Lord Jorani

Lord Jorani is a major character from the novel Baroness of Blood. He was the advisor to Baron Janosk Obour, the mentor and later lover of Janosk's daughter, Baroness Ilsabet Obour. He may be the father of the Baroness's son Lekai. Following his death, he was raised as an Alchemical Vampire by Baroness Ilsabet.

Lord Jorani lives at Argentine.

Biography

Lord Jorani met Janosk when they were both boys. Although their initial encounter was hostile, this after Jorani was hired to teach Janosk how to be a musician. Though the lessons didn't take, Jorani and Janosk became eternal friends. As an adult, Jorani filled a number of valuable roles for Janosk, including tactician, alchemist, and a producer of poisons for the Kislovan army. With approval from her father, Jorani instructed the intelligent and ambitious Ilsabet Abour not only matters of history and philosophy but also more "esoteric" arts such as alchemy and, more specifically, poisonmaking.

Following the death of Janosk as a result of the failed invasion of Sundell, Jorani focused his efforts on advising Jorani as she alone held the right combination of those needed characteristics for his advice to take. Mostly at the beginning and middle of Ilsabet Obour's career of treachery, Lord Jorani was a fellow conspirator. She had long respected and even loved her mentor and sought out his advice. Although Jorani at first admired and even came to fall in love with the much younger Ilsabet for her ruthless devotion to avenging Janosk, Jorani began to become ill at ease with the levels of Ilsabet's traitorous behavior. However, Ilsabet seduced him, reaching a new persona low by using her words of love for him into mere tools to gain his compliance. Ilsabet eventually gave birth to a child named Lekai, though this may not have been the child of Peto. On the sly, Ilsabet held an adulterous relationship with Lord Jorani her mentor and attempted to use a herbal concoction to ensure she carried Lord Jorani's child. (In truth, the herbal concoction was ineffective.)

After her two alchemical vampires Emory and Arman became too much of a liability for Baroness Ilsabet, she had Jorani enact their destruction.

When Shaul suspected Ilsabet's involvement and organized a rescue for Baron Peto, Ilsabet threatened the life of Lekai. If Peto was taken away, their son's life would be forfeit. Shaul gave in, but the Mists reached past Nimbus Castle for the first time, down into Pirie and beyond. In the billowing fog, Lord Jorani rode to the castle after an absence. Warmly received by Ilsabet, he asked her to dismiss the guards (save for a weakened Shaul, badly beaten by Nimbus Castle guards). As Shaul held Ilsabet at bay and Sagra held Lekai, Jorani administered a reviving stimulant to Peto, much to Ilsabet's surprise and chagrin. Peto again moved, and Jorani revealed to Ilsabet that, despite her plans, chances were greater for Lekai to be Peto's child rather than Jorani's.

Revolted with hatred for the likely son of Peto, she said nothing when the monstrous spider she had developed her web poison from approached Lekai. However, Peto also saw the spider and shouted. Shaul raced to save the child but perished against the poisonous web of the spider, as did Jorani. Sagra escaped into the Mists with the child. Blocked from immediate pursuit by the ghost of Marishka, Ilsabet revived her (if she were to have it) lover Jorani as an alchemical vampire and used him to complete her vengeance against Peto. If she had her way, the baroness would rule under her own power In the aftermath of the confrontation, Peto was dead, exsanguinated by the vampire Jorani. However, Ilsabet discovered the next morning, he was not dead, nor would he be the day after a second murder was attempted.

Current Sketch

Though he is Ilsabet's servant and the peasants cheer when they pass on horseback, Jorani lost much of his personality Ilsabet cared so much for. He doesn't acknowledge that he killed Peto, so he either cannot remember or refuses to mention the memory.

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Baroness of Blood
		Baroness of Blood - Throughout