Berig     Created on Sunday, 30 July 2006 23:52  
  Black Family  
  The Black family goes back far beyond the memory of any living man today.  To put it all in perspective, it could be said that the Black family goes back at least 400 of your "Yuri's".  Our family originates from the small kingdom of Shilla.  It was here, that this family was created in order to serve as a vanguard for the newly ascended king of this time period.  This family was supplied by all the houses of Shilla in those times, and the Black family was held in the highest regards for the services they provided.  This family stood for honour, as well as the protection of the lands we served.  Our values has never changed in all the time our family has existed.  Our family words are Honour, Pride, and Virtue.  This family was, however, no ordinary family.  Instead of working based on blood being the bond that holds us together, this family was based the bond formed between brothers and fellow men and knights of the kingdom.  This was created by the same goals that each person shared with the other.  To add to the description, people of this family were not created through birth, but rather were allowed into the family through honour and pride.  Ones place was earned.  If a person was allowed to join this family, they would leave their old name behind, and take on the new name "Black".  When this happened, it was said that the person had "Taken To The Black".  Each member follows these guidelines of honour and holds himself with the utmost of courtesy and respect for all members, and you would be hard pressed to find any member that strays from this.  Of course though, as all good things, and as it seems, things of honour, cannot last forever in the place they are created.  As time passed, and kings passed, treaties were created, formal armies were created and times changed.  As it would seem, the need for a van guarding house was no more.  One of the latest kings of Shilla was uneasy with the sway the Black family had over the houses of his land.  Slowly we were pushed out of his kingdom to fend for ourselves though distant lands.  As we traveled slowly, we found some people willing to aid our cause to find a new realm in which we could strive, and some not so willing.  Our family members however, are filled with hope and have not lost sight of what we will one day have again.  We sent out advance scouts ahead of our main party in all direction to search for such a land.  It is here, that the Black family stands.  And it is here, that the Black family is looking to take up root, in these Kingdoms of Winds.  I am hoping that you can finally put an end to our search and finally put a solid footing under our aching soles.

     Hydra