Olik Family/Athys II

Athys II

Athys II is the only son of Athys of the House of Olik. Bold but inexperienced, the young noble set out from his home at an early age and eventually boarded a ship (the Gaskit) bound for Beluaterra. However, the ship was pushed by storms off-course, and one night it ran into coastal rocks and sank. Many of the crew survived to swim ashore to the county of Wellaf, as did Athys; he found himself taking command of those crewmembers who would listen, and took 23 of them with him north-west in search of civilization on strange shores.

Ikalak

His career officially began in Ikalak on the South-East Island at the age of 17.

He found another 18 men willing to follow him in Ikalak, and with the reinforced unit he moved to join the war effort against Sandalak. Unfortunately, for reasons not entirely clear, he found himself in the Battle of Ibyp, in which a handful of Ikalak forces were attacked by a much larger enemy force. Most of his troops, including the crewmen from the Gaskit, were killed or wounded. He himself was also wounded; once, a scarring but not serious cut to his forehead, and twice, from a soldier's voulge which easily cut through his leather armor and left a deep, long vertical gash which left him seriously wounded.

He gained leadership experience in keeping his new soldiers, 40 archers, in high spirits along the march to and from Sandalak. However at that time he entirely missed, by a matter of hours, one of the epic assaults made against that city.

Gathering a half dozen additional troops, he left the city with the main army, and participated in the epic Battle of Sandalak in which the heroes Vengeance of Ikalak, Massimo and Karim of Sandalak were slain. He proved his leadership skill as he guided his bowmen through the battle, careful to move as close as to get a good shot (scoring 1,346 hits) while withdrawing at times to avoid the melee. Thanks to the allied infantry, only two of his soldiers were wounded, and those by initial Sandalak archer fire.

Soon after, he took part in the capture of Adrelhia and a 2 hour battle of Dwamon against Taselak.

Timeline

• Began his career in Ikalak 2006-08-23

Equipment

Athys II is equipped and fights as an armored infantryman, even when commanding archers. He has less mobility and somewhat less range than standard infantry (which use spears and pole-arms), but well-protected.

• one standard military-issue Ikalakian two-handed steel sword
• one below-average quality iron shortsword (salvaged from the Gaskit)
• a double-edged dagger
• a simple general-purpose knife
• a steel breastplate, over a sleeved, long mail shirt
• a visored helmet
• a pair of steel gauntlets
• padded leather under-armor
• hardened leather greaves