Setting:Tabula Gloria/For'Channar/Fort Thagaisa

To the south of the Imperial lands, pushing into the lands of the Garvenus Steppe beyond the village of Rausclef, lies Fort Thagaisa. Unlike the other forts, Thagaisa started as a mere outpost and grew from there. Also unlike the other forts, Thagaisa came with a group of knights, the Knights of the Southwind, which served as a force to keep the Steppe's wildlife in check as well as a reserve force for expeditionary retinues in peacetime, and as a swift and savage infantry in wartime. As the town grew, more people claiming to be of Weylosian descent appeared in the town, a rich heritage which would soon be incorporated into the ranks of the Knights, for better or for worse.

Also during that time, one particular man of such descent known as Carpalos of Steelheart emerged from his beginnings as a blacksmith, as was his father and the father of his father. Back then, the Stormlords of the Steppe were far less peaceful as they are now, having united under the banner of the god-like Sky Devourer for the first time in Imperial history, threatening the well-being of Thagaisa. They would ride into the outpost town, raiding and murdering what they could before they rode back out into the night. On one such raid, Carpalos' wife became a casualty, leaving Carpalos to raise their new son alone. This triggered the otherwise humble blacksmith to harbor a need for revenge. Putting his skills to use, he forged the finest armors and weapons since the days of Weylos itself, forming a civilian army of his own, as the Knights would not traverse deeper into Stormlord territory. Soon enough, they marched deep into the Steppe with Carpalos' own child in tow, slaughtering through the Stormlords as if they were warm butter. They would only return to Thagaisa to resupply and rest before resuming their bloody campaign.

In due time though, the campaign came to an end and an aging Carpalos had come to forgive the Stormlord elder as his lust for revenge finally waned. Ashamed of his savagery and seeing himself as unneeded in Thagaisa any longer, Carpalos finished raising his son until he could hold his own. The blacksmith then donned his armor and sword one last time and wandered into the wilderness, reportedly to find a foe worth ending his life. Since then, a tradition began among the Steelheart clan. Once a son of Carpalos finishes raising his next son, he would take into the wilderness to never be seen again. Perhaps it would be to find a foe worthy of killing him, as was the case of Carpalos himself. Perhaps it would be to seek greater wisdom in the lands of Carpalos' original enemy. This tradition continues to this day, in which Margurim XI officially created the Knights of the Steelheart to serve as an elite fighting force for the Empire against invaders.

Suffice it to say, there is tension between the Imperial Stormwinds and the Weylosian-descended Steelhearts, a feud which is still known in Thagaisa today.