Liathana

An elf sorcerer on the run from the authorities.

Biographical Information: Liathana Elakian Galanodel (Born Thia Galanodel) is a high elf, with distant Eladrin ancestry. She is on the shorter side, standing at 5ft 1in. She has waist length silver-blond hair, silver eyes, sharp facial features, and pale skin that almost has a glowyness to it, typical to her father's side. At present, she is 112 years old, which in terms of aging is roughly equivalent to a human's age 22. Liathana is female and uses she/her pronouns.

Personality: Liathana is a master artisan, specifically a potter. She is tough and prideful, but feels like she has something to prove, due to being the first woman to carry the gift, and the ridicule she’s received as a result. Cares deeply about upholding the family tradition. Close with her father, but has a tense relationship with her brothers, especially Fenvalur. She is also very practical, and tends to lead with logic and strategy, traits she learned from her father. Liathana is generally very loyal to those who show loyalty and trustworthiness to her, and is generally kind unless given a reason not to be. That said, she is a high elf, and holds some of the prejudices often associated with the race upon first impressions.

Summary: Liathana is an elf sorcerer from Cadosia near the boarder with Noriacum. Her parents are Elakian Galanodel and Prezana Firbeam-Galanodel. She as three younger brothers Fenvalur (102/20), Jemis (89/17), and Dias (61/12). She comes from the Galanodel line of Sorcerers, who gain their power from the ArchFae Oberon. This power, known to the Galanodels as "the gift" has passed from firstborn to firstborn for 17 generations, but Liathana is the first female firstborn, and therefore the only woman to receive "the gift." This has caused much turmoil in the family, as the older generations believe that a woman is unfit to wield the gift and inherit the family legacy, and she is putting it in jeopardy by doing so. The most intense quarrel over this exists with Liathana and her father, Elakian, on one side, and her grandfather, Norzeiros, and brother, Fenvalur, on the other, believing that Fenvalur is the rightful heir to "the gift" as firstborn son. Due to recent politics, Jostam recently sent more troops than ever seen before into Northern Cadosia to crack down on those who refused to conform to the Agustian Church, and continued to worship the ArchFae of the Word of Binh. Liathana and Elakian, who both were magically bound to Oberon and wore his mark and whose powers consequently mimic that of the trickery of the Fae, chose to flea Cadosia to avoid capture, and the possibility of torture or the potential end to their family line, and protect their family from the same fate. The two split up to make themselves less detectable, as two sorcerers with Faewild magic are far more noticeable together than one would be alone.

Backstory

Birth- Age 10 (2)

Thia Galanodel was a pretty standard elven toddler, though she showed signs of having the gift which many past Galanodels showed. Elakian and Prezana had to tread very carefully with the rest of the Galanodels until they knew for sure because no one had ever had a girl first before and they were unsure if it would pass to her as firstborn, or if it would pass to their son should they have one. At age 10, her brother Fien was born showing no signs of the gift.

Age 10(2)-30 (6)

By this time it was very clear that Thia was the one to receive the gift. Elakian quickly took her under his wing, and taught her basic control of magic, and she began to understand the faith of the ArchFae. She began homeschooling where, in addition to her native language of Elvish, she also learned to read, write, and speak Common. She also learned math, and the history of Cadosia and the Eastern Continent as a whole. At age 23 (4 ½) her younger brother Jemis was born.

Age 30(6)-61(12)

Elakian personally began teaching Thia about the deeper inner workings of the ArchFae and the Faewild, and taught her the language of Sylvan. He began to teach her how Cantrips worked as well. This was a period of time when Elakian dedicated a lot of time to Thia, where Prezana spent more time educating and pampering her sons, especially Fien. Thia also began to take classes with the best elven artisans in Cadosia, choosing the specialize in pottery at age 55 (11). Then, tragedy struck as Prezana died in childbirth, giving birth to Dias. This broke the entire family and dynamics changed majorly as Elakian and his children went to stay with Norzeiros and his wife Jowynne.

Age 62 (12)- 100 (20)

The first five years after Prezana’s death were spent in a different part of Cadosia where Thia, her brothers and Elakian lived with Norzeiros and Jowynne. This is when all the conflicts which had been boiling for years due to Norzeiros’s misogyny became evident to both Thia and Fien. Norzeiros constantly berated Elakian for treating his daughter like the heir when he “knew damn well it should be Fien” and also fed these thoughts to Fien. As Thia had been taken under Elakian’s wing, Fien was taken under Norzeiros’s. Even after they returned to their village tensions ran high as the damage was already done. As the heir and the baby, Thia and Dias clearly got more attention and favoritism from Elakian than Fien and Jemis. Thia and Fien both trained to become master artisans during this time. Thia was trained as a potter by one of the finest teachers of pottery from Haia, and Fien went to a blacksmith's school closer to Norzeiros for a time and went to stay with him. When he returned, he was far more hot headed and convinced of “his” birthright than ever before, causing him to pick fights with Thia at every possible opportunity. During one such fight (at age 80 and 70), Thia lost control of her magic, hitting Fien with a blast of wild magic right in the side of his face, causing him to lose a chunk of skin on nearly half of his face. Knowing full well why this happened, Elakian taught Fien to channel his anger into his art rather than his sister, and began to fully teach Thia the ways of sorcery.

Age 100 (20)-112 (present (22))

At age 100, Thia went through the adulthood ceremony, and chose the name Liathana Elakian Galanodel. She began spending her days as a full time potter and member of one of the finest artisan guilds in Cadosia, while learning sorcerer magic by night with her father. This went on until Jostam sent more troops than Cadosia had ever seen before to crack down on those who refused to convert to the Agustian Church, and continued to worship the Fae. Knowing that their presence as powerful Faewild sorcerers put their family in danger, Elakian arranged for  Jemis, and Dias to stay with his brother Balnan on the other side of the Cadosia/Noricum border, and gave Fenvalur (the chosen adult name of Fien) the choice to go with them or stay in Cadosia, and he chose to stay in Cadosia. Elakian and Liathana then fled from home, splitting up to make themselves less noticeable, keeping in touch by way of a magical locket (Liathana) and pocket watch (Elakian) as they went into hiding.

Adventures

Upon leaving Cadosia, Liathana began traveling East and then South. After several days of traveling, her pottery was noticed by a person named Vincent, and they offered her a job in their caravan. The Caravan was lead by two others, known as Richard and Martha. This caravan was soon attacked by a bullet, and Liathana was one of six adventurers to fight it. The others were Brian, Irelyn, Ryan, Nevishar, and Tyrus. The six soon split from the caravan (unintentionally) and formed their own traveling party. Liathana is particularly close with Irelyn considering her a close friend and confidant. She grew to trust Irelyn because on one of the party's first encounters, Liathana was nearly turned to stone by a basilisk, but was saved by Irelyn, who risked her life to do so, when she had the chance to run away with the then human Brian and save herself. During the party's travels through Lasigum, they witnessed on of the terrorist groups among the Lasigum army near it's boarder with Jostam. This was difficult for Liathana, due to her status as a Word of Binh worshipper, she hoped that the people of Lasigum would contribute to the defeat of her people's persecutors, but could not look past the fact that these soldiers were exploiting kidnapped children for labor. As the party's travels went on, Tyrus was killed by a revnant, and soon after Belial joined the party.

The party soon found themselves in Arazsolmalo, where Brian revealed the cult's plan to overthrow the Tallian sun god, Sol, and replace him with their goddess, Nisa, which would effectively end the world. At this point, Liathana committed to help take down the cult, who's generals just so happened to be Richard, Martha, and Vincent. After Sprocket's intervention, Arasolmalo was destroyed, but the generals escaped. Upon making camp after this, Liathana discovered that her brother Fenvalur had followed her through Lasigum. Fenvalur had made a pact for power with a demon named Ban, and had tracked Liathana down in order to claim the Galanodel inheritance, believing there was a way to transfer Liathana's power to him. He showed up multiple times to try to gain her power through various means, including creating a voodoo doll with her hair, but she continued to escape in control. After one such encounter, Fenvalur was nearly killed. While he was unconscience, Liathana attempted to save his soul from Ban, by cutting away his brand, and having Irelyn give it to Selune to destroy. Knowing she had taken away something Fenvalur had wanted his whole life, and that this would lead him to try to kill her, she used her sending stone to call Elakian to try to reason with Fenvalur. Elakian did come, and gave Fenvalur the opportunity to repent and remain a part of the family, but Fenvalur rejected this, and chose to become a threat to the Galanodel line instead. Knowing that it was his life or hers, Liathana killed Fenvalur to protect herself and the family legacy, because she is the currently childless heir.

Family History

The Legend of the Gift

Waesyrus Galanodel, an elven man at age 115, found himself lost, and alone, fleeing into the woods as his city burned. Having lost everything, he begged for help to any deities that would listen. Moranyra, an Eladrin priestess of the Archfey Oberon, heard his plea, and came to his aid. They fell madly in love and had a torrid affair. Moranyra found that she was pregnant. However, as a fey priestess, she could never join elven society, and was duty bound to return to her station with the other priestesses. When she gave birth, she called down a blessing from Oberon, for her child, and her child’s children for generations to come. This son became known as Faryarus, and was given the gift of wild magic, which was passed from first born to first born, every generation for over 3000 years, bringing us to the present.

The Firstborn Galanodel Line (Lineage of the Gift)

Faryarus Galanodel. Died aged 771. Born 3115 years ago. Blessed by the Fey with the gift. First born of Waesyrus and  Moranyra. Gen 1

Norfaeron Galanodel died aged 751. Born 2997 years ago. First Born child of Faryarus. Father of Pasandoral. Gen 2

Pasandoral Galanodel died aged 731. Born 2831 years ago. First born child of Norfaeron. Father of Naeyarus. Gen 3

Naeyarus Galanodel died aged 520. Born 2610 years ago. First born child of Pasandoral. Father of Zinlofir. Gen 4

Zinlofir Galanodel died aged 702. Born 2452 years ago. First born child of Naeyarus. Father of Keanorin. Gen 5

Keanorin Galanodel died aged 478. Born 2227 years ago. First born child of Zinofir. Father of Viereiros. Gen 6

Vierneiros Galanodel died aged 761 Born 2001 years ago. First born child of Keanorin. Father of Carsandoral. Gen 7

Carsandoral Galanodel died aged 748. Born 1720 years ago. First Born child of Viereiros. Father of Ralobalar. Gen 8

Ralobalar Galanodel died aged 753. Born 1678 years ago. First born child of Carsandoral. Father of Naehorn. Gen 9

Naehorn Galanodel died aged 749. Born 1425 years ago. First born child of Ralobalar. Father of Elasandoral. Gen 10

Elasandoral Galanodel died aged 758. Born 1113 years ago. First born child of Naehorn. Father of Thexidor. Moved the Galanodels to Cadosia during the elven immigration. Gen 11

Thexidor Galanodel died aged 760. Born 903 years ago. First born child of Elasandoral. Father of Zingeiros. Gen 12

Zingeiros Galanodel currently aged 747 years. First Born child of Thexidor. Father of Iliran. Appears over 100 years old. Current head of house. Gen 13

Iliran Galanodel currently aged 622 years. First born child of Zingeiros. Father of Norzeiros. Appears in his mid 80s. Current acting head of house. Gen 14

Norzeiros Galanodel currently aged 480 years. First born child of Iliran. Father of Elakian. Appears in his early 60s. Gen 15

Elakian Galanodel- currently aged 305 years. First born child of Norzeiros. Father of Liathana. Appears in his early 40s. Gen 16

Liathana Galanodel-currently aged 112 year. First born child of Elakian. Present heir. Appears 22. Gen 17

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