Hero Of Middle Earth
Summary
Hello, my name is Arianna Idrial Amell Elendil, I am the eldest daughter of Leandra Amell Hawke of Kirkwall and King Arathorn Elendil of Gondor, Middle Earth . I'm mother's first child and my father's second. I was born in Kirkwall, which is a part of the Free Marches region of Thedas. My mother Leandra, and the rest of the Amell house had been a staple of the nobility of Kirkwall for generations. My mother is the eldest of 2, she has a younger brother named Gamlen. Their father (my Grandfather), Aristide Amell, died when I was very young. Their mother, Lady Amell (my Grandmother), died when my mother and Gamlen were very young.
Thedas is a continent in the southern Hemisphere. The word "Thedas" originates from Tevinter, once referring to all lands beyond the Imperium and eventually, it came to encompass the entire continent. A Native of Thedas is referred to as Thedosian.
Kirkwall, also known as The City of Chains due to its importance to the slave trade during the Tevinter occupation, is a coastal city-state and a major population center located in the Free Marches. It is on the southern edge of the Vimmark Mountains, east of the Planasene Forest, and north across the Waking Sea from Ferelden
Up until my dad came to Thedas from Middle Earth, the people of Thedas had just assumed that they were along in the world. Most still do. Middle Earth is a far away continent that is a bit larger than Thedas. It has 3 large kingdoms, 2 of them are in Gondor.
The North Kingdom and South Kingdom, and the other large kingdom is Rohan. There is also the Elvish kingdom of Lothlórien and Imladris as well as the Dwarvish hall of Moria in the mount of Khazad-dûm. Then, there is the dark kingdom of Mordor, ruled by an evil entity known as Sauron.
Gondor is one of the Dunedain kingdoms of Middle-earth, bordered by Rohan to the north, Belegaer to the west, Harad to the south, and Mordor to the east. Its first capital was Osgiliath. The capital was moved to the newly built fortress of Minas Tirith in TA 1640 and is a much more easily defensible location, being built upon the side of a mountain with seven different walls with seven different fortified gates. The city of Minas Tirith remains the capital of Gondor today, as well as I know it. The kingdom of Gondor was founded by Elendil in the Second Age of Middle Earth, year 3320 and committed by him to joint rule of his sons Isildur and Anarion. At the height of it's power (c. Third Age 1100), Gondor extended north to Celebrant, east to the Sea of Rhun, south to the River Harnen inland and Umbar on the coast, and west to Gwathlo
The Dúnedain were the Men who descended from the Númenóreans who survived the fall of their island kingdom and came to Eriador in Middle-earth led by Elendil and his sons. (It is said that Dunedain live three times longer than normal Men; that would translate into 240 to 250 years of average lifespan, given normal human lifespan of 80 years. The line of Kings of Gondor therefore decends from the people of Númenór, which means that I am a Dúnedan as was my father and King of Gondor.
My father told me the story once about how he initially came to Thedas. He was out sailing, breaking in his newest fishing ship, when Ulmo, a member of the Valar (a kind of deity in Middle Earth) that has the power over the oceans, caused a deep sleep to come over him and his crew. My father's crew were all conveyed somehow to another ship heading back to Osgiliath. Ulmo then led my father's ship farther out to sea than any other ship from Middle Earth had ever gone. Then, one day out from shore, Ulmo finally awakened Arathorn from his deep sleep and informed him of his purpose here. Arathorn was to find romance here and sire children on this continent that could help with dark times that are coming both here and back in Middle Earth.
My Mother and Father met after he arrived in Thedas at the port of Kirkwall, fell in love, and a few weeks later, got married. One year later, I was born.
I have an older brother back in Gondor named Aragorn Elendil and three younger sisters: Riona, Marian and Bethany. I also have one younger brother, Carver. All of my younger siblings were born in Thedas. Aragorn, of course, was born before our dad met my mother. All of the other siblings were born to mom, but Riona is the only other one of mixed Middle Earth and Thedas blood. Carver and Bethany are twins, Carver is fifteen minutes older than Bethany. The twins and Marian were born after my father left to return to Middle Earth and mother married my step-father, Malcolm Hawke. Myself, Riona and Bethany were born with magic. Magic has always run in my Mother's side of the family, and my step-father's side as well. My step-father is a mage too. In fact, he trained us all in magic.
When I was 3 years old my grandfather and mother got me to train with the Guard-Captain Idrial McKnight who is a close family friend. She trained me as a Rogue, and taught me how to fight with Daggers and Short and Long Bow. At first, she was really only babysitting me, she and my mother would call it "training" just to keep me interested, and it did the trick. She would show me alot of simple sword routines with wooden swords that I would practice frequently. After about a year or so, she began to notice that I had some real potential. By the time I turned 5, she began training me more rigorously so that now I am a full Duelist Rogue thanks to Guard-Captain Idrial. Idrial is one of mother's closest and dearest friends. They have known each other since childhood, and their parents were friends long before either my mother or Idrial were born.
At the age of 7 I showed signs of magic and my step-father taught me how to control my powers and moved the family out of Kirkwall to Ferelden so that I wouldn't be taken away from mother to the Circle Tower of Magi. That is where all the mages are kept once they are found to have magical ability, whether against their will or no, there is no freedom for mages in most of Thedas. Malcolm was able to get out with help from Ser-Maurevar Carver, a Templar.
The Templar Order is a military order of the Chantry that, amongst their duties, hunts apostates (free mages) and maleficarum (apostates who dabble in the dark arts such as blood magic and demon summoning) and watches over the mages from the Circle of Magi. Most of them think that all mages are bad and need to be controlled. That is not fully true, only some of them are. The ones that are evil use illegal magic known as blood magic and are called Maleficar.
Ferelden is a kingdom in southeastern Thedas. It was conquered by Orlais a century ago, when King Darlan ruled, but was freed through the efforts of King Maric Theirin, grandson of the old King Brandel. Maric's son is (the new) King Cailan Theirin.
You will hear more about my family and my adventures, as well as the kingdom of Gondor in Middle Earth, and if you ask nicely, maybe some more about my family history on the Amell and Elendil bloodline. But first, let's back up a bit and I'll tell you about some of my memories from childhood, including my training that I got through the years both with daggers, bows and magic.
