Captain Skybeak

== History And Biography ==
Captain Elris Skybeak is the Captain of the Aldorian Kingsguard in Hoslad, Aldoria. He was the superior over Irinarya Sungrove during her time in the Kingsguard before she joined Ascension Academy. He told Minerva a story of the first Squad he was assigned to command, a disrespectful unruly lot much like the Students of Ascension Academy themselves. And how it took him years to forge them into a proper squad, and despite the fact that they rose to become one of his most talented units, they still barely respect him. Meant as a lesson on the trials of mentorship for the struggling Administrator.
During the Aldoria Mission the Students met Captain Skybeak, and he made himself a reliable resource for them in their endeavors to stop the Wicker Beasts. However due to bureaucratic and social taboos, as well as orders from his superiors, he was unable to inform the Academy of anything regarding the Blackguard- the belief being the Students would not be encountering them as their presence was thought to be weak in the region. His could not have been further from the truth- as encounters with Imps at the end of the first day, as well as hordes of undead and even a few lesser Blackguards on the second showed. He accompanied Professor Albrecht and Irinarya to Albrecht's old estate on the second night, where he saw that Albrecht possessed an amulet, a medal given to volunteers who battled the Wicker Beast threat a long long time ago, long since discontinued.
Skybeak requested for information to be disseminated to the Academy but was refused by his superiors. After discovering that Cadet Hannah had been captured during the night of the second day however, Skybeak refused to hold anything more back. He lead the Academy to an area that had reported light Blackguard activity, showed them a back route into the area, and returned to the City for reinforcements. During the Academy's battles in the Blackguard Keep, which was much more heavily fortified and manned than expected, several students took heavy injuries, and Cadet Irinarya was mortally wounded. She was rushed to the Hoslad Kingsguard Medical Center for treatment, but due to the Demonic nature of the blade, nothing could stop her bleeding. Many of the Students blamed Skybeak for withholding information, and he blamed himself as well- if only he had trusted his own judgement, if he had requested reinforcements first or told the Academy what he knew from the start, politics be damned... Maybe the girl whom had been his charge for so many years would still live.
== Trivia ==
* Captain Skybeak, as the Captain over Irinarya Sungrove, acted as a 'godfather' of sorts after Lieutenant Drachen passed, before Albrecht eventually adopted her.
* The Captain grew close with Madame Minerva during the Aldoria Mission, quickly becoming a good friend of hers and comforting her when she was preparing to resign at the end of the third night.
== Clips ==
* Madame's Knight in Shining Armor
* A way with words
* Ryder talk Part One
* Ryder talk Part Two
* Ryder talk Part Three
== Gallery ==
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