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Age: Unknown |
Referred to
as “His Excellency.” A solitary
and mysterious collector of art and antiquities, Kronos travels Europe
in his lavish, eccentrically furnished private rail car, the “Saturn,”
accompanied by a female bodyguard. Kronos's birth and origins are obscure,
and rumors about him contradict each other. Some say he is the illegitimate
son of a Spanish bishop, who made his fortune in the Burmese ruby trade
in the 1880s; others, that he is a highborn North African prince in exile.
What is certain is that his wealth rivals any of the kings of Europe.
For
Kronos, steeped in all things from Machiavelli
to Michelangelo, knowledge is power. Though he commands a private army,
and an intelligence network superior to many governments of the day, he
remains above the fray, rarely taking sides in the squabbles of European
politics. Meanwhile, he pursues his own odd goals with implacable determination,
as if they form part of a plan too long-range to be visible to others.
Whether his purpose is to acquire a particular manuscript, or piece of
land, or piece of antiquity, Kronos has never yet met the man who will
stop him from getting what he wants…
