Cyris deLonse

"You threaten a land where honour, lance and faith are one! Begone vile fiend, for only death and dishonor await you here!"

- Lord deLonse, addressing the Vampire Ishavor.

Cyris deLonse, born 2477 I.C, was a Bretonnian knight of the Dukedom of L'Anguille. The son of Isilud deLonse and his mother, Rosalind, and brother to Emma. He married Lady Alison who bore him two sons, Loffrey and Rufus. Later, a lowborn girl by the name of Maisie, would bear him his bastard son, Leon. His family and house had long enjoyed a stong standing in the duchy and for five centuries had guarded L'Anguille as dutiful servants of the Crown, serving as Lords of Castle deLonse, which sat atop the cliffs of L'Anguille's coast. Courageous, honourable and proud, Cyris was beloved by many and though his life was marred by many tragedies, the knight saw it as his duty to rise above that darkness as best he could. He was always concerned with setting the right example for both his children and all the knights sworn to him.

Whilst a favoured figure, the knight enjoyed few friendships of significance. Only two knights who were not his immediate family could ever have claimed to truly know Cyris - they were Kellan L'veve and Jaques Le Blanc, two of his most trusted retainers. One of Cyris' great tragedies spurred him on his quest when he was twenty-six and after nearly three years of travels, he returned home as one of the Lady's chosen few. From then on, gone was Cyris' guilt, fear and doubt - replaced only with conviction, discipline and an almost inhuman dedication to the laws of chivalry that he chose to live by. This committment to his idealized vision of the world eventually became a great weight upon the lord for he no longer abide the duplicitious nature of politics and all the woes that come with ruling. Before long, Cyris abdicated his title of Lord to his oldest son and left to wander Bretonnia atop his faithful Hippogriff, Artemis, protecting the sacred sites of his Goddess and righting wrongs where he found them.

However, Cyris would eventually disappear from history, his fate remaining a mystery even to his family.