Phosacles Avgerinós

"One day this will all be over and I will return to my home and rest."

- Phosacles Avgerinós

Phosacles Averginós, Second Son to the Lord Pheracles of House Avgerinós and his representative to the Astherian March, is a notable warrior and unit leader in service to Wardenfell.

Born thirty-two years ago in the Avgerinós estate, he was raised as second son, to be a warrior and win fame for the House, not lead it. Some say he was effectively bred for war, with a strong physique and natural talent with the spear. At seventeen he enlisted into the military, to fight in the war against Arcadia. There he saw distinction for bravery against magic, leading troops and sweeping aside foes afore him. After numerous years of service he was promoted to Captain in the army, leading key units against the tougher points in Arcadian lines. During this service he slew a mage that was using a powerful protection item and decided it was bit better in his hands than Arcadia's. The strange item would change to the bearer's personality and provide near absolute protection where it guarded; for Phosacles it was a golden Lion's pelt that guarded his back and shoulders.

Now named the Iron Lion of Wardenfell, he pushed forward in the campaign, but suffered a leg injury that had him out of the fight. Missing the destruction of Emir, he finally healed up but retired from active service until he was needed again. Unfortunately for him, the March on Astheria would not be long away.

Phosacles wears his pelt, a steel helm made in the resemblance of a roaring lion, steel half-plate and usually a kilt of pteruges as well as steel bracers and shin-guards. His favored weapon is his spear paired with his shield that bears the Avgerinós crest. When not fighting he also likes to wear a long sweeping white cape with a star upon it in blue.

Biography
Born to Lord Pheracles Averginós and the Lady Anastasia as their second son and third child, Phosacles was expected to be a warrior from birth. Early on in life he often spent more time with the master-at-arms and various sergeants in his father's employ, than he did with tutors and masters in service at the estate. His earliest dreams were to become a legendary knight, who fought off the undead and freed Aiscoria from the plagues. His father certainly approved of having a hearty warrior for a son, but was worried about the sickly disposition of his first son Arrostos which would place Phosacles as heir in the event of his first's death. Finally he relented and purchased proper teachers to show Phosacles the intricacies of the art that is war.

At seventeen, Phosacles had become an aspiring wielder of the spear-shield fighting style, which was particularly rare amongst nobles and knights. He had learned from an Asalidan spear-master named Heiros and was accompanied by the renowned warrior when he enlisted in the Wardenfell military during the Emir-Arcadian War. Over the course of the war Phosacles distinguished himself as a capable leader of troop and competent fighter, capable of taking on mages later on. Later into the campaign against Arcadia, he was promoted to Lieutenant of a unit and charged with taking on the most difficult enemy positions in their assaults. In one of these assaults he came face-to-face with a powerful mage who used spells of protection to guide his unit to victory without even a single loss. In a decisive battle that lasted nearly two hours of consistent dueling, Phosacles slew the magician and took the powerful magical item that protected the mage from seemingly most weapons. The battle overall was a loss for Wardenfell, but Phosacles came out on top with a new item, that seemingly changed to match the bearer's personality; becoming the famous golden lion's pelt that is impervious from physical harm. Phosacle's Raiment it was called, earned him the name the Iron Lion of Wardenfell.

At about twenty-eight he was well-known for his service, his legendary title and rare fighting style. He was promoted to Captain in the army and sent on another campaign against Arcadia, but early on was wounded in his rather open legs by an arrow, enchanted with some sort of freezing spell, disabling him for the rest of the campaign. Withdrawing from service at the end of the campaign, he returned to his estate, hoping to be free from battle for a few years.

In the small time frame of twenty-nine to thirty-two, Phosacles spent all of his time on the estate or in Wardenfell, often representing his father's will in the capital city. Along the way he met the beautiful Laurelein Victor, an Asalidan refugee working as a bartender in Wardenfell and over the course of a few months, they fell in with each other. Against his father's wishes, Phosacles married Laurelein at thirty-one, only to be ripped away for the March on Astheria the next year.