Joseph von Hohenzollern, hmm. Well, he grew up as an independent Count, to the point that he referred to himself far more as the Prince of Ostland than as 'Elector Count' due to the whole growing up in the Era of Three Emperors thing. Occasionally he'd make motions toward supporting one of the Emperors over another, but Ostland was backwater enough that it never amounted to them demanding much or giving much back in return. He was, however, staunchly Sigmarite in a province full of Ulricans, largely as a result of associating with the Cult who actually spent time working him politically and financially. For the aid given, he held to the Cult pretty well, and could not brook insults to them. Especially from his family. A man of brutal piety, Frederick insulting Sigmar as he did as a child was enough for him to banish him, and he was such a spare that he did not spare much thought to him after sending him to Jegow. Hell of a strong statement, after all. Reasonable diplomatically, to be honest. Did not rock the boat much, and managed to keep Ostland from being swamped by any of the claimant Emperor's demands to the point of, like, harming Ostland financially, manpower-wise, etc.
Nor was he an idiot. Just about average, to be honest, in terms of intelligence. He saw the world as it was, and decided that not much needed to change about it. They'd fight the Norscans and greenskins and beastmen forever, and they'd hold out forever, and one day he would die in battle as a result. But the province as a whole would continue.
Unfortunately, he did not have a particularly high intrigue, and as noted in the Introduction the Witch Hunters did not serve him super well, but the cult was one of the hardier and better equipped ones. As expected of a cult who dared to make its home within the freaking founding place of the Order of the Silver Hammer. Then again, they were somewhat benign (as benign as a Cult of Chaos can be) and were content with slow moves, slowly isolating the province, the Hohenzollern family, etc. But then an Everchosen came knocking, and the Dark Gods said nut up or shut up, and they decided 'suicidal attempt at stripping an entire Elector Count family root and stem is a go!' And damn near succeeded. Only Frederick's absolute isolation in Jegow saved him from them.
If there was one thing that Joseph was very good at, it was fighting. He was primarily a cavalry fighter, in contrast to the footman sort of thing that Frederick started as. Joseph was fond of the lance and cavalry hammer, plus was no slouch with Brain Wounder either. So, he rode north to help Kislev, and then barely rode back with a belly that had nearly been split open and festering wounds. Then he recovered from them somewhat and drove into the Everchosen Remnants at Salkalten, and happened to die there.
He loved his wife, and she loved him, though they quarreled somewhat over Frederick's banishment, and the distant way in which he raised the rest of their children beyond his son and primary heir. But honestly, there have always been emotionally distant fathers in the world, and will be in the future. Joseph happened to be one of them. His last thoughts were of his family, but in a nebulous way, his wife and heir taking prominence and the rest being a smoky ephemeral thing. Frederick didn't really feature at all, because he had barely been raised a noble before his banishment, and his 'allowance' was quite low indeed because Joseph didn't want to spend too much coin. Then Frederick became a blacksmith, further separating him, marking him as more of a commoner, and, well, Joseph saw little need to call him back. The chances of Zacharias going after him specifically were spectacularly low, because as was noted by the tomato, just because everyone lived in mortal terror doesn't mean they thought the vampire overlord himself would come after them.
But yeah, that was Joseph. Hardliner in piety, reasonable in diplomacy and stewardship, good in martial, low in intrigue, and absolute average in learning.
