• The Prouds 78

Chapter Ten

The Prouds were the descendants of their greatest Elder,
who was nicknamed The Proud as he was known to refuse
any injustice and to submit to any oppressor.
His name was Andrew. He was born hundreds of
years before the era of Leader Addison, in a small town in
the dessert, which had small houses made of mud.
He lived his childhood with his parents and sister in
one of the town’s houses.
Lambert, his father, was one of the Brave
Protectors. It was a group of knights from the town in
which Andrew was born, from the nearby towns, and from
the nearby city which was called Rawna.
The purpose of it was to protect the wronged weak
people who lived in all those places. Its knights did not take
anything in return as they had a noble goal.
Their center was in Rawna City. At the time of
Lambert, they were led by Jepson, a very brave man who
was called the Teacher by the knights of the Brave
Protectors.
Their main enemies were the Grey Eagles, which
were a well-known group of a lot of bandits. They were
used to attacking villages, towns near Rawna City, and,
sometimes, even neighborhoods in Rawna City itself. They
were used to killing men, taking women and children and