Lord Pythas
Lord Pythas (1214-1289) was a historical figure in Sayaffallah during the War of Plunder that took place by order of King Darius XV and also is known as the creator of Grenoble Castle in the forests where the Council of Forest used to meet.
Birth/ Early Life
Not much is known about Lord Pythas early life or birth other than he was born as the son of a blacksmith and eventually became an archer in the King's Army.
Battle of the Council Forest
Lord Pythas was sent to the Council Forest with the King's army as a lowly archer to repel an invasion by barbarian savages, during the course of the battle Pythas saw an axeman charging the King's horse from behind him in a blindspot of the King. Pythas threw himself in the path of the axe man and swung his bow slamming it through the eye of the axeman and then discharging two arrows into the axeman's heart. Pythas then turned and caught a glancing blow from a mace that struck his right arm, using his bow Pythas deflected another blow and rammed his bow through the mouth of the mace man ripping the jaw from the face. Pythas was seen by countless many saving the life of the King and it was after the battle that Pythas was given a lordship by the King.
Pythas was given a lordship over the area of Council Forest and was proclaimed a loyal knight of the King in gratitude of his actions in saving the life of the King. Pythas was granted the hand of the King's daughter in marriage and was given assistance in the building of Castle Grenoble afterwards.
Legacy
Pythas is revered by those living in the mountains near Castle Grenoble as a folk hero for saving the life of the King and generally the story of Pythas is taught in all of the schools as a moral story of putting ones live ahead of another for the sake of the country. To this day Castle Grenoble stands and operates as a hotel run by the local region. The family of Pythas are believed to have been killed by assasins shortly after the death of Pythas thus leaving the castle as a ruin. It was shortly before the Islamic invasion that the castle was rebuilt and lived in by villagers in the local village as a place of refuge during the Islamic invasion leading the Islamic tribes to believe the castle a fortress and thus not worth wasting their effort on capturing.
