Amathavel is a Sun Elf that is out of time, a relic from a bygone era - an Elf who remembers when the lands were dominated by the Tel-Quessir and vast forests & now both are few and far between. He also bears a dark past, a past long forgotten.

He travels to learn more of this world, its dominant race of Men & of what is left of Elven influence and any remnants of that dark past he hides.

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