Ilyros Piker

"He's a Kingsmen, a War-Lieutenant of Polto's Counsel. His name's Ilyros Piker." - Lord Harlyn to Ser Leo Isenwood.

## Ilyros of Stonecroft

### Relatives

Jane Goat (mother)Mary-Devaune (sister)

Anna Wood (wife)

Abigail of Stonecroft (daughter)

Ilyn of Stonecroft (son)

Tory (ward)

### Affiliation

Shark's RevengeHouse Polto

Jacktown Guard

Joker's Crown

### Occupation

Mercenary-Pirate (formerly)Household Guard (formerly)

Town-Guard Captain

## Physical description

### Weight

176 lbs

**Ser Ilyros Piker** is an anointed knight and a war lieutenant. He is a mercenary-turned-soldier in the army of Lord David Polto and his loyal bannerman.

## Biography

### Childhood

He was born on Merci Island in the hill forests of the Northern Terrain. He was the son of a commoner and a hunter. After his birth, his father left them. He grew up in the forests alongside his older sister, ***Mary***, and his younger brother, Danny.

When he was four years old, their mother took them and sailed to the Free Cities when the Viking tribals attacked the land.

### Slave Life

In the Free Cities, once captured by a band of mercenaries, he along with his mother and sister were sold into slavery, while resisting, his younger brother was killed as punishment. He vowed to take revenge on the mercenary slave traders. His sister was separated from him at the young age of six years old. One of the mercenaries who was mesmerized by the fighting spirit of the boy named him 'Ilyros' meaning 'warrior', with the name's origins lying in the history of Free Cities' Kings.

After being sold into slavery, he and his mother worked for a slave lord. Once when his mother was teased by the slave lord, Ilyros killed the slave lord in his bed with his own dagger. When found guilty of treason after being accused by a maid, also a victim of the slave lord, Ilyros was whipped near to death after being purchased by a mercenary, the same one who named Ilyros his name. The mercenary kept Ilyros as his slave, but more than it would seem. Ilyros was trained in swordsmanship by the mercenary. The mercenary took him to **Merci Island** during one of his quests as a sellsword, where he trained Ilyros in hunting. After a while, Ilyros was freed by his master-turned-friend.

### Piracy

After being freed by his slave master in 239 CE, Ilyros left for the Free Cities to find his beloved mother and sister. While looking for his mother, Ilyros became a mercenary like his mentor and sailed the Southern Seas and Tyrinian Coasts. He befriended fellow mercenaries like ***Amir Johar***, ***Jack Olto***, and ***Mr. Gibbs*** during his various encounters with slave traders, spice traders, sellsails, and outlaws.

During one of his voyages to the East Grooves, Ilyros reunited with his mother, only to succumb to her death in 240 CE at the hands of two palace guards. He killed the guards in revenge, following the assassination of a strong slave lord, ***Mark Ponto***. For the assassination, he was sentenced to death and imprisoned in the **Black Horizon**. He was saved by a mercenary-pirate, ***Frank Garrick***. Onboard his ship, Captain Frank made the prisoners fistfight to the death. After winning two duels, Ilyros came toe-to-toe with a crewmate, a Boatswain of Captain Frank, ***Joe Blaney***. Blaney and Ilyros had a consistent duel with Ilyros emerging victorious, until Blaney backstabbed Ilyros on his arm with a hidden knife, upon which Captain Frank killed his fellow crewmate for cheating and gave his position to Ilyros, the victorious fighter. Captain Frank was a man of judgment. Ilyros from then on became a crewmate of the ***Shark's Bite***.

After sailing with Captain Frank for nearly two years, Ilyros became a trusted crewmate of the Shark's Bite, the ship of Captain Frank. During his time under Captain Frank, Ilyros participated in several conflicts and significant events like the Naval ***Battle of Austroy***. Ilyros came close as being the **Deckhand** of the Shark's Bite but left the post and piracy only a year after becoming Deckhand.

During the Second Tyrinian-Ethos Campaign, Captain Frank and Ilyros left the war as outlaws and made the ***Blue Iron*** into a pirate vessel by the name of '***Shark's Revenge***'. Ilyros remained with Captain Frank for sometime after leaving for the East Grooves.

### Sea-Voyages

After leaving the Shark's Bite, Ilyros traveled to Merci Island where he reunited with his mentor, Jacob Blade. He went on to search and take vengeance on the mercenary slave traders that once captured him and his family, and killed his younger brother. Ilyros along with Jacob went found two out of five men, and killed them, throwing their bodies in the sea. Ilyros went on to band together a crew of brave men and captured a sloop from one out of the three men, after killing him and looting him off all his gold. Ilyros became the Captain of the **White Sail** and often came sail-to-sail with Captain Frank and the Shark's Bite crew. He planned heists and plunder of lands under the protection of Tyrinia and Ethos along with Captain Frank, often attacking merchant ships of Tyrinia and Royal Navy Ships of Roma. Ilyros even bought a new ship, a strong barrack ship, and a new sloop, forming his first small fleet, the **Joker's Crown**.

He appointed Master Jacob as the Captain of one of the two sloops and appointed Mr. Gibbs as the new First Mate of his ship. Only a year after his successful plunders, Ilyros alongside Captain Frank, Captain Jacob, and Mr. Gibbs came under the ambush of the Tyrinian Royal Navy and engaged in sea-fight. During this, Captain Jacob along with the few crewmates escaped from capture in a sloop, while the latter fought off the Tyrinian Royal Navy until being captured in 243 CE.

To the end of the Second Tyrinian-Ethos Campaign, Ilyros, Captain Frank, Master Henrick, Master Fridge, and Scrubbs abandoned their royal naval posts and transformed the Blue Iron into the ***Shark's Revenge***. Plundering and acquiring new ships along the way, Captain Frank formed a small armada known as the ***Iron Fleet***.

In 246 CE, Ilyros, a Captain of two barrack ships, left the fleet and sailed to the East Grooves where he met with Tanya and an old ally. He reunited with his separated sister the following year in Tyrinia and also attended the **Duke's Wedding**.

### Royal Service

#### Kingdom of Tyrinia

In 243 CE, Ilyros alongside Captain Frank, Captain Jacob, and Mr. Gibbs came under the ambush of the Tyrinian Royal Navy and engaged in a sea-fight. During the fight, Captain Jacob along with few of the crewmates escaped from capture in a sloo, while the latter fought off the Tyrinian Royal Navy until being captured. Mr. Gibbs and some other crewmates were smuggled out of Tyrinia by Captain Jacob, while Ilyros, Captain Frank, and Master Henrick were pardoned and forced to join the Tyrinian Royal Navy and served under Naval Lieutenant Albus Stock in a royal navy vessel, the Iron Galley. After becoming privateers and serving the Royal Navy till 244 CE when Captain Frank became the Captain of the Royal Navy vessel, ***Blue Iron***, with Ilyros serving as its First Mate and Master Henrick as the Deckhand.

Ilyros rejoined the Tyrinia's Royal Navy as Quartermaster of the Iron Galley and later became its Captain after the death of Lieutenant Albus Stock in a naval campaign, and serving under the command of Lieutenant Patrick Dostan. He sailed with Lieutenant Dostan on many voyages and fought in many campaigns until 247 CE when the ship along with the Royal Navy came under a heavy attack during a naval sea-fight against a pirate fleet. Ilyros barely managed to escape from death alongside his quartermaster, and a wounded Lieutenant Dostan. The three recovered in a nearby island, and sailed to the nearest port, from where they were accommodated by the Kingdom of Greenlands, until the rescue of the Tyrinian Royal Navy, with whom Lieutenant Dostan left.

#### Kingdom of Estonia

##### House Polto

Ilyros stayed in Greenlands where he befriended a young knight, Ser ***David of Jacktown*** during his stay at Port Capital. The duo went on many travels around the kingdom, and Ilyros came into the service of House Polto through Ser David, a relative of the family.

During his time under the service of House Polto, Ilyros served as a household guard of House Polto on the advice of Ser David. Ilyros went on to serve the house for three years, until proving himself worthy of title during the **Battle of Elmwood** when Ilyros killed the opposing Vanguard Captain in battle and went on to defend Ser David from being killed. For his bravery in battle, Ilyros was knighted by the **Lord of House Polto**.

In 249 CE, Ser Ilyros, an anointed knight of House Polto was given charge of **Stonecroft**, a ruined fort near Elmwood, which was the watchtower of House Polto's important trade wharf, **Jacktown**. Ser Ilyros served as Stonecroft's Watchtower Guard along with his men. The following year in September, the Lord of House Polto died and was succeeded by his nephew, Lord **David Polto**. Ser Ilyros was well acquainted with the family household of House Polto, as well as Lord David Polto alone.

In November, Lord David appointed Ser Ilyros in his personal guard and made him the Chamberman of House Polto's seat, Evenfall.