Elius of Sidelia

**Elius of Sidelia** was a soldier and officer in the Sidelia Regiment during the Edelmaa Great War.

## Great War

Elius was part of the Sidelia garrison prior to the outbreak of the war. When the war began, his regiment was hastily marched south to besiege the Maakor Castle. Elius took part in the Second Battle of Maakor, during which he was the first to scale the walls and miraculously surived.

Elius was then noted for his bravery and made a sergeant few weeks later. Elius was given a platoon and he was given the task of hunting down and slaying Sir Ridley Hogman. A venture which led to the Raid of the Hogman manor, where Elius assisted in slaying Sir Patrick Arkoon, an apprentice of Sir Rhys Ab. Elius was by this point a good acquiantance of Baron Tobias Hopfisch the commander of the Sidelia Regiment and Gael Vegas the Vice-commander. He promoted Elius to the rank of First Sergeant and made him the aide of his company captain Milius.

In the Battle of Red Forest Elius managed to rally his ragged and confused men against a charge from the Steel Order, a feat that impressed Earl Hopfisch, who promoted Elius to the rank of lieutenant to fill in officer ranks. Soon after Red Forest the army marched to Dives where Elius fought in the disastrous Battle of Dives where his platoon finally slew Sir Ridley Hogman. But when Jiri Baathúr's forces attacked the Peasant Army's rear Elius and three of his men fled the battle into the Steel Forest.

### Royalists

Elius was briefly part of the mercenary group led by Blau van Dire and joined the sacking of Thormgard where Elius killed Sir Astarticus, a knight who had served in King Henrinion's personal King's Guard. Few weeks laters Blau van Dire was hired by Arthur Varjangaria and Elius was taken to a massive military encampment outside of Antikea. Elius was disconteted at the fact that he had to now serve his previous enemies, but he had little choice but to acquiesce. Elius was branded a traitor soldier and stripped of his rank briefly, until Gael Vegas emerged and urged Arthur Varjangaria personally for Elius to retain his rank. Subsequently Elius had to enter the Scale manor campaign where he fought in the Battle of Ravaged manor field, a battle so terrifying it left most of Elius's men scarred. Elius managed to put two Baathúr Warriors to the sword, a mighty deed. However Elius and Gael Vegas were the only surviving officers of the original Sidelia Regiment. A day after the battle Elius and Gael agreed that they would desert the Royalist Army with the remaining 25 soldiers of the Sidelia Regiment.

### Kingdom of Edelmaa

After a long voyage, Elius had finally returned to Olav Castle where he was treated as a Hero. Elius, like the rest of his suriviving unit, was knighted. Elius however didn't choose a patron from the castle, seeking to bring honour and become a knight for Tobias Hopfisch. Elius was made a Knight-Captain and given a company command. Soon Elius was given a task to lead his company against a group of bandits raiding near the city of Einez. Elius' company easily defeated the bandits, as the company consisted of veteran soldiers and officers.

During the march to Muede, Elius partook in the Tournament for Summer Victory, where he placed 8th, losing to a foreign rider Abderahim.

Succeeding this Elius was sent to Muede to serve in the Army commanded by Lord Damian Speckt. There he was temporarily promoted to the rank of Major and assigned the task to persuade the city of Leowell to join the Kingdom of Edelmaa.