John De Burgh

John De Burgh (340-) is an Athmorean Lord and Military Commander who is the current de-facto ruler of Iron Gate, and following the Battle of the Beasts, a united state of Northwind. He derives his name from the road prefecture of Burgh in which he was born. Given no last name by his birth parents of mysterious origin, his surname was assigned by an Athmorean Monastic Order.
Since his seizure of the regional megacity Iron Gate, De Burgh initiated the Northwind Civil War, which had fallen dormant following a relative period of peace between the regions several fiefdoms. As the war waged, John replaced much of Iron Gate's established government with a military authority that would be extended to territories subjugated following rebellion. 
== Origins ==
Born simply John in the mining merchant's settlement of Burgh, John's family descended from relatively unclear origins. His father was a soldier in a warlord army before being disgraced for heresy, while his mother's history was entirely unknown. Once he had reached adolescence, he abandoned Burgh and was recruited into the Order of the Hallowed Gods, a large and prosperous monastic order that confided its power in the Highlands of Northwind. He received the name "De Burgh" following his enlistment with the order.
De Burgh spent the majority of his youth performing various functions as a Friar of the Hallowed Gods. Peak among them was his mission to the city of Iron Gate, where he had never before visited. Prior to his occupation as the peak missionary representing the Hallowed Gods, he had never before set foot in a city of any sort. 
Returning to the Temple of the Hallowed Gods following their destruction, John was discovered by the army of Lord Hollowell, a renegade Road Lord who had favored commerce with the south than with the unscrupulous and increasingly erratic Iron Gate aristocracy. 
With the advantage of the knowledge hoarded by the Order, John quickly became an indispensable asset to his Lord's army as an archer commander. John experimented extensively with longbow tactics during his tenure with Hollowell, which would eventually become a hall mark of his field tactics as the Lord Regent of Northwind.