Title and Name: Crown Prince of Calderonia Gabriel Lyons IV
Castle role: Crown Prince of Calderonia
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Physical appearance: Usually wearing his ornate yet practical armor, Gabriel rarely is not dressed for a fight. Due to his travels as a soldier the few times he is not in armor his clothes are usually more practical than appropriate of his station. He stands 6' 1" tall with brown hair and brown eyes.
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In line for the throne: yes
Personality: To the public as a brash man he has a tendency to act more like a soldier than a royal. He is meticulous and calculated making him a deadly commander and an even deadlier politician. Due to his practical nature he tends to shun the more colorful displays of wealth. He has earned himself popularity amoungst the common people of Calderonia with his donations of much of his personal wealth to improve the infrastructure of the cities of Calderonia.
History: The eldest son of the king of Calderonia, Gabriel was expected from a young age to be named Heir apparent. This changed however when he was 10 and his younger brother, showing promise in stewardship, began being groomed to be heir over him. At the age of 15, tired of being shown up by his younger brother, Gabriel packed what he could carry from the castles armory and rode east to prove himself as the rightful heir to the throne of Calderonia.
Shortly into his travels he met Rafiq and the two began to travel together Rafiq acting as a guide for Gabriel. During their travels they gained a reputation as mercenaries due to their being forced to use their skills with swords to earn the money to eat and pay for a place to sleep most nights. At the age of 18 veterans of the recent wars in the east began to flock to Gabriel as he began to form a mercenary company earning money destroying bandit camps and protecting trade caravans. With his new soldiers Gabriel formed the Iron Wolves a mercenary company that would become his personal guard upon his return to Calderonia.
After years of adventuring across the desert sand, at the age of 22, Gabriel returned to the capital of Calderonia with his Iron Wolves in tow some 10,000 strong. Shortly after his return Gabriel demonstrated to his father the fruits of his labors using a vast majority of his wealth from his adventures to improve the many cities in the kingdom as well as demonstrating the skills of his Iron Wolves. Shortly after his return Gabriel took his place as the Crown Prince of Calderonia well his younger brother was given a duchy to not waste his training over the last 12 years. Over the course of the next few years the Iron wolves slowly replaced the Royal Guard for Calderonia using their position as the crown prince's personal retinue to earn them this position.
Title and Name: Rafiq Hakim
Castle role: Gabriel's Adviser and Bodyguard
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Physical appearance: Age has began to catch up with Rafiq, His hair being mostly grey, having wise brown eyes and wrinkles beginning to show on his ageing face. Similarly to Gabriel, Rafiq is rarely seen outside of his armor and without a sword at his side.
In line for the throne: no
Personality: Calm and kind, his experience and age can be seen in who he is. Usually stuck trying to rain in Gabriel's youthful arrogance.
History: Little is know about Rafiq's past prior to meeting Gabriel other than he grew up in a small village in the eastern deserts and later joined the military before becoming a wanderer. An extremely experienced warrior and leader Rafiq is the defacto leader of the Iron Wolves serving as Gabriel's bodyguard and in charge of his security. In recent years, due to age, he has taken more of an administrative role leading the Iron Wolves rather than leading as a soldier.
IRON WOLVES
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Consisting of veterans of the recent wars in the deserts of the east, the Iron Wolves is more a military order than a mercenary group. The Iron Wolves highly value loyalty and honor above all else taking their new position as the defacto Royal Guard of Calderonia very seriously. Most members bear their signature halberd as their weapon of choice however the small amount of Calvary they have tend to use swords and bows. Though most are highly experienced veterans they continue to train intensively to prove their strength amoungst their own ranks.