Arrakis Family/Giskard

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Giskard is the second son to Asterion and a younger brother to Palidor. After Palidor's death he took full control of the House of Asterion and was then proclaimed as the leader. Like the rest of his House Giskard is very chivalrous noble, sworn not to lowly kill and torture the meek, and is firm to uphold a certain standard of conduct. Prior to his arrival to Toupellon Giskard was not a very religious man. However, in Toupellon he discovered the Temple of Sartan, and joined The Church of Sartan. From thereon he remains to be a very zealous and slightly fanatical believer. Giskard is a tall man, strongly build. He has a short, dark hair and gray eyes. His favorite weapon is a sword and round shield, while two small, light maces are hang on his belt; one for the left hand and the other for the right. This secondary weapon he uses only in situation where he is deprived of his sword. He is often portrayed as a very energetic, ambitious and narrow minded man who usually settles his feuds with a sword instead of words.
The claims listed are supported by the Arrakis family and Gregorian is in their eyes a rightful claimant: Barony of Abilotiel.

Beginnings

Giskard started off his career in the Kingdom of Minas Ithil on Atamara. He participated in several raids of Taran domain, and several large battles against the enemies of Minas Ithil. But his service was rather short for Giskard didn't really feel at home on the Atamaran soil. So one day he boarded a ship to Far East where he landed in the Kingdom of Toupellon. At his arrival Toupellon was in disarray which eventually lead to its fall, separating the realm to North and South. In the north a Blessed Sartanian Kingdom Sorraine was formed, while the southern part of Toupellon was later to be reborn as a Kingdom of Cathay. Just before Toupellon fell apart Giskard was awarded with the Barony of Abilotiel by Duke Jatha Cyrith of Ossaet who appointed Giskard as the Baron of Abilotiel. So, Giskard remained in the northern part of what once was known as Toupellon.

Sartan and the Blessed Kingdom of Sorraine

At behest of his liege Lord Duke Jatha of Ossaet, Giskard joined the Church of Sartan. This proved to be a very important and life changing event that greatly shaped Giskard. The God of War gave purpose to his life, inner strength and zealous desire to serve Sartan fanatically. At the time when Sorraine was formed out of Ozrat the Duchy of Ossaet was supposed to follow the newly born theocracy. However, due to the unpredictable events Ossaet remained cut off from Sorraine, and then made a sudden move to join Ohnar West so that Ossaet doesn't starve. The plan was to have Ossaet leave Ohnar West and join Sorraine, but Ohnarians were reluctant to let Ossaet go. This resulted in all the Lords of Ossaet receiving a ban for supporting Duke Jatha, and Giskard was one of them. The exiled Lords of Ossaet quickly found shelter in Sorraine, who, outraged by Ohnarian behavior, quickly declared the holy war to reclaim Ossaet. Sartain King Caspius Arundel od Sorraineled the legions of Sartan to war with the goal to finally restore Ossaet for his Kingdom, and has been supported by Arcaea in this. The war was short and had only one major battle where the troops of Arcaea and Sorraine stormed Ohnarian city Sasrhas, and Giskard participated in the siege. Ohnar West surrendered shortly after and the exiled Lords got their land back. Giskard returned to Abilotiel.