An unnamed political officer who had ordered the execution of roughly 200 high-ranking Komarran prisoners during the Solstice Massacre, directly countermanding the order (and personal word) of then-Admiral Aral Vorkosigan. The political officer's order unleashed a murderous rage in Vorkosigan, causing him to break the officer's neck with his bare hands. The political officer's act forever branded Vorkosgian as "The Butcher of Komarr" and left what Vorkosigan deemed "a messy political legacy" for Barrayar to endure.