Erilyn: Notable People

King Briant Drayton: Head of the kingdom as well as the Barony of Drayton, the king was feared lost to a terrible curse during the Rilara years. It was the heroic actions of a small group of adventurers that freed the King and his family from this curse and in doing so ensure the stability of Alindor and the re-emergance of Erilyn as a polical power. King Briant wed Anna Nable in 1438 and has three children.

Baron Kelly Nable is a direct descendant of David and Tara Nable who were given charge of the area south of the Rusty River and west of the Mountains of Madness by King Bran. Known as the Darkland Barony in part because of its relation to the shadow of the Mountains of Madness and also the dark rich soils that abide there.
He is a portly man who appears to be in his latter years. Often accompanied by his youthful granddaughter Anna Nabel he can be seen attending the vineyard of the estate's gardens. He is considered by his tenants to be a fair and just liege if not a bit hardened by his family's plight. In the year 1438 Anna Nabel wed King Briant I.

Baroness Nadia Green is the only member of the Royal council with significant traces of elven blood. She is a descendant of Peter and Nicole Arnestan as well as the former high druid of the Wolfswood Forest Silver Wolf Raestystira.
Her barony encompasses most of the Wolfswood Forest and she has her grandsire's gift with the forest. A free spirit, she is a friend to the elves, rangers as well as the flora and fauna of the forest. A stanch defender of the forest she also won the hearts of her retainers in the four countacies that sit on the edge of the woods.

Baron Emar Angil heads the agricultural lands of the Barony that bears his family name. Pious and practical, Arlene Angil turned the rich soils of this stretch of rich plains alongside their tenants. These earthy and homespun values have never left the family.
The Baron is a strong built man in his later years. He is known to value honesty and hard work in those that serve him. The darkening of the skies meant plenty of hardship for his people. He turned to some gnomish and other wizardly inventors to to magically enhance the production of grain and field products for his people during the Dark Ages and has kept to that tradition of invention.

Baroness Athalia Imjam has a volatile personality. This trait is said to be shared with her ancestor Anwene Drayton who married Timoty Imjam, first knight of King Bran. The couple was given the task of bringing the wild lands between the plains and the Fort of Kings to taming. This was the ancestral home of the King Bran along the Erilyn River and the original tower of the family summer residence is incorporated into Castle Imjam.
Descendants of Anwene have all been said to have close connections to the Al'Noth and the present Baroness is no different. She is reported to be a talented mage and has a staff of several other talented mages at her disposal. The Milara years were particularly harsh on the Baroness and some say have contributed to her stormy disposition.
 
Baroness Eileen Burint, along with her husband Baron Nathan, she watches over the rich pasture lands of the Barony of Colors. Her ancestor, Daniel Burint was a skilled rider as was his wife, the former Edana Drayton. Together they accepted the challenge from King Bran to tame the agricultural land of western Erilyn and in doing so also established some the finest stables for racing, war and carriage horses in all of Layonara.

The dark days left the stables of this land devoid of all but the most essential of breeding stock as grain to feed horses was diverted to feed mouths. There are stories that some of the bloodlines of the Knight Horses of Erilyn may contain the essences of other worldly equines such as Jhemina and pegasi. This of course is unfounded.
The current Baroness is a pleasant woman but said to be quiet and introvert. She is more at home with her horses than with people but is more than capable of performing her duties as the liege for the area. She is close to her kin and neighbor Baroness Athalia and can have a calming influence on her.

Baroness Saeeda Hoyer is also known by her people as the Sea Princess. She is a very beautiful woman with a voice that is almost sheer perfection. Polished and graceful she does suffer from a touch of vanity, but generally is quite accommodating to deal with.
Her territory is the smallest of the Baronies of Erilyn, but its harvests from the sea made it one of the most important in the dark times. Food produced here is carted as far away as Fort of Kings for resale. Given the close ties with the sea and the harvests of shell fish and sea plants as a mainstay of the peoples not living in the outskirts of the Wolfswood, this area has strong ties to the goddess Shindaleria and it is said that the Saeeda may in fact be one of hers.

Baron Oslo Riglon is as his family traditions deem him to be. He is a knight's knight. Although in his later year, his physique does not imply any form of weakness. He is as skilled as his ancestors Michael Riglon and Imre Drayton were in the arts of the blade.
Those of his territory that enter into the service of the Knights of Erilyn are often the best trained. Some have shunned the Baron due to his open training of men during the Milara years, as some of them were in the service of the dark elf mage. Others take as more lenient view that the Baron was attempting to keep the training traditions fresh and was gaining the trust of his enemy. Time will tell where his alliances lie.

Steward Jones Stine -A former captain in the KP militia, this experienced leader of men was given the task of acting head of the Barony of Drayton by the Baroness of Imjam and the Royal Council. He is of course aided by the various rural counts and Countesses in his duties, but here also was the dissension that the post was given to a commoner over those of more noble blood.
It is in the Barony of Drayton that the largest of the faction that would have seen Casisir Drayton take the throne. With the King's return , Stewart Jones is now commander of the Fort of Kings defenses.

Casisir Drayton was once claimed by some to be the heir apparent to the throne of Erilyn. This young soldier appeared in the streets of Fort of Kings some years before the present treaty with Milara and was known to be researching the plight of the royal families of the then defunct kingdom.
No one knows where he came from or if indeed his claim to the throne was valid. He had convinced enough people though to be a concern to the Royal Council, though never openly making the claim himself. After the return of King Briant to the throne, Baroness Imjam formally made the young soldier her legitimate heir and set about making a marriage alignment to the Kingdom of Trelania.