Adhemar de Wilde

Adhemar de Wilde, 1st Duke of Safford KT, (11 Raintide 796 – 26 Highsun 857) was a Lithuari human nobleman, knight, and statesman who played a major role in the Second Orc War and in the politics of the subsequent New Empire. He was knighted in 811, after squiring for Lord Wycliffe Strongbow, and later volunteered for service in the Dorei Militia.

Before him, his father and ancestors held a hereditary countship over the town of Safford, initially under the king of the Tolossians, and then under the kings of Lithuar. His father had notably switched sides during a war, and brought his lands into Lithuar in exchange for title, position, and further land conquered in the frontier. Adhemar followed in his father's footsteps as a knight and noble, serving as a military leader in the Militia during the war against the Orcs. His father died and he inherited the de Wilde holdings partway through the war.

He was made Lord Marshal of the Empire after the war, and was raised to a dukedom. By joint grant of the King of Lithuar and the Empress, he was given expanded lands in the southern frontier of Lithuar as a reward for his service. His descendants expanded these lands through careful strategy, and have since made the House of Wilde into the second-largest landowners in Lithuar.