The Warriors

For more than one thousand years, the White Oak has served as the Right Hand of the Kingdoms. They are the greatest military force in the known world, the sword that destroys all that threaten the Kingdoms. In the eyes of many throughout the Kingdoms, the White Oak embody honor and tradition, for all the good and bad that such a description implies. Among the ranks of the White Oak, four families work together as one to create an unstoppable military might.

The children of Fieller produce the greatest officers and commanders in the Kingdoms.
The daughters of Payne supply the ranks of the land's most numerous armies.
The scions of Verdinelli serve as scouts and diplomats who sing the clan’s praises.
The heirs of Clair commune with the sacred ancestors of the White Oak for guidance.

The path of the White Oak has not been an easy one, however. A rapid succession of wars, culminating in the devastation of the Destroyer War, greatly depleted even the vast ranks of the four White Oak armies, ultimately causing them to be combined into three. Even worse, the clan’s holdings were laid to waste by plague and the hungry dead that the supernatural plague produced, leaving them nearly unable to feed those White Oak who remained alive. It was a time of misery and suffering, but over the course of two decades, the clan has worked tirelessly to rebuild, and now the White Oak stand strong once more.

The Kingdoms has enjoyed a generation of relative peace, all save the White Oak. Not because they have known war, but because they have not enjoyed peace by any means. The White Oak are warriors, and it is war that they crave. The brief conflict with the Black Oak and the small-scale battle with the Lizard man exiles north of the Colonies have only whetted the White Oak’s appetite for battle. They crave more, and they are eager to find a way to achieve that which they seek. The first kingdom to draw the ire of the White Oak will be a kingdom that deeply regrets their actions.

The White Oak Champion, Hellena Fieller, the Steel White Oak, recently traveled to the Colonies. One of the first ‘proper’ Champions to do this, Hellena traveled there to deal with the threat of a potential invasion by the Lizard Man Kingdoms. Fortunately, the culprits proved to be a splinter group, easily eradicated by cooperation between the White Oak and the Bur Oak. Having completed her endeavors in the Colonies, the White Oak Champion prepares to return to the Kingdoms, but will not find things exactly as she left them.