> [!infobox|wikipedia] > # General Varan Brado > [![[Codex/Assets/Characters/General_Varan_Brado_small.webp|cover hsmall]]](Codex/Assets/Characters/General_Varan_Brado.webp) > ###### Basic Information > Attribute | Details | > ---|---| > Type | Character | > ###### Character Information > Attribute | Details | > ---|---| > Creature Type | Humanoid | > Species | Human | > Gender | Male | > Pronouns | He/Him | > Age | Middle-aged | > Place | [[Val Miriel]] | > Connections | [[Valtorran Empire\|The Crimson Empire]]<br>[[Governor Tarlis Evandron]]<br>[[The Bastion]] | > Profession | Imperial General | > ###### Status > Attribute | Details | > ---|---| > Status | Alive | **General Varan Brado** is a human officer of the [[Valtorran Empire|Valtorran Empire]] and the commanding military presence in [[Val Miriel]]. Where the city's governor [[Governor Tarlis Evandron|Governor Tarlis]] is content to manage appearances, it is Brado who sets the tone — tightening the Imperial grip on the populace through elevated taxes, arbitrary arrests, and the threat of conscription or exile to [[Skyreach]]. ## Biography Brado has long served the [[Valtorran Empire|Empire]] as an instrument of enforcement rather than governance. His approach to order is deliberately punitive: the display of power matters as much as its exercise, and occasional cruelty is, in his view, a form of civic maintenance. When he was dispatched to make an example of the outlying city of [[Camaar]], he selected citizens at random for public execution — not for any crime, but to remind the region that Imperial reach has no borders. Among those killed were the parents of a girl named [[Lia]], who survived, found refuge with the [[Veiled Cubs]], and has carried the ambition to kill Brado ever since. Back in Val Miriel, Brado operates from [[The Bastion]], the Imperial military headquarters in the city. Under his authority, more citizens have been hauled in on minor pretexts — funnelled into military service or shipped to the labour operations at [[Skyreach]]. Governor Tarlis holds the nominal title, but the general's will runs through the city's institutions unchallenged. ### [[The Bloody Nails|Campaign: The Bloody Nails]] #### [[Session 27 - The Wanted Dwarf]] Brado survived an assassination attempt at [[The Bastion]] — an unsanctioned solo strike by [[Lia]], who slipped away from the party during a heist and tried to cut his throat. the [[Order of Ravens]] detained her immediately after, debating what to do with a young operative who had gone dangerously rogue. Governor Tarlis sent a message to the party demanding answers; they denied involvement. #### [[Session 28 - The Underrun]] The party met [[Lia]] at the Ravens' headquarters before departing Val Miriel through the Underrun. She confirmed to [[Vaeleran]] and [[Eryndor]] that the attempt on Brado's life was personal — he executed her parents in [[Camaar]]. They urged her to keep the Nest's interests above her own vendetta.