Vampire Knight - Ser Gaston

model designed by DM Stash, unassembled and unpainted

A relatively new addition to the ranks of Arthur Belfrie’s Coven, Ser Gaston was a knight in Greypeak, under the employ of Duke Strauss, the ruler of Strassen. Gaston volunteered himself to receive his lord’s dark gift and embrace, becoming an enforcer of his nebulous will within the city. When Almenhier and Etherian challenged the Duke and his methods, they gave Gaston a chance at mercy, exiling him to Arthur Belfrie’s Coven where he might learn the ways of modesty and temperament with his dark gift, though these lessons have yet to sink in.

Ser Gaston was once a proud knight, serving the Duke of Strassen with unshakable loyalty. A man of unwavering duty, he believed in the power of order, in the strength of hierarchy and the dominion of nobility over the land. Duke Strauss, ruler of Greypeak, was more than a mere lord to Gaston—he was the embodiment of those ideals, a man whose will should never be questioned. So when whispers of the Duke's dark powers and unnatural ambitions crept through the city, Gaston volunteered without hesitation. The offer of immortality, to be among the chosen who would enforce his lord’s vision with strength beyond the mortal coil, was more enticing than any oath he had ever sworn. The embrace granted him formidable power, but it also tethered his fate to Strauss’s shadowy schemes, pushing him to enforce the Duke’s often ruthless policies with an iron fist. As Ser Gaston navigated his new existence, he grappled with the loss of his mortality and the moral ambiguities that came with his enhanced abilities.

The fragile balance of power in Strassen was shattered when Almenhier and Etherian, powerful Elder vampires who made it their task to quell their clansmen who broke their creed, rose to challenge Duke Strauss’s oppressive methods. When they defeated Strauss, they turned to Gaston with an offer: exile, not execution. In their eyes, there was a chance for redemption, though Gaston had done nothing to deserve it. They cast him to Arthur Belfrie’s Coven, a place where perhaps, under new guidance, the monstrous knight might learn restraint, might curb his unbridled thirst for dominance.

Yet, in the coven, Ser Gaston remains unyielding. He has little patience for Arthur Belfrie’s “lessons” of modesty and balance. The old teachings of submission and control do not sit well with a soul so eager for conquest. His time in the coven is meant to temper him, to humble him before his dark power, but Gaston clings to his former glory. He is a knight still, in his mind, bound by an oath not to the whims of mercy, but to the iron rule of those who claim what is theirs by might. Whether he will learn from the coven’s teachings or eventually rebel against them remains uncertain, but one thing is clear: Ser Gaston is far from broken.