Elvar (Lore)

Elvar, also known as The SoulSinger, is an Oronian elf and descendant of the great warlock Alteron. He was a great practitioner of the Arcane Arts and sought to learn as much as possible.

Closing Days of the Fourth Era
Elvar was born in Oronia in 4E 634 to Pyrravyn and Wynry. Growing up, Elvar was hard to grasp relationships with others. Since elves age 25% slower than the standard human, Elvar watched as his friends grew up and go have adventures of their own.

When Elvar was 68, he went out exploring a little ways from the city. He found this stone archway within a cave. He admired it as the etchings on the arch began to glow. The Portal had been activated. He was amazed at how this was created. Little did he know that this moment would spark his interest in the Arcane Arts.

He would eventually show this to the townsfolk and the King would sanction people to go into Verra.

The Founding of Neumuria
Several hundreds of Oronians traveled to Verra in search of adventure, prosperity, or both. Unfortunately, the Portal began to flicker and collapse. Now trapped on Verra, Elvar's father sought to make the most of it. While Elvar and his family were responsible for developing most (if not all) of Neumuria's agriculture, the Blackstone family built fortifications and houses. The two families didn't get along as they vyed for power. Elvar had a distain for the Blackstone family and often feuded with the youngest boy, Cael.

Elvar had no interest for agriculture, construction, forging, nor husbandry. In his spare time he would adventure off in search of relics. He found some notable tomes nearby and began to study magic.

The First Steps into the Arcane
Elvar adored reading the tomes so much that he memorized them cover-to-cover. One day, he got the nerve to try performing magic for the first time. Elvar chose a simple spell to recall objects towards himself. He retrieved a book from his father's study and placed it on the table in his room. He held his hand out and spoke some words softly. The book budged. Excitement filled his body as he shouted the spell. The book was flung towards Elvar and hit him in the head. Elvar fell back and rubbed his head. He smiled triumphantly and tried to recruit others to try out the spell. Unfortunately, none of the others he found could perform magic.

The Mayoral Election
At 71 years old, Elvar's father decided to run for Mayor of Neumuria. He had stiff competition as Balor Blackstone had decided to run as well. Politics bled into the town as each faction warred against each other. While Balor was clearly the favorite of the common folk, Pyrravyn made some deals with several noblemen and gained their support.

In the end, Pyrravyn won the election. His family moved into the largest house in the town.

The Assassination
Only after a few months into becoming Mayor, Pyrravyn requested a weapon be crafted by Balor Blackstone. Balor, bitterly, crafted a Greatsword for Pyrravyn. Before Elvar's father left to meet with Balor, he told Elvar that their future looked bright.

At the beginning of their meeting, Pyrravyn had been assassinated. Balor scrambled to get out of there, but the assassins shot a toxin into Balor's arm that rendered it paralyzed. Elvar's mother rushed in to help both of them. The town believed that Balor and Pyrravyn fought. The town became angry at Elvar's mother because she couldn't explain how the death happened. The whole town turned against the two families.

Elvar, in grief, scrambled furiously through his tomes for a solution. He wanted to bring back his father. In a tome, he did find one spell that would summon the spirit Ezkera. It said that she loved to make deals with mortals. It would require him to use Blood Magic. He knew that type of magic required a sacrifice. He felt confident he could fulfill it. Elvar desperately summoned Ezkera and pleaded with the spirit to bring them back. At that moment, Elvar's mother walked in. Ezkera killed Elvar's mother and took his soul. The house collapsed from the energy outburst.

Elvar was disorientated and staggered out of the city.

Meeting The Brooks'
Elvar was walking along a stream before collapsing. Two people came to his side as Elvar passed out. When he woke up, Elvar came into contact with the Brooks brothers Dean and Samwell. Samwell had applied runes to Elvar's back that would help keep him tethered to life. Samwell told Elvar that he was now referred to as a SoulSinger. Elvar had noticed that he felt no happiness anymore. He stayed and practiced with Samwell for many nights before heading off to find this lost city of Otoch.

Return to Neumuria
After five years of searching for the lost city of Otoch, Elvar had no luck and decided to return to Neumuria. When he returned, he saw that the town had not changed. To his advantage, nobody remembered him. Almost nobody. He encountered Cael and immediately got angry. Elvar believed that his father was the one responsible for killing his own father.

The Attack
During one night, there was an attack. The barbarian group known as The Amber Hoarde ransacked the town. Elvar was out exploring and didn't take notice. When he returned, he saw the houses were burnt and people were crying. A mysterious stranger walked into the town and rounded up all the townsfolk.

The Amber Hoarde had taken a child hostage and the stranger wanted to find out if anyone would come with them to rescue the young girl. Cael spoke up, but Elvar mocked him. After they traded insults. The stranger decided that both of them would come along with. Much to their dismay, they agreed.

The Rescue Mission
The stranger, Cael, and Elvar went on a quest to rescue the young girl from the clutches of the Amber Hoarde. The trio found a cave, but it was occupied. A bear emerged from the cave and growled at them. Elvar stepped up, pridefully, and used magic to subdue the bear. Elvar fainted due to his magic interfering with the runes on his back. When he woke up, they decided to camp in the cave for the night. The stranger asked Elvar about Cael and he explained his side of the story. Elvar believed that Balor killed his father and hated Cael ever since.

When day broke, they made their way to the Amber Hoarde's camp. They deducted that they were keeping the girl at the building in the center of the camp. They devised a plan to ignite a few tents to cause a distraction. After the deed was done, they met at the center building and proceeded inside. The trio decide to try the top floor. Out of pure luck, they found the girl; however she had a blade to her throat. Standing next to her was Shang Wei: Great Khan of the Amber Hoarde.

Shang ordered for the stranger and Cael to drop their weapons, but told Elvar to drop his tome. When they did so, Shang went on to explain that he wanted to trade the girl's life for Elvar's blood. The three were confused, but Shang revealed that Elvar's ancestor was Alteron--a powerful warlock--and Elvar's blood would grant him access to great power. During his monologue, Shang also revealed that it was his assassins that killed Elvar's father.

Elvar agreed and approached Shang Wei. With the girl in the stranger and Cael's possession, Elvar would enact his plan. The plan was to teleport them away, and to bring down the tower. Elvar knew he didn't have enough to do all that and to protect himself, so he negated his own protection. Elvar proceeded to transport them away from the camp and to bring down the tower. Elvar awoke from the fall and felt the runes on his back breaking.

The Journey to Ezkera's Realm
Elvar could feel himself slipping away and sought to locate his soul before his last rune broke. He traveled to many regions before illegally entering the Al-Duran Wastes. The region was known as where "the sun touches the earth and the moon shines forever". He believed that he could enter Ezkera's realm and sneak in since the nights were long. He was able to sneak past most of the guards, but was eventually found. Ezkera tried to possess Elvar, but immediately was frightened. Ezkera called Elvar "poison" and locked him away.

He saw another prisoner being brought in and the two conversed without really identifying who each other was. Elvar heard a disturbance in the lower levels and saw Ezkera possess the prisoner brought in before him. Elvar recognized that person as Dean Brooks.

Elvar was rescued by Samwell Brooks as well as the stranger who rescued the girl from the Amber Hoarde. They needed to think and act quickly as Samwell and the stranger managed to anger Ezkera. The plan was that they would harm Ezkera with Samwell's demon-killing dagger and force Ezkera to inhabit Elvar's body. When Ezkera arrived, Samwell jumped on top of Ezkera and stabbed her in the neck.

She howled in pain, but caught onto their plan. She called their bluff as Samwell slammed the Staff of Alastair. Blinded, and having no choice, she inhabited Elvar's body. Ezkera forced Elvar to run to the center room. Ezkera tries opening a cell to assume one of her many prisoners' souls. They fight back and refuse to open the cell door.

Ezkera leaves Elvar's body and begins to threaten Elvar's life. Ezkera, however, didn't realize how week they had become. Within moments, she exploded. Samwell attends to his brother, while the Stranger goes exploring. The Stranger comes back with a wisp. Elvar is in shock as he recognizes that it was his soul. He stands up to admire it. Elvar reaches out and the wisp flies into Elvar's body. After so long, Elvar has reunited with his soul. The Stranger and himself leave Ezkera's realm, while Samwell and Dean help the other souls there.

Leaving Al-Duran
Elvar takes a moment to relive the pleasures of sensation and emotion. The Stranger confronted Elvar on why he didn't tell them or Cael that he returned. Elvar denied entering Neumuria afterwards. The Stranger then asked how Cael's blades returned to the village. Elvar didn't have an answer. Night was falling onto the desert and Elvar helped create a shelter out of the sands.

They were caught by the Khaytak: a clan of nomads. They offered Elvar a Sun's Kiss flower. He consumes it and gains the ability to temporarily speak in their tongue. He negotiates passage out of the desert. He happily educates the Stranger on the culture of the Al-Duran people.

The group was then attacked by a Scorpioch. They fought hard and long to defeat the beast. They would claim victory, but the Stranger was scratched and venom had entered their system. Many more Scorpioch arrived, but they were subdued by a group of Djinn. Elvar cowered in nervousness as he realized the Djinn were using Blood Magic. The Stranger wanted to thank them, but they collapsed.

Elvar watched as the Djinn readied the Scorpioch to be used to transport them out of the Al-Duran Wastes. It took a while before the Stranger awoke. They explain they saw Shang Wei alive and was going to invade Verra. Elvar became angry when the Stranger mentioned that Shang challenged us and will attack Westford in three weeks. Elvar told the Stranger that they needed to talk to the King of St. Alastair and make a stand against the darkness.

Personality
Elvar is a very curious individual who often found comfort in knowledge and logic, especially when it came to the Arcane Arts. He would become very lonely because of his elven genetics. Due to this isolation, he found a sense of sarcasm and became sassy to people who annoyed him. When put in severe situations, Elvar will do anything to accomplish his goals.

When he had no soul, Elvar became very dark, cold, and distant. He didn't understand how emotion worked, nor how to recognize it. He followed the dictation of logic to the letter.