Elijah Swayne

Elijah Swayne is the Lord of Havers and the rightful declared emperor of Eden

### Relatives

Matthew Swayne (father) Amelia Rosser (mother) Judas Swayne (brother) Willem Swayne (son) Michelle Rosser (aunt) Harold Warner (uncle) Elizabeth, Howard, Amelia & Fiona (cousins)

### Occupation

Lord of Havers Rightful Emperor of the Realm

## Childhood

Born in 1204 to Charlotte and Matthew Swayne as Matthew's first child and therefore his rightful heir. Matthew and his brothers fought hard to claim the title of Lord of Havers in what would be come to be known as the 'The Birth of House Swayne'. 2 years after Elijah's birth, Matthew had his second child, Judas. Elijah and his brother Judas became practically inseparable from that point on. Both of them were versed well in the art of combat and at the age.

Elijah didn't know that a few years before Matthew took Havers, Gerald Barbesh and Matthew were having 'intimate' relations, where he promised Matthew that his house would surely be great.

## Pre-Story

In 1224, his mother killed herself, she was accused of being insane and was being treated awfully by the public. It was rumoured that her advisor, Alfie Boncast secretly loved her, but she killed herself after he rejected her offer for them to run away together. It was also rumoured that Matthew Swayne only lay with Amelia 3-4 times, for the necessary process of childbirth, but after 2 children he didn't lay with her again.

In 1227 Elijah was called to a small farming location in outer Havers to fight some barbarians who were bothering the farmers. After successfully defeating the barbarians he chatted with one of the farmers daughters, Charlotte Satcher, and soon they were engaged in secret relations.

In 1228, 11 years before the start of the story, Elijah was made the Lord of Havers due to his fathers untimely death. His mother had already died in 1224 so he was unconditionally named. Considering he had no one to object his relation with Charlotte he wedded her later that year. On the day before his wedding day he found that his wife was already pregnant with his child. Willem Swayne was born eight months later as the official heir to Havers.

In 1236, when Judas' wife was murdered by a group of raping mercenaries, Elijah gathered his armies and stormed their camps, he and Judas butchered them giving them irredeemable 'justice'.

## Story

### Season One

In "The Emperor Calls" (EP1), Emperor Gerald Barbesh openly asks Elijah to plan his birthday tournament, this in reality was Gerald checking if Elijah was capable of following orders unconditionally before eventually going onto name him as his heir, which he does in "Succession" (EP2). Unfortunately for Elijah, in the "The Race to the Centrelands" (EP3) his claim is contested by others who feel they have a claim more strong than Elijah's, this is known as the '4 Emperor Claims'.

Fortunately for Elijah in "The Race to the Centrelands" (EP3), King Isaac of the Whitelands promises that he will back Elijah's claim and fight for him and immediately after Isaac helps Elijah plan and overtake the Centrelands, with much opposition from Mordale.

After taking the Centrelands in the "The Lord Hath Chosen" (EP4) he decides the best course of action is to return home to Havers and visit his family again, but decides to leave his brother Judas in the Centrelands as to assure his best interests are represented in the Centrelands too. However, in the "The Joining of the Houses" (EP5) Elijah is shocked to discover that the his troops in the Centrelands have been betrayed and killed, this includes his brother, or so he thinks, unfortunately he never get's to find out that his brother didn't actually die in the Centrelands, he was instead saved by Elizabeth Warner. At this point Elijah decides to not give in mercifully and instead invades Graham's Gate in "The Orange Spreads" (EP6), not before attempting to recruit the help of his uncle, Harold Warner, who unfortunately has already made his only promises.

The Pontifex, Nelson Driscol visits Elijah in "Son on a Sinner" (EP7) at Graham's Gate, which is strange considering that Driscol hates Swayne for refusing to include a sacrifice at Barbesh's birthday tournament. What Elijah doesn't know is Driscol has secretly manipulated his son, Willem into agreeing to kill him and let the Whitelands men through the gates.

At the orders of Nelson Driscol, Willem stabs his father in the back. Elijah is shocked but after hearing word that Whitelands men have invaded, instead decides to fight them off, he spends his last moments killing soldiers of the Whitelands. Until the paladin of the church, Adam Hammer decapitates Elijah after taking advantage of his bloodless, slowly dying state.