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Mazarin
first came to Alexius' attention when the future Emperor was
still a child. He noticed the stunted little man working in
the courtyard of a Hawkwood mansion on Ravenna. More importantly,
Alexius noticed how closely Mazarin kept an eye on everything
going on around him. Alexius began seeking Mazarin out for
information on other family members, and when he took control
of some of the house's legions, he took Mazarin along with
him.
Mazarin
took control of both Alexius' intelligence-gathering forces
and bodyguards. With Alexius he had real power. Without Alexius
he did menial labor for House Hawkwood. Faced with these
options, he threw himself into his duties with incomparable
vigor. He created a network of agents loyal to Alexius first,
himself second, and House Hawkwood third. These agents proved
capable of not only accumulating necessary information, but
of countering the many threats posed by Decados agents as
well.
When
Alexius became regent, he made Mazarin his liaison to the
Imperial Eye special operations teams. When he became Emperor,
he knighted Mazarin and put him in charge of some of his
most critical operations. Alexius also gave Mazarin almost
unlimited authority to pursue his own activities. Mazarin
has managed to keep his old network going, though now bolstered
by the assets of the Imperial Eye. He constantly stays alert
for ways to expand its influence.*
Mazarin's
duties have brought him to Vargo several times since the
world was rediscovered and brought into the Imperial fold.
Some say those visits served to advance his personal agenda
too, killing two birds with one stone. What particular interest
Vargo might hold for Mazarin, beyond its importance to Alexius,
is anyone's guess. <Back
to Feature Characters> *From "Byzantium
Secundus", Copyright 1996 Holistic Design Inc.,
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