![[MaximusKormallisPathfinder.webp]] # Maximus Kormallis _Human Patriarch | [[House Kormallis|Kormallis]] | [[Emerald Coalition]]_ ## Summary Patriarch of [[House Kormallis]], who raised his family from minor nobility into one of [[Waterdeep]]'s most feared political forces through his mercenary company, the [[Iron Lions]]. A calculating figure within the [[Emerald Coalition]], he treats life as perpetual warfare where only strength and discipline count. %% ## Now Orchestrating a secret coup within the [[Emerald Coalition]] to emerge as its sole leader. ## Appearance Tall and commanding, with sharp chiseled features and jet-black hair streaked with iron-grey. A rich fur-lined cloak over fine dark armor bearing the golden lion sigil. ## Personality Dominant, methodical, and cold, weighing everyone by their usefulness like a general reviewing soldiers. Sharp and clipped with inferiors, warmer but still authoritative with respected equals. His uncompromising demands for strength have strained his relationships with his daughters. ## Quote _"In life, as in war, the strong lead, and the weak serve. Remember your place."_ ## Connections **[[Nathaly Kormallis]]** — daughter; relationship strained by his demands. **[[Rosalyn Kormallis]]** — daughter; relationship strained by his demands. **[[Oriana Kormallis]]** — wife; the family's true political mastermind. ## Secret He is running a secret coup within the [[Emerald Coalition]], intending to remove its other leaders and rule it alone. ## Stats **Base:** Gladiator (MM p.346) with Champion Fighter features. CR 8. %%