Throda

*"Throda who was the grandson to Selwyn and the great grandson of Lassendir became the prodigy and true embodiment of men when he slew the great dragon Asir who sought to destroy the realm."* - Book of Kings, a book dating the history of kings from all of the three kingdoms

Throda was a human who was a Galad being quoted as the elite and blessed sub species of man, he was the third king of Valadrion and fought in the Battle of Ardum combining his forces and the forces of the other two human kingdoms against the Dragonlord Asir who waged war on him in hopes of commanding and ruling the realm of Jelevar under his tyrannical rule. With the aid of his two cousins Illias and Hurey he was able to command an army the size which had never been seen at all before in either the past or the future with historians ranking it to be in the high millions, Throda was said to have led the army with his cousins to meet Asir in one of the largest battles the realm had ever seen which saw Throda kill the mighty dragon which was said to be the thing that had given him and his descendants blessings such as longer life and the ability to resist corruption from dark magic which would destroy other men easily.

## Biography

### First Era

#### Birth and War

Throda was born to his father Parven who was the son to Selwyn and grandson to Lassendir and like his father Throda was destined to become king of Valadrion eventually surpassing his father, in his early 5 years of childhood Throda got to explore his lands peacefully as the truce was signed between his grandfather and the other kings 29 years prior. However with those 5 years passing once again war would break out between the three kingdoms and within the early years of the war he was kept away from the fighting where he was trained in sword combat and learned both strategy and what it meant to be a commander, by the time of 165 of the First Era Throda would join his father in fighting the other kingdoms defending their territory proving himself over the years to be a great fighter and leader. Unfortunately during the year of 171 of the First Era Parven would be killed in battle and with nobody on the throne Throda would inherit his father's kingdom becoming its new king, at the age of 41 he would be the new leader of Valadrion where he sought to bring peace between the kingdoms but until he could he continued to defend his home.

#### The Dragonlord

After many years of fighting Throda would still continue his quest in seeking peace along the three kingdoms however had no luck or even progress but this would change when Throda began hearing rumours of a dragon in the far east who was terrorising and claiming territory for his own, this dragon would be the perfect opportunity for him to begin peace talks with his cousins. Reaching out to both of his cousins Throda would hear back from one of them being Illias who ruled Forline and had agreed to the truce marching his army to aid borders of Valadrion, despite having this army Throda's other cousin would not respond leaving both Throda and Illias to defend the land. In the year of 203 in the First Era Asir launched his attack alongside his second in command Tozor attacking on two sides the north and south of Valadrion's western border, despite the two kingdoms holding their own it would not be enough and their defences began to crumble however the two kings were eventually reinforced by Hurey who had a change of heart and decided to defend both of his cousins. This reinforcement would aid Throda in rallying the men for one last push in which he was able to pierce Asir's heart with his sword, this action would make Throda be seen by many in all three kingdoms as the hero and righteous ruler much to the discontent of his cousins. Despite this the three realised that working together would strengthen them rather than fighting each other and signed a peace treaty allowing war to once again fall silent between the kingdoms, for a time the peace throughout the realm was enjoyed and with no dark forces at work the kingdoms began to flourish under their wise kings. This would eventually come to a halt as the second in command of the dark army that once terrorised the kings was now in charge of his own army and was much more powerful absorbing the power of his former master, Tozor began to wage war once again on the three kingdoms and for 26 years would be brutal for Valadrion as in 233 of the First Era Throda would be killed by Tozor in what was a devastating blow to the kingdom however Throda's son Gileon would take up his father's mantle and continued to fight being the last known king of Valadrion.

## Legacy

Throda was stated to be a pivotal character in the realm of Jelevar having killed one of the more powerful Ancients in Asir which many people would bestow the name of 'Dragon Slayer' to the king but that was not all he had gained from the death of the dragon, it was believed that similar to Tozor Throda had actually managed to absorb some of Asir's power although accidentally but due to it not being as nearly enough as Tozor had absorbed it did not corrupt or affect Throda in any way. Instead the powers that he had gained were seen as blessings of all the Galad who had now received longer life and a higher resistance to dark magic making them harder to corrupt for people such as Tozor.