Eol Youngshadow

**Eol Youngshadow** is the son of King Erastor Elvwe and Queen Anarie. He was a loud child, who never really developed any close relationship with his brother Elgmoth. He is the ruthless King of Akhara-ana-Rhuna and Lord of the Dreadlands.

## Eol Youngshadow

### Aliases

Eol Elvwe"Dread-king"

"Dark Son"

King of Akhara-ana-Rhuna

Lord of the Dreadlands

### Relatives

Erastor Elvwe (Father)Anarie Elvwe (Mother)Palure Qualandia (Sister) Gwindor Elderleaf (Brother)Elgmoth Middlim (Brother)

### Affiliation

Akhara-ana-Rhuna (King)Kingdom of Eldarmar (Formerly)

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Star-Lit Palace, Blessed Isle of Eldarmar

## **Biography:**

### **Early Life:**

Eol was born to King Erastor Elvwe and Queen Anarie Elvwe. He grew up with his elder sister Palúrë and his two brothers, Gwindor and Elgmoth, who were born before them. He grew up on the Blessed Isle of Eldarmar, with the upbringing and education fit for an elven prince. Though he cared for his sister deeply, he did not get along with his brothers, especially Elgmoth, who bullied him in his youth.

### **Betrayal:**

Years later, his father grew ill, and Eol with his brothers left for the great Alun Forest. They were attacked by the guardian of Alun, as they went into the forest's heart. They managed to eventually defeat him, with Gwindor landing the final blow, but the firstborn prince was fatally injured. Eol then killed him, but whether it was murder or mercy kill is up to debate. He then took the ships and left Elgmoth for dead on the eastern shore, though he personally claims he thought him dead as well.

After reaching the Blessed Isle, he told the people of Eldarmar that both of his brothers were dead, and with heavy heart, he crowned himself the King of Eldarmar. After several months, though, several ships arrived. On one of them was, surprisingly, Elgmoth. He looked weary, rugged and his face was twisted with bestial anger. Though Eol was delighted to see him and tried talking to him, Elgmoth did not listen. He called him a foul kinslayer and attacked his brother.

They eventually fought to their father’s armoury, and took up his two swords, Lomë and Amuntë. Elgmoth managed to eventually overwhelm Eol and would have killed him, if not for Palúrë’s intervention, saying he would be a hypocrite, referring to Gwindor’s apparent death by Eol’s hands. Now quite enraged, Elgmoth had them both exiled to Dreadlands.

Eol, however, managed to steal a very dangerous and important item: it was Erastor’s personal journal, notebook, that contained old king’s experiences and many powerful spells of the old imperial Elves. Fortunately, the High King had the foresight to write his notes in code.

### **Dark Hope:**

He traveled to the Dreadlands, where elves were exiled for their crimes, instead of execution. It was a dark and inhospitable place, where the exiles lived in miserable conditions. He felt sorrow for these people, who now suffered the same fate he did, and decided to help them. He offered to lead them, helping them not only survive, but thrive in the wasteland. At first, they laughed, but Eol swallowed his pride and decided to prove himself; to his surprise, he discovered he had a talent in oratory. In the end, the elves of the Dreadlands, or Dread Elves, proclaimed him their King.

Eol gathered a group of eight individuals who served his cause. For their services, they were gifted with lands and titles of Dreadlords. His most loyal were Sabal Cromreal, noble exile from Principality of Haravar, and mysterious Vhid Sunduiri, who never told anyone much of her past, but her abilities proved useful, so Eol let that slip.

### **Elf Wars:**

in the year 247 E.O.S., he led a culling of the Kuhasan lands in an attempt to root out the bandits, who were plaguing his northern border. It was then that he encountered the Kuhal race for the first time.

With his sister, he decoded a spell from his father’s journal, called Formula of Far-Seeing, that allowed him to communicate with his brother through astral projection, using it to mock him and goad him into an attack. When it seemed like that was not working, unknown to him his brother was held up in the Siege of Serren, he had one of his dreadlords, Sabal Cromreal, send several of his scouts into the Star-Lit Palace, disguised as merchants from the Salahan Empire. They set a small fire near the Palace, and poisoned the city’s wells, causing pain and occasional death in the vast part of the city. When it was learned that Eol was responsible, he lost all support on the Blessed Isle, at least for a few centuries.

This also gave Eldarmar a proper *casus belli* for another retaliation, later called War of Poisoned Wells.

The war was brutal, with Namarie, daughter of Elgmoth, leading several invasions into his lands, taking and losing the city of Moongate several times over the years.

After many years, he was able to land his forces in the realm of Eldarmar, and took much of it. But he was eventually beaten back by the most surprising of people, his brother Gwindor who he had killed years earlier. He had returned to life by possessing a tree. He and his Sylvan allies took the isle of Eldarmar and drove his people back into the Dreadlands.

He afterwards returned to his kingdom and ruled for many years.

## **Personality:**

Eol is a complicated character, having done both great good and terrible evil in his long lifetime. He is easy to anger and often acts on impulse. Yet he shows great compassion and wisdom at times as well such as when he saved the Dread Elves from a slow death in exile. He also creates complicated schemes and plans, which sometimes confuse even his close advisors. Some think he is mad, others that he is a genius. That line is often thin.

While Eol cares for his subjects greatly, he is not a good man. He will hurt innocent people without a qualm, as seen on the catalyst of the War of Poisoned Wells. He also has a great obsession with torturing his older brother Elgmoth, yet never killing him. He only wants to make his life a living hell, as a revenge for his exile, which he sees as unjust.

But he doesn’t want the crown of Eldarmar. Before his exile and in his youth, he never wanted to rule anything. He only took the crown after arriving from the Alun Forest, because he didn’t want the line of Elvwe to end on the throne so soon. Some say that he was overjoyed with Elgmoth´s return, partially because he wanted to abdicate to him, but after he attacked and exiled him, Eol decided to spite his brother with surviving and creating his own kingdom. And where else better than in the Dreadlands, partial wasteland and living hell for anyone there.

He also never wears a crown, for he believes his reputation exceeds him where he goes, and as such deems it useless to wear a heavy jewel on his head.

## **Powers and Items:**

**Wielder of Lomë (Special Item)**: The Blade of Dusk, twin blade of Amuntë, which is owned by his brother and rival Elgmoth. It has an unwashable black stain from Jun’huru’s blood on the blade.

**Erastor’s Journal (Special Item):** Old, scratched journal formerly belonging to the old King of Eldarmar, kept together only by powerful durability enchantments. It contains a written account of Erastor’s experiences and a few powerful spells from the old empire of elves. It is however encrypted, and decoded only partially, so many of it’s potent secrets are still undiscovered.

**Expert Level Battlemage:** Eol knows a lot about how to use all kinds of magic in combat, from obvious like fire, lightning and ice, to levitation.

**Silver Tongue:** Because of his surprising talent in oratory that he probably inherited from his father, Eol can persuade a lot of people with his words.

**Expert Swordsman**: Drakkare King had several lifetimes to practice and polish his swordfighting.

**Skilled Fighter:** Eol is a natural fighter.

## Titles:

 None title created
 Gwindor Elderleaf

## Relationships:

**Family:**

**Palúre Qulandia:** Eol was closer to his younger twin more than to anyone else. When they were children, they were nearly inseparable.

**Gwindor Elvwe:** Eol loved and admired his brother, since he always treated him with true kindness.

### **Friends:**

**Azula, daughter of Balilar:** Leader of the Blue Dragonhost.

### **Rivals:**

**Elgmoth Middlim:** Eol and Elgmoth disliked each other from the childhood. Reasons weren’t exactly clear, but it was probably Elgmoth being jealous of attention Eol received from his parents as the younger child, and because of Melgena, who Elgmoth disliked. Gwindor’s death however truly sealed the hateful feud between them forever.

## Trivia:

* He is named after Eöl the dark elf from the Silmarillion, who was the father of the traitor Maeglin
* His insperations are Maeglin from the Fall of Gondilin, , Malekith the Witch King of Naggaroth from Warhammer Fantasy, Illidan Stormrage fromWarcraft, and Dr. Doom From Marvel Comics.