Patriarch and head of House Holswig-Schliestein, Karl Franz, who was elected to the Imperial throne in 2502 IC, followed in his father Luitpold I's footsteps, and was hailed as a patron of the arts and sciences, as a military innovator and as a valiant general. Karl Franz, also spelled Karl-Franz, formally Emperor Karl Franz I Holswig-Schliestein, bearer of the titles ' Protector of the Empire,' ' Defier of the Dark,' ' Sigmar's Heir,' ' Emperor of the South,' ' Emperor Himself,' and ' Son of Emperors,' is the current Emperor of the Empire of Man, the Elector Count of Reikland, the Prince of Altdorf and the greatest statesman and general the Empire and perhaps the entire Old World has seen in many centuries.
