Wyverak Riders of Note

Ellery Corvin - First wyverak rider. Her family bred wyverak for messaging for six generations. Her grandmother taught her how to select desirable traits among the wyverak such as tameness and increased size. However, at the time of Ellery the wyverak were only as big as a large dog and far from the rideable creatures we see today. However, she concluded that wyverak were magically sensitive and decided to have her wyverak nest near magic rich stones and imbued the unhatched eggs with magical energy. The result was a generation of wyverak like the ones we see today, bodies larger than draft horses with segmented tails over half their body length. What used to be stout horns turned into large racks of antlers. It was with this generation that Ellery began personally delivering messages on the back of a wyverak in lieu of having them travel alone. The Kellefon government soon caught wind of the new wyverak and gave Ellery and her family title and land in exchange for breeding secrets and rearing techniques. The Corvin name still holds reverence in circles of wyverak riders.

Faustus Yunta - Born in The Crays, Faustus lived and breathed wyverak riding. His love for wyverak and his dream of riding them was rendered moot by his near-blindness. As he grew he maintained his love of wyverak and found a job caring for young wyverak in training to become mounts for the military. He was the first, by happenstance, learn of ‘imprinting’. He noticed that some wyverak that were penned together would become inseparable after a time. This always seemed to follow a ‘bearing’; the time when a wyverak’s antlers suddenly sprout into racks overnight. Faustus secluded one rejected wyverak just before its bearing time. On the day after its bearing he came to feed it and was assaulted by a psychic attack from the creature, something never seen before. However, the assault faded and when he regained his senses he could sense the thoughts and emotions of his wyverak, he could even borrow the wyverak’s senses. He became the first bonded rider, and despite his diminished eyesight became one of the most awarded and revered wyverak riders of his time.

Thorlacius Forseti - As a young man Thorlacius was impulsive, impetuous, and rash. As he came of age and joined the military, leaders earmarked him to become a wyverak rider. He aced his exams and training while also toeing a fine line of disobedience for his rash nature. His gift at flight put him at the top of his class and he was bonded with a wyverak at the earliest availability for his age. His inconsiderate behavior was a double-edged sword for Thorlacius often failed to ponder the consequences of his actions even on himself, as such he failed to protect himself from the bondings psychic attack with the provided resistance potions and was nearly killed during the bonding. While his contemporaries moved on with their assignments, he recovered, his wyverak inconsolable until Thorlacius was strong enough to ride again, and ride they did. Through some quirk of the bonding Thorlacius and his wyverak, Bronzen, were synchronous and seemingly two parts of the same beast. The two were able to perform acrobatic feats and maneuvers previously deemed too dangerous for riders. Researchers of the phenomenon soon realized that the psychic link formed between wyverak and their rider was proportional to the assault and the loss of vitality taken. Bonded riders today suffer a much harsher bonding but with better overall results than their fore-bearers.

Broderick Bellamy - Second son of Robert Bellamy. As wyverak riders go he was not that proficient in the practice of advanced flight. However, he did devise ‘the draught’ a potion which cleanses a wyverak of all poisons and earned a reputation for his mind and tactical ability, leading him to be known as "The Erudite". In his youth it was thought he would inherit his family’s lands as his elder brother, Trenton, was sickly and prone to severe illness, but as he came of age the elder brother’s health improved. Broderick did indeed eventually end up inheriting the lands but only after gaining renown as a wyverak rider. Trenton led the estates under his father who was in declining health but finally succumbed to illness in his late 30’s and without an heir so Broderick was honorably resigned from the military to take over the holdings.