Imposing man with long grey hair and a scar over his right eye/

“Pythareus is a Talden Patiot who wants to alter the decline of the nation. He believes Taldor owes its decline to certain classes of people—commoners, foreign merchants, nonhumans, and women—wielding too much social power, and that society would be better for everyone, including those “disruptive” classes, if all knew their proper places. In short, he is selfish, arrogant, and paternalistic, but infinitely capable of justifying those qualities and assuaging any lingering guilt through charity. Maxillar hopes to rally and unify the nation.”

“Born into a long line of military commanders and war heroes, Maxillar of House Pythareus grew up believing himself destined for great things. As a boy, Maxillar listened to his grandfather’s stories about Admiral Arminus Pythareus, whose fleet attacked Absalom 800 years ago, and of Colonel Sarius Pythareus, who earned the moniker “Lion of Zimar” when he led the attack to liberate the oppressed people of Zimar during the Grand Campaign.

Maxillar went on to excel in officers’ school, and as a battlefield leader, culminating in his appointment to the position of high strategos and nearly marrying the young princess Eutropia, who found his opinions of women, minorities, and foreigners odious, even if his compassion for fellow Taldans mirrored her own.

He has papers showing he was adopted as Heir, and he is the cheif contestant to the Throne against Eutropia”