Lief MacPayne

Lief MacPayne, of Eagleshire, of the Emerald Hills

"What? If I'm shooting anybody out of a giant slingshot, it's going to be Lief."-Tal

"Lief? He's just a freak show. He's one of those little Men in Black aliens. It's the only explanation!"-Stinkfoot

"Lief is like the Michael Jordan of Amtgard."-Thrann Von Doom

Bio

Formerly a (Sword and Flame, both from the Empire of the Iron Mountains, although his Flame belt was awarded at Banner Wars in 2002 in recognition of the work he did for the Emerald Hills).

Note his name is spelled "Lief", not Leif.

Lief established his prowess at an early age, being one of the youngest people to be knighted sword in Amtgard history.

Probably was the most influential Sword Knight for a good part of the 90s and 00s. Easily one of the best fighters to ever play the game, in the early to mid 2000s he won several polls as the top Sword Knight in the game.

He was the War Olympian winner for Olympiad XI, XIII, XIV (tie), XV, the last of which he also won Grand Olympian.

Lief was stripped of his knights belts by the Iron Mountains.

Lief passed away unexpectedly in his sleep in November of 2018.

Affiliated Groups

Member of the Green Dragons

Lief was a founding member of Bellator Adamas, but has left the company for personal reasons.

Sylvan Pride

Belted Famliy

Lief has had many squires. Past squires include Sirs Sparhawk, Kezgar, Zig, Otter, Talen, Folcwine, Killraven, etc... Lief himself was squired to Sir Auromax, who was squired to Sir Thorn Crossbearer.

Lief is a part of the longest chain of continuous sword knights in Amtgard history. Auromax, Lief, Sparhawk, Ice, Kerb, Kestral.

• Sir Thorn Crossbearer
  • Sir Auromax Silverhawk
    • Squire River
    • Squire Sirrakhis
    • Squire William
    • Squire Little Bill
    • Sir Talisin Silverwolf
      • Sir Korderellin
        • Squire Goglestofin
        • Sir Quiet
          • Squire Alania
            • MaA Bat
          • Squire Gryffyth
        • Squire Aust
        • Dìonadair Quorpeck Kinderd
        • Sir Viadra
          • Squire Sabrac Shigurashi
          • Squire Black Rabbit
          • Squire Stanley the Daft
          • Squire Renard
          • Squire Alashandra
          • Saint Aeris Lockheart Kinderd
          • Page Beuwolf
        • Dame Lightning
        • Squire Kurai
        • Squire Rolf
      • Squire Rugrat
    • Sir Brennen MacGregor
      • Squire Bovine
      • Squire Tick Tock
      • Squire Redmark
      • Squire Tyrel
      • Squire Kayden MacGregor
    • Lief Mcpayne
      • Sir Kezgar (also Squire to Talinor)
        • Sir Moonbeam (Loptr)
          • Sir Neobrood (Breeder)
          • Squire Hannoske
          • Squire Guyvas
          • MaA Destiny
          • Page Mardigan
          • Page Akin
          • Page Pi
      • Sir Otter Valinor(also Squire to Wolfram)
      • Sir Zigful sai Yuk(also Squire to Falamar)
        • Squire Talen (also Squire to Lief)
        • Squire TuK!
        • Squire Steel
        • Squire Tey
        • Squire Lily Facewrecker
      • Sir Sparhawk Kingfisher
        • Sir Moogie
          • Squire Roxanna of Iron Cloud
        • Sir Ice of Redhawk
          • Sir Kerb
          • Sir Thurg Ironfist
            • Squire Smithy Ironfist
            • Squire Almond Joy Ironfist
            • Squire Drakor Ironfist
              • Man-at-Arms Morteus
              • Man-at-Arms Dirt
              • Man-at-Arms Three Piece
              • Man-at-Arms Murderpants
              • Man-at-Arms Nexus
          • Sir Kestral
          • Squire Korlys Darksabre
          • Sir Flint
            • Man-at-Arms Gauge
            • Man-at-Arms Skeevy J
          • Squire Mime
          • Squire Kevetor
        • Squire Rant
  • Sir Blackthorne
    • Squire Kai
    • Sir Keluric Tryst
      • Sir Deimos
        • Man-at-Arms Griffin Köford
      • Squire Ailliath
      • Squire Feanix
      • Man-at-Arms Fox
      • Man-at-Arms CJ
      • Man-at-Arms Mikezilla
      • Page Aspen
    • Dame Gwendair Tryst
      • Squire Braith
      • Dame Leah
        • Woman-at-Arms Vael
        • Dame Fhirrin
      • Squire Seras
        • Woman-at-Arms Wrathleen
      • Sir Fiks
    • Woman-at-Arms Luminaya
    • Sir Xiaho Dun
    • Squire Orion Haeren

Notable accomplishments

Served as the 11th and 23rd Monarch, 8th Champion, 30th Regent of the Iron Mountains.

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