Duke Marik Feldren (CN male human knight) rules over the town in his capacity of governor of the southern province that includes Seaton. The Grand Dukes of Baldur's Gate actually granted Marik's older brother, the war hero Obertus Feldren, governorship of the province. But the affable duke's reign was short-lived, for he fell ill and died a year later. The title fell to Marik, a sheltered hothead eager to surpass his brother's legend. He considers the natives of the region as cowards who hid away in their isolated villages while the north suffered its losses. He further believes that his brother, who had a genuine fondness for the local fishers and traders, was laid low by traitors in service to the Sea Princes.
Duke Feldren raised taxes to fund an aggressive expansion of the royal navy and launched raids against various areas of the Sea Princes' domain in the summer of 1485 DR.