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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)
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(Comprehension via Old Norse base.) <hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
195 lbs Fit<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|eye=Brown|hair=Black|skintone=Fair, typically Scotch.|scars=|tattoos=|piercings=|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.|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).|notes=}}
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>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>{{Infobox appearance_human|name=Appearance|height=5'8"|build=<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
145–152 lbs Fit<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">
128–137 lbs Convalescing<hr style="margin:1px 0; border:0; border-top:1px solid #ddd;">|eye=Steel blue|hair=Platinum blonde|skintone=Fair, light, typically Alpine.|scars=We'll go into that mess later.|tattoos=None|piercings=Wore earrings when it was socially acceptable. Holes are faintly visible.|features=He is of compact stature, with an agile, well-conditioned physique suited to speed and sustained exertion rather than mass. Valkaenar's features bleed through the human guise: his supernatural beauty and grace have been remarked upon by both soldiers and clergy through the ages.|gear=A sword is always at his hip; usually a slightly curved katana-like blade. Sometimes carried (always functional) gifts or used weapons more suited for the specific combat role required of him. His armor was replaced as needed and though it matched, it was a hodgepodge of centuries of differing craftsmanship styles. He always replaced his ceremonial armor at the same time he did his combat armor and ensured that even ceremonial armor was fully functional.|notes=}}

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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