Westgate Family
The House of Westgate hails from the small woodland region of Loratil, a day outside the Eston capital of Hawthorne. The house elder, Sir Rhydderch, recently stepped aside as his failing health no longer permitted him to handle the house's daily affairs.
Brice
The middle son of Sir Rhydderch, Brice assumed control of the family's estate in Atamara. Impatient with his elder brother's inaction in the ongoing war, he struck out to swear himself as a knight to Eston's Marshall Myrn'tek Grimoire. After waiting for some time on the 'Eastern Front' of Amdor, he participated in the Siege of Barad Falas. During the resulting confusion, as both sides struggled to regroup their troops, most of Eston's forces retreated, leaving him trapped within the city. He was wounded the next day as the remainder of Eston's forces fought valiantly to escape the enemy stronghold.
After his wounds healed, he bolstered his ranks with fresh recruits, neglecting to notice they employed shortbows, rendering his Lacirith Longbows' advantage of range useless. Nevertheless, the young noble learned from his mistake and set out to rejoin the war.
Reece
"I am the eldest son of the House of Westgate. As my younger brother has usurped control of the family affairs in Atamara, I come in exile to start anew. My former kingdom is rife with war. I know not the state of affairs here; I am ready to again take up my blade, yet would welcome an interlude of peace." -- Reece's Letter of Introduction to the Antoza Commonwealth.
Reece would not have the peace he wished for. Taking leave of his brother Brice, he set out with his retainers to the port of Anacan. There, Reece quickly answered Baron Boromir McMahon's call for knights, and recruited a large, well trained group of infantry. Taking into account his own feelings about war, he saw fit to hire an older officer, Captain Ortlieb, to handle the actual training and oversight of his new unit. Unbeknownst to him, Baron Boromir was Marshal of the Legion of Anacan. Tasked with the defense of Antoza's northern border, Boromir ordered a quick strike into Lenamaziel to secure both sides of the vital border bridge. With Ortlieb's guidance, Reece's troops performed admirably, taking only two casualties during the young noble's first taste of combat.
Pryce
The only son of Lady Catrin, Sir Rhydderch's sister. At his cousin Brice's behest, he set out to the Southeast Island to learn the arts of war in trial by fire. His first engagement there was an attempt to strike at Ikalak's isolated cavalry in Cirranor. While the attack was a success, Pryce's unit took the full brunt of the cavaliers' charge, and was one of several Taselak units wiped out to the man that day. During his travels back to the capital, news would spread that the cavalry were in all likelihood simply successful bait, luring the rest of Taselak's army into a devastating trap as the main Ikalak army then moved in to engage the survivors in the open field.
