Aaronev Wilhelm Sturmvoraus

Aaronev Wilhelm Sturmvoraus (1???-1_90 or '91), sixth Prince of Sturmhalten of that name, was a major Spark, father of two, a Knight of Jove and devoted to Lucrezia Mongfish.

Prince Aaronev VI and his town of Sturmhalten on Balan's Gap submitted quietly when Baron Wulfenbach came with his troops on his initial pacification mission, and had since served as a 'good little vassal'[20050930], taking travellers for all they would bear on one of the few good passes through the mountains, and maintaining the peace overall.

Earlier, he had been a "major player as a Spark"[20050930], seemingly of biological sciences, from a specimen spotted on his examining table and the creatures in his sewers. This made him a natural to be drawn to Lucrezia Mongfish's style of invention, as her interest in organic forms[20060320] would be compatible and harmonic.

His methodology was described as "meticulous" [20060227], which is borne out by his determination to find the Holy Child no matter the cost -- even his his own daughter. He had welcomed the mission of the Geisterdamen and accepted it as his own, since it would let him see Lucrezia again in some way, and had helped Vrin and the other priestesses set up the rebuilt Summoning Machine in the Lady's Chapel, and their "Shadow World" temple reconstruction in the vast cthonic system beneath his castle.

He was the father of two children; Lady Anevka; and Master Tarvek, who according to local tradition was also his heir, although the younger child. Other than the whole Europe-conquering, patricidal mad-Sparky thing, he seems to have raised them to be well-balanced and loving, or at least brilliant thespians.