Thalleous Sendaris

„*I have fought against your kind for two hundred years, Tygren. Whatever the Voltaris are planning... I will stop it.*”
— Thalleous to Tygren Voltaris before their fight in Sendaria↑

**Thalleous Sendaris** was a major character in the Songs of War series. He was known as the "cool uncle" to the Ardoni youth, and had fought in the Great War as a young adult many, many years ago. After his military career, he spent his time traveling around the Ardoni provinces, telling stories and giving out gifts as well as hunting down the remaining Voltaris. He later returned to Sendaria and took Senn on a quest to safeguard a prime song. Shortly afterwards, he was killed by Tygren Voltaris.

## Lore

### Personal Information

Thalleous Sendaris is the brother of Galleous Sendaris. Like other Ardoni, he has his clan name as his last name.

### Early life

Thalleous Sendaris was born as part of the Sendaris clan and brother to Galleous Sendaris. At some unknown point in their lives, he and his brother had an argument about the Songs, since Galleous refused to wield them, as he believed that the Ardoni did not need them, and that they take much more than they give. For his part, Thalleous believed that wielding the Songs is the unique ability the Ardoni possess to harness their power, and that to deny its use is to deny the very thing that makes them Ardoni. During this discussion, Thalleous accidentally activated his Aggroquake Song, injuring Galleous and making his determination not to use Songs stronger.

### Champion

Long before the Nether Invasion and the Great War, Thalleous became the Ardoni Champion, and as such wielded the four Prime Songs. He fought in a battle in Northwind to massacre a group of Voltaris, including Master Dominus Voltaris and Ingressus Voltaris. Dominus handed Voltar over to the young Ingressus shortly before his assassination, making him the Master of the Voltaris clan.

### Nether Invasion

During the Nether Invasion, Thalleous was part of a Tournament to choose the new Champion who would wield the Prime Songs against the forces of the Nether. He witnessed how the Tournament was won by Ingressus, who hid his red marks as yellow, as part of the Nestoris Clan. But when revealed as a Voltaris, the clan Masters refused to hand over the Prime Songs to him. That night, Ingressus killed the Masters of the Kaltaris, Sendaris, and Mendoris clans, and slaughtered many Ardoni from their villages, becoming known as the Deathsinger. All the Ardoni, including Thalleous, deeply regretted the tragedy, and vowed to hunt down the Deathsinger. Ingressus reunited with the rest of the Voltaris clan and joined forces with King Chronos of the Nether to conquer the world of Ardonia. Thus, the Great War began. Also, at some point after the Tournament, Thalleous enchanted his Diamond Longsword, causing it to be surrounded by an aura of blue energy. Although it is certain that he did this after the Tournament, it is not specified at any time if it was during the Great War or after it.

Thalleous participated in the Tournament to choose the Champion who would face the Nether wielding the Prime Songs
### The Great War

Thalleous fought in the conflict, even meeting Achillean Nestoris, also known as the Tidesinger. During this conflict, his brother, Galleous, helped found the hidden city of Ataraxia, where Ardoni of all clans and people of every other kind could find refuge from the incessant and devastating warfare. However, Thalleous objected to the idea, stating that all Ardoni were to fight the Voltaris and the Nether. This difference of opinion could be another important factor in the distancing of Thalleous and Galleous. Following the end of the Great War with the alleged deaths of Deathsinger and Tidesinger on Mount Velgrin, Thalleous set out to hunt down the remaining Voltaris.

### The Clanless Child

At some point after the Great War, Thalleous received a call for help from a Sendaris whose name is unknown. Thalleous met with the Sendaris, who revealed that he had a son with a Voltaris female, and that he, she and their other sons were to be taken to safety. Thalleous initially refused, as he vowed to destroy the Voltaris, but at that moment, a Song attacked them and killed the Sendaris. In earlier drafts, it is stated outright that it was a Voltaris attack, but in the 'final' draft, it is implied until a confirmation by one of Senn's brothers. Thalleous fled with the child and took him with Osivian Sendaris, who raised and cared for him, and named him after his clan: Senn.

### The Walls of Time

154 years later, Thalleous has met with his companion Hawken at the Walls of Time, where he read the 11th Wall of Time that told the story of the Nether Invasion and the Great War. After finishing reading, Hawken told Thalleous that he heard of a presence at the top of Mt. Velgrin, so he sent scouts to investigate, but none of them returned to report, so Hawken concluded that the Voltaris are hiding on Mt. Velgrin, so he called Thalleous to inform him about the lead. Thalleous decided to travel to Mt. Velgrin to investigate, and Hawken offered to accompany him.

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### Skirmish on Mount Velgrin

Thalleous and Hawken traversed half of Ardonia to reach Mt. Velgrin. There, they discovered a camp in a mountain cave. Hawken questioned why they would leave their belongings where others could find them, to which Thalleous replied that it is because they are still there. Then a group of Voltaris appeared surrounding them, so Thalleous drew his sword, preparing to fight. Their leader, Tygren Voltaris introduced himself, reminded Thalleous of his times as Champion in which he slaughtered the Voltaris Clan and faced him in an intense battle. Tygren managed to take down Thalleous and attacked him with his Aggrosphere Song, but was stopped by Hawken using a shield. Tygren murdered Hawken and defeated Thalleous, preparing to kill him while telling him that "so many years we have prepared for this, and you are not about to interfere". Thalleous manages to flee thanks to his Mobiliflash Song, and he jumped off a cliff to flee from the Voltaris. On the other side, Thalleous and the group of Voltaris stared at each other before retreating from there.

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### Hiding the Prime Songs

After discovering that the Voltaris clan returned and that they are planning something, Thalleous decided to look for the Prime Songs and hide them so that the Voltaris cannot find them. After the Great War, Prime Songs were considered too powerful to stay with the Masters, so they were given to anonymous families of each clan to be hidden. Thalleous visited the Nestoris clan and hid the Aggressium Prime with a glacian at Gale Point. The Protisium Prime concealed by the Mendoris clan took it to an island outside the boundaries of Ardonia, where he put it in a cave, and the Supporium Prime that was held by the Kaltaris kept it in the Vault. It is unknown in what order he visited each clan and hid each Prime Song. Also, Thalleous reported his finding to the Masters and warned them about the return of the Voltaris. However, no one heard him, because he had spoken for a hundred years about the return of the banished clan, and without proof no one would believe him.

### Return to Sendaria

Soon after, Thalleous traveled to the Ardoni province of Sendaria, in the village where Osivian and his family lived, including Ria Sendaris, her brothers, and Senn. Senn and Ria dreamed of going on adventures outside of Sendaria because of the stories Thalleous tells them every time he visits them. This time, Thalleous found them training in combat and stared at the iron spear Senn made for Ria and praised Senn for his handiwork. Thalleous then gifted Songs to both of them. Osivian then surprised them on the spot and welcomed Thalleous, but scolded Senn and Ria, as he ordered them to get away from each other. Thalleous and Osivian went to talk while Senn and Ria went to their rooms.

Thalleous gives Songs to Senn and Ria Sendaris
### Night at Sendaria

Thalleous told Osivian about his encounter with the Voltaris but he tells him that no one would believe him without proof. As they speak, they hear sounds from outside, and surprise Senn by listening to the conversation. Osivian intends to punish him, but Thalleous convinces him to let him take him on his journey and "discipline him himself". Senn is excited about the journey and Thalleous asks him to sleep, as a long journey awaits them.

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### Riding South

The next day, Thalleous and Senn said goodbye to Osivian and his family and left for the south. While camping, Thalleous revealed to Senn that the reason for his trip is to move the Mobilium Prime that the Osivian family had long kept hidden, and tells him of his presentiments that the Voltaris will return.

Thalleous and Senn leaves SendariaThalleous and Senn rides to southThalleous reveals the Mobilium Prime
### Arrival in Oakendale

Thalleous and Senn continued their journey and arrived in Oakendale, at Conchord. There, Senn saw Magnorites, Golems, and other diverse people for the first time. Thalleous stopped at a building and informed Senn on leaving that they have permission to travel to Crown Peak. They both came to a building with a beacon in the middle, much to Senn's confusion. Thalleous told him to wait, and to Senn's surprise, a vortex of lights and colors surrounded them and they appeared in a completely different beacon at Crown Peak.

Thalleous and Senn arrives to OakendaleThalleous and Senn travels though a Beacon
### Crown Peak

At Crown Peak, Senn learned a bit about the history of Ardonia and the six kingdoms, plus something about the Cydonia-K'arthen Conflict. They both went to the home of a Thalleous acquaintance, Sulliman. Thalleous asked him to guard the Mobilium Prime for him, and then he and Senn left back to home.

Thalleous and Senn arrives to Crown Peak
### Conversation on the balcony

That night, in an Oakendale lodging, Thalleous and Senn sat on a balcony because they couldn't sleep. Thalleous spoke to Senn about how terrible the Great War was, about the good leader that Achillean Nestoris was, and about the mysterious ending that the Deathsinger and the Tidesinger had. Senn asked him where he is from, and Thalleous told him that his parents were killed by the Voltaris, but did not reveal who they were, or that he is half Voltaris, but reminded him that was Osivian who raised him and cared for him, and named him "Senn" after his clan.

Thalleous and Senn talks in a balcony
### Attack on Sendaria and Death

Upon returning to Sendaria, Thalleous and Senn found it burning in fire. Thalleous went in search of survivors while Senn searched for Ria. Thalleous told him that they would flee to Ataraxia, where he would be safe. Both were ambushed along the way by a group of Voltaris, so Thalleous was forced to fight them while Senn fled. He deftly confronted the attacking Voltaris, but ended up being surrounded. Tygren showed up at the scene and blamed Thalleous for the destruction he and the Voltaris caused by hiding the Prime Songs. Thalleous exclaimed that he would stop whatever the Voltaris are planning, and Tygren told him that he won't not escape this time. Thalleous defeated the Voltaris around him and faced Tygren. Once again he tried to escape with Senn, but Tygren launched a spear that pierced his chest. Thalleous fell to his knees, dropped his sword, and took his last breaths slowly before his lights faded and his Songs materialized alongside him. Tygren approached the old Ardoni's lifeless body and raised his sword as he smiled at his victory.

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### Funeral

Some time later, a group of Sendaris found the village of the Osivian family totally burned and full of dead Ardoni. They carried the bodies of the fallen, including Thalleous', and took them to an Ardoni cemetery. There the Sendaris Master illuminated, with Sendar, a tombstone with the markings of Thalleous, making them shine forever.

Thalleous' corpse is brought to be buriedThalleous' gravestone
### Legacy

Following Thalleous's death, Senn set out for Ataraxia, where he met Galleous and informed him of his brother's death. Galleous felt deeply saddened by the death of his brother, even with their differences, and stated that he would miss him very much. Galleous later told Senn that he would take it upon himself to train him, just as Thalleous would have done, and for the next six months he instructed him in combat, and later learned to use the Songs from Val Mendoris, a former Galleous student.

Thanks to Thalleous' warnings to the clans about the return of the Voltaris, a group of Ardoni warriors led by Zulius Kaltaris prepared to go to Mt. Velgrin to destroy the Voltaris once and for all, although their efforts were unsuccessful as they were defeated by the Voltaris and the returned Deathsinger, who used a portal to travel to the future from the time of the Great War.

Thanks to Thalleous's efforts to hide the Prime Songs from the Voltaris, the Deathsinger was unable to obtain all of them, and failed to be as powerful as he was in the Great War, although he was able to get two of the four Songs.

Even after his death, Thalleous's enchanted diamond longsword would continue to see use during the Second Great War. After killing him, Tygren Voltaris claimed the weapon as his own and carried it with him before and during the Second Great War. Eventually, Tygren would be disarmed by Ria Sendaris during the battle at Meridian, and both she and Senn worked together to kill him and avenge Thalleous. She then gave the newly-claimed enchanted sword to Senn, Thalleous's last traveling companion before his death. Senn would wield the sword in later battles during the war.

Following the end of the Second Great War, Ria Sendaris taught two Ardoni children who were training that their strength does not come from the power of their weapons, but rather from how they choose to use what power they were given, just as Thalleous once taught her and Senn. Moments later, Ria was reunited with Senn, who finally accepted his Voltaris heritage and had become the Master of the Voltaris Clan, and then he told her that Thalleous's teachings now live within her own.

## Equipment

When he was alive and fighting the Voltaris, he had his Diamond Longsword that could be enchanted, Aggroquake, an Aggressium song that made a large explosion occur on the ground surrounding him, and Mobiliflash - a Mobilium song that helped him quickly dash forward in a direction of his choosing, like teleporting.

## Trivia

* Thalleous was the second important character whose appearance was shown, after Jalkar.
* In episode 1, during the prologue, when the four Ardoni clans held a tournament to decide their champion, one of the contenders was Thalleous. However, his blade appears to have been unenchanted at the time. Later, Thalleous can be seen in the corner watching Ingressus beat the remaining contenders.
* Thalleous appears to be a very skilled fighter, able to take on multiple Voltaris at once.
* He was a good friend and powerful ally of the Tidesinger.
* While the Tidesinger experienced 'adverse effects' from the Songs, Thalleous' effects were much worse.
* Thalleous was a skilled fighter but used his skill to slaughter the Voltaris, although they truthfully had done not much to wrong him before the Great War. He was ultimately killed brutally and mercilessly by Tygren, ironically since he was a merciless slaughterer of the Voltaris as mentioned by David, even much so as to trying to kill a still-in-childhood Ingressus, yet he died at the hands of Tygren with a spear through him.

## Quotes

„*Our world, Ardonia, is a vast land. Home to many diverse people, strange creatures, and dangerous monsters.*”
— Thalleous Sendaris narrating the Eleventh Wall of Time↑
„*From within the fires of the Nether Realm, an army set out to conquer the overworld. They vanquished the kingdoms and people of Ardonia as they spread across the land. But they were not to remain unchallenged.*”
— Thalleous Sendaris narrating the Eleventh Wall of Time↑
„*When presented with the Prime Songs however, he revealed himself as Ingressus, leader of the long-forgotten and dreaded Voltaris clan.*”
— Thalleous Sendaris' introduction to Ingressus↑
„*Our strength comes from not the power of our weapons...but rather...how we choose to wield what power we have been given.*”
— Thalleous Sendaris to Ria and Senn↑
„*They were Voltaris, at least seven of them. I have reported this to the masters but they refuse to take action.*”
— Thalleous talking to Osivian about the Voltaris↑