Elros

*"The second child to the King Lassendir was the famed King of the North and the warrior Elros who like Selwyn was destined to become a great king but unlike his brothers he was famously known for his bravery and his warrior mentality."* - Book of Kings, a book dating the history of kings from all of the three kingdoms

Elros was a human Galad who were an elite sub race of man that were blessed with long life and other attributes supposedly making them the best of mankind in times of war or peace, Elros was the second child to the king Lassendir being a brother to Selwyn and Cairdor eventually becoming the first king of the northern kingdom of Forline. Known to be the greatest warrior that had ever lived Elros spent his life training and learning his way through everything to do with combat from swords to battle strategy inheriting his father's conquering tendencies in the formation of Elion, it would be due to Elros that the northern regions of the realm became renowned for their warriors and consistent warring on each other throughout the years gaining a warrior society throughout the northern kingdoms.

## Biography

### First Era

#### The Warrior Son

Being born the year after Selwyn the second son of the king Lassendir was Elros who would eventually have a younger brother called Cairdor with all of them becoming the three princes of Elion serving the kingdom and their father's will, during his first 10 years Elros witnessed his father commanding his armies and conquering lands under one banner. These battles and annexing would inspire Elros to hopefully become a great warrior like his father to eventually defend his homeland and its people, it would be at this point where he began to train himself alongside having teachers to train himself into a warrior and later on in his life become a strategist in battle so he could become the kingdom's great defender. Growing up with his brothers Elros always liked Selwyn more however Cairdor was always able to get his ear on matters and persuade him, this brotherly relationship would come into play in the eventual conflict between the three over the throne. Whilst all three were princes and both Selwyn and Cairdor spent the majority of their time studying different aspects of politics and what it was to be a leader Elros was surprisingly the complete opposite and chose to spend as much time as possible in the wild honing both his warrior skills and hunting skills, it would be that because of his consistent time spending outside he would garner the respect of the kingdom seeing the prince out and about defending his people.

#### New King and Civil War

By the time of the 72nd year within the First Era Elros' father Lassendir would pass but not before having blessed his children deeming them the beginning of a new race of men called the Galad which was known as the elite sub race of mankind, at the start of the following year his older brother Selwyn would be crowned as the second king of Elion making his son Parven his heir to the throne. Elros would not care so much about the throne as he believed it would trump his abilities to continue defending the kingdom in battle, during the short period of time that his brother was in charge Cairdor would convince Elros that Selwyn had failed to protect his own kingdom with a rise in crime such as bandit raids and a growing rise in highwaymen who robbed people on the road. This played on Elros' want to defend his home and with the problems rising within his home his anger would be pointed towards Selwyn thanks to his other brother who directed this anger, it would be during this time that despite Selwyn failing as a king Elros stuck onto his hope of protecting his home with the kingdom's military which swayed a large populace from within the kingdom who saw him as the rightful king. After a year of tension and infighting the kingdom of Elion there would be unrest amongst the civilian population who began rioting and protesting against Selwyn it would be Cairdor that approached Elros to support him in his claim to become the new king and restore order and peace across the land, whilst Elros agreed with his brother that Selwyn was failing in his role of being a king he also saw through his brother's ploy to use him which he angrily declined his offer and chose to seclude himself to the northern regions of the kingdom with his son Gwilithon openly defying Selwyn believing that he could not protect the kingdom anymore. After some time Elros would be ordered by Selwyn to stand down and help him reunite the kingdom alongside Cairdor but Elros no longer trusted either of his brothers and defied the order which led to a civil war between the brothers being named the Elion War, during the civil war Elros would use his spare time to teach his son how to use a sword. The civil war would become the bloodiest war that kingdom had ever known resulting in severe casualties across the land which culminated in the year of 91 of the First Era where a truce was signed and Elros was given the northern regions of Elion to rule over his own way which he would rename it Forline, this truce would ultimately be sabotaged supposedly by Cairdor and the Ten Year War would begin with each kingdom fighting each other.

#### Ten Year War

Having his own kingdom in the northern regions of the realm Elros sought to instil in his soldiers and army the training to turn them into the fearless warriors that he was raised to be and that of his son was one day to be, the Ten Year War would help him achieve this goal by giving his men real battles and skirmishes to forge them into warriors which at some point during this war his son Gwilithon would join the fight becoming a commander under his father's army. During his time as king Elros built up his hierarchy within his kingdom mainly ruling with other warriors acting as the lords and chieftains of the regions they controlled, not having any previous experience of ruling a kingdom and mainly acting as a military leader when serving his father Elros had little knowledge of how to rule a kingdom implementing a rule of strength with only the strongest serving as lords and chieftains and if challenged for leadership they must accept or suffer humility. The war would cost Forline a lot of warriors and by the time of the year 101 of the First Era the three kingdoms would come to an uneasy peace after all three suffering significant casualties, this peace would allow Elros to consolidate his power and ensure his son was a stronger warrior than he was so that he was fit to take over the throne when he eventually passes. For the following 13 years Elros would begin his own projects of smithing and forging armour made of new durable materials that would aid his kingdom in the future, for this task he would contract a renowned Dwarvish mining guild that was founded by Duri Hornshield's father where they had set up shop inside the mountains to the far north of Forline to discover new ores and materials that they could craft into armour and other things. By the year of 114 of the First Era Elros would pass due to the many wounds and bruises his body had suffered over the time he had served in battle with his body getting older it would ultimately succumb to these wounds, with his passing Gwilithon would take control of his father's kingdom becoming the second king and continuing the warrior society that his father had held in such regard believing that it was how they would survive.

## Legacy

Being a Galad Elros was one of the few out of the millions of men across the millennia's that was blessed with long life and other attributes thanks to his father Lassendir which is why he was able to live longer than most men despite having suffered multiple severe battle wounds across his life, Elros' life would not play into Selwyn's descendant who would save the realm however his legacy would continue throughout the years in the north after the fragmented kingdom of Forline where his warrior society would continue to serve as the driving force for the many new kingdoms that would arise in the north. Although they had founded their own kingdom it was Elros who had contracted a Dwarvish guild which garnered respect and renown for their crafting skills making them in the later years form their own kingdom under Duri Hornshield whose father was contracted by Elros to forge new armour, although he gave his kingdom a golden age Elros' legacy after his own kingdom fell would be his downfall leading many of the new northern kingdoms to consistently war with each other for land or glory after many years of misinterpretation of his ideology of strength to rule.