Death of Rottria

Life, Death

Rottria's death is a topic of debate for many, as there are two main ideas of what killed him...

Rottria had become the main adviser to the settlements leaders, deciding not to try to avenge his brother, he had pushed for more Elves to become soldiers, or at least train to learn to fight. He had the Magic users learn and teach as much as they could and the settlement saw good times, trade was as good as ever and the Elves were becoming more spread throughout the land, with tribes sending envoys often. One day Rottria gathered all the leaders together and told them that a threat was coming, although it is known exactly what he thought was coming. He warned of the same thing that killed his brother was coming back for them all but he had a cunning plan to defeat the demon. It is documented that he had almost all the population move to Oldtown and set up a temporary camp there. He and the mages waited in Andlis-Harh for the threat to arrive, but it never did... They waited for days and nothing arrived, eventually some of his followers went against his orders and sent word for the civilians to return. Rottria was apparently still convinced the threat was coming and ran out of the city chasing something, or someone. Stories from those that followed him tell of the Elf being found, beaten, bloody and cut hundreds of times. Less religious Elves and Humans believe this was revenge for the sins Rottria had committed in his life, as it is likely he had made many enemies, this was the belief of the Elves at the time. Those more believing think it was the demon Agamine who had tricked the brother into coming out of the city, making him so paranoid that those around him, including his younger brother didn't believe there was a threat, convincing the Elves that the deaths of the brothers and the problems around Andlis-Harh were not magical, simply criminals, murderers and bandits.