Henry Chamberlain

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Henry Chamberlain is the Chancellor of and Baron of the Kingdom of Dubris. Whom according to himself was born to a family of merchants and sea-farers somewhere along the coast of the Sea of Slaves, most likely on of the various port cities and islands in the south east. He is a largely unknown and irrelevant figure in Rathnir and only came to any semblence of power very recently. Henry has some ties to the guilds of Rathnir including the cartography and trade guilds but is largely unaffiliated with any other organizations. He suddenly became a nobleman in the Kingdom of Dubris on December 15, 2021; rumored to have given noble privileges by now King Giggio of Dubris.

The origins of Henry Chamberlain are not clear, however according to his own personal accounts he is from a port-city in the Sea of Slaves. He presumably worked for the local merchant and maritime guilds for sometime, although very little actual documentation of him exists prior to December 15, 2021 when he became a noble in Dubris.

His rise to a nobleman in the council of the Kingdom of Dubris came seemingly out of no where as he has had no known affiliation with any other organization at the time of his ascension. It is rumored that it was King Giggio I, at the time only Prince Giggio, that granted him a seat on the Dubrian Council on December 15, 2021; possibly out of a pre-existing relationship. He was immediately promoted to the position of Chamberlain and on December 19 he became a Baron and was given rule over the Isle of Hansa as a fiefdom; a small island west of the island of Dubris. Both of which are situated near the southern coast of the Osterium Sea.

On December 21, 2021, in an event dubbed the Dubian Crisis. A political crisis regarding the Kingdom of Dubris in which the previous King Dampswamp of Dubris, under the threat of invasion by pirates (presumably of Tortuga). Agreed to render the kingdom as vassal state of the much larger Kingdom of Baranov. This act however outraged many of his nobles, including the at the time Prince Giggio of Dubris. The Prince along with other nobles, most notably Henry Chamberlain; pressured the King into abdicating and giving control to the now King Giggio of Dubris. After which the vassalisation treaty was immediately renounced and Henry Chamberlain was promoted to the newly created office of Chancellor, which is to be the 2nd highest office to that of the King. Making Dubris once again an independent kingdom with a new head-of-state.