Ladislaus Dominus

Ladislaus Dominus is Human mercenary Battlemage. He is directly based off László Dornfeld, as his name Ladislaus is the Latinization of the Hungarian "László", and his appearance in the 2012 game resembles that of the person he is based off.

He did not make an appearance in the Ways of Darkness FRPG, nor in any of the Alternate World games. He debuted in Emergence of Darkness, later making an appearence in the 2012 game.

Biography (Ways of Darkness)
Ladislaus Dominus was born on the 832.96449847618, in the Kingdom of Etrand. His father was a man who abandoned his mother as soon as he impregnated her, never having played any part in Ladislaus’ life - his mother was no better, as she abandoned Ladislaus fairly early too, leaving the little boy to be saved and adopted by a group of wandering monks belonging to the Frettinoarian Order.

Growing up, Ladislaus was taught how to read and write, he was taught theology, Clerical Magic, as well as how to fight with blunt weapons such as the quarterstaff, mace and cudgel.

Very early on, the monks noticed that the boy was too hot-headed for regular monkly duties, and would go crazy if he was truly forced to live the rest of his life as a cloistered monk locked in a monastery - so, they decided to give him the kind of duty more fitting for a warrior when he reached the age of 12.

He was sent on missions to aid Knights and Paladins in exterminating evil, specifically getting paired up with Stephánus Tavilrond, with whom he developed an early sense of comradery.

However, this comradery would only last four years, as young Ladislaus was still haunted by wanderlust, and on a fateful day, at the age of just 16, decided to become a stoveaway on a ship headed to Tanqutařa. Cast into a foreign world, he joined a gang of traveling mercenary Battlemages, who completed his training in the way of the warrior, as well as re-training him from Monk (Clerical Magic) to Battlemage (Arcane Magic). He spent the next couple of years being employed by Nawqi Jaaba and having a brief romantic relationship with Reyanna Rýger, followed by being employed by (and also having a brief romantic relationship with) Queen Imani of Ayube, before he decided to go back to the Occident, to Etrand, where he met an old companion willing to vouch for him when he would seek employment…

Ways of Darkness, the 2012 game


Ladislaus plays relatively minor role, though he is member of the party, and Nemezish says that he was a childhood friend of Stephanus. Neither Stephanus, nor Ladislaus ever mention that, but since they do not deny it, it is implied to be true. Ladislaus stays behind with Ildor to defend Talon while the protagonist, Gnarog, Nemezish and Stephanus go to kill the vampire. According to Gnarog, Ladislaus fel in love with "a blond girl from Talon" (Maria Couroughis, based on Marisa Kirisame from Touhou, and the fact that László's waifu was Marisa for a while).

Ways of Darkness, the 2013 game


Ladislaus was planned to appear in the game, but as the game never made it beyond planning stage, nothing was produced.