Lord Hugo

Lord Hugo is a minor character in the first season of Reign. He is portrayed by Ted Atherton.

Lord Hugo is the head of the king's privy council. At first he tried to plot with Catherine to get rid of Bash but eventually switched sides, since he saw it as the winning one.

Biography

Season One

Sacrifice

Lord Hugo attends the proceedings in the throne room. They eventually learn that he plotted with Catherine to have Isobel Derant brought in for questioning and see Bash's reaction. If that did not work, he also organized a peasant woman to attack Bash, but that also failed.

When he goes to meet Catherine in the tower, she's angry at the fact that their plan to get rid of Bash has failed. When she asks why, he tells her that it's because he has a bodyguard.

Royal Blood

Bash and Mary ask Lord Hugo if there is a way to keep Charles and Henry III safe. Lord Hugo replies that he marvels how he could have been brought up at court and still understand it so poorly. Bash tells hi he know the notion of him being king disappoints him. Lord Hugo, however, tells him that it did at one point, but he has switched sides since he thinks Bash is on the winning one. When Bash and Mary return from the Frost Fair, Lord Hugo tells them that they found a man hiding in the woods who had a rope and two burlap sacks. He tells them that he'll question the man to get any other information.

Personality

Lord Hugo is determined, cunning, devious and versatile. He often switches sides, as he says he always picks the winning side; when he takes a side, he'll do whatever it takes for it to succeed.

Physical Appearance

Lord Hugo is a man probably in his mid to late forties. He has light brown wavy hair, a scruffy beard and blue eyes. He dresses in fancy and intricate clothing, since he is a lord and also the head of the privy council.

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