Character

Elatan I

CanonOfficial lore from the booksSSGp. 14-15

Elatan I was an emperor of The Empire, the illegitimate son of Emperor Vaden I, who came to the throne in 27 AVD at the end of the civil war that followed his father's assassination. He earned the name "Immortal Emperor" for his unusually long life.¹

The rebels' hope

After Vaden I was found murdered in his bed in 24 AVD, Vaden II took the throne and the realm split between the loyalists and the sceptics led by Marus Salinor, the former commander of the Alliance Army, who did not believe the official account of the assassination. In Imperial tradition it was unthinkable to overthrow an emperor and replace him with someone of another lineage. Salinor found Elatan, a half-elf and the illegitimate son of Vaden I, and this proven adventurer became the rebels' sole hope.²

The conflict, the period known as the Rise and Fall of the Usurper, quickly became a war, which ended with a sudden raid on the Marble Palace. Vaden II was dethroned and accused of patricide, and Elatan I ascended the throne in 27 AVD.¹

Reign

Emperor Elatan's half-elf lineage was kept secret from the common folk. He supported the struggling Order of Chain, which his predecessor had outlawed and hunted, and helped it to rebuild, and he greatly eased the pressure on the other members of the old alliance.¹

Demoran, a well-known traveller, had been Elatan's companion in his adventuring days.³

Spoiler: Demoran's account of the usurperSpoils: Starter Setting Guide · Say what you have read

Notes

↑BookLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, pp. 14, 15
↑BookLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 14
↑BookLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 15

Sources

This article draws on:

SSGLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 14-15

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