Ges Vorrutyer was an Admiral in the Barrayaran Imperial Service and a member of House Vorrutyer. In his youth, he was involved in a relationship with Aral Vorkosigan; after that broke up, he had a longer-lasting relationship with Prince Serg Vorbarra and was referred to by one of his prisoners as "the Prince's catamite". A war criminal and a member of the War party, he was killed during the Barrayaran-Escobaran War.