Ernest Hale

Born in Dulanston, right on the border between Vjiay and Valoria, he commissioned from the Western Military Academy at Fyars in 1863 at the age of 23 and was immediately posted to a position in his home-city regiment.

He waited for his first action - as a Captain - until 1869 at the Battle of Brampton, where an estimated 3,800 Western Valorians (under the banner of 'Valoran Indepedence Movement') blasted through the Northern Town walls, causing hundreds of civilian casualties. Hale, as part of the Quick Reaction Force of the Valorian Territorials moved quickly to intercept and repel the enemy, forcing them from the town and back into the Western wilderness.