The Blyth Family

The Blyth Family dates its ancestry to the Blyth River where the family's first fortunes were founded in salt production. By the time of the Industrial Revolution the Blyths (sometimes Blythes) had founded the Blyth Harbour and Dock Company allowing for significant profit in the coal trade. This profit continued until the 1950s when the family began moving away from coal and into banking and investing, diversifying their profitable industries.

From the 1800s forward the Blyths lived in what would become Southeast Malton, holding a large estate and supporting the economies of two villages that sprang up around their factories, those of North Blyth and South Blyth. As these grew and coalesced into cities, the name was changed to North and South Blythville.

In 1947, Zsofia Isgar was married to Abulurd Blyth, eldest son of the the Blyth Family. Throughout the course of her marriage to Abulurd Blyth, Zsofia convinced her husband to name several of the Blyth family undertakings after her family, as a heritage to her and her children. These remnants of the Isgar family's influence continue in the buildings and squares that carry their names: Isgar Square, the Isgar Museum, and Isgar Towers.

In 1983, the Blyth Corporation relocated headquarters to the Blyth Building, consolidating from various buildings across the city of Malton. Members of the Central Family, or those directly descended from Abulurd, are rumoured to have escaped following the outbreak, however there have been rumours that one Blyth, Robert Blyth has been spotted in and around Malton.

Abulurd Blyth

Born in 1912, Abulurd Blyth was the eldest son of Heathcliff and Marantha Blyth. Having gone to the finest schools, in 1939, at the end of the Great Depression, Abulurd Blyth took over the family businesses and quickly became involved in the preparations for the British response against the Nazis.

What was little publicized during his life was that Blyth was also involved in trafficking weapons to the French resistance, but at the same time, entering into lucrative business deals with the Nazis through a tertiary company in occupied Norway. When word of this broke in 1979 after his death it threatened to destroy the family, however subsequent documents revealed that he was selling sub-standard parts that resulted in defective machinery that further helped the Allies in the eventual defeat of the Nazis.

Maxim Stutgart Blyth

Grandson of Abulurd Blyth, Maxim Stutgart Blyth was the head of the Blyth Corporation at the time of the outbreak. Maxim was responsible for providing many of the loans that NecroTech used to establish themselves in and around Malton. He left Malton in late April of 2005, leaving his cousin Robert Blyth in charge of the family corporation. Survivors suggest that this attests foreknowledge of the demise of the city and that Maxim Blyth should have his assets frozen and be extradited from his Ligurian villa and tried in a proper court of law.