Editing Setting:Tabula Gloria/Garvenus/The Stormlords (section)

=Wrath of the Steelheart=
By the time it became a fort, Thagaisa had established the '''Knights of the Southwind''' to patrol the Imperial border with the Steppe and to keep it safe from beasts. One day, the now-recovered Stormlords had spotted a patrol of Southwinds edging into their territory, an action which was answered with a relentless barrage of nightly raids into Thagaisa. These raids in turn enraged a man known as '''Carpalos of Steelheart''', a blacksmith of Weylosian descent, when one of the Stormlords' runs ended up killing his wife. He originally tried to get the Southwinds to act upon it, but they couldn't under the truce, especially as they were reprimanded for causing all of this by Tabula Gloria. So Carpalos, well taught in not only the legendary blacksmithing of his ancestors, but also the stories of Crenskaw's Betrayal, got together a civilian militia and set out into the Steppe to take on the Stormlords themselves. With his growing son at his side, Carpalos and his force slew every Stormlord he could find.

Years later, once his son grew up knowing the atrocities he has made, Carpalos would disband the group and set off back into the Steppe once more to face the Stormlord elder. According to Imperial lore, it was to apologize for his rampage and to live the rest of his life in self-imposed exile. But according to the Stormlords, it was to face the elder in one-on-one combat to resolve a feud which began with Crenskaw's betrayal after the victory against the Vashialians so long ago. The elder, '''Iskal of the Thunderhead''', agreed to the battle, ordering the Stormlord warriors to allow Carpalos five days to prepare himself. He even allowed his future opponent into his own hut to rest, for he wanted there to be no interference for an honorable battle. Five days later, the two would travel to the southern edge of the Steppe, away from both Imperial and Stormlord interference.

According to Stormlord legend, the battle lasted for three full days, only with the two resting beneath the dusk and dawn before starting again. They fought ferociously, slashing and breaking each other, but they would neither fall nor surrender. Upon the sunset of the third day, the two agreed to consider it a draw, only to drag themselves back to the Stormlord lands bloodied and battered, but now unshakable friends. This would begin a new tradition of the reconciliation of the old Stormlord-Weylosian feud, as well as maintaining the Truce of Thaga Rise. Though those within the '''Knights of the Steelheart''' do not know why the Carpalos-descended leader heads out into the Steppe once the next generation is ready, the Stormlords know of the entertaining battle ahead, as well as to welcome the newest addition to their ranks.

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