Graf Sigismund von Jungfreud, Pfalzgraf of Black Rock, is the pre-eminent scion of the von Jungfreud line, formally the masters of Ubersreik and many of the surrounding domains. Since Ubersreik was declared a freetown, the family’s fortunes have declined and Sigismund has been driven to ever more desperate deeds to cling to what power remains. Some say that Sigismund has unfinished business with Auerswald, the town with which he clashed and subsequently lost his title. So far, the renewed bitterness has been limited to skirmishes between the household guard of the rival noble houses, but should war spread, Graf Sigismund von Jungfreud will risk the severe displeasure of his superiors, and if that happens, all hope of regaining control of Ubersreik may be lost.[1a]