Guyard Blackthorne

Sir Guyard Blackthorne was the eldest son of Sir Edric Blackthorne, and a nephew of Lord Gerold Blackthorne. Despite a merely adequate skill at arms, he displayed a talent with the handling of coin, and was thus deployed to the colony known as the Gilded Isle to oversee Blackthorne operations. While there he married Callista, a daughter of a local merchant, and they had a son named Allister together. Guyard taught Allister extensively and had him recieve the highest standard of education available, impressing upon the boy the value of the House's monetary goals as the way of the future, as opposed to martial pursuits. Allister would later put these to considerable use following the Council of 508AE; Guyard did not live to see his son's ascent to lordship, however, as he died of Azure Fever earlier that same year.