Elijah Shieldheart

> *"It'll take more than a few beers...but I'm not the one who needs your apology." - Elijah to David*
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## Elijah Shieldheart

### Aliases

Lord Shieldheart, The Hammer of Justice, Carver Lockard

### Relatives

* Edmund Shieldheart - Ancestor
* Caroline Shieldheart - Ancestor
* Lucas Shieldheart - Ancestor
* Marc Shieldheart - Father
* Madelyn Shieldheart - Mother
* Freya Stoneskin - Sister
* Lysandra Shieldheart - Wife
* Leliana Shieldheart - Daughter
* David Shieldheart - Son
* James Earthkeeper - Descendant

### Affiliation

Unity Party, The Rams, Justins Rebellion, Sons of Truth

## Biographical Information

### Class

Fighter/Bard/Dragon Disciple/Legendary Dreadnaught

## Physical Description

### Skin Colour

Light Tan

Elijah Shieldheart is the lord of Thaecan, and a hero from the fall of Mount Unity.

## Appearance

Elijah is above average in height, with a strong build, slightly tanned skin with dragon scales on close inspection, glimmering blue eyes and gills along the sides of his neck. His hair is dark brown and medium length, with a mild stubble for facial hair. He normally dons a black mask and elven cloak.

## Biography

### Early Life

When he was younger, Elijah didn't care much for politics. He felt that too many rules hindered productivity, and that not every issue could be dealt with in the conventional manor. When his sister was born, Elijah vowed to always do what he could to keep her safe. A vow he had to exercise on a regular basis. All children in the Shieldheart family were born with brown hair and green eyes, except Freya who was born with blonde hair and blue eyes. Because of this, she was often bullied by other children, calling her a bastard child and her mother unfaithful. Elijah would often find himself getting into fights with the other children over this, and would normally come home with more than a few bruises. As a regular routine, Elijah's mother would scold him for fighting, and Freya would vouch for him because he was only defending her.

As the years went on, Elijah's feelings on politics didn't change much, still firmly believing that not everything could be settled through regular means, as not everyone followed these rules. Because of this, Elijah never really felt in place as a Noble. A feeling shared by his two best friends, David Hammerhome and Birgitta Trineantis. What he really wanted was to go out on an adventure, and explore the world and what it all had to offer. However, he never told anyone except David and Birgitta. One year, during the annual tournament, things got a little more heated up than usual with their rivals, the Swordhands, under the new leadership of their eldest son Gaspard. He immediately went in for a lethal attack against Marc, but Elijah was able to quickly step in and defend him while fighting off Gaspard. After that, Marc knew that Gaspard would only bring chaos to the land if he were to be in charge of Thaecan, and so the Shieldhearts challenged the Swordhands to a duel for the throne. The Swordhands chose Gaspard as their champion, while the Shieldhearts chose Elijah. It was a tough battle, but due to Gaspards over confidence, Elijah emerged victorious. Instead of executing Gaspard, Marc decided to exile the Swordhands. Elijah felt that this was terrible idea, as there was nothing stopping Gaspard from returning to attack the city. But he kept quiet about it.

Later that evening, Elijah finally build up the courage to tell his father that he didn't want to be a noble, and that he wanted to travel the world on an adventure instead. Thinking that he would be mad, much to his surprise, Marc just hugged him and told him that he understood. He grabbed some food, money, armor and weapons for his son and told him that no matter what, he could always call this place his home. As he went to leave his city, Elijah got an eerie feeling, and rushed back to his home to find it in flames. As he was searching for survivors, he found none. Everyone had been killed; men, woman and even children. As he found his dead parents, he could hear footsteps from a near by corridor. Whether it was an assailant or a survivor, Elijah was determined to get some answers. He pinned the man to the wall, demanding to know what happened. The man simply smiled and said "Lord Gaspard sends his regards" as his eyes rolled back and he fell to the ground lifeless. With a strong smell of gas, Elijah feared the house would blow up. He quickly grabbed his parents and the assailant and dragged them out of the house just before the explosion went off. After burying his parents, Elijah searched the assailant for any clues, only to find a letter addressed to Gaspard reading: "As per your request, we've sent soldiers to remove the Shieldheart family from the equation. Be sure to return this letter to the courier, so that he may dispose of it properly. We will not contact you again, nor should you contact us." At the bottom of the letter was a symbol that Elijah had never seen before. He took up his father's shield, and set out towards mount unity so that he could build up an army and one day return to take revenge on the Swordhands.

### Reclaiming Unity

#### Mount Unity

After burying his parents, Elijah decided the best form of action was to head to the other countries on Unitas so that he could build an army to fight Gaspard. The easiest way was through the Mount Unity tunnels. Once he entered the tunnels, a tremor collapsed the entry way, leaving him with two options to go. As he went through the tunnel, Elijah started to hear singing. Once the singing abruptly stopped, he rushed to the end of the tunnel to see what was happening. At the opening, he saw a gnome being surrounded by three kobolds. After quickly discerning that the situation would turn into a fight, Elijah attacked one of the kobolds, reducing it to a puddle of flesh and crushed bones. One of the remaining kobolds fled, and the two quickly dispatched the remaining kobold. Elijah introduced himself as Carver Lockard, and she told him her name was Carol Shimmersong. Wanting to tie up loose ends, Elijah opted to follow the running kobold, and Carol accompanied him due to strength in numbers.

As the two continued through the tunnels, Elijah heard the sound of combat up ahead, and started quickening his pace, and later breaking into full sprint once the combat stopped. He came to a clearing to find Nicholias Dawning, the son of Pelor, looting a recently deceased kobold. Unfortunately, due to his disheveled appearance, Nicolias didn't recognize Elijah. It took a few subtle hints before he broke down and told him who he was out loud. He informed Nic that if anybody asked, his name was Carver, and that he was an adventurer Nic saved and was now indebted to him. Moments later, Carol called out to Elijah and the two went off to make sure she was alright.

As the three ventured down the cave, there was a loud explosion further down the cave. The group rushed over to find a half-orc woman standing by herself in a large cavern. Nic introduced himself, clearly trying to be flirty, but the half-orc was not impressed. She soon after introduced herself as Liz Terrorblade. She slew some insults about an elf that wasn't present, but the elf quickly came into the cavern to defend himself, introducing himself as Maiyr. After discussing things with the two, Nic and Carol claimed that they could hear fighting in a deeper part of the cave, so the group continued onward towards the sound. Eventually, the group came to witness a fight between a human and an elf against some undead. The group quickly dispatched the undead, and introduced themselves. The elfs name was Zanaphia, and the humans name was Morah Dantalion. Elijah and Nic recognized the humans name as a noble family that had long since been wiped out. The man started hurling insults at Nic, and Elijah could tell that he wasn't very fond of Morah and very clearly didn't trust him. Hoping to keep history from repeating itself, Elijah tried to kill Morah before he could cause trouble for them, only to be stopped by Nic. He tried convinced Morah to stay with the group, which he begrudgingly accepted.

Continuing down the tunnel system, the group came to a large canyon. A female half-giant and a human woman were backed into a corner against a horde of goblinoids. Nic, Elijah and Liz started attacking the goblin-kin from the rear, followed shortly by the others. Eventually, two more humans came into the canyon and tried to lend assistance. The two seemed very exhausted, and contributed nothing to the fight. Soon after, another elf girl, a dromite, and a human woman entered and helped finish off the remainder of the goblinoids. Moments after the fight was done, the floor collapsed. Elijah, Nic, Carol, Maiyr, Xanaphia, one of the human girls and another elf woman plummeted to the bottom of a deep hole.

At the center of the hole, there were a number of pedestals, most of which with a piece of jewelry on them. Elijah felt particularly drawn to one, a tooth necklace. He grabbed it in order to inspect it closer. Upon grabbing it, he felt an immense pain in his neck, and started clutching it. He started to feel as if he was suffocating. The elf girl that he hadn't been introduced to came over to inspect him, tried to help but had no success. After a minute or two the pain subsided, and he could finally breathe again. Elijah took notice that many of the group had noticeable physical changes. Personally, he had grown gills, and his eye colour changed to a glimmering blue. Nic had also changed in a similar fashion, where his eyes had become all one colour with a light in the center of them.

Before they had a chance to discuss what had happened to them, the human woman started spouting racial slurs and went to attack the other elf woman. Nic and Elijah quickly stepped in, with Nic lifting the human woman up, and Elijah standing between the two to prevent a scuffle from either side. Carol worked on calming down the elves, while Nic and Elijah calmed down the human. They learned that the elfs name was Keylara, and the humans name was Nerisaga Silverkin. After defusing the situation, Elijah was able to discover an exit from the cave with the help of the elves.

#### Dondar

After leaving the cave, the group noticed that Mount Unity was now a crater, which seemed odd as the group only seemed to be out for a very short time. Nerisaga ran off immediately for the city that was visible in the nearby area. Elijah took the opportunity to slip away from Nic and the others while he made more advances towards Carol. He began searching around the city, and gathering whatever information he could about Gaspard and those loyal to him. He managed to get a few names, but most importantly he learned that an entire year had gone by in his absence, which seemed preposterous.

As he started heading further into town, Elijah noticed a familiar noble crest on a tent belonging to the Hammerhomes and rushed in. If he wanted anyone's help, it was Davids. Seeing his old friend, Elijah quickly hugged him. At first he seemed off put by it, until he realized who it was and quickly outed Elijah's identity to the group. Elijah promised the others that he would explain everything later, though Nic expressed how displeased he was about Elijah's disappearance before they got to the city. After calming down, Nic explained to David the events that occurred in the mountain, and David told the party about everything that happened in the time they were missing. The country had been stricken with plague, the church of Tharizdun had risen, and the holy city of Amaranthia had fallen and most of its citizens were slaughtered.

David suggested leaving for Olyanor, as it would be safer for Nic there than it would be with the church of Tharizdun walking around. At Elijah's request, David gathered supplies and horses for the group as they left for the blacksmith. There, they met with Nerisaga again, learning some information about her past when they ran into a man named Caldwell Shattersun. Nicholias and Elijah had a long talk about bringing Nerisaga with them despite the fact that she slaughtered a large number of people. Elijah felt that her abilities in battle would prove invaluable to them, as long as they stayed on her good side. During the encounter with Caldwell, a man came to the smith to grab a spear, and made a point to mention to Elijah and Nicholias how having others on your side is rarely a bad thing.

The group departed the Kingdom of Stoneshade and made camp for the night. During the night, they were attacked by the undead. While fighting, Carol was almost captured and Maiyr transformed into a dragon. After defeating the undead, Maiyr returned to his elven form. The next morning, Elijah informed Nic that he would be leaving for a short while to deal with some things, but would meet up with him as soon as he could. Elijah decided to head to a nearby town and gather some more information there, away from the rest of the group.

After gathering a bit of information on Gaspard and his progressions in the past year, Elijah decided to try to tarnish his name a bit. He paid a homeless man some gold to run around saying that he was a stable boy for Gaspard, and his secret lover as well. After sending the man on his way, Elijah went to a bar to gather some more information. There, he learned that a group of Tharizdun worshipers known as Blackthorn were closing in on The Golden Prince in Trineantis. Elijah recognized the symbol of the Blackthorn was the same as those who attacked his home. After quickly gathering what information he could, he rushed to Trineantis as fast as he could.

When he arrived, he was greeted by his less than enthused friend Justin Stoneskin. Elijah informed him of what was happening, but Justin was already aware. After assuring Elijah that Nicholias was safe, he offered him room and board at Trineantis' castle. While there, Elijah decided to have a conversation with his old friend Brigitta. At first, he just wanted to see if she would recognize him right away, which she didn't. He offered to listen to some of her problems, such as an engagement to another man while being in love with someone else. She revealed that the person she was engaged to was Caldwell, and the person that she was in love with was Nerisaga. After having listened to Brigittas problems, Elijah revealed his identity. She informed him that the Blackthorn have been barring their fangs at her and the city, as she knew they were responsible for what happened to Elijah's family. Elijah promised that if she ever needed anything, that he would help her no matter what. Later that night, Elijah struck up a conversation with an attractive maid, and managed to coax her to his bedroom for the night.

The following morning, Elijah set out to find Nicholias so that they could get out of the city. After heading to the market, Elijah spoke to a merchant named Terren looking to buy some poison for his arrows. While trying to haggle for a better price, Terren offered to give him a discount if he collected demon body parts for him and gave them to a person sporting the same symbol that the merchant was. Eager to lower the price, Elijah accepted his terms.

After finishing his transaction, he and Nic were attacked by the Blackthorn. One look at them, and Elijah confirmed for himself that these were the same men that attacked his home. The two started off rather successful, but became quickly outnumbered when the city guard arrived on scene. During the fight, a fireborn woman and a half-giant man arrived to lend their aid. The rest of the group remained in hiding during the fight, but Maiyr was making himself useful with his archery skills. Nicholias nearly fell, but Nerisaga came in and healed him with a health potion.

With only one member of the Blackthorn left, Nic wanted to finish him off, but Elijah felt it best to tie him up and interrogate him. Unfortunately, the man escaped and Nic then scolded him for not allowing him to simply kill him while they had the chance. Elijah kept his ulterior motives about letting him live to himself, as he knew Nic would disapprove. After the fight was done, the party fled towards the Olyanor border.

The party made a pit stop at Nerisaga's family estate. On the way there, the group learned the names of the two who arrived to help them, Adara the fireborn and Bidzill the half-giant. Nic was quickly becoming friends with Adara. Once the group made it to their destination, Elijah and Nerisaga went to a nearby river to test their abilities. After discovering some of his powers, Nerisaga brought him to a tree with some skulls hanging from it, which she started conversing with. When they returned to the house, Nerisaga brought out some drinks, and Elijah saw this as a good chance to drown some of his sorrows about recent events. Most of the night from that point on was a blur to him. The next morning, after dealing with some hangover issues, Maiyr introduced the party to Kirx, the goblin from Mount Unity, and they set off again towards Olyanor.

When the group closed in on the border, they were attacked by a pack of demons lead by an imp. Luck was on Elijah's side, as he still had his debt to pay to the merchant from Trineantis. During the fight, the group learned that Kirx could also transform into a demon, an ability he used to kill the imp and end the fight. After collecting some samples from the corpses, the group finally set foot into the forests of Olyanor.

#### Olyanor

When they entered the forest, a large portion of the group drifted off to sleep. Elijah and the elves were some of the few who remained awake. A group of armed elves appeared from the trees, claiming they were trespassing. The elves were able to diffuse the conversation and gained an audience with the Queen, though Kirx was taken away by some of the soldiers. Not long after entering the royal hall, the rest of the party awoke and were face to face with Queen Elaria and her chamberlain Aramil. Nicholias asked for their help in retaking the human territory from the church of Tharizdun, and the Queen agreed to help if the group completed a quest for her. The group accepted the quest, which was to track down a fugitive who left with a group of humans. In addition to this, they were also tasked with retrieving two crystal rings. During the encounter, Kirx ran out screaming while another elf was planning to do some experiments on him. Elijah was able to fool the elves into believing that even if they dissected Kirx, they would gain no valuable information and that they shouldn't even bother with it.

That night, Elijah decided to get close to the elf planning to dissect Kirx, Dilly, as she had a way to teleport the group back to Dondar. After some flirting, Elijah was able to bed her. In the morning, Elijah told her that he would be partaking in dangerous work, and didn't want her getting caught in the cross fire. She understood after some time, and gave Elijah a cloak and a mask that could only be taken off by the wearer. Elijah was also able to convince Dilly to send him to Dondar ahead of the group.

#### Return to Dondar

On the other side of the portal, Elijah fell from the sky into the water. A school of intelligent fish swam by, at which point he discovered he could speak Aquan. The school of fish lead him to the port in Summershore, but kept their distance because of the fisherman near by. While looking around the city, Elijah came across a man wearing a brooch that was identical to the brooch worn by the merchant in Trineantis. The man introduced himself as Pallis, and demonstrated an ability to ward himself from the gaze of the public eye. Elijah gave him a jar of slime from one of the demons that he had fought earlier, and tried to use the imp tail as leverage to gather information. Pallis seemed intrigued by this, and offered him a place in an organization that he was a part of called the Sons of Truth. After hearing some of the benefits of being in this organization, Elijah agreed, and went with him into a place called the Sanctuary of Truth.

When he entered, the room was full of people of a variety of races. Pallis was nowhere to be found, but Terren was present. A man standing apart from the rest of the people asked him to speak his name. Given that this group dealt with information and truth, he felt it best not to lie to them. They asked him a few other questions, and then gave him a goblet to drink from saying 'Trust your brothers'. As Elijah drank from the goblet, he fell unconscious.

Elijah began to see a vision. His home was set a blaze. He saw Gaspard standing atop a hill, a hooded figure close by, and his sister on fire crawling from the building. Elijah ran over to save his sister, but she died in his arms. He then saw Gaspard impale his father, and a large army appear behind the hooded figure. After that, he awoke in a bed to Pallis and Terren watching over him. They had a bowl of silver liquid and told him that he could ask for one truth to be answered. The truth Elijah asked was whether or not he had any family left. He was shown a vision of his home burning again, and his sister crawling out of the house while on fire. Just as she was at deaths door, a man he recognized from the blacksmith in Stoneshade walked by and put his hand on her and walked away. Freya started to glow, and she was healed. Shortly after, a different man Elijah couldn't quite make out came and brought her away. After his vision, Elijah was then brought to a woman with red hair called the Daughter of Truth. She told him to keep an eye out for a man with silver hair, bronze skin and golden eyes, but to steer clear of him and report back with any information gathered on him. She then gave him a brooch much like the one Pallis wore, though the symbol on it now looked different.

Elijah then left the sanctuary with Pallis, who lead him to Durgair and informed him that he had been unconscious for a month. In the city, Elijah decided to try to make a name for himself as a symbol to strike fear into Gaspard. He started scouring the town, looking for slavers or the like that he could deal with. He found two men trying to take advantage of a woman. Elijah dawned his new cloak and mask and quickly defeated them while using the alias the Hammer of Justice. After his first day in the city, Elijah returned to the Sanctuary to see what sort of jobs were being offered. He took a job from a woman named Kay to scratch a symbol in a stone in the center of the town. Elijah completed this task, and received payment. During some of his expeditions, he met with a female warrior by the name of Corona who helped him deal with more bandits in the city. She brought him to a hiding place for those still loyal to Pelor in the basement of Cloud Tavern. The two would continue on to deal with slavers planning to auction off some elves and humans. Among the elves being auctioned was Keylara.

A few days later, Elijah was snooping around the castle of Durgair and discovered that the nobles of the city were in close leagues with the Blackthorn. Before he had a chance to investigate more into the matter, he heard a scream near by and decided it was a better idea to deal with that first. When he arrived on the scene, he saw an unconscious woman and a hooded figure leaning towards her. Assuming it was the assailant, Elijah fired a warning shot but soon discovered that it was Nic. Elijah then gathered all of the group members and brought them to the Cloud Tavern for safe harbor.

Having a moment alone with Nic, Elijah told him that he had discovered that Freya was still alive somewhere. Nic then promised to help find her as soon as possible. The group then discussed what to do about the Blackthorn in the city. They devised a plan to lure them out and finish them off quickly. The following day, the group put their plan into motion. Adara transformed her familiar into a golden eagle, and Nic attached a daylight spell to it. Carol then made the entire city aware that the Golden Prince was there. The Blackthorn arrived to investigate, and the group sprang into action. They quickly eliminated all but one of the members, whom they bound more effectively. Just as things were being dealt with, the city guard showed up to attack. However, a figure in black armour arrived and slaughtered the army as the group retreated to the woods nearby to interrogate their prisoner.

The group gathered some information from the prisoner, with some help of a cat girl Elijah hadn't been introduced to yet. After getting all the valuable information from him, Elijah decided it was time to make those responsible for killing his family suffer. He proceeded to cut off all of the mans fingers one by one. Just as the man started to scream in pain, Nicholias quickly ended his life. To leave a message for Gaspard and the Blackthorn, Elijah burned his family insignia into the mans forehead using his signet ring. When the group returned to the Cloud Tavern, Nic gave Elijah a lecture about what he had done. Elijah told him that he was sorry, but he wouldn't hesitate to do it again.

The following morning, the group decided to head towards Hrothgar, the land of the dwarves. Tricia, the leader of the church of Pelor, told the group about a secret tunnel that led into the mountain home of her dwarven lover Darwin. As the party rode on towards the border, they could see humans and dwarves fighting in the distance. The group arrived at the location of the secret tunnel, and entered the land of the dwarves.

#### Hrothgar

They arrived in Darwin's home, and met with Darwin and Hoddyn. The group traveled through Hrothgar to Hoddyn's home, where they were left so that he could arrange an audience with the king of the dwarves. At the house, they ran into Liz again, who was staying at Hoddyn's home at his request. Nic had engaged in some drinking, and started making inappropriate comments towards Liz. To keep him from embarrassing himself, Elijah gave Nic some water to sober himself up. When Hoddyn returned, the group asked him for the elven ring that he had once purchased, though Elijah wasn't sure how the others discovered that he had the ring. With Liz's sway, he provided the ring for them with very little resistance. The group then went to meet with King Prytis Longbeard, and stuck a deal with him to deal with a dragon assaulting the Crimson Perch in exchange for helping the humans reclaim humanity from the Tharizdun worshipers. While waiting around for things to get started, Elijah decided to try to make a good impression on the dwarves. From what he had read in books they liked two things in particular; fighting and drinking. He challenged some of the dwarves to a sparring match, which the dwarves were quite sure of themselves about. Elijah was able to defeat them quite easily, and afterwards offered to buy them a round of drinks. He spent the rest of his time waiting for the battle bonding with the other dwarves, who were now reluctant to spar with him again.

The next day, Nic had informed the group that he had enlisted some help from a mercenary group, and that he and Aariel had become engaged. Shortly after, the group marched on the Crimson Perch along side the mercenaries. Once there, the group was faced with a small group of drakes. Elijah and Nic took defensive positions at the entrance of the cave to block the drakes from getting through to the rest of the group, while the other members attacked from a distance. Elijah suffered some damage from the drakes, but with Carols help, the damage was lessened and the group defeated the drakes. After entering further into the cave, the group came face to face with the red dragon Feraak. Nic rushed in to attack the dragon, which didn't turn in his favor. Elijah remained back slightly, out of Feraak's reach as much as he could and attacked from a distance. Many other members of the group fell, including Nic and Aariel, but the group eventually managed to kill the dragon.

After finishing off Feraak, those of the group who had died were brought back by a man named Antali using a magical forge called the Soul Forge, which he also used to help defeat the dragon. After everyone was brought back to life, Antali gave the group a magic mirror that acted as a portal to the Soul Forge, so that they could revive their fallen comrades while not near the Soul Forge. The group stuck around to help repair the damage done by Feraak, during which time Nerisaga convinced the group that the cat girl Kiki was secretly working for the Blackthorn, which explained why she was rarely around. The group returned to Prytis and with his blessing continued to the land known as The Anthill.

#### The Anthill

Once out of the dwarven mountains, the group made its way to the mountain range known as the Anthill. Once they entered the tunnels, they were immediately approached by dromites, who were dragging another dromite with them as well. The dromites lead the group to their queen, Veene. She was willing to grant them passage if they retrieved a dromite egg which had been stolen and brought to Crombern a long time ago. Nic spoke up and asked her to give the dromite prisoner, Azubuike, to him and she reluctantly accepted. As far as Elijah could tell, Az seemed to have a completely submissive personality, which Nic appeared to run with. The group accepted the terms of the queen, and continued through the Anthill and into the rolling plains known as the Little Hills.

#### The Little Hills

The group made their way through the different domains of the Little Hills, meeting with Carol's parents along the way, and met with President Ago. Ago hired the group to assassinate the leader of a rebel faction attacking the capital. Later that night, a heated argument arose about what to do, and during the argument Carol used her magic to calm Maiyr down.

The following morning, the party found a note from Maiyr addressed to Carol. Upon reading it, the note exploded, harming many of the group members. The group tried to hunt Maiyr down, with Adara being the most heated of the group, but the trail went cold. Afterward, Elijah decided to make a trip to the Sanctuary to see if he could find out where Maiyr may have gone, but also to gather other information. He wasn't able to learn anything about Maiyr's location, but he did discover that there were two assassination plots in motion. One to kill David, and the other to kill the warchief of the orcs Ormag. Elijah tried to see if he could get to Stoneshade to try to save David, but someone had already accepted the job and was on their way, and he wouldn't be able to get there fast enough. He settled for sending a message to David, warning him that his life was in danger. Elijah also tried to see who put the hit out on him, but all he got was that it was a man in black armour in Stoneshade, which wasn't much to go on.

Elijah returned to the group and informed Nic of what he had heard, and said he HAD to find a way back to Dondar to save David. Unfortunately, Nic seemed to brush off the assassination plot, saying that they had too much to deal with. Shortly after, the group received a note from Liz, Kirx and Keylara saying that they were leaving for Crombern. Elijah wanted to leave immediately to try to help David, but Nic convinced him to stay to deal with their current issues.

The party traveled through the Deep Hills to get to the rebels, however Elijah could tell that the group they were currently working for was hiding something. Assuming the president was planning on stabbing them in the back, Elijah conjured some obscuring mist so that they could escape. Once the party arrived at the rebels location, they were met by the rebel leader Algo, who was once Carol's mentor. After speaking with Algo, the party learned that President Ago was the problem and not the rebels. The group teamed up with the rebellion and marched on the capital. Outside the capital, the rebels clashed with the president's army. Algo managed to kill Ago while the party held the army back. While looting some of the bodies, Elijah noticed that Nicholias had picked up a ring from one of the corpses with the same symbol as the Sons. At Elijah's request, Nic gave the ring to him. Algo then took over the capital, he then offered the group a place to stay and rest for the night.

Later that night, Elijah went to Nic and said that he couldn't sit around anymore, and that he needed to go to Dondar, as David was one of the closest things he had left to family. Without letting Nic convince him otherwise, he left for the Sanctuary as it was his fastest way to Dondar.

#### Family Reuinion

While waiting in the Sanctuary to travel to Dondar, Elijah discovered that David had been killed by Knightingale, that Justin was leading the rebellion in Heropolis, and that Adrianna was an Eventide. Deeply hurt by this, Elijah felt it best to continue onto Dondar to hopefully find some answers. He made his way to Heropolis, where two armies were clashing. When the soldiers guarding the city asked for his name, Elijah introduced himself as Carver, as he wasn't sure how much he could trust them. He also asked to speak with Justin, and was surprised to hear the soldiers refer to him as the rightful king. The soldiers sent someone away to see if Elijah's story checked out, and was shortly after led into the city.

Elijah was lead to the war room by one of the soldiers. In the room was a number of people, accompanied by Justin and Brigitta. After speaking with them momentarily, and informing Latona Arcadia that he would rather kill Gaspard himself, though he appreciated her offer to gut him herself. After listening in on their war meeting, offering whatever assistance to the army that he could, the others informed him that the Blackthorn had claimed they had killed Nic. After discerning where they got their information, he decided to check when he got the chance. After speaking with Brigitta for a bit, making sure she was alright while also speaking about what happened to David, she suggested he go to the church.

When Elijah arrived at the church, he was greeted by a woman named Emmellyne, who he had saved back in Durgair. He then went on to speak to Tricia and Corona about the recent events that had passed. Moments later, someone arrived to inform them that the queen was arriving to speak to Tricia and Corona. Just as Elijah was about to leave, a woman quickly ran into the room and hugged him tight. He recognized the person as Freya, and began to cry. He then spent the remainder of the day catching up with his sister, learning that she had gotten married to Justin, and that he kept her safe all this time.

While spending time with his sister, he also went to a bar where Larkin and his crew were drinking to see if he could discern the information acquired about Nic. After discussing things with Kate, another member of the Sons, Elijah figured that the Blackthorn had to be lying about killing Nic. If he was really dead, they would have him crucified in Duskhaven to boost their moral. Kate agreed with this thought process, and agreed to keep an ear out for Nic and the others. During later conversations with Kate, he learned that Nerisaga and Carol were living together, Aariel was trying and failing to get to Thunderpeak, as well as where many other group members were and what they were doing.

Later that night, after informing Justin how he was upset he didn't mention anything about Freya or about being his brother in-law until now, he attended dinner with everyone and began to tell them about the journey they all had until now. The group was surprised that Nic had died once, but even more surprised that he was also engaged to Aariel. Finally have some normalcy in his life, as well as some family to speak of, for the first time in a long time Elijah was actually happy. Late into the evening, he used his new found powers to summon a Tojanida. The creature had no name to speak of, and suggested that Elijah picked one. In honor of his steward, Bash, he decided to name him Sabastian. Over the next year, he would work with Sabastian as his partner.

Over the course of the next few days, soldiers who held a great deal of respect for the Hammer of Justice would flock to Elijah, hoping to follow him. It was at this point he decided to form an army to help with the rebellion in honor of David. He called his army The Rams, and had them wear white armour matching the Hammerhome family crest. He named his second in command a naiad woman named Galeet, and his third in command a wrath demon named Balthazar. At first, Galeet seemed slightly off put by Elijah, but as time went on the two grew quite close as friends. Balthazar would always forcibly act formal with Elijah when around the other leaders in the rebellion, but would relax while alone with the Rams. Elijah made sure to put a major focus on keeping the fellow Rams alive, and to ensure every soldier makes it home. Over the course of the next year fighting with the rebellion, the Rams had never lost a soldier. The group would very frequently butt heads with the Sky Larks, Knightingale's equivalent to the Rams.

During his time in Heropolis, Elijah became much less focused on revenge against Gaspard, and the issue became more about protecting the people he cared about. Eventually, Brigitta told Elijah about how Caldwell forced himself on her, something that wasn't very easy for her to say. Elijah was furious about this, and swore to her that he would make sure Caldwell would pay for what he did. Nearing the end of the year in Heropolis, Elijah recieved word from Kate that Nic had been spotted in the Little Hills again. Though he was torn, Elijah made a promise to help Nic, and wanted to keep that promise. Having Galeet assume leadership in his absence, and asking Kate to relay messages to Freya for him while he was away, Elijah said his goodbyes to his sister, and promised to be back soon safe and sound.

#### Dragon's Teeth

Elijah traveled as close as he could get to the Dragon's Teeth, which was the Little Hills. After venturing into the Giants territory, he eventually found his way to Nicholias and the others. Nic mentioned that he was sent into the future by a member of the Blackthorn, how he became an honorary member of the giants council, and how the group defeated the fire giant leader, but didn't mention much more about his exploits in giant territory after returning. Elijah told the others that he couldn't save David and that Adrianna was an Eventide, but kept the rest to himself.

The group continued into the frost giant territory, where they were met by their leader Laufey. Nic tried to broker a deal with Laufey, which he resisted a fair amount, but eventually came to an agreement to get rid of the monster living in the Eternal Forest so that the frost giants could expand their land. The group ventured into the Eternal Forest, unsure of what manner of creature they were to face.

They cautiously entered the forest, and were lead deeper into it by a group of small squirrels called kiterits. As the group came to a large tree, the forest came to life and started trapping most of the group. Elijah was able to escape being entangled at first, but was attacked and forced in by a massive dire wolf. Shortly after being captured, Nic commanded Az to sink into the ground and prepare to save Aariel, who was currently being attacked by a green skinned woman. The woman claimed that Aariel was impersonating her long lost love. Nic was able to convince the woman of the truth, that she was the granddaughter of Aariel Moonsong. After calming down, the woman revealed that she was Verdana, Aariels other grandmother. She was able to convince Verdana to move her enchanted forest, provided she had a suitable place to move it to. Not too long after she agreed to do this, she also married Nicholias and Aariel. The group stayed in the forest for a time, then departed back to the giant council to negotiate.

After explaining the situation to the giant council, they were able to find an empty mountain in stone giant territory for Verdana to occupy. They returned to the forest to tell Verdana the good news, and she proceeded to uproot the entire forest, and walk it to the mountain. She hollowed out the center of the mountain and re-rooted her tree inside it. Once everything had settled in, two hooded figures showed up. Elijah vaguely recognized the silver haired woman, and recognized the man as the person the Daughter wanted him to keep an eye out for. He spent the next little while subtly taking notes about what transpired next, but Verdana made a tree grow out from under them and took them into the sky for a private conversation. When the two returned, Verdana transformed into a giant tree with red leaves. Her dire wolf also transformed into a stone statue at the base of the tree. The party soon left the forest, and parted ways with the silver haired duo.

On their way back to the giant council, the party noticed that Laufey and the frost giants were in the midst of transforming the coast where the forest was into a frozen tundra. The party continued past the frost giants and onto Thunderpeak, the tallest mountain on Unitas. Nicholias desperately wanted to talk to Pelor, and it was said that climbing to the top of Thunderpeak allowed you to enter his domain. As Elijah still didn't trust Morah, he decided the height of Thunderpeak might be enough to remove him from the equation. He kicked Morah off the mountain, but was unfortunately caught by Rebecca. Nic shortly after scolded Elijah for his rash decision, and tried to convince the two to stay. Later that night, the two left the group while they slept.

In the morning, Nicholias continued onto Pelor's domain. The others wanted to join him, but he insisted on going by himself. After quite some time, the group saw a golden eagle made of light fly past and into Crombern, the land of the orc tribes. Nicholias returned moments later and was in a huge hurry to get to Crombern. As they set down the mountain, the group passed the remainder of the frost giant territory and happened onto some ice devils. The devils used their power to insight fear causing them to retreat. Elijah and the half giant Galilahi were killed and their bodies taken by the devils. During his time in death, he saw a number of things. He saw a woman with red hair, a woman who looked like Aariel, and a storm giant warding off dark energies.

Luckily Elijah and Gali were saved, along with Aariel, by Adara, the bronze skinned man and two people he had not met. Unfortunately, Dilly and one of Adara's friends died while resurrecting them. Moments later, many people appeared before them, including Elijah's father. Awe stricken, Elijah could do little more than watch as Adara attacked the group, causing them to disappear. After the threat had left, Nicholias arrived, grateful that Aariel had been saved. The group traveled to Anora, the capital city of Olyanor, and made camp at Dilly's home. Nic and Aariel had a conversation with the bronze skinned man, discovering that his name was once Emeth, and that his wife Tyria was possessed in mount unity and was the one orchestrating all the chaos. Moments later, the Daughter arrived, and Elijah learned that she was actually Emeth's daughter. The group shortly left for the Dragon's Teeth through the tree at Dilly's home, and met back with Maiyr. Adara was still incredibly mad at him and attacked him, but Maiyr killed her in retaliation. Adara was then revived by a druid at the Fate Slayers guild in Crombern as a human.

#### Return to the Anthill

Once the party was all in Crombern alive, Az approached them about a development in the quest the group received in the Anthill. He lead the group to a tent in the back of the camp where there was a lot of commotion. At the center of the group arguing, there was a red female dromite with wings. It appeared that the egg the group had been sent to collect had hatched into a new queen. The group was unsure of what to do and asked Az for his advice. He felt that the group should help Lakki, the new queen, ascend to the throne as she would free the dromites. The group agreed with Az's idea, and set off towards the Anthill. Once there, the group faked an allegiance to Veenee to get close to her while Nic managed to kill her, setting the dromites free. The dromites swore allegiance to Lakki of their own free will. The group soon left the Anthill, leaving Az behind to help reform society.

#### Path of Purity

The group continued on to Hrothgar where they met up with Prytis again. He offered the group a method to quickly travel straight to Heropolis via his Grand Forge, a mirror that was linked to another mirror in Heropolis. Elijah attempted to use the portal first, as he was eager to see his sister again. Nic almost pushed him out of the way, but was stopped by Prytis and told to go through one at a time.

Once in Heropolis, Elijah immediately went to the war room, assuming everyone would be there. Not long after entering the city, Elijah could hear Nic going from room to room in search for something. On the way to the war room, Elijah ran into Galeet and the two discussed how the Rams were doing in his absence. He was glad to hear that things had hardly changed in his absence, and his forces still had not suffered any losses to their ranks. After making it to the war room, Elijah quickly greeted Freya and Justin. Moments later, Nic burst into the room and pushed the table out of the way to hug his friend Jack Bittersheer. It was clear that a chance to visit with his friends was more important to Nic than it was to help Elijah save his. While sitting in on the meeting, the group decided to deal with a group of Tharizdun worshipers in Marshbarrow called the Path of Purity. During the night, after eating dinner with his friends and family, Adara approached Elijah to apologize for being angry with him due to her friends death. He forgave her, but also apologized for what happened to her friend.

The following morning, the group set off for Marshbarrow, accompanied by two new additions to the group, one he recognized as Emmellyne from the church in Heropolis. Once there, the group noticed that the area was heavily guarded. The group proceeded to sneak into the city in pairs. Elijah and Liz were the last to enter the city, but were stopped by the guards. Assuming it would result in a fight, he was surprised when a hooded man vouched for him and lead him into the city. The man seemed quite friendly, and Elijah could tell that he didn't mean any harm. After leading him to a back ally and a secret entrance, the man revealed that he was King Tristan, the noble of Marshbarrow and an old friend of Elijah's. Not long after, the rest of the group arrived and assessed the situation with Tristan. The group proceeded to the swamps nearby to take out one of the search parties nearby, which they did easily.

The group then split up, taking out the two remaining search parties and returning to Tristan's safe house to rest before dealing with the rest of the Path of Purity. That night, Elijah had a dream that felt like reality. His father and Dilly appeared before him, and he discovered that Nic had ordered Az to kill the man who saved his sister and kept it a secret from him. After the shock of seeing his father and Dilly, coupled with the news about Nic keeping things from him, Elijah was furious. After confronting Nic, including a quick physical altercation, Adara ran off towards the cultists also quite angry.

The rest of the group arrived on scene to find Adara in the midst of combat with the Path of Purity. The group was able to handle their enemies well, especially when Gali, Afareen Visser and the orc druid from the Fate Slayers arrived to assist. Adara was the only one to fall, but was quickly brought back to life as an elf by the orc druid.

After the battle was finished, Tristan arrived with a man who cast a spell on the nearby area. The area began to project images, showing them that the elven fugitive that stole the ring was in hiding just outside of Marshbarrow. This helped the group find the answer to the quest that Elaria, the elf queen, gave them and so the group decided to head to Olyanor.

#### Return to Olyanor

After speaking with the other nobles in Heropolis, including a quick interrogation session with Jack as Elijah could no longer take Nic at his word, the group set sail for Olyanor. Once they landed, the group quickly made way to Elaria to tell her what they learned. She then informed the group that Maiyr was the true king of the elves, and abdicated the throne to him. An event that Aramil was clearly displeased with.

After Elijah attempted to convince the others in the group that Aramil would pose a problem and that they should deal with him, a suggestion the rest of the group resisted heartily, there was a large explosion in the castle damaging many of the party and most of the elves residing in the castle. After ensuring the safety of the others in the castle, the group began to hunt down Aramil. They managed to track him down to Verdanas forest, where he teleported a great distance and they could no longer track him. The party returned to Olyanor and helped clean up the palace and soon departed with Kirx heading for Deep Anor.

#### Deep Anor

The group marched into Deep Anor and after a quick scouting mission they decided to storm the castle so that Kirx could challenge the king, a right he had earned by helping to slay the dragon in the Crimson Perch. After making it into the castle's main hall Kirx challenged Drak'mil, and was separated off from the rest of the group using magic. While Kirx was busy dueling the king the rest of the party was dealing with a horde of goblinoids who had been summoned by Drak'mil. The party was able to hold off the horde until Kirx managed to defeat the king and sever his head. The magic barriers dropped and Kirx proclaimed himself king of the goblins.

The party had two countries left to unite before reclaiming humanity, and it had become an even more pressing matter as they had recently discovered through Xani that to defeat Tyria they had to reunite all the countries of Unitas. The group decided to press on wards to Old Anor home of the drow and then The Squall. Liz decided to stay behind with Kirx and help him reestablish society in Deep Anor. Maiyr had to return to the elves.

#### Old Anor

As the party wandered through Old Anor they came across a strange girl dressed in white named Eden, she proceeded to warn the party not to move closer to the capital as it broke Saul. The party would continue moving forward and closer to the drow capital run by Kazmir, until they came across a figure in the distance on his knees. Nic flew forward and approached the figure but once he did he dropped down to his knees.

The others soon discovered that the figure was Morah, and that there was a field around them. Aariel quickly ran in and fell to her knees as well. The group figured out that the field only affected those who had items from Mount Unity unless they made physical contact. After discovering this, Elijah entered the field with Emm.

When Elijah opened his eyes he found himself in the woods, somewhere he did not recognize, with Emm but they both appeared as children around the age of ten. The two walked through the woods before running into a young girl with purple hair who they eventually recognized as a young Gali. Gali was being attacked and ridiculed by a group of boys, giving Elijah flashbacks about Freya being picked on when the two were younger and so he tried to fight the boys off. The two befriended Gali as they walked to her house where they meet her mother, Rhena. Emm offhandedly mentioned that Gali was a half giant, which seemed to shock Rhena and Gali, prompting them to throw the two out. Elijah returned so that he could convince Rhena to give them a second chance, but Gali had already fled. The two and Rhena began looking for Gali, they searched the forest and mountains but only ran back into the boys from earlier. The trio eventually ended up at the riverside where they found Gali talking to a little blonde girl named Ashley. Ashley was able to cheer Gali up and the two became friends very quickly as they walked back to Gali's house and Ashley defended her from the same boys. Elijah's vision began to blur out of focus.

The two returned to the area, and much to Elijah's surprise, Nic was still there waiting. A pale woman appeared before them floating with long black hair saying the Lightning Bearer was understood. Nic explained that everyone seemed to have titles tied to their items. He also tried to convince Elijah to speak with Morah and try to get along with him, which he had already planned on doing anyway. Slowly over the next couple days everyone awoke from their trance, learning that Keylara was the Shadewalker, Kirx was the Infernal Emissary, Saul was the Man Outside of Time, Rebecca was the Flame Wreathed, Nerisaga was the Bridge to the Dead, Nic was the Natural Pinnacle and Carol was the Clairaudiant. The party wasn't sure of what to do with Saul, and Elijah became very wary of Nerisaga as she seemed too willing to trust Saul. After the diplomatic actions of Maiyr, the group decided to allow him to continue with them.

The party continued on to the capital and witness the beginning of an arcane ritual, the sky was dark as green lightning cracked across it and bodies fell from the sky. Once they got to the capital the party saw a ring of drow chanting while a single drow stood in the center with a dagger over top of a sacrificial drow. The party attempted to stop the ritual by killing the man in the center but it failed as the drow making the ring committed suicide and ripped open a portal. From the portal a gigantic balor demon stepped out, who in turn summoned even more demons until the party was heavily out numbered. Suddenly, Elijah appeared outside the church in Heropolis beside Nerisaga and Xani. Moments later, Morah appeared, dropped off Michael and left with Xani.

#### Return to Heropolis

The three entered the church, and soon found out that the dawn guard was trying to build up their forces. The three assumed they must have known about the demons and were preparing. Elijah and Nerisaga left to meet in the war council to see what they had planned. When they arrived, they had discovered that the city had been attacked by a group of blackthorn accompanied by elves. The council then began discussing the plan for the next campaign. They were planning on marching towards Summershore, taking Thaecan while doing so. Surprisingly, Jack wanted the Rams to infiltrate Thaecan with the Skylarks, which seemed like an awful idea seeing how well the groups got along. Elijah begrudgingly agreed to work with Knightingale, seeing as he didn't have much say in the matter. During the meeting, Nerisaga also suggested forcing Civilians to fight in the war as well, which was met with heavy resistance from every other party in the council.

After the meeting was finished, Nerisaga agreed to fighting with the Rams, so Elijah brought her to see them and have her see how they fight. After bringing her to the Rams, he went to the Sanctuary of Truth to see if he could learn about half dragons. Thanks to some help from Palis, he was able to learn about Dragon Disciples and how to become one as well as where to possibly find an item to change his appearance. He then helped Palis and Terren do research on the Daughter and her ties to the Omen. Unfortunately, they weren't able to discover much, but Elijah suggested talking to Adara since she was with the Omen while infiltrating the blackthorne. Elijah was also able to convince Palis to fight along the Rams as their strategist, provided he could get five minutes alone with Jack, and have a seat at the war council. Elijah was able to successfully get Palis some time alone with Jack by suggesting the two play a game of chess to assess Palis' skills as a strategist.

After helping Freya and Justin with some of their marital issues, the army began marching towards Thaecan. While attempting to sneak into the city, the Rams and Skylarks were overheard, and forced into a confrontation. It was a hard fought battle, including some of the enemies being turned into dragons, but after Knightingale disappeared and reappeared holding the head of their leader, their enemies stood down. Unfortunately, during the fight, a number of the Rams were slain.

Assuming that Knigtingale did more damage than simply killing the leader, Elijah went to check the throne room only to find a large group of armed servants slaughtered. While searching the room, he could hear some soft crying coming from near the throne. When he went to inspect the area, a woman with a knife came out and lunged at him. He was able to diffuse the situation to a degree but Kay, one of the members of the Skylarks, made matters worse when she controlled her mind to make her more agreeable. Elijah then took up the mantle as the lord of Thaecan, a title that he could no longer avoid.

During his time waiting for the rest of the army to arrive, Elijah paid a visit to the Sanctuary to enlist the help of a psion during future expeditions, as he had seen what they are capable of. Unfortunately, while trying to gather some information most people turned him away, except for one man informing him that if he wanted to gather information more efficiently, to hire a broker like himself. Elijah was able to get the names of a couple psions who would work for money, and Elijah was confident in his ability to convince at least one of them to work with him. Elijah tipped the man for his assistance, and he then introduced himself as Eyes, and warned Elijah about a storm brewing to his west.

Elijah then struck up a conversation with the half-elf psion, but after discussing the work they would be partaking in he refused. Elijah then struck up a conversation with the woman psion possessing a dark completion and braided hair who introduced herself as Anri. Anri seemed a lot more interested in the job, but asked to speak in private about the matter. She was much less interested in the money from the job and more interested in getting Elijah's support in forming a new city with its own noble for a group of nomads. After discussing things, Anri swore loyalty to Elijah for as long as he needed.

After dealing with any remaining Tharizdun worshipers in the city, Elijah was forced to execute the woman who attacked him in the throne room as she had become mentally unstable and strangled her own child. Later that night, the Daughter came to his room and told him that should they be successful in concurring Summershore, that he would earn a place in the Sons inner sanctum. After she took her leave, Elijah began to draw up a training regiment for the Rams to help with their discipline as well as hone their skills.

#### March On Summershore

Early morning, Elijah was woken up by Nic, Aariel and Emmelyn in his room. Nic explained that they had dealt with the demon portal, they had taken Trineantis and that Brigitta was on her way there now. Overwhelmed with the abundance of information, Elijah brought them to the bar where he assumed Nerisaga was. On the way there, he asked Emmelyn if she would mind seeing if she could repair Austins legs as he was injured when the previous lady of the house threw him out a window. She agreed, and set out to the castle.

When they met up with Nerisaga, she was outside the bar speaking with Kay and Xani. When Nerisaga brought up that she thought Adara was planning to kill her, Elijah took the time to bring his training regiment to the Rams. Aariel opted to go as well, as she wanted to see what nobles do. When the three arrived at the barracks, he gave the training regiment to Galeet and went to wake the rest of the Rams. Not long after, the rest of the army and the other nobles arrived. During their war council, they suggested a one on one duel between Elijah and Gaspard, while magically stacking the odds in Elijah's favor. He agreed, though Nic expressed his concern. With the help of Xani and Maiyr increasing his strength and health, he was ready for his fight.

As they arrived at the gate of Summershore, Xani and Maiyr used their magic to buff Elijah, and he asked Nic to take Gaspard down if he fell. With the royal army arriving, and Adrianna and Justin agreeing to the terms, Gaspard set foot on the battle field. Surprisingly, Gaspard's body engulfed in flames as the fight began, but Elijah wasn't worried. The fight may have been hard, but Elijah was just barely able to take him down. As Gaspard laid there unconscious, memories of what he had done to his family and his home came rushing in. Consumed by rage, Elijah crushed his skull, not thinking of the flames still engulfing his body. He was overcome by the flames, and fell unconscious as well. He woke up moments later, and asked for Gaspards body, as he felt that he didn't deserve to rest in piece for what he had done, and he forced him through the Forge Glass. After that, the group engaged in discussion of Adriana's surrender, which she accepted willingly as her mother wanted her dead. After freeing his city guard and Lianna, learning that she wanted to leave for Durgair immediately, the group made way for Duskhaven. On the way there, his new warhammer was transported through the mirror.

#### Reclaiming Amaranthia

The fight in Duskhaven was over before it truly began. Maiyr quickly turned Caldwell into a squirrel, while Nic killed Lucille, Aramil and a demon. When the fighting was over, Xani turned Caldwell back into a human to fight Nerisaga herself. Though Elijah was disappointing by this, all he cared about was that Caldwell was dead. But that didn't stop him from crushing Caldwells privates as Nerisaga dragged his body away. Before everyone took their leave, Elijah thanked Maiyr and Xani for buffing him in Summershore. After the dust settled, the other nobles decided to hold a meeting of the nobles in Shepherd's Run in five days.

#### Stabilizing Thaecan

Marching back to Thaecan took a day, and upon arrival, Elijah was able to convince most of the rams to stay on with him as a royal guard to protect his family, should he have children or a wife later on. Balthazar was hesitant at first, but Elijah was able to convince him that it would eventually be seen as common place and so he accepted. After helping settle affairs with trade in the city, as well as borrowing from the cauffers in Summershore, Elijah visited the Sanctuary, where he was inducted into the sons inner circle. He was given a faster mode of transportation across Unitas, as well as the chance to ask another truth. After receiving his answer, Elijah decided he would later seek out knowledge about divine magics.

Elijah then made way for Heropolis to see if the enchanter had any polymorph pendants, but he was all out and wouldn't be getting more for two weeks. Leaving disappointed, he returned to Thaecan. When he arrived, he continued to help with his cities stability, but soon learned that Bash's brother Austin and Nina were headed supposedly for Shepherd's Run. He sent Bal and Anri to head there on foot, and he would get to Shepherd's Run early to meet them. Before heading out for the city, he stopped to pay Palis a visit at his new shop. There, he was able to buy a glamour charm to make himself look more like his old self, as he had taken on the features of a dragon. He then made way to the capital, hoping to speak with Adrianna and visit David's final resting place.

While waiting in the sanctuary to travel, he once again sought the aid of Eyes. He learned of some exports in other kingdoms outside of Dondar, as well as places that would be in need of Thaecan's primary export in Dondar as well. Elijah paid him, and made his way to Shepherd's Run. While there, he found Adrianna having a conversation with Justin. Wanting to have a more private conversation with her, he opted to have a slight chat with the two before eventually tracking down Freya, Lianna and Viola. Elijah and Lianna briefly spoke about the state of their cities before talking to Freya about the missing Austin. Discerning that she hadn't seen him, he decided to look around town, hoping to either run into the kids or other nobles that he knew.

While walking he noticed Dalton speaking with someone, but when he continued on, Elijah noticed the Knightingale at the west entrance of the city. Elijah walked up to him to speak to him about what he did to his oldest friend. Knightingale spoke very peculiarly, and coupled with what some of the other Skylarks had said in the past caused Elijah to have some doubts of what transpired on the day that his friend was killed. He still didn't trust Knightingale, despite how odd he seemed claiming to understand how Elijah felt. He made way for the eastern entrance to ask the guards if they had seen Austin and Nina ride by, and they promised to let him know if they had.

After speaking with the guards, Elijah returned to the castle to where Davids remains were, and had a very brief conversation with Jack. He then went back into town, catching a glimpse of Steven Brighton, a high ranking subordinate of the late Gaspard, speaking with Tristan about citizens reactions about the war, and trade. Elijah waited for their conversation to end so that he could speak to Tristan about a similar subject.

After discussing pleasantries with him, the two agreed upon a trade deal of Thaecan stone for Marshbarrow crops. Tristan then mentioned that not one, but two of Gaspards subordinates had spoken to him on similar matters. Elijah decided to eaves drop on them to gauge their personality. The two seemed very crude, but he did learn that there were business men from Stoneshade and nobles from Nestlebrook whom they didn't seem to be fans of. Elijah decided to find out more about these nobles. He learned that they all seemed different from most nobles, and not many people had spoken to them save for Tristan and Jack. After that, Elijah set up more trade deals with Shepherd's Run, Durgair, Heropolis, Starsummit and Whitehelm and waited for Bal and Anri to arrive.

When the pair arrived, Bal informed Elijah that they were tracking the two, but that they should already be in the city. Elijah tried to gather information about their whereabouts, but was unable to discover anything other than two unclaimed horses were tied up at the east gate. Unfortunately, the guards stationed there did not know who brought the horses. Elijah continued to try to track the two down, but to no avail.

#### The Demon Army

After the meeting of the nobles began, Justin was almost immediately named king with little argument from the other nobles. After that, the cities without nobles were divided, including Summershore being given to Nina, the daughter of the previous lords in Thaecan. Stoneshade was also given to a familiar face, Eyes from the sons, who was going by Isaac Ignateous Ironwood. After all was settled, Elijah congratulated Brigitta on her and Nerisaga's engagement and set up trade deals with Triniantis. After speaking with her, and thanking Eliway for finding the kids, Elijah apologized to Nerisaga for his behavior in Thaecan, and asked for her help once more. With Nerisaga's help, he all but confirmed his suspicions about what transpired the day David was killed, and confronted Knightingale about them. However, Knightingale refused to speak about the subject, as he claimed Tyria would be able to hear, even with the warding Elijah could use from the Sons. This simply furthered his suspicions on the matter, as he never denied the question Elijah asked.

The following day, the group was teleported after being buffed to the demon army. Elijah and Anri were able to do a reasonable amount of damage, considering their stature in comparison to the others in the assault. As many of the demons vanished, a large group of them self destructed, nearly killing Adara and devastating a large portion of Old Anor. As the group fled towards Crombern to inform Ormag about what transpired against the demon army, the group noticed a great purple light in the distance and promptly returned to Dondar.

#### The Final Battle

After returning to Thaecan with Rebecca, they were informed about an army advancing from Mount Unity's crater. After quickly ensuring the safety of his citizens by having them hold up in the mines being guarded by the city guard and The Rams working together, Elijah and Rebecca teleported to Stoneshade. While there, the rest of the group also teleported there, as well as Knightingale and they began discussing how to proceed. Though Nic wanted to charge in head strong, it was decided that the group should rest to recover their spells and any damage received from the fight with the demons. The group then rested as they waited for allies to arrive so they could begin their assault on Tyria.

Later that night, Eliway woke Elijah up and brought him to Knightingale's tent. When he arrived there, Adrianna was arguing with Kay. While they were arguing, Knightingale left his tent and showed that he was actually David, confirming Elijah's suspicion. While angry, Elijah went to punch him and was stopped short by Eliway, but David let Elijah throw another punch if he wanted to, which he did mid sentence. After talking for a while, David explained everything about how he met Adrianna through Emeth, how he became Knightingale, and how he killed an impostor of himself trying to kill Adrianna. Afterwards they parted ways, and though David said that he would watch his back, Elijah felt that it would be too suspicious. He returned to his tent to rest before the battle.

In the morning, after everyone was buffed, they entered the mountain. Everyone was immediately separated into floating bubbles, each with their respective loved ones in them, including Elijah's father across from him. Everyone who joined the group that did not have an item was down below, near Emeth pushed against an invisible wall and Tyria. Elijah quickly moved to attack his father, knowing his words would not get through to him, and with an icy burst he took him down. This seemed to remove the bubble holding him in place, and brought him to where the others were. Against him was a Goliath panda, a little girl with black hair, and a lizardman. Nic also finished off his friend Corona very quickly, and his summons took out the girl with black hair. Anri also took down the Goliath panda.

As the opponents on the ground fell, bubbles began to pop above them, bringing their friends and opponents down with them. This also allowed Emeth to get closer to Tyria. After everyone took out their opponents, Elijah finished off Carol's old mentor Algo allowing Emeth to reach Tyria. As he came into contact with her, they both began to glow with a powerful light. They soon both fell unconscious, and from them a giant monster made of light appeared. Nic quickly attacked the creature, and surprisingly missed his final blow. Due to this, Elijah had Anri stand back in a defensive position instead of rushing in. Though many attacked it with magic, it seemed to be very resistant to it, and it essentially ignored attacks from those without items. Through everyone's cooperation, Kirx was able to land the final blow, causing it to burst into purple light.

As the creature fell, the darkness in the cave was pushed back, and with it all those in the cave excluding Tyria. The black haired woman that they saw in Old Anor appeared before them, saying that the fight was not yet done. Then, she vanished, and a different black haired woman appeared before them informing them that she would wait it out and strike again before vanishing. Afterwards, everyone's items fell through them, however their abilities all remained in tact. The items appeared back on the pedestals where they found them, however they were still unable to touch them, even their own.

Before leaving, Nic grabbed Tyria, and refused to let even her own family touch her, despite everyone who could tell informing him that she wasn't evil. They then made their way to Emeth, who helped heal her, and though she had no memory of what happened, she apologized for what she had done after Emeth returned her memory. Afterwards, some people met up in Trineantis the next day to discuss returning some of the dead to life. Elijah's father wanted to remain with his mother, but also apologized for what he had done. After that, Elijah and Anri returned to Thaecan Elijah eventually returned to Heropolis to purchase a polymorph pendant.

### Post Tyrian War

Elijah continued to rule Thaecan with a common touch, always willing to lend a hand to the miners and other workers and never afraid to get his hands dirty. As trade continued in Thaecan, the city prospered as many other cities had need for their stone. As time went on, Elijah eventually met a woman named Lysandra while on a trip to visit his sister in Ashenburrow and the two fell in love. They had two children, a daughter named Leliana and a son named David. Elijah taught both of them how to fight, and eventually Leliana presented signs of being a soulknife like Anri. Anri grew quite attached to Leliana, and taught her the skills that she knew after the truth came out.

Anri stayed by Elijah's side, and eventually fell in love with Bash. After the two had a child, they discovered that she was actually a xeph, but that didn't bother them much since the Rams were still quite present in the city. Elijah continued to avidly support Anri in building her new city Scholarstone, which ended up being ruled by Morah. Morah eventually forgave Elijah for what he had done in the past, and the two cities were able to get along well. Unfortunately, Elijah slowly stopped paying visits to Nicholias, as he had changed a great amount during their journeys and he could hardly recognize him anymore. Elijah would often see Nerisaga though, as he and Brigitta remained in close contact. Elijah would keep David's secret until he announced that he had gotten back together with Adrianna and was alive, but he would still frequently visit him before hand.

Elijah continued to work for the sons, taking on various jobs and spreading his earning among his people evenly. As the years went on, he became a powerful dragon disciple, a powerful warrior, and eventually became a legendary dreadnaught. When his daughter presented an interest in adventuring, Elijah used his connections to help her do so. When David came of age and was ready for it, Elijah stepped down from the throne of Thaecan, adventuring Unitas and staying close by to offer guidance to his son, though he was a natural born leader. Elijah eventually retired as an adventurer and remained in Thaecan with his family.

## Equipment

Elijah possesses his ancestors shield, Escutcheon Beat, capable of augmented healing, and the ability to reflect spells back at the caster.

He is also bound to the ancient artifact Gelidus Canis, which is shaped like a tooth necklace.

Elijah also possesses a Warhammer called Ter-Dalah enchanted with defending, throwing and returning, as well as icy burst from Gelidus Canis.

## Powers

Elijah is a powerful fighter, possesses basic bardic training, a very skilled dragon disciple and a legendary dreadnaught.

Gelidus Canis grants Elijah ice magic, resistance to ice and the ability to summon a Tojanida named Sabastian.