Nerdu'shae Yggdrasa
The Erlking of the Forest Elves in Mourning
King Nerdu 'shae Yggdrasa (a.k.a. The Erlking)
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Being an Elf, King Nerdu is lean and agile, and his body lacks large amounts of muscle mass compared to other races. He is tall, lanky, but moves quickly and with supernatural grace as befits the King of the Elves. Though he is growing increasingly ancient with every passing year, his body remains timeless and eternal and accumulates no health issues nor signs of aging.
Identifying Characteristics
Most identifying on King Nerdu is his iconic Elvish royal tattoos that decorate his neck and chin area, as well as his shoulders. His bone white hair is also fairly unique amongst his people, and is another of his identifying features.
Special abilities
King Nerdu is a druid of significant power, and has a command of nature's might that almost no other magic caster alive today can match as well as a breadth of experience that exceeds a dozen Human lifetimes.
Apparel & Accessories
King Nerdu is usually found wearing simple and loose-fitting robes and other flowing garments that are usually constructed out of leaves, animal hides, or shells from other creatures take from nature. He usually carries a simple wooden staff both for walking and his magecraft.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
The legendary Erlking who rules the entire Elvenwood as his domain. Said to be the only Elf in living memory old enough to remember and to have been present for the Creation of the Plantfort eons ago, and also famously considered to be one of the only remaining high elves on the Prime Material Plane. Because of the secrecy and silence with which the Elvenwood Guards its borders, next to nothing is otherwise known about him...though, he has revealed himself to the world several hundred years prior to present day on one occasion, where he brought an end to the Age of Warring States by being the driving force behind the establishment of the Elvenwood Concords, which bound the nations of the world to an era of peace, of Penitence, as repayment for the atrocities they committed in the Age of Warring States that led to the death of his wife, the former Elven Queen.
He has been silent in the several hundred years of silence that has passed since the Age of Penitence's beginning, during which he has sired a couple more children and continued to lead his people through this current age of seclusion and silence as he has for countless eons.
Sexuality
Heterosexual
Education
Due to his extreme age, King Nerdu was one of the last of the Forest Elves to have been raised and educated both within the Elvenwood and outside of it, in the libraries of the outside world. He was tutored by the finest Elven and Human scholars in the histories and topics of both cultures.
Accomplishments & Achievements
None remain alive today even among the Elves who can remember the most distant and earliest of King Nerdu's accomplishments, but from what is remembered he led the Forest Elves through the latter years of the world-shaking calamity known as the Advent of The Unraveler, through the entire Age of Heroes, and eventually brought an end to the Age of Warring states when he became the driving force behind The Elvenwood Accords, which brought peace to an entire Age of conflict and ushered the world into the current age, the Age of Penitence.
Failures & Embarrassments
The greatest of King Nerdu's failures came with the death of his beloved wife and queen during the signing of The Elvenwood Accords, where she was assassinated by underworld agents who had snuck into the meeting in an attempt to undermine the peace treaty. He perceives his wife's death as his own failure and his misplaced faith in the mortal races, as he had forgone a guard contingent out of respect for the foreign leaders at the conference.
Mental Trauma
He is notoriously haunted by his wife's death and the Age of Warring States, which he sees as a tragedy that he let go on too long out of apathy and his people's innate desire to sit at the sidelines and watch the outside world go by.
Morality & Philosophy
King Nerdu believes in balance above all things, and in all aspects of life. He believes that law has its place, as does chaos, and likewise do good and evil need to coexist as one cannot exist without the other. He is fair and level-headed but disdains the extremes of morality as the follies of younger or shorter-lived races, and instead views the world as a mere extension of nature: A vicious place where death and tragedy can be commonplace, but where life and vibrancy abound and are just as common. The need to balance both, he believes, is what makes a true king and a perfect being.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Dreams to bring the world into perfect balance(But knows how unreachable that goal is). Wishes to teach the outside world and other races the value of restraint and living in harmony with one's people and with nature. Wants to put an end to any and all conflicts that he can.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Extremely good with druidic magic and technique, good negotiator and diplomat. Very good with people of all different personalities and clashing interests, good at dealing with chaos. Bad at doing things for 'fun' and just enjoying himself, or 'hanging out'. Bad with jokes and humor.
Likes & Dislikes
Likes work, seriousness, nature, and balance. Dislikes jokes, humor, extreme morality, those who speak without thinking, or those refuse to take advice from their elders.
Virtues & Personality perks
Infinitely patient, and unfathomably wise. Has a breadth of life experience few others can match. Understanding and accepting of many things. Is almost impossible to truly annoy or anger.
Vices & Personality flaws
Sees many non-elves as children and has a hard time respecting them, considering their short lives and experiences. Believes he knows best for most creatures, borders on arrogance or condescension.
Hygiene
Much like his personal life and beliefs, King Nerdu is fastidiously clean and believes that a tidy body, house, and environment is a clean and ordered mind and is representative of one's personality.
Social
Family Ties
King Nerdu has many kinds whom he sired with his wife before she was murdered, and 2 sons and 2 daughters.
Religious Views
King Nerdu is a huge proponent of balance and life in harmony with nature and surroundings, and is a faithful follower of Gregaia, Lord of the Wild.
Social Aptitude
Confident and extremely well-spoken in front of large crowds and large groups of many different people. Excellent at negotiating and speaking before others he believes are his equal in societal standing or other standings. Is deadly serious in almost all situations.
Wealth & Financial state
King Nerdu lays no claim to the wealth of his people or his nation, and instead notoriously only uses and has things and belongings that he absolutely needs. He lives in relatively spartan conditions and is often somewhat penniless in his personal life, adamantly refusing to use his resources as king in his personal life. As such, he lives a life not unlike a miser or vagrant when not within the walls of his palace.
Species
Honorary & Occupational Titles
The Erlking, The Oaken King, Our Lord in Mourning
Year of Death
2042 AF
Circumstances of Birth
Born sometime before the Age of High Humanity. Assumed to be at least 5,500 years old.
Birthplace
Unknown. This information has been lost to time.
Children
Current Residence
The Elvenwood
Gender
Male
Eyes
Leaf Green
Hair
Medium length, messy, bone white
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale White
Height
1.75m
Weight
88kg
Quotes & Catchphrases
1000 years of mourning for me, and for my people. A millennia of penance for the mortal races for their sins of unending war.
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