Agnar El'Aiden

#### Background

The El'Aiden name is one ever-bound to the strife and suffering of Tamriel. Given life by the imperial, Thalia El'Aiden, and a Nord now unknown, Agnar entered the world of Tamriel into a world of warfare. Thalia was a member of the Imperial Legion Zero, defending the Imperial City and fighting for the Emperor. Wherever war dragged the legion, Agnar would follow. He picked up swordsmanship from watching the soldiers train, learned military protocol and doctrine from the barked orders of Legion Praetors, and even memorized the oaths chanted by legionaries. All of this, in the hopes of one day joining his mother on the field of battle and serving the Imperial Legion, the only way of life he had ever known.

It was when he had come of age that Molag Bal would unleash his plans upon Nirn. Mannimarco would trick Varen Aquilarios into lighting the Dragonfires and fail. The Planemeld would begin, and the Daedric Prince of Domination would strike at the ruby heart of Tamriel. As fire and brimstone rained down upon the Imperial City, with Cyrodill already ravaged by the warring factions, the Imperial legions would fight and die, to be shattered and broken by the Xivkin and Dremora. Worst, and perhaps most shameful of all, the famed Legion Zero would submit to Molag Bal, and drink the Blood of Coldharbour.

Agnar, enraged by the betrayal of the Legion he had so long looked up to, carved a bloody path through the streets of the Imperial City. He felt no remorse for the traitor legion, nor the damned souls of Coldharbour that invaded his home. Mighty was his rage, yet not even he could hold back the tide of daedra forever. Agnar was captured and sacrificed to Molag Bal by Mannimarco, his soul trapped in Coldharbour seemingly for eternity.

The son of El'Aiden would escape his prison with the help of the Prophet and Lyris Titanborn. So began his quest to free the world of the menace of the Planemeld and retrieve his lost soul. On his journey, he would learn the ancient arts of the dragonknight, perfecting his skills to become a neigh unkillable war machine. He would come to form many an ally in his travels. From the roguish Sadri Savil to the daring "Godfree the Shield" and even the cunning Sileneas brothers, Agnar had no shortage of companions. Agnar even came to meet Idona Draki, his immortal flame in the dark.

It was almost a sad play of fate that when Agnar and company would travel to the Imperial City once more that mother would meet son where they had first lost each other.  The El'Aidens would do battle in the ruined streets of the Imperial City. The two clashed for a great many hours, their conflict bringing further ruin to the city around them. Flaming gouts of ancient magic razed the battlefield. Architecture would come crashing down as rivals were thrown through them. Not even the daedra would dare to intervene, or else risk being obliterated by the two combatants.

It was with the timely intervention of Arkus Sileneas, bringing down the holy light of the aedra to bear against the wicked magic they empowered Thalia, that Agnar was able to deal the final blow. With heavy heart, Agnar ended the life of his mother, now only a twisted reflection of the proud warrior she once was. He collected her armaments, and the group fled the smoldering battlefield left in the wake of the conflict.

Now Agnar strides into battle as the Immortal Gladiator, bearing the sanctified weapons and armor of his predecessor, for none have been able to cull the bloodlust of the battle-hardened Son of El'Aiden, and so long as their remains threats to Tamriel, none shall cull him still.