[b]Earl Phillip of the House of Greeling[/b]
Lord of Echo Valley

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[b]Physical Description:[/b]
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[*]24 years old
[*]6'2"; fit, muscular.
[*]Dark, curly hair; dark eyes.
[*]Various scars (yet to be described).
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[b]Personality:[/b]
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[*]Brave, courageous.
[*]Benevolent, kind, generous.
[*]Loyal, honest.
[*]Sexually active; typically has at least one consort while awaiting marriage to an [I]appropriate[/I] Lady.
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[b]History:[/b]
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[*]Son of Samuel Greeling, a Landed Peasant.
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[*]Samuel grew up a peasant, working his father's farm.
[*]For the last two years of his teens, Samuel fought in his Earl's army in a short war supporting the Royal House of Backkrum. 
[*]As a pension, he was given 50 acres of pasture and farm land.
[*]He married and had 5 children (3 boys, followed by 2 girls). 
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[*]He was raised knowing how to handle both a plow and a sword.
[*]Age 18: the War of the Three Rivers erupted.  His father tried to stay out of the fighting.
[*]Age 20: 
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[*]His village was attacked by forces opposing the King.  
[*]His sisters were raped and murdered; his elder brother was killed attempting to protect the girls.
[*]His father joined the Earl's army once again.
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[*]Age 22: 
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[*]When the Earl betrayed the King and began fighting against the Crown, Phillip's father deserted the army and came home.
[*]Days later, Samuel was tracked down by the Earl's soldiers.  A fight resulted in the death of Phillip's remaining brother.
[*]Over the weeks to come, dozens of soldiers -- also deserters -- came to Samuel.  They implored him to put together a force to fight their former Lord.
[*]Weeks later, after negotiating funding from an Earl who was a Royal Loyalist, Samuel led a force of 100 into the fray.
[*]Phillip joined the force as both a Squad leader and the archery trainer.
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[*]Age 23:
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[*]For a year and a half, Samuel's force -- nicknamed the Woodland Warriors -- ambushed enemy supply trains and raided villages loyal to the enemy.  Their methods weren't always the most honorable, so -- after having hear of the force's exploits -- the King appreciated their good work but could not give his approval.
[*]Despite the successes of the Warriors, the war effort in general was failing.  
[*]An Earl named [yet to come] managed to bring all the rebel forces under his direction and besieged the Capital.
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[*]Age 24:
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[*]While the population of the Capital was facing starvation and disease, Samuel and Phillip were building an army to break the siege.
[*]The Woodland Warriors had grown in size, reaching nearly 500 mounted warriors, archers, and foot soldiers.
[*]The Warriors set upon the rebels forces, destroying them and breaking the siege.  (This attack is described elsewhere and a link is coming.)
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