Arland Theirin

Arland Theirin is a king of Ferelden who reigned in the beginning of the Storm Age.
== Background ==
Prior to his coronation in 7:5 Storm, there was no clear successor to the throne. Both Arland and his cousin Arlessa Sophia Dryden had a strong claim to the crown. According to Dryden's journal, Arland was chosen instead of her because he was young and thought by the arls and teyrns to be easily manipulated. She, however, had seen something in the boy's eyes that terrified her.
It was not long before Arland showed himself to be an immoral and ruthless leader. He imprisoned Sophia for contesting his succession to the throne of Ferelden, but under pressure from her supporters, spared her life on the condition that she join the Grey Wardens. Arland was willing to go to brutal lengths to silence his opponents.Codex entry: Sophia Dryden According to Avernus, Arland was a tyrant who "...ruled with fear and poison. His treachery pit noble against noble in terrible battle."
Eventually, some of the Banns approached Sophia for help against Arland's tyranny. A letter from Bann Mathuin Wulff can be found in Soldier's Peak where he explains that Arl Ruahn and his entire family had been slaughtered over an idle word, thus ending the Ruahn line, and begs Sophia for aid.
When Arland learned that Sophia was using the Grey Wardens as an army to oppose him and that there was a rebellion against him, he forbade all tithing to the Wardens and declared them to be outlaws. His army besieged the Wardens at Soldier's Peak for months. The siege was lifted upon Sophia's death, and the rebellion ended.
Soldier's Peak was claimed by demons while Sophia Dryden was never heard of again, nor were any of her Wardens or Fereldan soldiers who went there. King Arland declared his triumph over her by exiling the Grey Wardens from Ferelden and stripping the Drydens of all lands and titles.
Arland also executed many Couslands, including the Teyrn himself, for plotting against him, being allied to Sophia, and to teach the survivors their place.
Little is known of what followed Arland's rule, as a civil war for the throne occurred soon after his death. The war lasted a decade and wiped away most records of his reign.
== See also ==
* Theirin family
== References ==
Category:Characters
Category:Historical characters
Category:Humans
Category:Fereldans
Category:Fereldan nobility
Category:Royalty
uk:Арланд Тейрин