Hakon Ruric

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Lord Commander of the AshGuard Hakon was Born in Middle of Athera. Hakon under the teachings of his father, Eirik Ruric, he soon mastered Battle strategy, and politics. In his teen year he was taught blunt and advanced weaponry as well as how to wear heavy armor and even mastered advanced Cavalry techniques, like; horseback archery and jousting and many others, he used these skills to repel Dunamite invaders from his homeland, and to fight against Urguanite forces during sieges and skirmishes, In his 20's he formed the Ashguard It's purpose was originally made to combat Dunamite raiders during their infamous midnight raids on Nyrhold, he whipped the previous red brothers and members of the Seahelm Warband into shape after some training and time Hakon was soon able to form the.. The Ashguard.. The Ashguard was considered a group of tough warriors that had proved their worth on the battlefield under the command of Hakon constantly. All men of the Ashguard were put under intense training almost daily to keep their skills on point for upcoming battles. During the battle of Hoar hill, Hakon was struck, through his leg with a spear, despite all the greatest surgeon's in the land, the wound got worse and became infected, Hakon became so sick that he disappeared for nearly 7 years to fight off the wound. While he fought off the infection, he nearly died on multiple occasions, yet continued to fight the infection, despite being very weak, his father looked down on Hakon for his weakness and vulnerability. After a few years his father died from causes in Felsen, this sent Hakon into a deep sadness aswell as his younger brother Sven Ruric. After Hakon's sadness had subsided, he felt determined and wanted to get revenge on the people who did this to his father, his leg began to heal quickly, and finally when he fully recovered he took his rightful place as Patriarch of House Ruric. Ser Hakon moved to the Dreadlands where his family currently resided and quickly disbanded the red brothers..He made no delay and re-formed the Ashguard. After Intense weeks of training and recruiting, Ser Hakon managed to have a large group of well trained Soldiers.. Once Ser Hakon felt his Army was ready to go to war he then turned to the Orenian Empire. The Empire had killed his father, Hakon wanted Vengeance! he declared war upon the Orenian Empire. Ser Hakon then began doing constant raids on the Orenian Empire, Slowly weakening them, But it was never enough To Fully make the Empire collapse.. Ser Hakon lead the men of the Dreadlands and the Ashguard through the Portal to the new land of Axios they made camp and began building a fort that went by the name Dunamis. Once the fort was done and the Ashguard was fully equipped Ser Hakon continued to raid the City of Johanssburg, and other Orenian Settlements the next couple years of war, The Dreadlands capital moved to the newly built city of Vilichia.. The year 1576 Ser Hakon heard news of the Orenian Empire preparing a massive invasion on the Dreadlands, Ser Hakon knew they couldn't hold out and didn't want to risk the life of his men, So he convinced a Large group to leave with him, There were some that stayed to fight for their homeland, But the day of the Battle the few remaining Dreadlanders fell back and went into hiding… After a great many years Ser Hakon grew old and was unable to fight anymore, So He moved to Norland and joined his Family and lived as a veteran and lived as one of the most Honorable men in Norland..