Elikas-ta-Tisatar

A noted soldier of the late Ardavai Exatai and early Karapeshai Exatai, Elikas-ta-Tisatar was a Prince of the Satar, and a general who fought in numerous successful campaigns, leading one of the two major attacks on the Evyni Empire, crushing the so-called Empire of Zys in the Einan Valley, and securing Gallat in the War of the Empty Throne. Eschewing the traditional Satar quest for supreme power, his friendship and alliance with Avetas is considered to be one of the key factors that allowed the Karapeshai Exatai to succeed in its formative early years. His grandson Talephas would later become Redeemer of the Karapeshai. 
==Life And Career==
Elikas was born in Tisatar, which was at the time the main holding of the Princes of the Shield, one of the more minor tribes in the Ardavai Exatai. He is noted for becoming Prince at an extraordinarily young age, fifteen or sixteen by most accounts. He was present with a young Avetas during the Siege of Magha (outside the city), fought in Jahan's retinue at the Battle of Karhat, and joined those of the Satar military aristocracy that refused to bow to the Moti or join the rebellion of Satores after the loss of the Sesh.
As Prince of the Shield, Elikas became one of the main figures among the "unbowed" followers of Jahan who sought to carve out a new Exatai to redeem the loss of the old.  
==Impact==
Elikas' policy of tolerance towards the conquered Avaimi in the Rhon Valley prevented that proud and ancient culture from rebelling against the Satar after the collapse of the Evyni Empire. In some ways, the fall of the Lawgiver was beneficial to local Evyni elites, as the Karapeshai was notably a much less centralized state than the Evyni, the wealth of Alusille consequently less likely to be heavily taxed for major building projects like the construction of Thraeldirne. The conversion of Isathmaeyr to Enguntith alienated locals further, who were delighted with Elikas' tolerance.
The intermingling of Satar and Avaimi cultures in the Rhon was one of the main forces causing Ytauzi influences (most notably the concept of an internal balance between darkness and light) to appear much more prominently in Karapeshai Ardavan. 
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