The Legends of Halaak charging into the massacre
Valgesh, Cidaar, and J’Deth are a trio of Praetorians known as the Legends of Halaak. Once they spent the early years of their careers clashing with one another in house feuds. After the destruction of their houses they joined forces and earned greater acclaim serving the Supreme Archdomina Makeda and the Army of the Western Reaches.
History[]
the Legends of Halaak spent the early years of their careers clashing with one another in house feuds. But the second war of unification and the return of Vinter Raelthorne from the west saw the leadership of disloyal houses publicly executed in Halaak and many houses dissolved. Most of their warriors were merged into the Army of the Western Reaches. Some defiant soldiers silently displeased with Vinter Raelthorne’s continued reign became outcasts and brigands. They formed taberna united by dedication to the hoksune code instead of house loyalties and fought as mercenaries in inter-house rivalries solely for the glory. Those who survived their time as outcasts earned reputations as skilled and fearless combatants and among them were Valgesh, Cidaar, and J’Deth.[1]
Valgesh who fights using classical dual-blades was once the finest swordsman of the now extinct House Jukkar. His ability to lead and inspire his peers was widely known even before his house’s dissolution. Cidaar, who fights with a naginata was a young ranking officer of House Karzul but left her house after their tyrant bent the knee to the Conqueror. She joined an outcast taberna and within months assumed command, then built the group’s reputation for being both vicious and reliable. Of the three, J’Deth has most readily adapted to the life of a vagabond warrior. His now-enslaved House Govaax came from the Northern Marches, and he spent his youth scouting the desert fringes. An oddity in Halaak, his talents have proven well suited to surviving the Bloodstone Marches.[1]
After Vinter was ovethrown the trio of renowned warriors went west to offer their services to House Balaash. The supreme archdomina accepted despite distrust and disapproval from her officers due to the group’s disreputable past. To Makeda, it was enough to know the warriors’ reputations in battle and their unquestionable dedication to hoksune.[1]