending Thedra from the marshlander invasion.