Gileon

*"The king Gileon was the last known king before Valadrion's destruction at the hand of the dark lord but it has been noted that Gileon was the king that rallied the other kingdoms in destroying the dark lord after he had killed his father showing the heart and courage that his kingdom was known for."* - Book of Kings, a book dating the history of kings from all of the three kingdoms

Gileon was a human male and a part of the elite human subspecies known as the Galad being the son to the famed dragon slayer Throda who served as the king of Valadrion before him, like many of his cousins and his father he was born during wartime and specifically in the last war between the three kingdoms where his father served as a military leader for his kingdom. Eventually when he came of age Gileon would serve by his father's side in the war with the other kingdoms in the hopes of ending the war in which it did but not in the way the three kings or he had imagined, after Throda had discovered the dragon Asir who had began marching an army of his own onto the kingdoms of the west he would send Gileon to speak with Illias in the kingdom of Forline who would agree to a truce upon being prepared to deal with this deadly dragon. When the Battle of Ardum occurred Gileon would be present in the battle serving as one of the many commanders in maintaining the defence against Asir's offence which due to scout reports would be large, in this battle he would witness his father slay the dragon and stood victorious over the dragon's body being deemed the dragon slayer. Having heard about Asir's second in command named Tozor being alive Throda would lead a hunt to finish him off and end any future threat with Illias backing him up and Gileon would help his cousin Hurey maintain the public and peace between the kingdoms, this hunt would end up with Gileon's father being killed by the dark lord in what would be the largest demoraliser that all three kingdoms could receive. Having found out about his father's death Gileon saw that both his cousins and the kingdoms had given up on what they believed and that this new dark lord was much more powerful than the last, these signs however would only further drive the new king who would act on his father's name and rallied his cousins and kingdoms in vanquishing this foe. By the year of 251 of the First Era the three kings had gone to war with Tozor and in what would seem a certain victory for the kings would ultimately be their demise with the dark lord having utilised a powerful spell that would incinerate and kill thousands of soldiers including that of Gileon, Illias and Hurey who would all die on the battlefield.

## Biography

### First Era

#### The Promising Son

Gileon was born around the height of the war between the three kingdoms to the current king of Valadrion named Throda who was seeking to find peace between the current three kings, like his own father and his ancestors he was trained from a young age in both politics and in being a warrior to prepare him for his eventual rise to becoming the next king. During his youth Gileon was mentored by both the best politicians and warriors within his father's court which allowed him to become a military officer within his kingdom's army at a young age, by the time he was of age he would begin helping his father in the ongoing war with the other kingdoms participating in many different skirmishes and battles. By the year of 201 of the First Era Gileon's father would receive word of a large army amassing from the east being led by a dragon named Asir believing to be a mythical being from the world before Jelevar, having now heard about this beast he would attempt to seek peace with the other kingdoms in which he would send Gileon to meet with king Illias in order to establish peace with the northern kingdom by bringing the news of the dragon to his cousin who at first laughed this threat off but with Gileon providing a convincing argument he would be able to bring peace between Valadrion and Forline. Upon his return he would learn through his father that the southern kingdom of Valline would decline the truce and instead continued being a hostile kingdom towards them leaving Valadrion's southern border vulnerable, knowing the estimations of Asir's forces Throda would organise his forces to mostly amass at his eastern border advising that Illias bring his forces to help reinforce the border and prepare for the oncoming battle.

Having now amassed at the border Gileon alongside his father and cousin all waited in anticipation for this dark legion to march onto their defence and as they waited Gileon took this spare time to further bond with his father who knew that there was a high possibility that he could die in this battle and wanted his son to remain with the reserve forces in the event of his death Valadrion would still have a king, eventually the dark army would arrive at the border and the Battle of Ardum would begin with Illias and Throda managing the frontlines and Gileon maintaining the reserves and utilising the large amounts of archers to thin the attacker's lines. Despite the well place strategic forces that Gileon's father had placed across the battlefield their numbers would not be enough as Asir and his army cut through their soldiers with ease, it would be at this moment that on the horizon Gileon and his father would spot their cousin Hurey on the horizon who had rallied his forces to backup the other kingdoms in what was a plot to trick the dragon. With all three kings now fighting side by side since the three kingdoms had formed many years ago they would begin to repel the dragon's army as Gileon backed them up, as the battle drew to a close Throda would gain the upper hand on Asir and was able to pierce the dragon's hide with his sword killing the legendary beast for good. It would be in this moment that Gileon saw his father stood atop the dragon's body having slain it being praised by the armies that surrounded the body with all of them giving him the title of dragon slayer, after this battle in the year 204 of the First Era all three kings would sign a peace treaty that allowed trade and safe passage across the three kingdoms to occur bringing about a new golden age for the race of men that had not been seen since its beginning.

#### Broken Kingdoms

For the following 21 years the three kingdoms saw peace and harmony reign over their lands and Gileon was able to spend more time with his father in both becoming a leader and as a family in which Throda confided to his son that he was unsure that with the dragon dead so too would his followers be believing that a new power was growing, this growing worry would become a reality as a new dark lord would reveal himself named Tozor who served as the second in command to Asir's army during the Battle of Ardum and had now began to once again wage war on the kingdoms of men. This new war saw Throda lead the charge in fighting the dark lord who had managed to evade him for a near decade leading him further away from his home and his son in order to trap him and then kill him, in the year 233 of the First Era Illias would return to the three kingdoms to bring word of Throda's death by the hand of Tozor leaving the rule of Valadrion now to fall onto the shoulders of Gileon as the rest of the kingdoms mourned the tragic death of his father. It would be in this year that Gileon saw all three kingdoms depraved of morale and both of his cousins either giving up or no longer knowing what to do, seeing his people and his family crumbling around him Gileon like his father before him in dealing with Asir would promise that he himself would be the person to slay the dark lord and vanquish the evil from their lands for good. This promise from the son of the dragon slayer would inspire the kingdoms' people alongside his cousins Illias and Hurey who would act as the young king's military advisers and help him coordinate their efforts into hunting down the dark lord, it would be a long 18 years before the three kings had narrowed down and cornered Tozor but they would eventually do so. Having him now backed into his last fortress on the defensive Gileon would summon both his cousins and their best fighters to begin sieging the fortress that housed the dark lord, this battle would be long and bloody similar to the previous battle between Asir and the three kings but Gileon and his cousins would eventually be able to pierce through the fort's wall and enter Tozor's chambers who had secretly lead all three leaders to him in order to kill them all at once. As they entered his chambers he began casting a spell that would destroy the fortress and the surrounding land not only killing the three kings but their entire army that they had brought, witnessing him cast this spell Gileon would make his way to deal a killing blow to Tozor however would be too late as the spell would be cast and the surrounding lands and fort would be destroyed killing everyone within the area. It was unknown as to when Gileon had fathered a child but it would be at some point between him becoming king and him going to fight the dark lord and this child would begin the long line of Chieftains of the Galad eventually leading back to the return of the king in the Third Era.