Guille Dugraal

Cult of the Lady - Ladys chosen

Grail knight

Soldier/squire (formerly)

Knight of bellinnor (formerly)

***"I have heard it said that the pen is mightier than the sword, but it is a notion I wish to challenge. A pen cannot win a battle nor can a sword write poetry. Mighty is the hand that knows when to pick up the pen and when the sword."***

**Guille Dugraal** is one of the best known faces among the people of Glirelle. And it is no wonder as he is one of the most impressive self made men within the entire continent. With a sound devotion to his patron goddess, the **Lady of the Lake**, and a strong devotion to all things good and right, he saw himself rise in the ranks from a lowly farmer, to the king of an entire kingdom, known as **Calix**.

## Early Life

### Birth and Upbringing

Guille Dugraal was a **Calixian** born in **Artis** sometime during the **War of Repheria**. His mother was a peasant from calix who moved to Artis during her pregnancy in hopes of a better life in the at the time duchy of Arkaly, his father remains unknown.

Guille spent most of his youth tending the fields and tending to the horses. His education was the bare minimum offered to peasantry at the time, which was scarce. At the beginning of his young adulthood he was drafted to join the final push of the war effort. Which saw him take part in the **skirmish of Tarrin**, where the regiments of Artis aided the knights of **Fjordin** in defending against repherian opposition. The Heroism of the **knights** inspired Guille into becoming a devout follower of the Lady of the Lake, and thus sought **squireship** with a knight of **Fjordin**, **Riccard Sabel**, from which he was educated in sword, spear, and in the ways of the Cult of the Lady.

### Assassination Foiled

During a **bodyguard** mission for the king, **Tirian**, Guille stopped an assassination attempt against king. For his bravery, and in no small part the kings love for his own life, Guille was dubbed Sir Guille, and named knight of **Arkaly**, and given the settlement of **Bellinore** as his knights fee.

### Noble Disdain

Sir Guille faced many struggles in his early **knighthood**. at the time of his knighting noble blood was still highly valued among many in Arkaly, and few would willingly recognize a knight of **low birth**. He was often given grueling tasks in hopes of failure by his greater lords, but never ceased in his dutifulness.

## Politics and War

### Bandit Invasions

After the official end of the war of Repheria, many sought to reclaim their riches by becoming **bandits**. Bellinore was at the forefront of these threats. Seeking help from his liege lord, **Luciano di Marcesco** proved fruitless when the Duke conveyed to him that due to the **kings policies**, he was **unable** to amass a force large enough to counter the bandit scourge.

### Siege of Arkaly

With the growing unrest in the **duchy**, the bandits were able to amass a force to siege the city of Arkaly. With the **household guard** of Luciano led by the duke himself, and the **heavy infantry** of Bellinore led by Sir Guille, they managed to push back the untrained force of bandits from the walls of Arkaly.

### Overthrowing a King

after years of **unrest**, Duke Luciano held a meeting in **East Calix**, to decide the fate of the king. with sir Guille initially giving support on the premise of **peaceful** transfer of power. Having been misled, and learning the true plan of Luciano to **assassinate the king** or **destroy the city**, Sir Guille abandoned the Effort.

### A Need for Power

Unable to do anything as a lowly knight, Sir Guille sought to remove the **Duke of Calix** from his position, under the authority of knighthood, Sir Guille challenged Duke **Gregory Calix** to one on one combat for the right to reign. of which Sir Guille emerged victorious. as a show of his newly found position he sent the head of Gregory to Luciano.

### Invasion of the South

Seeing opportunity, and with the support of Luciano of Arkaly and Kedwin of Dunnlevy, the southern self proclaimed King **Asmodean Aeraenor** began an invasion of the **independent kingdoms** in the south and the outskirts of Arkaly. Sir Guille, with the support of the local lords, rode on several occasions to the **defense** of neutral lands, taking part in battles such as the **siege of Slywallow** and the **siege of Artis**. Though difficult, Sir Guille sought and made many allies to defend against the southern invasion.

### Betrayal

When invited to a talk of **peace** by Asmodean and party, Sir Guille was **betrayed** and an **assassination** attempt was made. Finding an unlikely Ally in Duke Kedwin, Sir Guille escaped with his baron **Maiselavin**.

### Independence

Rallying parties like **Dunnlevy** to his cause, Sir Guille pursued **independence** for the free people of the world, where each Dukedom would once again **split from Glirelle** and defend their land to their full ability. With the support of the newly crowned **King Kedwin** of Nordheim, Sir Guille became the **King of Calix**.

### Quest for the Grail

Securing his rule with the birth of his and his wife, Ria's, daughter Anara, Sir Guille took up the **quest for the Grail**. Where he scoured the land in search of people to help, lives to save, and evil to vanquish. He speaks little of his time of the quest. but he successfully returned a **Knight of the Grail**. the first to be seen in centuries.

### Cold War and Errantry

For several years the war with the South seemed to cease. So as not to grow lax in his efforts, Guille declared an errantry into the continent east of Glirelle, where an orc warlord had amassed an army and was ravaging the tribal lands of Reionia. The stand-still would only end when the Aldair neighboring kingdom of **Ladiria** held the Robinsburg accord in an attempt to secure their border safety.

### Southern Errantry

After Ladiria's peace talks fell through, Guille felt rejuvenated in his attempt to free the southern lands from the grasp of Asmodean. Allying with Ladiria, the armies of Calix marched south, claiming fallen kingdoms for Calix. Eventually pushing back the Aldairian army after slaying the dragon of Asmodean during the battle of \*\*.

### Rebuilding the South

Having forced the forces of Aldair to retreat, a war reprimands was paid by the kingdom of Aldair, now under the just hand of the Princess Aenesa. The slaves of Aldair were freed, and the fallen kingdoms were permitted to reform under Calix's banner, until such times as they had rebuilt to stability, in which Calix would offer independence or vassalage to the rebuilt nations. Seized assets from the war would be redistributed by Guille to kingdoms based on their need to rebuild, and would provide manpower and financial support, supplied by a loan with the Bank of Arkaly, to assist in the proccess.