Thread:The Second Age Server/@comment-177.204.80.245-20161224010719

IGN: StevenValeyard

Experience: I've played on some roleplay servers, though not many. I do, however, like roleplay specially in the LOTR universe. I always get invested into my characters, but not to the point of being too serious, which is the reason I stay away from lots of roleplay servers: too much seriousness, you get rocks thrown at you for making a joke.

Lore Character Name: Arveldir

Faction: Eregion

Lore Source: My own personal (if limited) research into Tolkien's works, and my desire to imagine a character as a normal person living in a crazy world, instead of the epic characters we often see in the movies and books (kings, princes, heirs, legends).

Character Background

Arveldir is the son of male Ñoldorin smith Randaer and his wife, Avaenbess. His mother died during childbirth, thus the only knowledge he has of her are stories from his father. Arveldir was considered a young adult when the Ñoldor began talks of going to Middle-earth to rule as Kings and Lords, leaving behind their lives and taking their knowledge and power to a ripe land. Feanor's speech after his father Finwe was slain by Melkor convinced Arveldir and his father to join him on this voyage to Middle-earth. However, when Feanor ordered the Kinslaying, Arveldir and his father refused to fight. Instead, they deserted Feanor's host and joined Fingolfin, Feanor's half-brother, who had gathered many more elves to his cause than his arrogant sibling. After Feanor's ilk burned the ships they used to travel to Middle-earth, Fingolfin led his host north and crossed the sea through the Helcaraxe, or "Grinding Ice". Lucky to have survived the journey, Arveldir and his father travelled this new land, workings as smiths where they could, for the skill of Ñoldorin smiths was famed and desired. When the elven armies were being gathered to continue the war against Morgoth, Arveldir and Randaer taught their non-Ñoldor kin the secrets of their smithing, so as to equip the elves in the best armor and the best weapons. In the year 471, Arveldir and Randaer fought as soldiers in the battle that would come to be known as "the Battle of Unnumbered Tears". Randaer was among the deceased, and this was the spark that would light the roaring fire of hatred that Arveldir felt for Morgoth and the creatures he used as soldiers. He then settled himself in Gondolin, continuing his work making weapons while also training other younger elves in the skill of battle. When the city was sacked, he covered the escape of the citizens of the city, taking up his bow and sword once again. When the Valar came and Morgoth was finally defeated, he continued to wander the land, hunting orcs and smithing tools and weapons.He made a friendship with the Dwarves of Ered Luin, and the beautiful mountains they protected. With the Elves of the Grey Havens of Lindon, and the Men of Númenor. The Hobbits of the Shire and the Men of Bree.This continued for hundreds of years, though it was a life he had grown used to. On his travels, he heard tales of a land of smithies, West of the great dwarven settlement of Khazad-dûm. A land of elves who shared his love for smithing, and his hatred for orcs. And so, on the year 1600 of the Second Age, he set foot, for the first time, on the land of Eregion.

Character Description:

As tall and elegant as most elves, dark of hair with blue eyes, with the physique that comes from a life focused around smithing. Due to growing up without a mother, he has an empty void within his heart that he will forever try to fill with all kinds of activities, though he may never succeed. Losing his father makes this task even harder.

Roleplay Objectives:

To rid the world of the orc filth, and erase the legacy of Morgoth upheld by Sauron. Once that is done, if his life has not been cut short, he will travel to Valinor and complete the Great Journey as most elves.

Gameplay Objectives:

Work with other Eregion elves to build a Realm worthy of Elvenkind. 