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[[Minister Caudecus|Legate Minister Lord Caudecus Beetlestone the Wise]] is the charismatic [[Legate Minister]] of the [[the Ministry|Krytan Ministry]]. As Legate Minister, he is responsible for the [[Ministry Guard]].
A
veteran of the [[human-charr conflict|War of Ascalon Independence]], Caudecus is an opponent of the current truce. With his experience and popularity, Caudecus has emerged as a serious political rival to [[Queen Jennah]], whose egalitarian rule has eroded her support with the nobility, and whose failure to hold back the [[centaur]]s and [[bandit]]s plaguing [[Kryta]] has caused some of the common folk to begin to doubt her ability to defend her nation.
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[[Minister Caudecus|Legate Minister Lord Caudecus Beetlestone the Wise]] is the charismatic
and cunning
[[Legate Minister]] of the [[the Ministry|Krytan Ministry]]. As Legate Minister, he is responsible for
overseeing the functions of the Ministry, as well as being in direct command of the Commander of
the [[Ministry Guard]].
He is a
veteran of the [[human-charr conflict|War of Ascalon Independence]]
, having served as a General in the war
, Caudecus is an opponent of the current truce
with the [[charr]]
. With his experience and popularity, Caudecus has emerged as a serious political rival to [[Queen Jennah]], whose egalitarian rule has eroded her support with the nobility, and whose failure to hold back the [[centaur]]s and [[bandit]]s plaguing [[Kryta]] has caused some of the common folk to begin to doubt her ability to defend her nation.
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In addition to his activities in Divinity's Reach, Caudecus is credited with the expansion of [[Shire of Beetletun|Beetletun]], home to both his own mansion and a statue of himself. His carnivals have allowed him to amass a fortune which allows him to retain the services of many Ministry Guards and [[Seraph]]
—this
, he claims, is the reason why the bandits and centaurs do not attack Beetletun, and allow his shire to be relatively prosperous. His wife died several years ago, leaving his daughter [[Demmi Beetlestone]] as his only family.
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In addition to his activities in Divinity's Reach, Caudecus is credited with the expansion of [[Shire of Beetletun|Beetletun]], home to both his own mansion and a statue of himself. His carnivals have allowed him to amass a fortune which allows him to retain the services of many Ministry Guards and [[Seraph]]
— this
, he claims, is the reason why the bandits and centaurs do not attack Beetletun, and allow his shire to be relatively prosperous. His wife died several years ago
, reportedly killed by bandits
, leaving his daughter [[Demmi Beetlestone]] as his only family
.
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In 1325 <small>[[Mouvelian calendar|AE]]</small>, he becomes suspected of orchestrating various bandit operations, including the capture of the [[Falcon Company]] and framing their supposed deaths on [[Minister Arton]], as well as being behind [[Minister Zamon]]'s dealings with the bandits. However, no solid proof was provided, preventing prosecution. Later, his daughter defected to the [[Order of Whispers]], claiming to have evidence of shady dealings by her father. She was aided by [[Lightbringer Tybalt Leftpaw]]. Caudecus dispatched [[Ministry Commander Landon]] to recover her, but was unsuccessful. Around this time, he hosted a party at his estate, [[Caudecus's Manor|Beetlestone Manor]], to celebrate the human-charr détente. There, he promised to unveil a new creation by [[Uzolan the Artist]], his personal inventor, who turned out to be behind a [[Separatists|Separatist]] plot by [[Separatist Captain DeLana|Captain Monique DeLana]] to kill the Queen. Fortunately, the soon-to-be [[Pact Commander]], [[Logan Thackeray]], and [[Zojja]] were able to stop the plot before either the Queen or the Minister could come to harm. Following this, at the Queen's insistence, the Minister was taken back to the [[Royal Palace]], where he remained, officially for his safety, as his manor is investigated for further Separatist and bandit activities
.
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In 1325 <small>[[Mouvelian calendar|AE]]</small>, his daughter defected to the [[Order of Whispers]], claiming to have evidence of shady dealings by her father. She was aided by [[Lightbringer Tybalt Leftpaw]]. Caudecus dispatched [[Ministry Commander Landon]] to recover her, but was unsuccessful. Later that year, he hosted a party at his estate, [[Caudecus's Manor|Beetlestone Manor]], to celebrate the human-charr détente. There, he promised to unveil a new creation by [[Uzolan]], his personal inventor, who turned out to be behind a [[Separatists|Separatist]] plot to kidnap the Queen. Fortunately, [[Logan Thackeray]] and [[Zojja]] were able to stop the plot before either the Queen or the Minister could come to harm. Following this, at the Queen's insistence the Minister was taken back to the [[Royal Palace]], where he remains — for his own safety, of course.
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[[File:Confessor Caudecus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Caudecus in his Confessor robes.]]
[[File:Confessor Caudecus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Caudecus in his Confessor robes.]]
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Caudecus fled from the Royal Palace in 1329 <small>AE</small>, prompting the [[Shining Blade]] officer [[Canach]], the [[Pact Commander]] and members of the [[Dragon's Watch]] guild to track him down and bring him back by any means necessary. When found in [[Bloodstone Fen]] experimenting on [[Bloodstone]] shards, Caudecus revealed himself as the current
[[Confessor Caudecus|
Confessor
]]
of the [[White Mantle]] and announced his plan to take over the Krytan throne from Queen Jennah by force. However, the sudden arrival of [[Lazarus]], the last [[mursaat]] whom some members of the White Mantle had revived behind Caudecus's back, led to the White Mantle splintering into two factions when Caudecus refused to submit to Lazarus who branded Caudecus as a heretic. Before he could be killed, Caudecus fled once more with the assistance of his mesmer underling, [[Lady Valette Wi]], to continue his schemes elsewhere.
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Caudecus fled from the Royal Palace in 1329 <small>AE</small>, prompting the [[Shining Blade]] officer [[Canach]], the [[Pact Commander]]
,
and members of the [[Dragon's Watch]] guild to track him down and bring him back by any means necessary. When found in [[Bloodstone Fen]] experimenting on [[Bloodstone]] shards, Caudecus revealed himself as the current Confessor of the [[White Mantle]] and announced his plan to take over the Krytan throne from Queen Jennah by force. However, the sudden arrival of [[Lazarus]], the last [[mursaat]] whom some members of the White Mantle had revived behind Caudecus's back, led to the White Mantle splintering into two factions when Caudecus refused to submit to Lazarus
,
who
in turn
branded Caudecus as a heretic. Before he could be killed, Caudecus fled once more with the assistance of his mesmer underling, [[Lady Valette Wi]], to continue his schemes elsewhere
.
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After escaping, Caudecus gathered his resources, sent letters to the White Mantle in hopes of preventing them from joining Lazarus' schism while proclaiming the mursaat a "false god", and led a siege on Divinity's Reach from [[Lake Doric]]. The siege was quickly turned back by the Seraph, bolstered by the [[Sentinel]]s, due to his White Mantle's weakened state by defectors, and he was ultimately forced to take shelter as he sought out to unleash a "contingency plan" in his desperation. As he did so, Canach and a group of Shining Blade infiltrated the manor, but were killed and captured. Following the loss of contact, the Pact Commander, Demmi, and [[Countess Anise]] infiltrated the manor from the [[Hidden Falls Dock]] connecting to Lake Doric to bring down the traitorous minister for good.
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While navigating through the manor, it is revealed through [[Caudecus's Correspondence (Incomplete)|discarded letters]] that Caudecus was not only behind the fall of Falcon Company and Minister Zamon, but also ordered the execution of his wife, was ordering [[Commander Serentine]] to free [[Big Nose Ted|captured bandits]], had [[Captain Tervelan]] butcher [[Modniir Ulgoth|Ulgoth the Mighty]]'s family to further spur the Centaur War, hired Separatists as his carnival workers and spurred the [[Ringmaster (Personal Story)|Ringmaster]] and Captain DeLana's attacks, and orchestrated the death of [[Confessor Esthel]], his successor, through feeding the mysterious [[E]] information on the White Mantle
.
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After escaping, Caudecus eventually is bested during his operations in
[[
Lake Doric
]]
. Due to the weakened stance of
the
White Mantle,
[[
Demmi Beetlestone
]]
helps the player character
to
enter
[[
Caudecus's Manor
|
the family manor
]]
. Caudecus turns out to have consumed
large amounts of [[Bloodstone]],
turning him into
an unrecognizable version of himself.
After shooting
his
own daughter and killing her
,
he
is
eventually terminated by the player character in his dungeon
.
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[[
File:Confessor Caudecus (abomination).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Caudecus becoming a bloodstone abomination.
]]
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When finally finding Caudecus in
the [[
Grand Salon
]]
in his manor, he has begun
to
go
[[
Bloodstone Crazed
|
crazed
]]
from consuming
large amounts of [[Bloodstone]]
. During the fight
,
Caudecus fatally shoots Demmi and retreats to a lower dungeon decorated with his own face across the walls, where he has grown to become
an unrecognizable version of himself
, partially becoming a bloodstone abomination
.
Here, in the depths of
his
manor
,
Caudecus
is
finally killed
.
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Investigation
of his manor after his death reveals Caudecus
held on
to the final
essence
of
[[
Lazarus
]]
.
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Further investigation
of his manor after his death reveals
that
Caudecus
obtained an artifact from [[Justiciar Bauer]] that is claimed
to
hold
the
fifth and
final
aspect
of Lazarus
, and his journal claims that without such the ritual to revive the fallen mursaat should have failed
.
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