Pryde Family
Pryde Family
History
A noble family of long memory in Foda of Tara in Atamara, the Pryde Family has a proud military tradition supporting their home. Lead by Jerome Pryde, long-time patriarch of the family and former Knight of Foda before an unfortunate encounter with monsters, the Pryde Family is fanatically loyal to Tara and to Foda.
Two of their nobles, after gaining much renown in the wars against Redspan and Carelia, left home to follow a calling in the realm of Plergoth in Beluaterra and have built up more fame there.
Famous Family Members
Regstav Pryde
A lord and Royal of Plergoth, Regstav has fought the evil rebels and their human and Daimon allies in an attempt to rebuild Plergoth into a powerful realm. He took part in the sacking of the capital of Khthon and hopes to one day reunite all of the Plergothian cities for good.
Yao Ling Pryde
Also in Plergoth, Yao Ling is a gentler soul than her distant cousin, and prefers to build and repair people and places. She wishes for peace, and continually looks to fix anything she can. She has led soldiers with regret, but prefers to preach of salvation and the peace under the Great Daishi in the holy war that the heretics who have taken over Omniovoism started. Her proudest day was the day when that fallen religion finally ceased to exist to all intents and purposes.
Medron Pryde
A young noble in Tara, Medron has proven himself on the field of battle, though has not seen a true war the likes of his cousins. He is now a priest of the The_Order, following in Yao Ling's shoes, and he seems to enjoy his new work, sheparding the followers of his realm in their war against those who follow evil gods.
Benjamin Pryde
Another young member of the Pryde family, Benjamin chose to take a ship to the South-West Island and joined battle for the city of Sandalak (SWI) against her enemies. He fought in some small battles and gained some renown. He even became a true noble their, holding a region near the capital. He fled that continent when it began to sink beneath the waves and currently resides in Foda with the family that he managed to get out.
Crystal Pryde
A daughter of little renown, and less recognition in the Pryde Family, Crystal currently "searches for fame, fortune, and good drink" in Arcachon, a realm in the Far East. She claims to have found much of both, not to mention a small of dash of excitement, in her years there. She claims to have found artifacts of ancient times there, including the Girdle of Athios and the Enchanted Scythe of Slaying, though many wonder if those are hoaxes designed to gain fame, fortune, and pretty little men. Little has been heard of her in some time, and many wonder if she is dead or if she has settled down.
The Remembrance
The Exodus
In the annuls of the Pryde Family, Tara in Atamara will always be home. We were born there. We grew up there. We fought there. But time passed, and proud Tara became weakened by treachery. Once a great realm, it was reduced to a single city surrounded by a bare minimum of forest land. It couldn't even grow enough food to feed itself, and its knights could no longer support their troops without using family funds. During this time, it came to our knowledge from family members in faraway lands, that there existed a land created by the gods in the image of Atamara. In this land, creation was new and the gods walked the lands, testing their rule of nature and man. Monsters and undead roamed, threatening the ordinary citizens. It was a land waiting for brave knights to come and find glory in the hunting of these fell abominations. The land was known as Beluaterra.
Family members of Tara reported a war between Plergoth and Enweil, two great nations of that far away land. They said that Plergoth could use good knights to fight and so it was that many knights of Tara began the long trip in search of fame, fortune, and the glory to be had in that distant realm. We arrived and saw that the reports were true. Beluaterra was much like Atamara, and as the ships plied their way up the western river, we began to recognize the hills of our homeland's greatest ally. We left the ships behind and traveled overland to our homeland in the great forest. We found a surprise though when we arrived.
In Tara, we lived in a once proud city, reduced in size and glory along with the realm. Here in Beluaterra we saw a grand city, ruling over no less than three other cities, and commanding great swaths of farmland that could feed every citizen and sell to others. It was a large land. It was a rich land. It was a productive land. It was a land that could easily give us the chance to earn our fame and glory, fighting off the plagues of mankind.
But Plergoth was not as it seemed. All was not well, and as the troops of Enweil marched through its lands, we soon found that glory would be harder to grasp than we had first believed.
