Athelgar II Agnarsson

### Occupation

Sunflower farmer [III 2039 - IV 142]Knight of the Green Plains [III 2061 - III 2066]

General of the Garandians [III 2083 - III 2084]

Commander of the S.S.A. [III 2084 - III 2086]

Commander of the Dantar [III 2096 - III 2100]

King of All Elsaar [IV 1 - IV 144]

## Physical description

### Eye color

Brown

**Athelgar II Ágnarsson** (ATH-el-garr Ag-narrs-son) (in Skandorian *Æþlegar Túor Ágnarsson*, in Elvish *Æþelgar Nalvaniagnar*; born Maldan 24th, III 2039; dead Ilgon IV 144), also known as **Athelgar Thundersteel**, **Thundir**, **the Lord**, **Nālganar**, was King of the United Kingdom of Elsaar from IV 1 to IV 144.

## Early life (III 2039 - III 2058)

Athelgar was born in the outskirts of Ostrag during the life of his paternal grandfather, Lord Sylvor, and became heir of all heirlooms when his father, Agnar I Sylvorson, ascended in power following his father’s death in III 2051. The heirlooms included being the King of the promised Kingdom of Elsaar. However, the long professed kingdom could only be ruled once the heir of Elsaar defeats the dark Lord Hellion in a one to one battle, as per professed by old sayings, here is one of them in its original Skandorian text:

> Volni was geklarann kasin kall Cel allar Helsaar oller Cel Andos il Cel Sánder. Was geklaranni la ra á celful ka, il meodgrannani ra from langar tid. Sin kunka a klaranna kasin kall Ka otranna Cel allar Helron, kun segaran haran en dakan allar Minas á Helsaar."*- "Sanorë Grin Galdson il celven ka Burgdorë" by Kiipon Galdson (III 4)*
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translated to English:

> None has yet claimed himself as King of all Elsaar other than King Andos and King Sánder. Yet they claimed it not in their full might, and had not maintained it for a long time. He who is to claim himself as Him must kill the Lord of all darkness, who seems to have an influence over all men in Elsaar."- *"The Stories of Gryn Galdson and his Burglands" by Kiipon Galdson (III 4)*
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For a long time, Athelgar believed that obtaining the title of *King of all Elsaar* was merely left in the legends of old, such as those of King Andos and Emperor Sánder of Eld.

## Adult life (III 2059 - III 2085)

Following his father's death in III 2059, when Athelgar was 20 years old, he was prostrated in sadness, leaving him alone and sad. During his time, he took two years to reflect about death and its effects on the rest of people. This left in him a depression that would stay with him forever, becoming an special characteristic of his character, being more seen in *The Lost Kingdom*, specially in Part II, *The Bridge Wars*.

When Athelgar became 22, in the year III 2061, he was appointed Knight of the Green Plains by King Pinofore of Shrag, in one of Athelgar's many visits to the Silver Halls of Kergenost. King Pinofore saw in Athelgar's heart a fervor that did not burn away, and so he created him as Knight of the Green Plains, to protect the land of Shrag in its far corners, and he worked for 5 years as protector of the lands of Aestrum and of Volsen. He abandoned that job when he was injured in a battle against an union of drinkers in the city of Volsen.

After he was injured, he was left in his homestead in Undgar, where he built a sunflower farm near it, and built coops and corrals around it. Here, for a few years, he found peace, where under the dim light of the sun, the sunflowers shone supreme, and it relieved him, that this was his homestead, and it would be for the rest of his days, hopefully. With the sunflowers, he was relieved majorly from his depression, though it stuck with him. With it, he also built up his wealth over the years, becoming wealthy and popular.

## In the King War (III 2083 - III 2086)

In Ilgon III 2083 (December 31st, 2083), King Pinofore struck an alliance with King Wynstan II Cyning and King Vanithor, finally uniting the *Union of Free Kingdoms of Elsaar*, to battle against the Indorians and their lord, King Palewan III. When Athelgar heard of these news, he rode from Undgar to Kergenost in less than a day, in order to speak with his King, if his help could be entrusted by the high powers of the world. King Pinofore accepted, and Athelgar was created General of the First Division, called the Garandians, which was under command of the now old Commander Vorsomil Halagan.

## The Battle of Sudrag

### Location

Sudrag, Indor

The first battle that the Garandians partook in was in the Battle of Sudrag, of June 19th, III 2084. The battle was commanded by Vorsomil Halagan, who arrived with Buad-Albar II Sudgor, the Grad of Sudrag, and the conversed, Vorsomil speaking in Skandorian, and Buad-Albar answering in Indorian. Both languages were mutually understandable, but the feelings were not. For in a stir of confussion, Commander Vorsomil was killed by Buad-Albar with the use of a knife. Soon after the battle sprang, being one of the bloodiest battles in the entire King War. Athelgar tells of these events in Chapter Three "In Euthor", Part II. This is his account of Vorsomil's death:

> "*Buad-Albar stood there for a bit and thought and thought. But he eventually sprung forward to say an answer to this peace deal. He said in a stuttery voice ‘We accept.’*
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> *Vorsomil sprung forward to hug Buad-Albar, in sign for them uniting to fight against the Shragian army. He came and then he also came, and they hugged. But Vorsomil stayed suspiciously long hugging the Grad of Sudrag. He knew that there was something wrong going on, and knew that this was going to fail, because while hugged, Buad-Albar reached slowly for his right pocket, and soon enough, Vorsomil was dead. Buad-Albar stabbed him.*
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> *The army behind me screamed and cried for the death of our general, including myself. We swiftly took our swords, the archers charged their bows, and the spearmen readied themselves. They were strong, and hard. The death of their general had made them angry, and all the strength of their hearts was now on their weapons. The archers fired their flame arrows furiously, the spearmen ran off with their spears to stab the people. The sword men and I also ran.*"
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After the battle, Athelgar fled, returning to Indorian-controlled Sandstat, and went through a tunnel system back to Navalost. After this, Athelgar was created Commander of all Shragian armies, for all commanders had perished in many other battles, when fighting along the Aldorians and Leths.

## The Second Battle of Elbcester

### Performers

Legion of Elbcestrians and Aldorians led by AthelgarIndorian Land Units (ILUs)

### Location

Elbcester, Staniland, Shrag

Athelgar joined forces with the expelled Elbcestrians and a legion of Aldorian soldiers to fight against Indorian-controlled Elbcester. The armies rode from the valley of the south in January 5th III 2085, and in January 6th, they arrived silently, provoking the Indorians to be alerted. The joint-military order caused the city to be ravaged, sending the Indorians away to the south. It is very probable that during this time, Athelgar fought against Stilkner in a sword-fight, but the latter managed to escape, hiding away in a wool bag. After the Indorians left, they took the time and effort to clean the city, leaving no stain nor body laying on the ground, ready to be inhabited again.

## The Battle of Ostrag

### Performers

The Shragian Army, the Aldorian Army, and the Indorian Army

### Location

The Rills, Ostrag, Shrag

Athelgar rode alongside the newly crowned King Nothelm II Cyning of Aldor, and upon the hill of Wreonava, the heard the words of King Pinofore, which spoke from the hill of Celnava. After Pinofore's famous speech, which Athelgar would later turn into a song, named "The Immortal Man", they rode and together they slew that last forces of the ILU's to be found. This, thus, ended the King War, after exactly three years of battle.

This is Athelgar's account of the battle, according to his conversation in Holdor with Samundur, Bofu, Lendir and Halo:

> Samundur: ‘Ah, so did you fight along side Lord Pinofore?’
> Athelgar:‘He stood higher than me on the Ostragian hillside. I stood side-by-side with Lord Nothelm of Aldor, two days after his fathers’ death.’
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## During the Second Aldorian Civil War (III 2086 - III 2096)

Immediately after the King War ended, the Kingdom of Aldor was once again torn apart, after 584 years, and the Second Aldorian Civil War was declared. This saw the origin of the H.H.S.O. (the *Hidden Hellion Supporters' Organization*), which notably attacked the cities of Euthor, Aldanor, Ashtown, Ray, Aysel. This battle, at least for the first few years of the war, was confined to the frontiers of the Snows Kingdom. However, in the year III 2090, the Dark Wind that had corrupted the men into fighting against all Lords of the Earth had now become wide-spread around Elsaar, especially in places like the fallen Kingdom of Indor, the far corners of Tilgarand and Cyndor.

Athelgar, for obvious reasons, was not involved in the Civil War, for after the King War, he returned to live in his home in Undgar, which although it lay in ruins, it was at least the homeliest he had ever been before the war. In III 2087, Athelgar received a letter from Samundur, an old friend of his, that he had now one year of living in the home of Lord Halo of Holdor, which was untouched by the disastrous King War. In this letter, Samundur proposed Athelgar to come live with him, that Holdor was a safe place and that he could live in peace forevermore. However, Athelgar sent a letter in response saying that he — although was glad that his old friend was still alive — denied the request, for he wished to remake his sunflower that he had once cherished and loved.

In November 28th, III 2095, Nothelm II Cyning decided that he would forsake his realm and to l

eave with whoever willed to do so. There were still loyalists to the young king spread about his lands, but some of them decided that they would stay there, for the sake of keeping some parts of it alive. There were also rebels who were not corrupted by the Dark Wind — these were called *Folk of God* by the loyalists. Of the four million loyalists and the Folk of God, only 30,000 thousand decided to make the journey towards the mountain pass of Nolcatil. The journey ended in Arvendon with 20,000 of those people. 9,000 people had died during the travel, and a thousand people remained sparse in Velondor, even as far as to going back to Euthor, crossing the Grawan Calagan. In Arvendon, Nothelm realized that he forgot his crown in the castle of Kelsai, where it was in unsafe hands. Thus he sent the first person that could think off of his head a letter that could return his crown. This was, of course, Athelgar II Agnarsson. Nothelm knew that he was a person that could support such a heavy and long adventure, due to his heritage of a house of great adventurers, such as Ilgrida the Great, who spent many years finding a comfortable home all across Elsaar while it still rot away in the times after the Velondëmin (II 33 - II 74).

## The Quest of the Lost Kingdom

### Performers

Athelgar II Ágnarsson, Samundur IV Williamson, Bofu Arconion, Lendir Walracel, Halo Nalvanihol, Alexander Vith, Othyn Isevys

### Location

Kelsai, Sorfar, Aldor

King Halo of Holdor proclaimed the Quest of the Lost Kingdom begun on June 22th III 2086