Aral Vorkosigan is a fictitious character from Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga series. He met and married Captain Cordelia Naismith, and together they had the child Miles Vorkosigan.
Admiral Count Aral Vorkosigan was the youngest man to ever reach the rank of admiral in the Barrayaran Imperial Military Service. He was considered the most brilliant strategist in all of Barrayar, and possibly one of the best throughout the entire Vorkosigan ...
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Aral Vorkosigan is a fictitious character from Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga series. He met and married Captain Cordelia Naismith, and together they had the child Miles Vorkosigan.
Admiral Count Aral Vorkosigan was the youngest man to ever reach the rank of admiral in the Barrayaran Imperial Military Service. He was considered the most brilliant strategist in all of Barrayar, and possibly one of the best throughout the entire Vorkosigan Saga galaxy by many military history buffs, such as Ky Tung.
Aral is described as being below average height, stocky and not particularly handsome, but projecting an aura of power and authority. The author of the novels has likened him to the actor Oliver Reed before he succumbed to alcohol.
For the first thirteen years of Aral Vorkosigan's life, the reigning ruler of Barrayar was Mad Emperor Yuri. He was a psychotic emperor, who became extremely paranoid about conspirators plotting to kill him to gain the throne. His paranoia mounted, until...
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