Notable Elduri

These are the stories of notable Elduri characters who have made in impact on the story of Tohlvast and the Elduri people.

**Shuel'Reth (Elduri)**

Shuel'Reth is the current leader of the remaining Elduri of Pendlebrook and a skilled tactician and scout. Little is actually known about her save that she is supremely capable, and has a deep hatred for the Tohlvasti. Alongside the Mages Guild and others she is working with those in Pendlebrook to develop a new magic that can disjunction the Tohlvasti abominations. Currently she is sending her most trusted scouts out across the wasteland looking for relics and information on how to develop this Disjoining Magic.

**The Banners of Elomar (Elduri)**

For centuries the Elduri military was organized into specialized fighting forced known as Banners. Each one a unique and highly skilled regiment of warriors from across Elomar dedicated to the defense of the Elduri people. Leading these forces collectively at the head of what was known as “The First Banner” was the war leader Ast’Elle. When the Boy King Kas’Anat fell to Tohlvast, Ast’Elle alongside the leader of Kas'Anat’s royal guard Veth’Amun were the ones the shepherded what Elduri they could from the tyrants reach.

For years they fought together to defend what remained of their people under what Ast’Elle had come to call “The Last Banner”. After years of defeat, it became clear there was little hope of any kind of victory. Ast’Elle and Veth’Amun disagreed greatly on how their people should continue to fight. Ast’Elle believing the Elduri should endure, that their culture although doomed should be allowed to thrive for as long as possible. Veth’Amun insisted that only vengeance was left to his people and that a good death against the forces of the Tyrant was all that was left for them. They parted ways when Veth’Amun lead his War Bonded into the wilderness to fight his war of vengeance.

Ast’Elle continues to lead her Last Banner, the last that remain of her original force. She continues to aid the Elduri people by supplying agents and helping Tohlvasti prisoners escape bondage and bringing them to Pendlebrook.

**Astari Saga Episode 2 - Chapter 3 Update:** With the defeat of the Tohlvasti general called The Giver and the retaking of her original home, Ast'Elle has begun once again recruiting and taking the fight to the enemy. Alongside her trusted Lieutenant Lastorian and the last of the War Bonded, With Blade Brawn. She has begun calling on both Astari and Elduri to join under her banner to fight the Tyrant.

**Graewald, the Traitor King (Viserelt)**

Once he was the Lord of Man, but his ambition brought ruin to his people. Aligning himself with Tohlvast his kingdom was one of the first to be warped into servants of the Tyrant. Known for their gifted practice of Martial Combat and Necromancy Graewald's people, the Vizerelt, laid the foundation for the twisted amalgamation of Technology and Necromancy that Tohlvast would use to conquer those who they set their eyes on. Now Graewald resides in the Black Keep and has set his will to eradicate the Astari and their allies. Unlike most of the Tohlvasti forces, Graewald commands legions of the dead who have no fear of the cold like their twisted cousins. His most deadly soldiers, the Iscariot, are a fearsome foe and are relentless in their pursuit to fulfill their Lord's will.

**Astari Saga Episode 2 - Chapter 2 Update:** Through disguise and deceit the traitor king was able to infiltrate Pendlebrook under the name Ewan. Posing as his own estranged brother the Traitor King manage to lead the Astari on several fool hardy missions ending in defeat before finally attacking Pendlebrook itself. After a long battle and chase King Graewald was finally killed by the Astari and his legions freed from his control and thus Tohlvast's.

**Veth’Amun, His Majesty’s Blade (Elduri)**

Veth’Amun (His Majesty’s Blade) was the captain of the king Kas’Anash’s Royal Guard. Among the Elduri warrior caste Veth’Amun was the embodiment of what it meant to be an Elduri warrior. Honor, Respect, Love, and Strength were considered the pillars of what he called “The Bonded Path”. This belief was based on ancient Elduri tradition and when the son of his liege came to power Veth’Amun was quickly barred from speaking of it again.

Though the manner and actions of this new king disgusted Veth’Amun, his honor would not allow him to disobey, and he served Kas’Anat faithfully for many years. When Tohlvast finally corrupted and transformed his king Veth’Amun was quick to act. While the city around him burned, he gathered his warriors and evacuated as many Elduri as possible.

Once the ravages of the Calamity were passed Veth'Amun gathered his remaining warriors in the Temple of Swords and reformed the ancient rites of the War Bond.

For years Veth’Amun and his War Bonded fought a guerilla war against the Tohlvasti even as other kingdoms willingly and gleefully joined the cause of the Tyrant. His name became a symbol of hope for any still seeking to resist and he himself truly became the living weapon of his world as the last remaining Celestials empowered him and his men. However, in the end it was not enough and it was believed that in time the last of the War Bonded were hunted to extinction with only Veth’Amun himself remaining. Out of a desire for revenge and to make an example of any that might oppose them, when Veth’Amun was finally enslaved his consciousness and warrior’s name (His Majesty’s Blade) both were allowed to remain, while his body and will were totally usurped. The First Bonded now serves as one of Tohlvast’s monstrous executioners.

**Elduri Saga Chapter 1 Update:** Upon the arrival and subsequent early failed attacks of the Astari. Tohlvast utilized His Majesty's Blade once more. Sending the monster that was once a hero to the Elduri people to again send a message that any attempt at defiance was useless. However, before the monster could rally the twisted husks of his War Bonded, the Astari acted. Lead by the Elduri warrior With Blade Drawn into the Temple of Swords itself, the Astari met what remained of Veth'Amun and his War Bonded destroying all those in the temple. The monster that was His Majesty's Blade was slain and the soul of Veth'Amun able to grant the Astari a final boon before fading once more into Tohlvast's grasp.

**Kas’Anat (Elduri) – The Boy King**

Kas’Anat was the chosen son of the longest living Elduri monarch, the great king Kas’Anash who died when he was very young. Kas'Anat was coronated “King in the South” and was even honored by King Greawald in the north. As he grew Kas'Anat was surrounded by petty advisors and greedy merchant class. By adulthood he had grown a distaste for anything he considered old or ugly. This obsession led to the disbanding of many of the traditional Elduri institutions and the near complete transformation of Elduri society into what he considered a more “modern” culture.

When the plague came Kas'Anat paid it little mind, in his mind only those less than perfect were affected and thus deserving of its ravaging.  Just as the falsehood of this became apparent Kas’Anat was visited by the Celestial Tohlvast. Kas'Anat was promised amazing power and the eternal title of Lord in the South if he would only let Tohlvast save his people. Guided by the promise of power far more than the good of his people Kas’Anat accepted the offer of the celestial that embodied his obsessions.

**Anat’Vast (Tohlvasti) – The Calamity**

Tohlvast had made good on their promises and Kas’Anat was transformed into what the Elduri have come to call “The Calamity” rather than speaking its true name. Kas’Anat became Anat’Vast, a towering monster of flesh and fire. What Tohlvast did not tell Kas’Anat, was that this transformation would leave him bestial and without true consciousness. The Calamity quickly spread through the Elduri lands ravaging and burning everything in its path. When it was through, a perpetual sandstorm lifted from the newly created wasteland engulfed anything that remained and Anat’Vast receded into the desert.

The destruction of the City of Light and the subsequent devastation to the landscape was seen as a sign to all the plague would wipe out their world. Tohlvast in their infinite manipulations used this as further proof that only they and their Sounding Barrier could protect those that remained.