Description
Harp and Harpoon
Syr Kal’s ancestors were among those driven from the beautiful but harsh island of Eryn by hunger and hardship, crossing the water to Caledon not as conquerors but as survivors seeking another shore that could bear them. In Caledon they found a home no softer than the one they left, yet rich in work and sea-trade.
Unlike other migrant groups who settled in tight clusters, Kal’s forebears neither held themselves apart nor were pushed aside. Their skills were too valuable: sailmakers, caulkers, masons, carpenters, shipwrights — the tough, indispensable labour of a working harbour. They took on the jobs others shirked, and the natives soon learned to rely on them. Welcomed rather than shunned, their community grew outward instead of inward. The port prospered and, in time, became the principal harbour of Caledon.
From these salt-bitten people rose Syr Kal — shaped by their graft and irreverence. He became a knight capable of standing against any in Caledon, a figure who guided the harbour-folk as reliably as the beacon-fires that brought ships home.
His seat grew into an unintended counterweight to Corvalen’s zealots, drawing natives to his banner seeking relief from their excesses, much as his forebears had once sought refuge themselves. Kal’s strength was never boastful; it was the seasoned, quiet authority of a man who could look his people in the eye. Steady as the rocks that form his quays, Kay never sought repute — it came to him through effort and resilience.
This artwork is part of the Knights of Football series. It is an independent creative work and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Hibernian FC or the Scottish Professional Football League.
