The Dawnguard
Once one of the largest and most recognizable branches of
the Iosan military, the Dawnguard were inextricably tied
to House Nyarr, one of the five great military houses of Ios.
Today, the Dawnguard are split in two, just as the Iosans
outside the elven nation’s borders have been utterly separated
from their transformed former kinsfolk.
Within Ios, the Dawnguard still make their base of operations at the aeryth that bears their name, the northernmost of the major Iosan fortifications. Their numbers, however, have been depleted. Many of their former members were caught outside the borders of Ios when the Sundering occurred, and many of those within the nation perished as a result of that cataclysmic event. In the years since, those who remained have supplemented their numbers with soulless and even sythyss recruits. Even though these new members are every bit as adept at the martial discipline needed to serve as any ensouled elf ever was, they are often unsatisfying as comrades-in-arms. Nevertheless, the Dawnguard persists within present-day Ios, albeit as eerily changed as everything else about the nation.
Outside the borders of the elven empire, the many Dawnguard who marched with Incissar Vyros Nyarr on the Abyssal Fortress as part of the Second Skorne-Iosan War eventually made their way to the northern settlement of Frostbracken. There, under the incissar’s continued leadership, they gather and drill as they have always done, achingly close to the fortress that was once their home yet cut off from it as irrevocably as if it were in another world. Their camaraderie has helped them to stay together through considerable hardships, and the Dawnlord continues to serve as an inspiration to his troops. For now, these Dawnguard protect the elves of Frostbracken, but their future is as uncertain as it is for all Iosans across western Immoren.
Within Ios, the Dawnguard still make their base of operations at the aeryth that bears their name, the northernmost of the major Iosan fortifications. Their numbers, however, have been depleted. Many of their former members were caught outside the borders of Ios when the Sundering occurred, and many of those within the nation perished as a result of that cataclysmic event. In the years since, those who remained have supplemented their numbers with soulless and even sythyss recruits. Even though these new members are every bit as adept at the martial discipline needed to serve as any ensouled elf ever was, they are often unsatisfying as comrades-in-arms. Nevertheless, the Dawnguard persists within present-day Ios, albeit as eerily changed as everything else about the nation.
Outside the borders of the elven empire, the many Dawnguard who marched with Incissar Vyros Nyarr on the Abyssal Fortress as part of the Second Skorne-Iosan War eventually made their way to the northern settlement of Frostbracken. There, under the incissar’s continued leadership, they gather and drill as they have always done, achingly close to the fortress that was once their home yet cut off from it as irrevocably as if it were in another world. Their camaraderie has helped them to stay together through considerable hardships, and the Dawnlord continues to serve as an inspiration to his troops. For now, these Dawnguard protect the elves of Frostbracken, but their future is as uncertain as it is for all Iosans across western Immoren.
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