Garrick Tuillieres

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* Gabriella Tuillieres (Mother)
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Sir **Garrick Tuillieres** is a Stormwind nobleman and knight who rules over the Barony of Sembourg. Currently he serves as a Knight of the Brotherhood of the Horse as one of the Knights of Balor.

Garrick serves as a fanatic member of the Grand Alliance and a supporter of the crown. Born on the isle of Balor, his life has been spent as more soldier than knight. Ever since he was a squire he fought on battlefields around the world at the behest of the lord of House Laurent.

Both he and his house of Tuillieres have served House Laurent for as long as those names have meant anything. He is known to be fiercely loyal yet crude, blunt and entirely unlordly when he speaks.

## Personality & Beliefs

Garrick looks to be a noble knight from a distance, but up close the illusion falls away. While he is honorable, as most knights are, he finds courtesy tiresome. Patience is not a virtue that was bestowed upon Garrick. Stern, blunt and crude to all, silence is the only courtesy he will extend, swiftly withdrawing it should he open his mouth to speak. Instead of carrying himself like an aristocrat, he carries himself more like a soldier.

Garrick despises talking about religion but is firmly a member of the Church of the Holy Light. His traditionalist leanings put him at odds with much of the clergy, and cause many to label him a reactionary.

Politically Garrick could be described as an absolute monarchist. He despises elections and believes that all positions of importance should be appointed by his betters. He believes aristocrats belong leading armies and ruling while peasants belong in the field. Nothing about him can be described as progressive, including his views on the other races in the Alliance.

## Description

He can be identified by his long, brown hair and short beard. Though neither look particularly well-kempt. He gives off the general demeanor of a brutish soldier rather than a knight. His armor is older as well, recognizable as the armor worn by knights before the great cataclysm. While most knights switched over to the newer armors, Sir Garrick clung to the old armor like the rest of the Knights of Balor, because of increased arm mobility and a more modest belt which allowed him to bend forward if he needed to.

His most distinguishing feature on the battlefield however is a ripped blue cloak he wears almost everywhere. Though it looked as though it was washed regularly, its ripped edges and general tattered appearance made it look shabby. Most believe the cape is from his deceased mentor.

## Biography

Garrick was born on the Balor ten years before the outbreak of the First War. His father, Sean, was Baron of Sembourg and Lord of House Tuillieres, and his mother was a Laurent named Gabriella. From an early age, Garrick was selected to become a knight of the realm while his older brother would be educated on leading the house. As fate would have it, the First War arrived at Balor in the form of the Stormreaver Clan and the Blackrock Clan, providing the young boy a chance to prove himself. Sean sent Garrick to squire for a friend of his, despite the boy's young age, he took the the life well enough.

The formative years of Garrick's service to his father's friends were spent cleaning gear, marching with soldiers and fighting in the mud. The war had devastated Sembourg, causing mass deforestation and leading to mudslides and constant muddy conditions. Some of Garrick's earliest memories are of fighting orcs in a harsh downpour as men, too injured to rise in their armor, drowned in mud and blood beside him. This bred within Garrick an intense hatred for the Orcish Horde, a deep pessimism and a desensitization to violence. At the end of the war, Garrick's mentor and his father's friend was killed by an orc.

While Garrick had fought since the day the orcs arrived in Balor, he hadn't proven himself in the eyes of his people before he plunged his mentor's lance into the heart of an Orc to avenge his mentor. By the end of the war, Garrick, his father, his brother and a few cousins were the only Tuillieres left alive. Thanks to his ferocity in battle and the loss of the majority of his family, Garrick was named "the Bloody Stag."

After the war, Garrick continued his work to become a Knight. He lived through Stormwind's restitution but he didn't pay it any mind. His brother and father were the ones that had to worry about Balor receiving almost no resources for it's own restitution. Garrick was free to help clean up some of the orcs that were left behind on Balor.

Eventually, Garrick was sent to other parts of the kingdom to help drive away the orcs that tried to make it their home. There he earned honor outside of Balor for the first time and took a liking to it. He also saw how the rest of the kingdom was wildly better off than Balor was. Making him somewhat resentful of the nobility outside of Balor for being weak despite having so much more than them.

The Third War would break out all too soon, and House Tuillieres came out in force to answer. Every able bodied Tuillieres that knew how to fight was sent with Garrick to fight. Garrick was even knighted by his friend Sir Trant Laurent as a Knight of Balor.

The joy of finally becoming a knight turned sour as the war dragged on. His brother served as a constant annoyance to him, as unlike Garrick who had been fighting for years and knew the realities of war, Gabriel only knew the flowery tournaments and jousts that so delighted him. Dealing with his naïve brother caused Garrick to volunteer for as many battles as possible to get away from him. Meaning that, when the threat of the undead reared its ugly head, Garrick pledged himself to the struggle against the Undead Scourge.

Lordaeron was eventually overrun with undead and the defense of Dalaran saw many casualties inflicted on the Knights of Balor. Garrick retreated south with the rest of the knights, bitter about their loss.

He then served, at his friend Sir Trant's request, in both the Outland and Northrend campaigns. He gained a reputation for being ruthless on the battlefield and loyal to Sir Trant.

Now, with the recent passing of his father and his brothers murder, he serves as Baron of Sembourg. With little patience for governance he relies on his advisors to rule in his stead while he prioritizes his knighthood. Though he does return regularly to ensure his advisors gain no ideas about moving up in the food chain.

## Titles

### Baron of Sembourg

Garrick Tuillieres is the Lord of the Barony of Sembourg, a southern province of The Duchy of Alcestenne.

### Knight of Balor

Garrick Tuillieres is an anointed Knight of Balor.

## House

Garrick Tuillieres is a member of House Tuillieres. Known for being a fierce vassal of House Laurent.

Sembourg, until recently, was one of the poorest regions of Alcestenne. A toll way over the river which splits Alcestenne in two nets them income which has brought them up to the level of their neighbors. Otherwise they are a barony of miners, soldiers and some blacksmiths. Their claim to fame outside Balor is the fierce soldiers they supply to the army.

## Relationships

### Sean Tuillieres

Garrick and his father never had much of a relationship outside of formal ceremonies. Partly because their roles in Balor were so vastly different. Garrick was always away at war while Sean was scheming and politicking to raise House Tuillieres into dominance.

He hardly paid Garrick attention until Garrick's older brother Gabriel, who was the heir, died of a strange illness. Sean then attempted to form a bond with his new heir and teach him how to run the Barony. But Garrick had little interest in personal relationships and disagreed with his father constantly. Their rocky relationship continued until 630 K.Y when Sean passed away of old age.

### Gabriel Tuillieres

Garrick and his brother could be described as associates. Having little contact with one another growing up didn't help them form a bond. Neither did Gabriel getting to stay behind and learn how to be a Baron while Garrick was compelled to fight in the First War. Garrick thought his brother was a prissy little aristocrat and Gabriel thought his brother was a brute.

However, they recognized they both needed to coexist and cooperate in order to keep the realm in check. That was, until 605 K.Y when Gabriel died of a strange illness. Many rumors surrounded his death, many speak of poison or magic. The truth is unknown.

## Gallery

Garrick TuillieresThe Crest of House Tuillieres