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Born into a middling family of heartlanders within the great Holy Orenian Empire, his father leading a storied life of as a mercenary captain, later amateur scholar and finally a priest in the church and his mother a merchant. Karl von Kassar was given a rich a education comparable to the of the nobility, in both a rich intellectual sense which he took to easily and in a martial sense, which did not hold as well as his tutors and fathers had hoped. Looking up to his father in his religious faith, Karl has become a particular religious man after his father began incorporating church teaching and religious philosophy and texts into his curriculum. Aside from long hours of study, Karl also spent hours working with his mother in her business as a merchant selling and buying exotic wares to far flung travelers, adventurers and merchants. This experience left Karl with a strong desire to see the world and travel. However, the cosmopolitan nature of his life also conflicted with his deeply held beliefs regarding the church of Canon. Particularly faiths he deemed less civilized or less connected in a positive way to the church of canon. 

Upon completing his education as well as an extended time with local as well as traveling tutors and scholars in the imperial city Karl von Kassar has decided to take his first steps out into the world. His goal is to ascend into the ranks of the nobility, or at least minor nobility and become a Knight of the Empire. 

Personality Continued: Karl von Kassar has a bigoted outlook towards other religions, varying from utter contempt to biased intellectualism depending on circumstance and what he is able to do in the position he finds himself in. In a situation that requires careful diplomacy –  he is happy to play realpolitik and play to his advantage. However, if he were ever to be in a position of power, he would be happy to force others into the church, for their benefit after all. Furthermore, he can often come across as arrogant and self-centered often to a fault revealing a deep insecurity he has about his own importance – particularly in relation to his aspirations towards nobility and the fact that he is not noble. At the best of times this may lead to long stories centered on his own merits at the worst of times it will result in him making choices that benefit himself before others without breaking his other values or virtues. (for example, if he was given the choice of saving lives as a leader of a patrol of militia and accepting a bribe, he would save the lives but ensure that all of the praise that the local lord would here is about his leadership and his deeds in the encounter, and less about the militia).