Ikelos Ta'Aurc

"Runaway elf with trust issues with Eshma Thalas and shifting loyalties"
= Backstory =
Ta’Aurc’s family have a long history as leatherworkers. They were among the first to do so within House Zylyra, working the finest hides and furs to noble lords and ladies, leaving them well off financially. By this, the second son of Elyra and Ranald Ta’Aurc, Ikelos, is a monumental showpiece of the family’s prowess. He has learned all he could from his father, and his one thousand year old lifespan has rendered him adept at his work. He works with leather, fur, and pelts. He is a devout believer in his goddess, though he sincerely doubted legends of the mythical dryads and such things like “magic”. He does enjoy seeing the smiles of people as they come to collect their commissions, and he always loves measuring, tapering, and then fitting any lords and ladies with exquisite fur purses or fine leather bags whenever he is supplied, as well as the glitter of copper and silver. He enjoys shooting his bow whenever he can, imagining himself once again shooting from the saddle as he had done so many centuries ago. Such infatuation almost matches his desire to learn as much about other cultures’ languages and heritage, the myriad within his brain which makes him feel like the smartest person in the land. Ikelos’s family’s prestige mainly goes through the eldest son, who was severely scarred in the war against the drow. Though born to stability and wealth within Eshma Thalas, Ikelos, rather than participating in elven life and the drow war like his brother, spent much of his early life in turbulent Gradia, wandering the light deserts and sparse jungles of his neighbor state, while mastering his craft within their rich towns and cities, mostly at his parent’s behest to “explore the world”. It was here, at two hundred years old, he met Riven Ae’thelsta, twin sister to a lost elf in Arilaand, and the love of his life. For a while they hung out with her familial bandit gang, the Desert Shadows, a fierce and very violent gang in Gradia. It was here Ikelos and his crew brutally and savagely murdered the family of a young half elf girl. For Ikelos at the time, his bloodied hands felt like a bit of cleansing of the palette, keeping his race free of aberrations and abominations. After a quick hanging and quartering of the family, a minor skirmish between a half-elven girl bent on vengeance for her family’s death ended with his love being pierced by an arrow in her heart. The Golden Bow, as she is called, left them to chase the others, allowing Ikelos to hold his love one last time. As he held his fading sweetheart in his hands, Ikelos realized the heaviest cost to his carefree and violent attitude. Depressed, he traveled throughout Arilaand after about five hundred years in Gradia, reaching Haeloth, where he spent a mere fifty years before deciding the brutal north was not his forte. He then moved back to Eshma Thalas from seven hundred years to one thousand, jumping between Eshma Thalas, Arilaand, and Gradia every fifty years or so, leading to a slight tan and his clothing being very much warmer climate suited. He traveled through Arilaand for the latter part of those one hundred last years, watching as this human king decided to unite the humans together, which intrigued the elf. He then fled away into the shadows, disappearing off the map for a while. His sudden arrival at Adwick was most confusing to many high elves as they recognized the name of the family, but they paid him no mind, not to his bow nor his reasons, which he stated as “a simple gesture of good will between elves and man.” His true purpose is to garner good favor between House Zylyra and any elves who will see Zylyra’s involvement as righteous and back them up politically when the time comes, as well as offering unofficial support for the humans' puny war. This serves two purposes; the first being to stem the empire’s aggression at least a little, and the next harboring political motives, that being to garner favor within the elven political circles in preparation for the possible and likely death of the king. Ikelos is fanatically loyal to his house, and the opportunity to help them ascend to the top of the houses is a chance he will not pass up. Working now in Arilaand, he reports his findings to the house elves to keep them updated on the situations within Arilaand, as well as “helping” the poor humans with leatherworks and whatever else may be needed. All just charity, of course. Otherwise, it will soon be back to Eshma Thalas for him, safe and sound. He is friendly by nature, though suspicious of newcomers and not gullible. He also suffers from rambling on to himself, speaking to people as “O (noun) mine”, and it can be difficult to hold his attention when a thought he “needs'' to answer enters his mind. His age offers wisdom, and the humans would do well to try and not trick a tricky elf, let alone someone who has had to draw his bowstring more than once to answer a question....
= Attributes =
Major - Multi-literate and Lingual: Can speak, read, and write in different languages, and often enjoys mixing languages whenever writing or speaking to confuse any would be snoopers, for who can understand a paragraph whose sentences in elvish, dwarvish, and common all together? 
Minor - Historical Connoisseur: Is rich with ancient history of Auzera in the form of books and other literature. Enjoys reading whenever not leatherworking over a warm fire and good mug of ale. 
Minor - Horse Archer: Decently trained for a few years in quick and accurate close to medium range archery, including horse archery. Cannot attempt long range engagements. Carries around a composite bow, Fatebringer, which trades range for higher tension.
= Detriments =
Major - No Good Swindler: Secretly ran with a fierce gang of bandits back in the day in Gradia, though now his specific crew is hunted by one female half-elf known simply as “The Golden Bow.” She has killed almost every member of the original crew who brutally killed her family, aside from one. 
Minor - The Cheater: cheats at every game he plays and everyone knows it. EVERYONE KNOWS IT. No one can prove it, however, but everyone is warned against playing cards with that sleazy and charismatic elf, and he often finds himself needing to punch and run his way out of card games and spending a night in the dungeon. 
Minor - Carnivore: Has lost taste for plants. Will puke when fed plant matter of any kind. Dairy products can alleviate starvation for a time, but cannot substitute. 
Minor - For Himself: Fights only for himself, cares nothing for anyone else.
File:Ikelos - Conti.png|Ikelos
= Links =
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/danconti95
Category:Fractured Thrones Characters