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He rules a city-state that shares his name. [ 1 ] : 15 Also called the Shadow King for his reclusive nature, preferring arcane scholarship to the actual governance of his city-state. [ 1 ] : 59 In the 2nd and 3rd editions Nibenay previously left the ruling of his city-state to his exclusively female templars but took a more active role after ...
The Vistani took van Richten's son and sold him to the vampire Baron Metus. In retaliation, van Richten killed the Vistani who sold his son and a dying Vistani cursed him so that "every person dear to him would be killed by some monster". [29] By the time he found his son, his son was already transformed and begged for death.
Legendary Raubritter Eppelein von Gailingen (1311–1381) during his escape from Nuremberg Castle. A robber baron or robber knight (German: Raubritter) was an unscrupulous feudal landowner who, protected by his fief's legal status, imposed high taxes and tolls out of keeping with the norm without authorization by some higher authority.
Robber baron is a term first applied by 19th century muckrakers and others as social criticism to certain wealthy, powerful, and unethical 19th-century American businessmen. The term appeared in that use as early as the August 1870 issue of The Atlantic Monthly [ 1 ] magazine.
The education division of the National Endowment for the Humanities has prepared a lesson plan for schools asking whether "robber baron" or "captain of industry" is the better terminology. The lesson states that it attempts to help students "establish a distinction between robber barons and captains of industry.
Robber baron may refer to: Robber baron (feudalism), an unscrupulous medieval landowner; Robber baron (industrialist) ...
The Robber Barons: The Great American Capitalists, 1861–1901. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. Klein, Maury (1997). The Life and Legend of Jay Gould. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801857713. Klein, Maury. "Jay Gould: A Revisionist Interpretation". Business and Economic History 2d ser., 15 (1986): 55–68. JSTOR 23702860.
Lelldorin, son of the Baron of Wildantor and later husband of Ariana. Lelldorin is called the "Archer" in the Mrin Codex. Friend of Belgarion. Mandorallen, Baron of Vo Mandor, husband of the Baroness Nerina, champion to Princess Ce'Nedra. Mandorallen is called the "Knight Protector" in the Mrin Codex. Relg, an Ulgo diviner and zealot.