Gwilithon

*"The second King of Forline and son to the great warrior king Elros the great Gwilithon was just like his father he was strategic and warrior-like in his youth becoming wise with age, Gwilithon utilised the Dwarves promising them safety in return for their craft to build great castles and walls to protect Forline."* - Book of Kings, a book dating the history of kings from all of the three kingdoms

Gwilithon was a human male and a part of the Galad human subspecies being one of the few to be blessed with long life and other attributes gifted to him by his grandfather, in his youth being the son to Elros he saw his father much like the people as a true defender and hero being a warrior that the kingdom of Elion needed to defend against their enemies. As he was his son Gwilithon sought to be just like his father and so he spent much of his youth hunting and training wanting to test himself as much as he could so that he would one day become a great warrior, eventually the Ten Year War would allow Gwilithon to finally partake in a battle and prove himself to his father in becoming a great warrior. After the war Gwilithon remained at his father's bedside as he would eventually succumb to his years of battle wounds, once his father died he would come to the realisation that his years of training and fighting would not prepare him for being a king to lead his people regularly rather than into war. As he learned of his new life away from the battlefield he would begin becoming one with his people which allowed him to eventually make a deal with the Dwarves in which he promised them safety and protection in return to have them help build new castles and walls to reinforce the kingdom.

## Biography

### First Era

#### Young and Brash

Growing up in the heart of Elion the young Gwilithon spent little to no time within the kingdom as it would be the next couple of years that the kingdom would go into turmoil with him only being 3 at the time of the Elion War where his father had hoped to replace Selwyn as the king of Elion believing the current king unable to perform his duties, it would be by the age of 21 that Gwilithon would officially become the Prince of Forline under his father king Elros who had carved out the northern regions of Elion to serve as his new lands. The young prince was very alike and similar to his father in his younger days having a constant love and rush for war or battles revelling in them for the glory and victories, it was stated that when he was not fighting Gwilithon would often frequent different taverns across Forline participating in brawls simply because he found it entertaining and a way to test him in hand to hand combat. During the Ten Year War he often quarrelled with Elros on wanting to be more involved in fighting like his father used to be whereas his father in his age and wisdom wanted him to focus on being the next king, due to his carelessness and love of battle Gwilithon would eventually suffer his own battle wounds to which has father confined him to remain within the kingdom's borders which he grew to hate and became restless.

After the Ten Year War came to a close Gwilithon would eventually be summoned by his father who would inform him that he was dying having suffered the many wounds and scars he had received over his entire life, initially Gwilithon was full with rage knowing that his father would die in his bed and not on the field of battle like Gwilithon had dreamed of himself being killed in a blaze of glory but over time he would grow calmer with every year he spent by his father's bed.

#### Warrior King

By the year of 114 of the First Era the king Elros would ultimately succumb to his wounds and would pass peacefully within his sleep leaving the future of Forline to Gwilithon who had been so focused on fighting and training that he was not prepared to be the leader that the kingdom needed, having been under prepared for such a task the new king would struggle in his early years of ruling having problems on both finance and maintaining food for the people. During his reign he would take a walk through his lands baring witness to the devastation caused to his kingdom at the price of war which would prove to be a valued lesson in giving him the first step to save his kingdom by rebuilding, whilst his kingdom lacked the materials and manpower to rebuild he would go to the Dwarven guilds residing in the northern mountains of his kingdom offering them security and protection in return they would build castles and walls to protect the kingdom. This deal would not only allow Forline to once again gain its defences to secure his lands from his cousins but the deal would also help define the Dwarves helping them become the most renowned builders and crafters in the land, during this time Gwilithon would also have a child named Illias who would eventually become the next king and valuable ally to Throda in the war against Asir in the future to which he chose to raise him differently to how he was. Eventually when Parven was challenged by Elror the kingdoms would once again be at war with each other however Gwilithon would side with Parven over his other cousin as he did not trust Elror, this war unlike the last one would be a more lengthy and stern war as each king became more defensive rather than aggressive however battles would still occur across each border.

The major part of the war would be stalemate after stalemate but eventually Gwilithon would gain ground on Valline with Parven also losing ground to them which would be the reason why Gwilithon was able to gain ground, the war itself would continue but he would like his father have to retire to his bed in order to preserve his life a little longer from his battle wounds and scars which in the year 182 of the First Era he would die in his bed just like his father.