Gawain Thielsson

Gawaiin Thielsson (Pronounced Gwin Teal-sin), the first king of Tassimar, and founder of the city of Sacena.

## The Life of Gawaiin Thielsson

Raised as the son of a low born craftsmen, Gawaiin was the younger son of a large family with no hope for inheritance. Yet the affable youth became well known as courageous and perhaps more than a little fool hardy. When his village was hit with a once in a generation snowstorm that threatened their food supply, omens hinted that a supernatural force to the north was the source.

Gawaiin left his village alone and without permission to seek the source of the storm, and it was there he found a Fey maiden, lost in grief at having lost her way in Estuary. In her grief she had manifest the power of her Fey heritage, and caused the storm in itself. Gawaiin forced his way to her side, being frozen in the process, but in doing so, his self sacrifice warmed the maiden's heart to the extent that she was able to shake off her grief.

Revealing herself as Sacena, a member of the Eladrin (high elves who made their home in the Fey Wild), she nursed Gawaiin back to health, and he pledged that he would return her to her home. Their adventures were many, but after several years, they managed to find their way back into the Fey Wild.

To reward Gawaiin for returning Sacena to the Court of the Winter Queen, Gawaiin was accepted into the order of the Ancients, where he learned the ways of the fey and instilled inside him a fierce love of wild places. He and Sacena also found themselves in love.

Yet once their romance was revealed, a huge scandal resulted and Gawaiin was exiled from the Fey Wild back to Estuary, with nothing but the arms on his back. Yet before he left, he took with him a seed of a Winter Maple from the Gardens of the Winter Queen, Sacena's favourite thing in the Winterlands as a memento. He became a hedge knight, fighting for the cause of the common folk, and eventually came to prominence in a number of battles large and small. Most notably he was heavily decorated as being indispensable at the Battle for Seven Points, and the Battle of Veo's Bay, both pivotal battles in the Tassimari Caspian War, also known as the Sparrow War.

With the 7 Points destroyed, Gawaiin, now a decorated war hero, a hero of the common folk, and the General of the Common Militia, planted the seed of the Winter Maple in the ruins of the 7 Points and from its roots, Sacena was born.

### Personality

Gawaiin, though respected by all, was not always the most charismatic individual. Although affable and friendly in his youth, following his exile from the Fey Wilds, his demeanour grew dour. He had a somber disposition but a sense of right and wrong, and an earnestness that won the respect of those above and below him. Especially in his later years, his love for Sacena haunted him, and despite marrying and producing heirs, it was no secret he still yearned for his first love.

### Thielsson's Rule as King

Thielsson's rule as King was characterized by an attention to justice. He often left many of his other governing duties to his steward, Varon Von Voight, but always made it a point to preside over matters of Justice, at times spending every waking moment dispensing justice often late into the night. His court rulings were characterized as being exhaustive and fair, but this came to a heavy personal cost to his family.