Kestrel Family

The Kestrel family owns a large salt flat in Quetli. The salt and other minerals are shipped all over Atamara and the profits have brought the family into nobility. The family also has a large camel stable and breeds their own pack camels for shipping goods.

Current troop leaders in the family are three sisters and their cousin.

Lady Kureshtin, Baroness of Quetli

Lady Kureshtev, Baroness of Mines of Isadril

Lady Kureshtal, Royal Treasurer of Wetham

Lady Kurewylle, Knight of Agyr

Lady Talika, adventurer of Riombara.

Family History

Several generations ago, a traveling merchant set off across the desert between Choxcal and Ptaphoc. Besides his usual guards and staff, for this trip he had brought along his daughter, Kure, his only child. She had come of age and he hoped to find a husband for her.

The caravan was caught in a sandstorm and the only survivor was Kure, who loaded what she could on the remaining camels and headed for the city. Many of the goods were stolen since she could not defend them well enough alone, but she managed to get a reasonable amount of gold for them. She used the gold to buy a useless patch of desert in central Quetli. The land was too far from any sources of water to be of value.

Kure loaded up her camels with water and returned to her new bit of sand. Some weeks later she returned. The camels were laden with salt and guarded by some desert native warriors. The rest, as it is said, is history.

The Player

Kure works in retail in suburbia and doesn't know anything at all about desert life, sword fighting, the middle ages, or how to type. Please forgive her characters if these faults come through.