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<div style="clear:both;">{{Infobox character_nobility2|name=Gavin MacRaethen|image=Gavin1.jpg|caption=|aliases=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
<div style="clear:both;">{{Infobox character_nobility2|name=Gavin MacRaethen|image=Gavin1.jpg|caption=|aliases=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Gavin VanRaethen<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Gavin VanRaethen<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Gavin MacRath<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|full_title=|formal_styles_of_address=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Gavin MacRath<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|full_title=-|formal_styles_of_address=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Mr. MacRaethen<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Mr. MacRaethen<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Sir<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|common_titles=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> Still often called Laird MacRaethen by locals in Scotland<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|court_appellations=|honorifics=Lord of Dun Raethen|folklore_epithets=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Sir<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|common_titles=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"> Still often called Laird MacRaethen by locals in Scotland<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|court_appellations=-|honorifics=Lord of Dun Raethen|folklore_epithets=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
An Cumhachd Uamhasach<div style="height:2px;"></div>
An Cumhachd Uamhasach<div style="height:2px;"></div>
(The Dreadful Might)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Madadh an Ghlinne<div style="height:2px;"></div>
(The Dreadful Might)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Madadh an Ghlinne<div style="height:2px;"></div>
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(Bearer of the Iron Sword)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Bearer of the Iron Sword)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Maighstir a' Bean-shìth<div style="height:2px;"></div>
Maighstir a' Bean-shìth<div style="height:2px;"></div>
(Master of the Banshee)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|enemy_epithets=|suppressed_titles=|territory=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Large tract of land in the northern Scottish Highlands, in a moorland stretch between the Afon Dris-Garbh and the River Lochan-Mòr. The keep sits on a ridged hill (≈900 ft elevation) whose summit slopes toward the sea-lochs to the west.<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|seat_of_power=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Master of the Banshee)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|enemy_epithets=-|suppressed_titles=-|territory=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Large tract of land in the northern Scottish Highlands, in a moorland stretch between the Afon Dris-Garbh and the River Lochan-Mòr. The keep sits on a ridged hill (≈900 ft elevation) whose summit slopes toward the sea-lochs to the west.<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|seat_of_power=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Amsterdam<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Amsterdam<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Historically [[Dun Raethen]]<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|residences=[[Dun Raethen]]
Historically [[Dun Raethen]]<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|residences=[[Dun Raethen]]
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Prague|status=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Alive<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|species="Human"|Nationality=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Scotsman<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|gender=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Male<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|orientation=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Bisexual<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|loyalties=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">The King of Twilight<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|partners=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">[[Graf Klaus von Nibelheim|Klaus von Nibelheim]] (Fiancé)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Prague|status=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Alive<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|species="Human"|Nationality=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Scotsman<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|gender=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Male<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|orientation=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Bisexual<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|loyalties=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">The King of Twilight<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|partners=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">[[Graf Klaus von Nibelheim|Klaus von Nibelheim]] (Fiancé)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
[[Reyna Voss]]<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|birthplace=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Scotland<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|birthdate=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Originally Spring 768,  Current iteration: 1989
[[Reyna Voss]]<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|birthplace=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Scotland<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|birthdate=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Originally Spring 768,  Current iteration: 1989
<div style="height:2px;"></div>|during=|death=—|role=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Multibillionaire.<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|combat_roles=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Solo mythic nightmare<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
<div style="height:2px;"></div>|during=-|death=—|role=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Multibillionaire.<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|combat_roles=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Solo mythic nightmare<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Gun or sword in modern combat<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|specialties=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Master combatant in multiple styles and weapons, including improvised<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Gun or sword in modern combat<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|specialties=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Master combatant in multiple styles and weapons, including improvised<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Dueling<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Dueling<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Psychological Warfare via Reputation<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|preparatory=|scholastic=|martial=|arcane=|religious=|other_training=|fluent_in=Arabic
Psychological Warfare via Reputation<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|preparatory=-|scholastic=-|martial=-|arcane=-|religious=-|other_training=-|fluent_in=Alemannic German<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Swiss–Swabian basin; highly relevant for Alpine trade, banking, and early mercantile movement.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Acquired through commerce, diplomacy, Crusades-era contact, and later Gulf finance.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Arabic<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Acquired through commerce, diplomacy, Crusades-era contact, and later Gulf finance.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Alemannic German
Bavarian German<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Upper Bavarian, Inn Valley; essential for Tyrol, Salzburg, Alpine trade corridors.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Swiss–Swabian basin; highly relevant for Alpine trade, banking, and early mercantile movement.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Bosnian / Serbian<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Historical Shtokavian base useful for Balkan trade and travel.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;"><hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Bavarian German
Breton<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Upper Bavarian, Inn Valley; essential for Tyrol, Salzburg, Alpine trade corridors.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Cornish<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Danish<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Dutch
Dutch
(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
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French
French
(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Frisian
(Coastal trade makes this natural and useful.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic)
Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic)
(Old → Middle → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Old → Middle → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
German
German
(Old High → Middle High → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Old High → Middle High → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Greek
Greek<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Basic ancient Greek for Church and scholarship; reinforced by Byzantine-era trade.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Basic ancient Greek for Church and scholarship; reinforced by Byzantine-era trade.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Hokkien<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Fujianese Chinese merchant communities) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Hebrew
Hungarian (Magyar)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Central-European commercial expansion from 900–1400 and again 1800+.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Useful for finance, trade networks, intellectual circles, and modern Israeli markets.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Hungarian (Magyar)
(Strong fit for Central-European commercial expansion from 900–1400 and again 1800+.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Irish
Irish
(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Italian
Latin<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Scholarship, law, and Church administration for a millennium.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan; major merchant centers.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Malay<div style="height:2px;"></div>(primary trade language, essential for modern infrastructure and energy markets.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Japanese<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Moravian Czech<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Ladin (Dolomitic Romance)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Norse (Old Norse)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(From early medieval contact; also gives modern Scandinavian intelligibility.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Tyrol–Dolomite corridor, absolutely sensible for Alpine trading activity.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Norwegian<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Latin
Old Church Slavonic<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Learned through early-medieval movement across Central/Eastern Europe.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Scholarship, law, and Church administration for a millennium.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Petjo (Dutch-Malay creole)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Mandarin Chinese
Polish<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Modern fluency due to logistics, manufacturing, and EU corridor investments.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Essential for modern infrastructure and energy markets.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Russian<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Norse (Old Norse)
(From early medieval contact; also gives modern Scandinavian intelligibility.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Occitan / Old Provençal
(Southern France’s medieval merchant and court language.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Old Church Slavonic
(Learned through early-medieval movement across Central/Eastern Europe.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Polish
(Modern fluency due to logistics, manufacturing, and EU corridor investments.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Portuguese
(Including Brazilian Portuguese due to modern markets.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Rhaeto-Romance (Romansh)
(Natural for Swiss Alpine interaction.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Russian
(Useful for energy, transport corridors, and historical Eastern-European contacts.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Scots
Scots
(Middle Scots → Modern Scots.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Middle Scots → Modern Scots.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Slovene / Old Slovene
Silesian<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Corridor between Italy–Austria–Balkans; very likely.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Slovak<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Slovene / Old Slovene<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Sorbian<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Sudeten German<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Spanish
Spanish
(Modern Spanish fluency.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Modern Spanish fluency.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Venetian (Mercantile Italian)
Venetian (Mercantile Italian)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Strong fit for medieval port business, Adriatic trade.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|semi_fluent_in=Cantonese<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Chinese merchant diaspora; useful in Southeast Asian port cities.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Strong fit for medieval port business, Adriatic trade.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Catalan<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Reading fluency; major medieval merchant cities.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Welsh
Chakavian Croatian<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Coastal dialect used in shipping.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Retained from early Brythonic exposure.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Church Greek (Koine)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(For liturgical and scholarly work; not full fluency.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Yiddish
Cornish<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Strong business and community interactions across Europe from 1100–1900.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|semi_fluent_in=Bosnian / Serbian
Cumbric / Old Welsh dialects (early fluency)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Historical Shtokavian base useful for Balkan trade and travel.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Dalmatian (Extinct)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Catalan
Flemish (dialect of Dutch)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Reading fluency; major medieval merchant cities.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Frisian<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Cantonese / Hokkien
Hebrew<div style="height:2px;"></div>(older dialects, additional competence beyond core modern Hebrew.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Chinese merchant diaspora; useful in Southeast Asian port cities.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Hindi<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Essential for modern infrastructure projects.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Chakavian Croatian
Indonesian / Malay<div style="height:2px;"></div>(VOC-era continuity and modern trade utility.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Coastal dialect used in shipping.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Indonesian Creoles<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Church Greek (Koine)
Italian, regional variants Italian<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan; major merchant centers.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(For liturgical and scholarly work; not full fluency.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Javanese, Low Javenese; High Javanese<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Basic to moderate; trade-level competence.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Cornish
Kajkavian Croatian<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Austro-Slovene border dialect; comprehension rather than fluency.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Readily learned via Brythonic familiarity.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Ladin (Dolomitic Romance)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Dalmatian
Mandarin Chinese<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Extinct; surviving port, legal, and merchant records provide partial knowledge.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Mardijker (Portuguese-influenced)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Hebrew (older dialects)
Norn<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Additional competence beyond core modern Hebrew.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Occitan / Old Provençal Occitan / Old Provençal<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Southern France’s medieval merchant and court language.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Hindi
Ottoman Turkish<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Essential for modern infrastructure projects.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Persian<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Indonesian / Malay
Polish<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Older dialect variants kept as passive knowledge.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(VOC-era continuity and modern trade utility.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Portuguese<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Including Brazilian Portuguese due to modern markets.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Italian (regional variants)
Rhaeto-Romance (Romansh)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Reading and business comprehension.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">Javanese
Romani<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Caravan speech; practical communication.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Basic to moderate; trade-level competence.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Romanian<div style="height:2px;"></div>(limited exposure but intelligible)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Kajkavian Croatian
Russian (older variants)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Pre-modern forms partially retained.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Austro-Slovene border dialect; comprehension rather than fluency.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Scandinavian Languages (Modern)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Comprehension via Old Norse base.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Ottoman Turkish
Sinhala<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Sri Lankan trade zones.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Reading knowledge and court phrases.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Slovene / Old Slovene Slovene / Old Slovene<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Corridor between Italy–Austria–Balkans; very likely.)<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Polish (historical forms)
Swedish<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Older dialect variants kept as passive knowledge.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Tamil<div style="height:2px;"></div>(VOC and Indian Ocean trade exposure.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Romani
Thai<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Modern logistical and Southeast-Asian business relevance.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Caravan speech; practical communication.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Turkish (modern)<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Useful for Eurasian logistics, energy, and construction markets.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Russian (older variants)
Walloon<div style="height:2px;"></div>(Historically relevant in mining, trade, contract work.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
(Pre-modern forms partially retained.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Welsh<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">}}</div>
Scandinavian Languages (Modern)
(Comprehension via Old Norse base.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Sinhala
(If he ever operated in Sri Lankan trade zones.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Tamil
(VOC and Indian Ocean trade exposure.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Thai
(Modern logistical and Southeast-Asian business relevance.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Turkish (modern)
(Useful for Eurasian logistics, energy, and construction markets.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
Walloon
(Historically relevant in mining, trade, contract work.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">}}</div>
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Latest revision as of 00:02, 16 November 2025

Gavin MacRaethen
Alias(es):
Gavin VanRaethen
Gavin MacRath
Full Title: -
Formal Style(s) of Address:
Mr. MacRaethen
Sir
Common Title(s):
Still often called Laird MacRaethen by locals in Scotland
Court Appellation(s): -
Honorific(s): Lord of Dun Raethen
Folklore Epithet(s):
An Cumhachd Uamhasach
(The Dreadful Might)
Madadh an Ghlinne
(The Wolf of the Glen)
Rìgh Gun Bhàs
(The Deathless King)
Esan a Mhallaicheas
(He Who Curses)
Fear-giùlain a' Chlaidheimh Iarainn
(Bearer of the Iron Sword)
Maighstir a' Bean-shìth
(Master of the Banshee)
Enemy Epithet(s): -
Suppressed Title(s): -
Territory:
Large tract of land in the northern Scottish Highlands, in a moorland stretch between the Afon Dris-Garbh and the River Lochan-Mòr. The keep sits on a ridged hill (≈900 ft elevation) whose summit slopes toward the sea-lochs to the west.
Seat of Power:
Amsterdam
Historically Dun Raethen
Residence(s): Dun Raethen

Brooklyn Rotterdam London

Prague
Status:
Alive
Species: "Human"
Nationality:
Scotsman
Gender:
Male
Orientation:
Bisexual
Loyalty/Loyalties:
The King of Twilight
Partner(s):
Klaus von Nibelheim (Fiancé)
Reyna Voss
Birthplace:
Scotland
Birthdate:
Originally Spring 768, Current iteration: 1989
Era / Age: -
Death: —
Role:
Multibillionaire.
Combat Role(s):
Solo mythic nightmare
Gun or sword in modern combat
Specialties:
Master combatant in multiple styles and weapons, including improvised
Dueling
Psychological Warfare via Reputation
 
   Education & Training
Preparatory: -
Scholastic: -
Martial: -
Arcane: -
Religious: -
Other: - 
   Languages
Fluent In: Alemannic German
(Swiss–Swabian basin; highly relevant for Alpine trade, banking, and early mercantile movement.)
Arabic
(Acquired through commerce, diplomacy, Crusades-era contact, and later Gulf finance.)
Bavarian German
(Upper Bavarian, Inn Valley; essential for Tyrol, Salzburg, Alpine trade corridors.)
Bosnian / Serbian
(Historical Shtokavian base useful for Balkan trade and travel.)
Breton
Cornish
Danish

Dutch

(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)

English

(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)

French

(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)

Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic)

(Old → Middle → Modern.)

German

(Old High → Middle High → Early Modern → Modern.)
Greek
(Basic ancient Greek for Church and scholarship; reinforced by Byzantine-era trade.)
Hokkien
(Fujianese Chinese merchant communities)
Hungarian (Magyar)
(Central-European commercial expansion from 900–1400 and again 1800+.)

Irish

(Old → Middle → Early Modern → Modern.)
Latin
(Scholarship, law, and Church administration for a millennium.)
Malay
(primary trade language, essential for modern infrastructure and energy markets.)
Moravian Czech
Norse (Old Norse)
(From early medieval contact; also gives modern Scandinavian intelligibility.)
Norwegian
Old Church Slavonic
(Learned through early-medieval movement across Central/Eastern Europe.)
Petjo (Dutch-Malay creole)
Polish
(Modern fluency due to logistics, manufacturing, and EU corridor investments.)
Russian

Scots

(Middle Scots → Modern Scots.)
Silesian
Slovak
Slovene / Old Slovene
Sorbian
Sudeten German

Spanish

(Modern Spanish fluency.)
Venetian (Mercantile Italian)
(Strong fit for medieval port business, Adriatic trade.)
Semi-Fluent In: Cantonese
(Chinese merchant diaspora; useful in Southeast Asian port cities.)
Catalan
(Reading fluency; major medieval merchant cities.)
Chakavian Croatian
(Coastal dialect used in shipping.)
Church Greek (Koine)
(For liturgical and scholarly work; not full fluency.)
Cornish
Cumbric / Old Welsh dialects (early fluency)
Dalmatian (Extinct)
Flemish (dialect of Dutch)
Frisian
Hebrew
(older dialects, additional competence beyond core modern Hebrew.)
Hindi
(Essential for modern infrastructure projects.)
Indonesian / Malay
(VOC-era continuity and modern trade utility.)
Indonesian Creoles
Italian, regional variants Italian
(Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan; major merchant centers.)
Javanese, Low Javenese; High Javanese
(Basic to moderate; trade-level competence.)
Kajkavian Croatian
(Austro-Slovene border dialect; comprehension rather than fluency.)
Ladin (Dolomitic Romance)
Mandarin Chinese
Mardijker (Portuguese-influenced)
Norn
Occitan / Old Provençal Occitan / Old Provençal
(Southern France’s medieval merchant and court language.)
Ottoman Turkish
Persian
Polish
(Older dialect variants kept as passive knowledge.)
Portuguese
(Including Brazilian Portuguese due to modern markets.)
Rhaeto-Romance (Romansh)
Romani
(Caravan speech; practical communication.)
Romanian
(limited exposure but intelligible)
Russian (older variants)
(Pre-modern forms partially retained.)
Scandinavian Languages (Modern)
(Comprehension via Old Norse base.)
Sinhala
(Sri Lankan trade zones.)
Slovene / Old Slovene Slovene / Old Slovene
(Corridor between Italy–Austria–Balkans; very likely.)
Swedish
Tamil
(VOC and Indian Ocean trade exposure.)
Thai
(Modern logistical and Southeast-Asian business relevance.)
Turkish (modern)
(Useful for Eurasian logistics, energy, and construction markets.)
Walloon
(Historically relevant in mining, trade, contract work.)
Welsh


Appearance


Height:6'1"
Build:
195 lbs Fit
Eye Color:Brown
Hair:Black
Skintone:Fair, typically Scotch.
Distinguishing Features:He has a compact, force-capable (but still fast) build that makes it obvious he could absolutely kick your ass. Malakai's features are still clear under the human guise, making him a very handsome man.
Notable Gear:Always armed if at all possible, usually with a handgun (as it isn't really explainable for a businessman to carry around a bastard sword).


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