Derek is vain, stubborn, dour, and brooding. With a no nonsense seriousness about him, he strictly and stubbornly follows the code. He has the stereotypical solamnic knights distaste for magic. He is confident that good would triumph over evil. Derek has brown to dark blonde hair, blue eyes, and the long, traditional, flowing mustaches common of the Knighthood.

Derek Crownguard is a Knight of the Rose who was born the son of Kerwin Crownguard and an unnamed mother. He had one known brother named Edwin Crownguard, a cousin Charles Crownguard, and an uncle Boniface Crownguard, all of the Crownguard Family.
Derek has a wife and one son of six years old, who during the War of the Lance lived with her father.
         Derek is vain and power-hungry, with a no nonsense seriousness about him, dour, and brooding. Though strict to the code, He is still an honorable man who is man of his Word. He still holds to the old code, and is not in it for money, like a lot of the current Solamnic counsel.
         He is not afraid to give out his opinion to someone, whether they wanted it or not, and thought that good would triumph over evil. Derek was known to have had brown to dark blonde hair, blue eyes, and the long, traditional, flowing mustaches common of the Knighthood.
 

Early Life

        Derek grew up in Castle Crownguard. He developed a friendship with Brian Donner, who was the son of his teacher, and Aran Tallbow, the son of a local lord. They had many adventures and eventually became Squires at the same time.
 
        In the early days of 344 AC and 345 AC, Derek was a squire to his uncle Boniface. When Sturm Brightblade returned to Vingaard Keep, Derek made fun of him calling him 'Grandpa Sturm' for his old way of being a Knight. When Lord Wilderness tasked Sturm with seeking him out, Lord Boniface ordered Derek to accompany and sabotage him.
         Derek journeyed with, and did his uncle's bidding as a squire should, but he also saw how much his uncle hated Sturm. Sturm eventually made it back to the Keep, and Boniface was killed, and for that, Derek never forgave Sturm. Derek was strongly opposed the candidacy of Sturm to become a Knight, stating publicly that he did not have the proper upbringing.
 

War of the Lance

        With the War of the Lance into its third year in 351 AC, Derek was at Castle Crownguard with his brother Edwin. The castle was attacked by the Blue Wing, which resulted in the death of Edwin. Derek was enraged that Lord Gunthar never sent reinforcements to assist in the castle defense, and this started him down the road of insanity. He and his forces had to retreat from the castle deeper into Solamnia.
        When the Knights of Solamnia asked for volunteers to find a coveted Dragon Orb to help them win the war. Derek quickly volunteered to journey for this artifact, along with his friends Aran Tallbow and Brian Donner, thinking that this would put him above his rival Gunthar Uth Wistan for the coveted Grand Master title. Together they journey to Tarsis and found the Lost Library there.
        While there, they found the old library and began their research, searching for information on items that would be able to help them against the Dragonarmies. Derek also helped in rescuing Lady Alhana from the Tarsis governor. He and 2 other Knights of the Crown were honor bound to assist her in her cause to save her father in Silvanesti.
        A week before the attack on Tarsis by the Red Dragonarmy, Derek journeyed with Lady Starbreeze and the Inquisition to Silvanesti, in search of her father as well as the dragon orb. He wishes to quickly make his way back to solamnia as quickly as possible with a dragon orb in tow, to help defend the land.