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Lord Derrik Greyfield
Marcher Lord of the Reach
Derrikolder

Gender:

Male

Race:

Human

Nationality:

GilneasBorderIcon Gilnean

House:

Greyfield

Titles:

Lord of the House of Greyfield
The Bastard Boy
Marcher Lord of The Reach

Affiliations:

AllianceWarEffort Grand Alliance
GilneasIcon1 Kingdom of Gilneas

Status:

Alive

Family:

Amelia an Galubaile, wife
Cail Greyfield, father
Unknown mother
Brandon Greyfield III, half-brother
Hevrin Greyfield, half-brother
Erik Greyfield, half-brother
George Greyfield, half-brother
Sieglinde Greyfield, half-sister


Marcher Lord Derrik Greyfield is one of the last known members of the House of Greyfield, having originally been born as a bastard of Lord Cail Greyfield. Originally kept a secret, the young lord became a known member of the family and was legitimized after the believed death of the last trueborn heir, Sieglinde Greyfield. He is the leader of The Reach; one of the four great marches of the Duchy of the Ashen Coast.

History[]

A Secret Bastard[]

Born to a scullery maid sometime after the death of his wife, Cail Greyfield raised the young Derrik in secret; providing for him as he would his other children by ensuring his mother lived a comfortable life. This continued until the boy was about twelve; when his life was turned upside down, alongside the rest of the Reach, with the Invasion of Gilneas. As the Grimsheer Clan ran ramshackle through the Reach, devestating all in their path, Derrik was secreted away by a knight under the House of Lancewroth. Brought to Xavier Greydon, the young bastard was kept safe in Gryphonvale. With the survival of his half-sister, Sieglinde, Xavier and Berenal Grayblade made the decision to keep Derrik's heritage a secret, though informed the boy of who he truly was. The revelation was somewhat shocking; as Derrik was always under the implication that his father was a soldier who died at war, not one of the most prominent lords in the Ashen Coast.


Derrik continued in secrecy with Xavier until the latter was poisoned and killed during the on-set of the Battle of the Bite. After Gryphonvale was re-secured, Derrik continued to be guarded by the Lancewroths in secret as the Reach was restored. As things began to stabilize, Derrik's life of normalcy as a trader's apprentice in the Range seemed assured; though this would eventually take a turn. Shortly before the onset of the First Range Rebellion; Sieglinde disappeared without a trace. With the Reach leaderless and the Greyfield bloodline in jeapordy, Derrik was finally revealed to the public and legitimized by writ by the Duke. Appointed as the new Marcher Lord of the Reach; Derrik was regented at first by Lilurah Lockewood, Sieglinde's top advisor. Derrik was also instructed by Lord Berenal Grayblade as his ward for several years to ensure his ability to lead (as well as his loyalty). When the Rebellion began, Derrik remained in the Reach under heavy guard; as he was a prime target for the revolutionaries who wished to topple the power structure of the Duchy.


In the aftermath of the rebellion, Lilurah Lockewood departed the Ashen Coast; leaving Derrik to be regented by Lerren Dayne; last scion of the House of Dayne, a splinter of the Greyfield's once rivals, the House of Darkoak. In spite of this mixed past between their families, Lerren ensured the safety of the young lord and the continued prospering of the Reach; ruling in his stead while teaching Derrik. The young man was brought as Lerren's squire on the field to teach him the art of war, where it was found that Derrik possessed an extremely uncanny skill for the bow; having successfully sniped an enemy lieutenant during the Second Range Rebellion. In the wake of this, Derrik proudly supported the call to legitimize Lerren's house and revive the ancient Darkoak house; settling the grudge between their families that had existed for generations.

Derrik

Derrik, the new lord of the Reach.

The Wicker Uprising[]

Derrik was eventually targetted by the Wickers; who sought to kill him and end the Greyfield bloodline in order to bring disarray to the Reach. As the Duchy prepared to dismantle the Wickers once and for all, a failed assassination attempt was carried out on Derrik. A Wicker warband attempted to assassinate the young lord of the Reach, Derrik Greyfield. While his guards had been slain, Derrik managed to evade capture by escaping into the woods. There, he ran into a Reachman girl by the name of Emily Rosenlake, who aided him in escaping the Wickers. The two wandered in the Dark Woods for a time, evading danger before being found by a stranger known only as Gavan.


During this time, Lerren Darkoak was placed as full regent of the Reach, with the Duchy believing Derrik to have either been killed or taken captive. Declaring war in vengeance, the Reachmen began to scour the Ashen Coast for the hidden city of Wickenden; which had long been shrouded by ancient galuyn runestones. During this time, the Wicker King declared himself reborn, and launched an invasion of the Reach accompanied by strange root-monsters that bore resemblence to the Bareroot of the Thorned. In this move, the Earldom of the Frost revealed that they were the descendants of the Chillborn, the lost seventh Elder Blood clan of the Galuyn; and secretly had infiltrated Gilneas for generations in preparation for their king's return. Frostvine, Iomaire and Crithe revealed themselves as Galuyn clans, and immediately aligned with the Wickers. This was almost a crippling blow to the Reach until it was found dissention had risen amidst the Chillborn. Many were unsure of the concept of betraying all they had ever known for effectively a prophecy handed down by long dead ancestors, and the House of Crithe in particular was resistant to joining as the Wicker King demanded they abandon worship of their nature god, Dreayus.


Arranging a meeting in secret, the Reachmen managed to convince the Crithe to turn against their fellows, and rally any Chillborn who harbored misgivings of the Wicker King to remain allied to Gilneas. Forming a pincer attack upon the Chilled Grove, the Iomaire and Frostvine forces were forced to retreat out of the Frost towards the hidden city of Wickenden; losing one of the key control points the Wicker King was banking on for his invasion. Meanwhile, Derrik, Gavan and Emily had managed to find their way out of the Dark Woods and return to the Reachmen forces. There, Emily revealed herself to actually be Amelia an Galubaile; a member of the Wickenden clan which led the Wickers. Holding blood relation to the Wicker King, it was found that Amelia's family had been slain for harboring Gilnean sympathies in the rise of the Wicker King; who was purging any elements that could reveal Wickenden to the outside world. Vengeful for the loss of her kindred, and attached to Derrik who was now her only companion, Amelia agreed to show the Blades the way into Wickenden.


Taking them to the ancient runestones in the forest, the Blades performed the adequate ceremonies required to disable the stones; lifting the veil of heavy mist that fogged the Ethur'ok Woods. Without the veil lifted, none could ever navigate their way to Wickenden without Wickenden blood, or a guide. With the ancient city finally revealed, the Blades laid siege to Wickenden; only to find the city already in disarray. Many Galuyn civilians were terrified of the Gilneans that they had been raised to see as monstrous conquerors, but the Blades refused to cut them down, instead quarantining them away from the battles as they delved deeper into the city. Reaching the Spiritual District, it was found that the galuyn's Temple of the Gods was under siege by the Wickers themselves. Moving to the aid of the Galuyn, the Blades found that the Wicker King's legendary madness still plagued him; and that he was purging the Council of the Coimeadai, the spiritual leaders of the Galuyn, to replace any who were not explicitly loyal to him with puppets.


Though many of the High Coimeadai and their keepers had already been slain, the Grand Coimeadai, Yurea an Galubaile, still survived. Aiding the aging woman, Yurea revealed that the Wicker King had transformed the High Coimedai of Yolth, Yori an Riamhtine, into a ram-monster and was using him against the others. Unwilling to allow this to continue, Yurea aligned her followers with Gilenas, and sacrificed herself to save and purify Yori. In the aftermath of the battle, the High Coimeadai of Faralani, Kol'sir, and finally Raeok were dead with Yurea's sacrifice. The High Coimeadai of Hod, Horidas an Galubaile, had been taken prisoner by the Chillborn. The High Coimeadai of Faye and Gurnye were missing; the two sisters of the Wavewalkers having been taken away by the Wicker King earlier in the week. Rallying under the leadership of Yori, Amyas an Galubaile, and Dumenhai an Dualach-laoch, the Council continued Yurea's decision to align with Gilneas, as the Wicker King would lead to their people's ruin. In order to oppose the mad king, they would need to surround the district of Kingshall, where the Wicker King and his Thorned Council resided within the Hall of Wicker. To do this, they would need to claim the Wavewalker Harbor, and defeat the Chillborn that patrolled Raeok Row.


Heading into the Harbor, the group found the Wavewalkers had been half transformed into strange plant-like monsters by the Wicker King, while those that were loyal to their leader, Eryna an Tonn-siuloir. Eryna, also the High Coimeadai of Gurnye, had been fanatically loyal to the Wicker King; even as he twisted her people into abominations. This contrasted with her twin, Faytia an Tonn-siuloir, the High Coimeadai of Faye, who had openly spoken out against the Wicker King. Charged by the mad king to kill both the invaders and traitors alike, Eryna and her Wavewalkers battled against their kindred and the Gilneans with terrifying ferocity; though they were ultimately defeated. Forced to confront what she had done, Eryna had her powers of Gurnye stripped from her ritualistically by Yori an Riamhtine; who used his blood magic to empower the Blades with Gurnye's blessing. In exchange, Faytia was released, and Eryna was taken into custody alongside the remaining Wavewalker warriors. Faytia, desiring mercy as her sister had been misled, agreed to aid the rest of the Council if they allowed Eryna to be freed after the Wicker King was dealt with.


Agreeing to these terms, the Blades continued on into Raeok Row to confront the treasonous Chillborn. Led by Lord Jeffery Frostvine and Colin Iomaire; the two former nobles were poised to defend their king until the end. A shrewd tactician, when Colin Iomaire was called to support Jeffery Frostvine under the Wickers, he did so, but remained on the fringes of Wickenden in the shadows; skeptical of the Wicker King's chances. This led to Jeffery standing alone against the Blades; claiming he would ascend as one of the High Coimeadai after they were defeated, using strange runes to sap the power of Hod from Horidas, the true High Coimeadai of Hod. After freeing Horidas, the enraged warrior slew Jerffery and immediately sided with the rest of the Council to defeat the Wicker King. After Jeffery was slain, Lord Iomaire awaited for the time to strike; though it never came. Retreating from the city, the House of Iomaire and most of their followers deserted Frostbreak; leaving for the hills of the Reach. With this, the Chillborn were defeated, and all that stood in the way of the Wicker King were the remaining Wickenden people.


Though many had pledged to die for their king, the truth had completely shattered the illusion the Wickers had spent generations weaving; the Wicker King was a mad monarch who sought only suffering, and had been corrupted by forces well beyond the Galuyn. Many stood aside, allowing the Blades to delve into the Hall of Wicker; where they faced off against the Thorned Council and the Wicker King himself. Among those that stood out of the way of the Blades was one of the Thorned Council themselves, the Oakenborn councilor, Horith. His clan long since exterminated by the man he once saw as a dear friend, Horith revealed the Wicker King's true intentions, to sacrifice the souls of the Galuyn people to ascend as a god. Throughout the battle, the Wicker King began to conduct a twisted ritual, which was transforming the Galuyn into the same twisted plant creatures they had fought alongside the Wickenden Docks. Though the battle nearly ended in defeat, the Wicker King was finally struck down by the heroic efforts of the Blades and their allies. With his death, the Thorned Council withered away as well, leaving the Galuyn truly leaderless for the first time in generations; as the Wickers had finally been disbanded.

The Proven Lord[]

Posed with the choice to continue the xenophobic views of the past and assimilate the Galuyn as their ancestors would have wanted, or attempt a path of peace and understanding; the Blades chose the latter. Appointing the Council of the Coimeadai as the provisional leaders of the Galuyn, the Council pledged the fealty of the Galuyn people to the Duchy of the Ashen Coast. While some clans resisted this decree, many fled into the hills of the Reach out of fear. Word of this eventually reached Kolrick upon the Grip, who had since formed the Gnarled Confederation. Declaring himself king of his people, Kolrick resisted the call for peace; though many of the Galuyn answered it. For the first time in hundreds of years, the Galuyn and Gilneans stood arm in arm with one another. The death of the Wicker King had also lifted the ancient blood curse he had put upon the land; removing the ever-present ambitious call for fighting that existed in the blood of the Galuyn people, allowing them to know true peace for the first time in generations.


It was only after these events that the Duchy made the discovery that Derrik suffered from a heart condition that resulted in him falling ill if an extreme amount of stress was placed upon him. In response, Derrik made Lerren the first Lord-Protector of the Reach as well. This placed Lerren in a permanent seat of power in the Reach as the right hand of the region as well as making Lerren personally responsible for ensuring Derrik is kept safe. In the years that followed, Derrik strengthened his heart with both magic and exercise; becoming a fit fighter. Shortly after the Invasion of the Burning Legion, his half-sister, Sieglinde, returned to the Ashen Coast. Having settled her personal demons in her time away, the woman quickly fell in line under her brother; remaining cordial with each other, though more business-like rather than familial love. In order to ensure there was no upheaval with her return, she was married to Lerren, settling the matter between the families permanently in blood.


Derrik began to take to the field during the Invasion of the Legion as a young archer and later as a trained knight with the family's spear, Sky's Reach. Proficient with both, Derrik demonstrated great skill on and off the battlefield against the Legion. As part of the growing desire to bridge the gaps between the Reach and the Galuyn, Derrik converted to Galui Paganism at Lerren's urging, and took Amelia as his wife. Keeping Lerren as his Lord-Protector, Derrik shared full control of the Reach with the man to ensure the successful partnership that had painted his youth in nobility.

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