Captain Emrys Vaughan

Captain of a company from the western hills, known for its red dragon banner and its hill-fighting. It is hired for work in the hills that lowland companies cannot do.

Vaughan is a hill chieftain's son who raised a company from his kin. The Red Dragon has fought in the hills for twenty years, clearing old forts and hunting things in the high valleys.

His company is proud, quarrelsome and very good. It fights on foot, with spears and bows, and knows the hills better than anyone.

This year the company is clearing an old hill fort for a landholder. Vaughan has found that the fort is still occupied.

In person

52. Stocky and dark, with a fierce lined face, a black beard going grey and dark flashing eyes. He wears a scale shirt over a red tunic, a red dragon badge, and carries a spear and a round shield.