Hogo Manati
Hogo Manati | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | 2980[1] |
| Affiliation | House Manati |
| Career | |
| Title(s) | Earl of Albiero |
| Profession | Noble |
| Family | |
| Siblings | Bakin Manati[1] Ted Manati[1] |
| Children | Some Children, at least two sons |
Hogo Manati was Earl of Albiero at the end of the Third Succession War.
History
Hogo Manati came from a family that has headed the Albiero Prefecture since the original division of the Draconis Combine into districts and prefects.
He was the third son of his family, groomed to a position in the government bureaucracy after he failed to show any military promise. When both his older brothers died, he became Prefect of Albiero in 3008.
Shortly after assuming office, he went to the Royal Palace on Luthien for the Coordinator's birthday celebration. The Coordinator noticed the pleasant young man, and granted him a rare private audience. After that, Manati divided his time between Luthien and Albiero, enjoying a privileged position in Court that was unknown for a mere prefect. Meanwhile, Manati acquired status as a friend and confidant to many high members of the court and no one ever heard of Manati betraying a confidence.
His only known political stand came in 3025, when he opposed the further exploration of Brocchi's Cluster. This was just as well, as manpower and equipment were limited and the combine government did not consider the project a priority.
Hogo kept his sons away from court as much as possible so they would not be spoiled when the time came to succeed him to his post.
He was not close to Theodore Kurita, and other courtesans expected him to disappear from court when Takashi died.[1]
When Clan Smoke Jaguar conquered Alberio in July 3050, Hugo was forced to flee and leave his assets behind. Taking up residence on McAlister as Prefect-in-exile, the shock of his loss sent him into a deep depression. In June 3056 Hugo learned that a cache of wealth he stashed in Brocchi's Cluster still existed, and he promptly hired mercenaries to retrieve it. Located on a largely uninhabited and unnamed planet, Hugo had been stashing treasures in cave systems for decades. working with Singer's Slaughters, a pirate group that also operated out of the Cluster but hadn't left since 3049 so was unaware of the Clan Invasion. Hugo had hired these pirates to raid nearby worlds for treasure and not a few sacred Combine artifacts. The second part of the mercenary contract was to pay off the pirates with a portion of that wealth.[2][3][4]
Notes
It is likely Robert Manati is one of his sons