Lord Stilicho is the consummate Swordlord- an expert swordsman, poet, artist, and romancer of ladies of refinement everywhere. Extremely handsome of confident to the point of being arrogant, his sword skills are virtually unmatched in Brevoy. He stands as the champion of the council in any honor duels, so needless to say, the Swordlords are rarely bothered with challengers these days. He has little interest in war or battle, but will eagerly engage in a duel to test the mettle of another swordsman.

In council, he usually councils against war and for peace, as his preferred activities of writing overly saccharine romantic poetry, wooing fair maidens, drinking and fighting are hard to do from a battlefield. He is extremely honor-driven however, so if he is persuaded that a matter is obligatory due to honor or a personal offense to his own honor indirectly through offense to the council, he can often can be stirred up to support the cause.