Once the most vocal member of the former House of Lords, he has withdrawn from center stage for health reasons. He continues to exercise formidable influence in the national assembly, though. Rumored to be the financial benefactor for the Mullenkamp cult, he is a fixer pulling the strings behind the scenes of history.

Sydney's legions attacked the Duke's manor--apparently to acquire something in the duke's possession. The night of the occupation, however, the duke was at his secondary residence, and thus escaped harm.