Elias Skythran

Elias Skythran was raised in Restine, within the Old World. He created a mercenary band known as the Black Guard, discovered Skylyn and is considered the Grand Patriarch of Clan Skythran. He is one of the few early leaders of Krolesk that was against the slaughter of Iysks and the Kal'Krish. His attempts to defend the Kal'Krish and Iysks earned him little praise in Dawnguard, and as such what little support Dawnguard could offer was offered to different provinces, any that were not affiliated with Skylyn.
==History of Elias Skythran==
===Early History===
Elias Skythran served in the military of Lurvania for two years before leaving to form a mercenary company. He left the Lurvanian military with half a dozen acquaintances and formed his mercenary company with those men; their initial purpose being that to protect travelers. As time passed the purpose of the mercenary company grew to serving alongside armies and aiding noble lords with their war efforts. During this time the mercenary company had gained the name the 'Black Guard' and had become fairly wealthy and powerful. The wealth and power led to some leading officers of the mercenary company becoming greedy; some of them began pirating and robbing passing merchant caravans. The actions of the officers caused a rift to develop within the Black Guard. The rift quickly grew violent and the mercenary company began to destroy itself. Within a fortnight the company fractured into a dozen groups, each of which shared the common goal of seeking to kill the others.
Elias Skythran was left with only three dozen who were still loyal to him, and several nobles who were actively hiring assassins to kill him. Elias had heard tales of Jaylem Jarude, a Royal Legionnaire in Esgard; How Jaylem theorized the existence of a foreign land and needed colonists to accompany him and his legions. Skythran believed it his only option, and so he led his rag-tag team of three dozen sellswords to Esgard, and from there to the isles of Krolesk.
===Middle History===
A storm occurred near the latter parts of the voyage, causing the ship Elias and his mercenaries were on to separate from the rest. The ship made landfall on what would later come to be Skylyn. An impromptu election was held immediately after landfall and Elias was elected to lead the colonists. The next few weeks were hard going and many of the would-be colonists died. Eventually a town was built and Elias created a set of basic laws and customs the people of the town would operate under. Some of the customs were that of a republican system of leadership.
Eventually Elias Skythran's colony was discovered by scouts sent by Jaylem Jarude. Contact between Elias Skythran's colony and the main colony led by Jaylem Jarude was established. As time passed the colony led by Elias Skythran became a prosperous town and Elias became the mayor of it. Eventually the town gained the attention of the Dravicus family; Old world nobility.
The Dravicus patriarch and Elias Skythran quickly became friends and formed an impromptu alliance in a way. The Dravicus family would help keep the town prosperous, and Elias Skythran would listen to their counsel. Eventually the Dravicus family patriarch offered Elias Skythran one of his daughters, Elias gladly accepted.
===Late History===
Elias served as mayor for the rest of his days and had five children. His children kept his legacy ongoing, some serving as mayor, others as representatives. One of his sons reestablished the Black Guard as protectors of Elias Skythran's town.
==Trivia==
*One of the grandchildren of Elias Skythran declared the Skythran family a clan, and declared Elias Skythran the Grand Patriarch (founder) of the clan. This was met with mixed feelings from both the Dravicus family and those related to the particular grandchild.
*Elias Skythran's colony was renamed to Skythos in his honor, one hundred years after he died.
*Shortly after his marriage to the daughter of the patriarch of the Dravicus Family, he was invited to live in the Citadel of Dravii; which he accepted.
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