Elissed Powyes

**Elissed Powyes** was the traitorous king and later prince of Luvinford who betrayed his allies to the warlord Haestin Harrading for power and to keep his lands, bringing much suffering to the Luvi people until his downfall at the hands of Kara Yearn.

## Elissed Powyes

### Aliases

"The Betrayer" "The Evil"

Petty king of Luviford

Prince-Protector of the Luvi

### Relatives

Hadi Powyes (Father)Joise Derenberger (Mother)

Hasdel Powyes (Brother)

Arans Faife (Wife)

Dyfed Derinberger (Cousin)

Deryn Yearn (Cousin)

Kara Yearn (Second Cousin)

### Affiliation

Petty Kingdom of LuvinfordLuvi Collation (Betrayed)

Harading-controlled Kingdom of Domaria

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Married to Arans Faife who was disguised as Kara Yearn in order to control Gwen

### Place of birth

Luvinford Castle, Petty Kingdom of Luvinford, Lands of the Luvi

### Place of death

Eratin Hill, Kingdom of Stilleto, Keyvaile

## Biography

### Early Life;

Elissed was born in the lands of the Luvi to a minor royal family of Powyes. He would be raised in his keep and had quite lonely childhood.

Some time later, King Aeron Yearn of Gwyn invaded the lands of Luvinford in an attempt to expand his realm and the war resulted in the deaths of many of both houses. Eventually the young king Deryn Yearn took power after the deaths of his father and brothers and made peace with Luvinford and helped put Elissed on its throne.

Though Deryn attempted to make peace and start a new era of friendship between their realms, Elissed never forgot his father's invasion.

### The Coalition:

Years passed as Elissed slowly rebuilt his kingdom, attempting to bring some normalcy to his lands. He placed his steward Doriam Caravel in charge of many building projects.

To further the security of his realm, he joined the Luvi Coalition with Deryn Yearn and Dyfed Derinberger of Dyzak.

The Coalition kept out many enemies and allied with the Lear against the invading Stigari led by Ivar Harading, helping to drive them out of Kamalear.

But the Coalition soon began to break apart as Dyfed's zealous and xenophobic madness was shown as he began to order the death of any non-Luvi in his lands in the name of his gods, angering the Halmar-following Deryn, resulting in an all-out war between the two.

### The Great Betrayal:

Deryn called his cousin and traditional ally for aid but instead of answering it, Elissed sent a message to Haestin, the brother of the invader Ivar, offering his oath of fealty for power and land. The warlord, ever hungry for more fertile lands and influence, even more then his brothers, accepted and soon led an invasion of the other Luvi kingdoms and tribes.

Then he sent a letter to Deryn, not offering aid but requesting that he also bend his knee to the Stigari; of course the noble Deryn refused to sell out his people to the warlord nicknamed the "Butcher" for his ill-treatment of his Lear holdings while supporting his brother and a three way war began.

Deryn dealt with Dyfed but was soon overwhelmed and killed by the invading Stigari, leaving Elissed the last of the three kings of the Luvi, so he gave himself the title of **Prince-Protector of the Luvi** in an attempt to convince his collective people that he was doing what was best for them.

He marched his army into Gwyn itself, taking his seat and the crown and bracers of that realm and would force his dead rival's daughter to marry him, not knowing that all these things were fake and the real Kara Yearn was long gone, having fled the realm along with the true royal jewels to Andeal.

He would rule over the Luvi under the orders of the Haradings for many years but would lose popularity each year as the Stigari observers grew ever more cruel and Elissed did little to stop them, his plots to rule over the Luvi himself were all but forgotten. The resistance against him steadily grew, led by the last of Deryn’s and Dyfed's supporters and they were slowly joined by furious members of his own realm, such as his former steward Doriam Caravel who was tired of his misrule and inaction.

So when a rebel queen rose up while claming to be the lost princess of Gwyn Kara Yearn, most of the Luvi people joined her and allied with the rebels. As most of his army also joined the rebels, he was left with calling in the support of his overlords to crush the rebellion, making the people hate him further.

He met his doom at the Battle of Haestinfall where his master was slain in battle. Elissed was not so fortunate and was captured by Kara who had him humiliated and executed for his betrayal and murder of her father.

His name ever after became an insult of the Luvi, who formed the Kingdom of Stiletto under Kara, one thrown at traitors and oath breakers for centuries to come.

## Personality:

Elissed was cunning and cruel, desiring power over oath and kin.

## Powers:

**Skilled Fighter:**

**Great Cunning**:

**Silver-tongued**:

## Titles:

 Deryn Yearn
 Deryn Yearn

## Relationships

### Friends:

Deryn Yearn: His cousin who attempted to make peace and start friendship between the two but Elissed's bitterness over his father's actions and ambitions for power led to this friendship ending in betrayal and Deryn's death.

### Rivals;

Kara Yearn; Due to her betrayal of her father that resulted in his death, she swore bloody revenge against Elissed.

## Trivia:

* Among the people of Stiletto, the word *elissed* is used as a derogatory term for a traitor to either land, oath or kin, sort of how in real life we use the term "Judas".