Fredo Rogare

Fredo Rogare was a son of Lysandro Rogare and a member of the family whose immense wealth and influence were undone by the collapse of the Rogare Bank. His brief appearances trace that reversal through two concrete details: the commercial property he held and his role in the public reckoning of his brother Lysaro.

Inheritance and Family Position

When Lysandro’s estate was divided among his children, Fredo received his father’s pillow house. His sisters Lysara and Marra and his brother Drako each received different parts of the estate, while all of Lysandro’s children shared in the wealth represented by the Rogare Bank. Even the family’s bastards received shares, though smaller ones than those allotted to the trueborn children. The inheritance distributed businesses and possessions among the siblings, but their shared stake in the bank also tied their fortunes to its fate.

The Collapse of the Rogare Fortune

The bank’s collapse brought an abrupt end to the security that inheritance had seemed to promise. Fredo tried to sell the Perfumed Garden, but the magisters seized it along with the other Rogare properties. The family’s ships, manses, furnishings, and goods were confiscated or lost, and the sale of their slaves could pay only a fraction of the debts. The Rogares themselves were then sold into slavery with their children. Fredo’s daughters were sent back to the Perfumed Garden, the place where they had played as children, now under radically changed circumstances. The family’s fall thus reached beyond the loss of property to engulf the next generation.

Fredo and Lysaro’s Punishment

Fredo’s surviving appearance places him among those who took part in the punishment of Lysaro, the elder brother whose ambition and use of bank funds had helped bring the family to ruin. Lysaro was condemned to be punished publicly before the Temple of Trade, with the number of lashes assigned according to each victim’s losses. His sister Lysara and his brother Fredo were among those who availed themselves of the punishment. The account gives no explanation of Fredo’s reasons; it records the act as part of the family’s reckoning with the brother whose actions had precipitated its collapse. Lysaro died during the punishment, and his bones remained chained to the pillar until Moredo later took them down for burial in the family crypt.