Jack of Antos

Standing at the Grave of his Beloved Wife, Lady Jenna Eastwood

Ebert Woodstock; adoptive brother

Tya Woodstock; adoptive sister (deceased)

Jenna Eastwood; wife (deceased)

Ella Woodstock; niece

Olto of Fork; distant cousin

**Ser Olis Jackwill** is a sworn sword to House Fossoway and Lord of Moat Olis. He is a fearsome knight of the Greenlands. During his travels, Olis learned the art of sailing, trade, smithery, and swordsmanship.

## Background

### Origins

Born to a Blacksmith named **George** in Antos as "**Jack**".

Sometime in **Summer of 145 CE**, during a Carnival in Antos, the city was attacked and plundered by pirate-mercenaries, during which, Jack's father was killed and burned alive while his sister was captured and made slave of. Jack managed to escape slavery as he was saved by a man who took him in as his own. He was bred in the house of Amell Woodstock, a Lord of Antos.

Renamed, "**Olis**", meaning the defending man, he was trained in swordsmanship, trade of spices, and sailing. He often accompanied **Lord Amell** in his travels to the **Other Free Cities**. Growing up, Olis enjoyed his environment with his blood siblings, Ebert and Tya, but never forgot his own family.

### Education and Training

When **Olis** was fifteen-years-old, he was sent to Andrea Military Academy alongside his brother Ebert and distant cousin Olto, where Olis mastered his skills of swordsmanship and smithery, while also progressing in his course studies. After graduating from **Andrea's Military Academy**, Olis joined the **City Guard of Antos**.

### Rise to Fame

Sometime in 156 CE, Antos City once more came into plunder by pirate mercenaries, but this time it was prepared for an attack. With the leadership of the Sheriff of Antos, Lord Giustiniani and the City Council, the City Guard fought fearsomely against the ruthless pirate mercenaries, and after two months of plundering, Antos finally withdrew the pirate attack, where **Olis** killed the murderers of his father. For his bravery in battle, Olis was knighted by the **Sheriff of Antos** and appointed City Guard Captain of Antos. For his brute strength in warfare and battle stance, he was nicknamed "**Ser Olis Strongarm**" by the Knights and Lords of Antos

In 158 CE, following two years after the Battle of Antos, **Olis** traveled west beyond the Blue Sea with sixty of his men when a sellsword contract of war assistance came from the **Vassal Kingdom of the Crown**, the **Principality of East Hills** **Kingdom of the Crown** by **Olto**, cousin to Olis.

With the ensuing rebellion spread across the land, Ser Olis arrived in the City of Fork, aiding in small skirmishes alongside royal soldiers. After the skirmishes, Olto was appointed the **Sheriff of Fork** by royal decree for his vital role in the turn of events in favor of the crown, while Ser Olis was offered holding and riches for his role in the victory at Fork, to which Ser Olis agreed and decided to remain in Fork along with twenty of his men while sending off his forty men back to Antos under the command of his **Second-in-Command**, Ser Elton.

Settling in his new holding in the farmlands on the outskirts of Fork, a large house, Olis reconstructed the house, expanding it with the help of his cousin, **Lord Olto**. Olis built quarters for his men and stables for the horses. He also built royal quarters for visits from the royal office and nobility.

During Late 159 CE, a large host of 3,000 men arrived at the **Eastern Coast of Sternlands** led by an Exiled War Commander, Lord Hastings, while a naval fleet of one hundred ships docked by the **Southeastern Coasts**, where the lesser houses pledged alliance to the exiled prince and Count of Merci', Lord Foltest Royne. Following the turn of events, Olis being a clever man sided with exiled royalty, and gave shelter to the rebel forces in Fork, earning the respect of **Lord Hastings**.

Followingly, the Revolt and War took place where the **Kingdom of Valmont** was defeated brutally by the rebel army and the king along with his brother were beheaded in battle by the **Exiled Prince Foltest** with their heads mounted on spikes, and placed atop the capital gates. After the war, most of Fork was left in ruins with Olis' holdings burned and perished. Most of his men died in battle, leaving him with hand-few fighters. His crops were burned and cattle killed, with a few bags of grain and two sacks of gold left, Ser Olis traveled southeast to Eastwood where he was welcomed with open arms by a brother-in-arms and a loyal bannerman of **Lord Hastings**, Lord Everett Clyde, who helped Ser Olis in the purchase of a large house (smaller than the one in **Fork's Outskirts**) with quarters for his men, stables for the horses, and a small guard-post for protection. The quarters were shared by three men each, with two guards watching over the house on an eight-hour shift.

## Rise to Power

### Prominence

Ser Olis with four of his men went to town looking for work as sellswords. The group often accompanied trade caravans for protection on the road. The group came into prominence when Ser Olis championed for Lord Evans of Brune in a trial by combat in Eastwood and with his men entered Lord Evans' service as his personal bodyguards.

Initially a skilled fighter and an exile from **Slaver's City**, he came to prominence when he championed for Lord Frank Abbottshire in a trial by combat in East Town, and Leandro subsequently entered Lord Frank's service as his personal bodyguard and enforcer by the name of '**Yann Fleetway'**.

His fortunes started to rise up during his service in **East Hill**, when he briefly served as Captain of Abbottshire's City Guard in the **Two-Decade Conflict** in **Eastshire**, following which he was awarded with knighthood for his valor during the conflict, taking on the formal name, "**Ser Yann Fleetway**". Towards the end of the Two-Decade Conflict, Ser Yann played a vital role towards the end of the conflict, for which he was rewarded with lordship and a small holding by the **East River**.

Settling in his new holding, a small manor in the farmlands of West Hills, Olis re-constructed his holding into a large moat with strong walls and quarters for his men, as well as royal quarters for visitors from the royal office and lords. He also built stables for battle horses and a farmhouse for farm animals, renaming it Moat Olis.

## Allies

* Lord Amell Woodstock
* Captain Ebert Woodstock
* Lord Olto of Fork
* Ser Clayton Eastwood
* Ser Elton Cooper
* Ser Ezekiel of Eastwood
* Lord Giustiniani Seaborn (deceased)
* Lord Eustace Fossoway
* Lord Everett Clyde
* Lord Evans of Brune (deceased)