Erick Whitehill

Sir Erick Whitehill was a manipulative army captain who hailed from a wealthy western town. Born to two noble and well off parents, there was not a thing in the world that Erick saw that he didn't get. When Erick was sixteen his parents gave him a large Brigantine ship. The young adult quickly fell in love with sailing, and two years later sailed off away from his home and all his possessions to explore the high seas. After months of sailing Erick and his exausted crew wrecked upon the distant Taswick Isle.

The pirates that inhabitated the isle quickly captured and imprisoned the young aristocrat, attempting to hold him for ransom. Erick refused, and even after a deal had been struck he insisted on staying. This earned him the interest of Vlenden Brackbrim, the revered pirate warlord who had forged his own pirate empire decades before. Erick's ambitiousness inspired the venerable lord to give him a position on one of his lowly pirate crews, a position he quickly outgrew. Coincidently, Vlenden was stabbed to death in his sleep a mere three months after Erick's arrival. Through a well thought out cunning plan, Erick was able to take control of Brackwater Castle and more than half of Vlenden's army.

Once in control, Erick Whitehill invaded local dwarven towns and inspired a new war between the new humans the tribal like dwarves. Whitehill spent agregious amounts of money fighting against the dwarves, but did not make any real progress. In twelve years it was apparent Erick was losing the fight. In the fall of 90 P.C. he caught a deadly disease and was killed, leaving his daughter to take over. Meanwhile, the enraged dwarves were quickly encroaching upon the human's territory and the sailors were beginning to grow restless.