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The Tribe of The

The Ingwinfolc are the most northernmost tribe, and they are the best horsemen in Forhawrim. They're famed for their excellent horse archers and lancers, and they form the elite cavalry force of The Forhawrim. When Wodan attacked them, the chieftain Elfgifu fought against him, but was soon murdered in uncertain conditions. A soldier named Ethelric, who had lived in Numenor for a long time, married his daughter Elfled, and became the chieftain. Wodan talked to Ethelric, and Ethelric surrendered to him. He was made the chieftain of Ingwinfolc in the city of Elfceastra.

Childhood

Ethelric was born in the large city of Elfceastra to a man named Edweard who died soon after his birth. At the age of 4, a "wizard" named Cenwahl adopted him, and they moved to Numenor. When they arrived in Numenor, they were extremely despised and distrusted there, due to being "inferior men"

Teenage Years

He was taught chemistry, history and such by his stepfather. He also thought him how to hypnotize animals, but he didn't believe it. He started to slowly hate the numenorians who laughed at him. He started seeking more information on spells and how to hypnotize people. He started seeking for books in libraries, but found nothing, until five years later he had found a book, it was the book of dark spells. It was in a pit, with the word "Morgoth" written on it. He realised it was used by Morgoth's servants in the first age. Because Ethelric was from Vale, he hated orcs very much, and he thought: Maybe I could use this against my enemies... Then some numenorians walked behind him. One saw him and said: "Oh! Look! It's the river man!", and he threw a rock on Ethelric. But the rock did not actually hit him, it hit an inivisible wall and it actually hit the man who threw the rock, other men did not know that to do, and they called the guards. They arrested Ethelric, and took the book with him. Ethelric was to be executed for assaulting. The next day, he had totally vanished, and had left the book in room. Ethelric had teleported somewhere. The land seemed continental, and he thought he was not in Numenor anymore. Although the people looked Numenorian, he knew he was not in Numenor proper. He started walking on the road, and saw a giant river and a city. He entered the city, and he saw some curious looks from the citizens, although they were not as hostile as in Numenor. One asked him "Hey, northerner, can you talk Adunaic?" Ethelric said "Yes, I can talk Adunaic.." Then the numenorian asked him: "Would you like some fresh potatoes? They're very tasty." Ethelric had nothing to eat so he took five potatoes. Ethelric saw a wagon with royal markings on it. "We have executed a dark magician named Cenwahl. His adoption son almost killed a man, and his step father was executed for teaching him dark magic." Ethelric was shocked, and hypnotized a horse, and rode from the city.

Ethelric rode weeks after weeks, over the white mountains. He was very hungry, but he had gotten out of Numenorian lands. The winter had come, and the earth grew cold. He saw a town on hill. He rode through the frozen plains to the town. The gates opened, but no one could understand him. The chieftain, named Aoenghus, was able to communicate with him in Adunaic, and he gave him food. Then Ethelric continued his jorney north, to the great forest and the hills of northern Calenardhon.

Battle for The North

As days were getting longer, he had entered the land of Wodanings. He continued riding ever northwards, and the days were getting warmer. Spring was coming. Ethelric had crossed the swamps of Middelland, and he started to remember how as child his father Edweard took him on long riding trips in the plains. As he had finally arrived his hometown, its walls were nearly in ruins, and saw a huge army sieging it. He quickly rode to the Eastern gate before the army could stop him. He banged the door and cried: "Ic eam ac Eotheodling! Þure comrad!" (I am one of the Eotheod! Your comrade!) in his native language. It was the first time in five years he had spoken it. The Gate was opened, and he was told to talk with the king, Elfgifu, for could he stay in the city. The king noticed Ethelric's magical capability, and started despising him. "Of course you can stay, but you'll have to help me with some things..."

He was gifted a small house near the plaza. He sat in his chair, thinking about how weird it was, that after 10 years, he had finally returned home.

He looked outside, and saw how the king was watching two men burn. He was shouting "Death to deserters and cowards."

Ethelric was feeling that this would not be good.

The next day, two guards took him to the king's castle. On the way to the castle, a boulder fired from a catapult hit a tower inside the city, nearly killing them. As they arrived the castle, the king welcomed them. Ethelric asked him: "So, what is the mission?" Then king's daughter Elfed entered the room. She was the most beautiful woman Ethelric had seen, and she told "Father, enemy catapults have destroyed some towers!" then Elfgifu told her to get out. "Your mission is to strike enemy provisions and try to assassinate enemy captain". Ethelric knew it that he couldn't do that, and it would be extremely suicidal. He was gifted nothing but a bottle of poison and a rusted dagger.

When the night came, he was about to leave to sabotage provisions, Elfled stopped him. "Wait, take this. My father has been going insane lately, and I guess it's because the Wodanings." and she suddenly disappeared back into the dark of the night. She had gifted him a chainmail suit and a bow. Ethelric used the cover of the dark, and poisoned the Wodaning provisions. It was not potent poison at all, and was most like just to make the enemies feel nauseous. He saw a brigade commander with a cape, drew his bow and fired. The chieftain fell down immediately. Ethelric returned to Elfceastra, and was gifted a day without any work. He heard knocking on the door and saw Elfled. "Hi." She said. "Hey, what brings you here?" Ethelric asked her. "Well, ummm, I'm going to have tell you a thing: My father is sending you to suicidal missions because he hates magic. Even thought pretty much everyone in my family is named after elves, he hates them. So his next mission is to send you to burn a windmill. It has been acting as a base of operations for local Gundabad orcs who have been raiding some villages which haven't been spotted by Wodanings yet." She and Ethelric talked about their backgrounds, until Elfled realised she should be back home. Ethelric went to bed, but was awoken by two guards about midnight. "I thought my mission was supposed to be tomorrow?!" Ethelric said.

"Well, it's today now, wake up." the guards replied. Ethelric was gifted a horse and flint and steel. Ethelric followed some roads to the windmill of Osgarswick. He saw orcs all around with captured dwarven and mannish armour. Ethelric used hay bales and scarecrows as cover and the orcs could not see him. When he got next to the windmill, he was attacked by a warg. Before the warg could do much noise, Ethelric cut the warg's head in two, and took his flint and steel, scratched it, and the building was set on fire. Five orcs had attacked him and he had to run, he somehow could mount his horse but was bleeding badly. The Guards opened gate for him, and no one in the city was able to heal him, but Elfled. And she was not allowed to, but she'd still go help him. She helped Ethelric, and he started recovering. Ethelric was gifted a week of free time. His next mission was to kill a Rhûnic mercenary commander, Andrei Yakubovich, whose squad had inflicted heavy casualties to the horse archers of Ingwinfolc. Ethelric would do this during the day. Ethelric used bushes as cover, and he had noticed that the land was much bloodier, ashier and less green than a week ago. Rotting bodies of horses and men were a truly disgusting sight. He took a wodaning set of armor from a dead body, and also took his sword and shield. He entered the camp and pretended to be one of them. The men in the camp were much cheerier than in Elfceastra, and there were even traders. He walked to the officers tents and saw a tall man, followed by two guards in weird looking armour. He asked them: "Hey, do you know where is this... Andrei named guy?" The tall man answered: "I am Andrei, do you need anything from me?" Ethelric started hypnotizing him and said: "I need to have a talk in private" Hypnotized Andrei answered: "Sure, wait here guards." Once they got in his tent, Ethelric killed him, and walked out the tent, and started running out of the camp. He was not sure if they followed him, but he ran, back to the city.

After his mission the citizens considered him as a hero, and Elfgifu could not stand it. The next day Elfled told him that Elfgifu would execute Ethelric for slacking if he failed in his next quest. But she had no idea what was the next quest going to be. Apparently, Elfgifu was very jealous and he would also try to send assassins to kill Ethelric. Ethelric finally realised that Elfgifu was no better than any orc or numenorian.

And after another week, and his mission, was to kill either Adalwulf or Wodan. They were apparently swarmed with guards so Ethelric could not try to get them inside  the camp, so he had to lure them outside the camp, or snipe them with a ranged weapon outside the camp. He spent five hours trying to find a spot where he could get a shot inside the camp. The time he had spent finding the spot was worth it, and he saw a man with a decorated crown, and realised that I'd had to be the king. He looked onto his quiver and saw that he only had one chance. If he would fail, Elfgifu would kill... and if he would not, then... he would have two more days to live. He drew the bow, and fired. The shot missed by an small inch, and the Wodanings didn't even seem to have realised they were under fire. Ethelric ran to Elfceastra, but would not tell anyone but Elfled that he had returned. Elfled gave him a suit of a guard, so he could listen to Elfgifu ranting. "WHAT?!? He went missing in action, that maggot... I can't believe he failed such a simple job to kill an one... Wormading!" Elfgifu kept raging and then Ethelric and the guards left the room. Elfled then wanted to talk with Ethelric in private. Ethelric asked Elfled what was wrong. Soon she burst into tears, and told Ethelric that she felt like his father was not his father anymore. Elfled said to Ethelric: "Please stop his suffering. I can't take him executing and shouting at innocent people and himself."

"Executing, who?"

"Those soldiers who had to retreat and also my childhood friend. Her family went bankrupt and she was stealing food from the market... Please, go and end his suffering."

Ethelric was shocked to hear Elfled's words, but then ran out of the room.

He met a guard and got a great idea. He would  hypnotize him to set Elfgifu on fire. He hypnotized him, and he walked to his room with flint and steel. He first took a carpet, set it on fire, then shouted "Hal þu Elfgifu!" and threw the carpet at him, and walked out the room like nothing had happened, and started normally walking again.

The next day the city was shocked to hear that they had no king and the Wodanings were bombarding the walls ever harder. When Elfled next saw Ethelric she hugged him. But Ethelric was actually unsure who would became the next chieftain? Elfled then started speaking:

"I, the daughter of the king Elfgifu, Elfled propose marriage to you, my honorable friend, Ethelric Edweardson. This would make you the chieftain of this tribe in these dark times, and maybe, we could actually stop this cursed war."

Ethelric did not know what to say.

"I... I am honored to accept your proposal, Elfled..."

they kissed, and soon Elfled ran to the central plaza.

He asked the guards to tell everyone to come there.

When the citizens had arrived, Elfled started speaking

"As my father, the mad king Elfgifu, died yesterday, our people was left kingless. But we are kingless no more, as my husband, Ethelric, has became the new king of these lands!"

the crowd cheered at them.

"I am going to make peace with the Wodanings. We will finally have peace! I might lose my status as the king, but I do that so knowing that it is necessary for my people."

the crowd did not cheer anymore, but most of the people of Ingwinfolc looked very pleased.

Ethelric left for the camp of Wodanings with 5 guards.

"Who is there?"

"Oh gods, the horselovers!"

"Shall we open fire"

Then Wodan ran there and told the Wodaning guards:

"Relax, they are here to talk terms. So, what brings you here, Ingwinfolc?"

"We have indeed come to talk about the terms. We are announcing a surrender."

Ethelric and his guards bowed down to their new overlord.

Ethelric and Wodan spent time talking about the terms, and they eventually agreed that Ethelric would become the honorary chieftain of his tribe. However, should he act aggressively against his overlords or deny their rule over him, the Wodanings would react.

When Wodaning forces marched into the city of Elfceastra, the city was very silent. Until the night came. The previous enemies had turned into friends, and everyone was dancing in the city. He saw some drunk Rhûnic mercenaries squatting and dancing around with powerful booze in their hands. Ethelric, Adalwulf and Siegfried were having a quiz about their information about Numenor. Ethelric won of course, and soon they had a drinking contest which Siegfried won. He was able to stand 32 mugs of potent Rhûnic vodka before passing out. When they woke up in 5.00 a.m. they noticed that people were still partying. The Rhûnic mercenaries had danced for two hours straight with large bottles of vodka in their hands. Wodaning catapult crews also helped to fix the damage they had caused, but the city returned to normal when Wodaning troops left the city.

Personality

While Ethelric is loyal and friendly to his friends, he definitely is not to his enemies. He can be extremely cruel to his enemies. He's vengeful, but he will also remember good deeds. His closest friends are probably Siegfried and Adalwulf. He is good assassin and a decent cavalry commander. He dislikes Orcs more than Numenorians.

IGN: tarixxiv

Roleplay experience: Prince of Ithilien on ToS, roleplayed in World of Warcraft 