Exarch Klopfer the Silent

Klopfer the Silent (513—607) was the exarch during the Emmerichite Pogroms, and the leader of the Haselhorst Conclave's "Klopferites," in opposition to Emmerich the Accursed. Born Karsten Arne Klopfer, to Count Benno the Brave, he was among the aristocrats mutilated under the reign of Archduke Volkhardt the Black. After he had his tongue removed for disobedience, he was submitted to the church monasteries to allow his younger brother to take hold of the county. Klopfer excelled in the church, however, and rose quickly, partly in account for his stand against Volkhardt, and was mentored by Primate Hauseger-Rutter. Klopfer could not perform sermons, and became known for his scholastic theses, most notable of which were Opinions on the Divine Succession, which became of paramount importance to the kingdom during the Ahrendt Succession Crisis. Later in life, Klopfer was appointed to be exarch of the conclave, wherein he became a profoundly moderate actor. He tutored Primate Guldenstadt, and, in the Emmerichite Pogroms of which he is remembered, fiercely stood against populist reformist sentiment in Etranon. He died an immensely controversial figure several years after the crisis fully abated.