Drak Deeroft

Drak Deeroft, commonly called Drak Ironskin, is a famed warrior of the Kingdom of The North and heir of House Deeroft. He is currently fighting in the Lakelands Conflict against the Brotherhood of Wolves and has been training the sons of Lord Trovion of House Pyke. He is renowned for his abilities with an axe and his style of fighting but he is also competent with a sword as well making him a very versatile and lethal fighter. 
== Biography ==
=== Background ===
Drak Deeroft was born in 360 AF at Windspell to Lord Liram Deeroft and Lady Myra Deeroft, their firstborn son. He was trained from early in his youth to wield an axe and was able to defeat more experienced warriors of the Borderlands in his teenage years. He won a duel against the Lord Commander of the Bronze Cloaks, Sir Mancel Graen in 378 AF, being just 18 years old. He was requested to join Harlow's Southern Expedition by the Lord Commander but Drak turned it down in favour of travelling to the Free City of Kiamba. He arrived in Kiamba in 381 AF at the age of 21 and joined the sellsword company, the Sons of Steel. He fought across western Eirus with the company and established himself as one of the top warriors of the age. It is here where he gained his nickname "Ironskin" as he sustained many injuries during battles but never seemed to care and continued to fight.
In 389 AF, Drak left the Sons of Steel and returned to Aqoris to fight in the upcoming Great War of 390 AF against The Alba who had united under High Chieftain Maolruibh. His father had sent a messenger to Kiamba to ask his son to return home and fight for his family and Drak felt obliged to return home. He fought alongside Prince Ronan and the Lakelander volunteers which led him to forge a great friendship with the young prince. He also felt he owed a debt to the Lakelander volunteers and wished to repay that debt. The time for repaying the debt came in 398 AF with the beginning of the Lakelands Conflict by the Brotherhood of Wolves. Drak was one of the first warriors in the Kingdom to journey to the Lakelands and fight alongside the Lakelanders. He notably fought with the Rocke soldiers in the First Battle of the God's Lake and with Boyce force in the Second Battle of The God's Lake. After the war fell into Guerrilla Warfare, he was sent to Eskdale to train the sons of Lord Trovion and the Pyke soldiers in countering that style of warfare, a warfare he had been trained in as a youth in the Borderlands. 
Category:Bordermen
Drak Deeroft