Editing Byres Family (section)

== Background ==
The Byres Family are distantly related to the [[The Reinhart Family|Reinharts]], making its members relatives of [[Magnolia Reinhart]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/01/11/1-11-r/ Chapter 1.11 R]</ref> They are considered to be one of the Reinhart family’s branch houses, making them subservient to them. The family also has mercantile roots.<ref name="2.32H">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/06/04/2-00-h/ Chapter 2.32 H]</ref> However their origins, the family is older than 6000 years.<ref name="7.45" /> They were the first [Knights] who rode with the Five Families, and afterwards became vampire slayers.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/09/07/6-42-e/ Chapter 6.42 E]</ref>

Cool composure. Politeness at all times. That is the mark of a Byres. The Byres always try to be calm, no matter the circumstances, and if they don't manage that their foremost thought is to ''appear'' calm. It is important to them ''not'' to reveal their vulnerability.

The family's colors is silver, which is not just their pride but also their fortune.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/09/05/3-10/ Chapter 3.10]</ref> Several large mines are located in their lands, filled with silver that they trade.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/01/11/1-11-r/ Chapter 1.11 R]</ref> However, not all of it is being traded, as every warrior of the house is equipped with silver-metal alloy armor.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/10/31/3-29-g/ Chapter 3.29 G]</ref>

Millennia ago, the Byres had befriended the Silver Dragon, [[Yderigrisel]], and made a pact to build a shrine to offer silver to it. In exchange Yderigrisel would be there for them<ins> in their hour of need</ins>. Yderigrisel would eventually die, but a ‘legend’ would say that it would come back for the Byres' in their hour of need. This would come true as Yderigrisel did came back to fight in the [[Creler Wars]], were it would perish for good. <ins>Yderigrisel’s death</ins> was the greatest tragedy for the Byres. They would still keep honoring the ancient pact of offering silver at its shrine, to the point that it became a family tradition.<ref name="7.45">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/09/09/7-45/ Chapter 7.45]</ref>

In the past the Byres family used to be richer, when there was a higher demand for quality silver. At that time they were a household name, but this changed with the disappearance of the [[Vampires]]. They used to be a scourge on Izril and had several large infestations that were wiped out over the centuries. House Byres was famous for rooting them out, with their silver being a key component of their destruction. They did so by poisoning every well and water source on Izril they were able to with silver. People and animals would drink this water and have trace amounts of  silver inside of them, harming or weakening the vampires. It used to be said that if you wanted to survive a Vampire attack, you would wear a necklace of Byres silver.<ref name=":4.45">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/12/4-45/ Chapter 4.45]</ref>