Silevrenion

*"The legacy of Silevrenion is widely speculated and theorised about with some tales saying that he was the father of Lassendir the first human king and some claiming him to be a deity living in the world of Ancients like Asir but one thing that is known is that he created the first Elf kingdom Velryn."* - The Forgotten Tomes

Silevrenion was a High Elf that lived during the First Era and founded the kingdom of Velryn and joined Valadrion and Forline in the Battle of Ardum with his own Elvish army, much of Silevrenion's life is theorised and speculated about with many claims such as him being in Jelevar before it was made making him one of the Ancients or even that he was Lassendir's father, which was true, making the first human king half Elf. Most of the history and tomes written about the ancient Elven king have been lost or destroyed throughout history and by the Third Era he was more of a myth.

## Biography

### Origins

Little is known about the specific birth date of Silevrenion it is speculated that he was born before Jelevar was formed having lived in the world before which would correlate with the fact that he is Lassendir's father, during the First Era Silevrenion would be one of the few Ancients left that roamed the realm including the Dragonlord Asir who during the Battle of Ardum Silevrenion would join the forces opposing him. By the first year of the First Era Silevrenion would meet a human woman whose species had not been seen in the world before, he began to become attracted to this woman in which the two would create a child together naming him Lassendir who would eventually be the great king of Elion forming the first human kingdom.

### First Era

#### Three Kingdoms

About 71 years after his birth Lassendir would pass and his death would sadden Silevrenion who proceeded to isolate himself from much of the world to mourn his son, having lost both his wife and son he would go into a deep depression however he was present during the coronation of his grandson Selwyn who took over as the new king much to the dismay of his two brothers. After attending the coronation he proceeded back to his own kingdom where he began to isolate himself and his people from the world due to his grief, during this time with his absence the kingdom of Elion would fall into a civil war between the three brothers who all sought control over the throne. This act would only harden Silevrenion's thoughts of humans seeing them as greedy and petty only wanting power, during the war he chose not to get involved seeing his three grandsons as disappointments and not worthy of the throne. At the end of the Ten Year War the three new kingdoms formed and Silevrenion would keep tabs on all three rulers only so he could keep up to date on the current state of the realm, for many years the three kings tried to court favour with him but all would fail but the slowly growing legend of the Elf king began.

Around the year 120 of the First Era Silevrenion finds himself an Elven wife who becomes his queen and gives birth to his second child in the year 133 of the First Era naming him Erynion which translated from Elvish meant he was the 'Son of the Woods' being born in the Forest of Runes, in the following two years the three kingdoms would once again be at war but Silevrenion was not focused on that instead focusing his scouts and mind on the east as he had sensed a darkness that haunted him. At the beginning of 136 of the First Era his scouts would report about his suspicions which turned out to be true and an ancient darkness had awakened in the form of Asir who Silevrenion knew of before Jelevar and he knew that he had the power to destroy the realm, he would send some Elves to the three kingdoms to spread the word about the dragon where the king of Valadrion would believe these messages and proceeded to send his own messengers to the other kingdoms to ally with each other to combat this threat. Knowing that only Forline allied themselves to Valadrion with Valline secretly allying themselves with Asir and his forces Silevrenion would be reluctant to get involved but after hearing about Throda who was the current king of Valadrion who had allied with Forline and his cousin Illias he would bring his own sizable force to meet with the king. At the meeting Silevrenion saw the potential hope and good within men due to Throda's actions and so this would lead him to offer his smaller Elven army to aid the defence of the kingdom in the Battle of Ardum which allowed him to enter into his own alliance with Valadrion.

During the battle despite the casualties that he witnessed Silevrenion would truly believe that the three kingdoms could be good for the realm and he became the true peacekeeper for years to come.

#### Tozor

In 219 of the First Era after 16 years of peace between the three kingdoms Silevrenion would be visited by a dark messenger who claimed to speak for the new dark lord named Tozor who stated that he had made plans for the three kingdoms and he wanted the Elf king and his people to serve the dark lord or they would be next to be destroyed, knowing this was just a scare tactic Silevrenion would arrest the messenger and proceeded to Valadrion himself to deliver the warning to the king. Despite having never met Tozor he was aware of the man's reputation for being the second in command underneath Asir and lead his armies during the war which meant he held a considerable amount of power, eventually the dark lord would declare war on Valadrion attacking multiple citadels and bastions that were placed on their border in which many were successful causing the kingdom to be weakened. With his own army having downsized over the years Silevrenion would offer counsel and as many Elves as he could spare in the coming war against the dark lord, 6 years would pass and war had finally broke out between Tozor and the three kingdoms with Silevrenion providing aid. The war itself would go on for approximately two decades onto the final battle where the three kings united against the dark lord however using some of Asir's remains Tozor unleashed a dark force which decimated the many soldiers and the three kings on the battlefield, Silevrenion had never seen such power believing this power to be the same type of power that destroyed the Ancients in the world before.

After the death of the three kings the kingdoms were dissolved with nobody to lead them either being too afraid of the throne or that anyone who had a right to any of the thrones were dead, Silevrenion would retreat back to his own kingdom believing that the Elves could do nothing more for the race of mankind and that it was now up to them to rebuild. During the following quiet he would receive a vision in his dreams of a prophecy of a man who was destined to reclaim the throne of Valadrion and then Elion but not for some time, he kept this prophecy to himself not knowing if it was true but would pass this information down to his son hoping for him to continue passing down prophecy in hopes of one day helping to guide the future king.

## Legacy

Silevrenion would eventually pass in the year of 582 of the First Era having a relatively long lifespan for his species where his spirit left his body to the next realm being the Elves' version of an afterlife, due to having another son the High Elf kingdom would go on to be one of the oldest kingdoms spanning 3000 years where the king would help fulfil the prophecy that he had been told of in the hopes of guiding the new king who may reunite the realm.