Elenyon II

Elenyon II in the Great Hall of the Holy Imperial Palace

**Elenyon II**, born **Quildoloro Ortiel**, was the fourth Emperor of the Sinyettan Polystellar Alignment and third monarch that reigned from 14 Víressë 2485 (Nostéma 750). His rule was defined by the Divine Sacrifice, which he foresaw, approved and oversaw, and the climatic conflict that ensued, namely Elenyon's Crusade.

Elenyon II was born in Témayomondë, Sinyetta to Emperor Iluquinganer II and Empress Mírimawen in 2230. He grew up with mentorship of his father and tutor Laicalmë Tinuviel and had a great childhood until his father's assassination by Caurzegh agents (cause of the Second Caurzegh War). He fell into depression for several years, but recovered with the help of his mother. He was an exceptional student, and gained mastery over politics and psionics; upon this time, Elven Transcendentalism became more prominent and he joined the Ascensionists after being captivated by their teachings. Elenyon further distinguished himself in his rule over the Captaincy General of St. Alcarinon and military service in the Third Caurzegh War. Proving his worth in administration, his mother appointed him regent. During the Necroplague War, he reigned in 2485 as a result of losing his mother to the plague, which would fuel his hatred of necromancy, and ordered a mass execution of Carurzeghs, a controversial action that would influence his future acts. He would take the regnal name Elenyon after his great-grandfather. After the war, he revitalized the Sinyettan economy and ruled the Alignment with much widsom, thereby making him a popular ruler.

Around 2561, his psionic powers grew significantly and gained the ability to see up to five years into the future, which helped him rule with more efficiency. His foresight would obtain him a vision of the Head of Zarqlan, and commissioned an archaeological expedition to discover and attain the relic. Once found, he would gain a clear vision of a path of ascension to the Shroud, a vision that was first mentioned when consulting the Dragon Pearl. From this and a stir among the populace of this vision, Elenyon ordered scientists and priests to prove the reality, and consequently started the Divine Sacrifice. With wording disseminating that the Head is under Sinyettan possession, he received acknowledgment from the Sintomoroian Remnant, but was met with intelligence reports nine years later that the Sintomoroians were plotting to subjugate the Alignment in a crusade to retrieve the head. During the War in Heaven, Elenyon decreed for the Alignment to join the League of Non-Aligned Powers, which angered the Sintomoroians further. After the defeat of the Remnant, Elenyon personally visited Sintomoroians and offered them permanent vassalage, which the latter accepted.

With the inaction to contain and the subsequent proliferation of necromancy among powerful nations in the Galactic Community, Elenyon's resolve to complete the Sacrifice solidified further. He would order the declaration of the Third Ubaxian War, First Ghaindri War and the Great Hyper Relay War in order for the path to the Divine Sacrifice to be more secure. He faced increasing opposition from the anti-Ascensionist camp, most notably the Embracists led by Tindómië Sanwëlatyanis, for the tyrannical and brutal path of the vision. Elenyon would declare a violent and bloody supression of the anti-Ascensionists in the Great Kinslaying. With the Ascensionists securing victory, Elenyon ordered further progression of the Divine Sacrifice, and authorized the construction of the Aethroscopic Engine. Before year after the Great Kinslaying's end, Elenyon ordered a galactic-scale crusade to bring the galaxy into submission and authorized genocides as a necessary means to fulfill the Divine Sacrifice and lead his race into an ascension into godhood by claiming the Shroud; from this, the conflict gained the name "Elenyon's Crusade."