Bard Areck Salva
Known as the first Bard, Areck Salva was one of the first humans to walk the northern regions of Earador. Reportedly, Areck came across a family of elves traveling through their forest. He witnessed their dancing but found something missing. Watching their graceful movements, he found something welling up within him. As his mouth opened, he began to sing in a language neither he nor the elves recognized. The elves, having just suffered the effects of The Forgetting , began to remember how to sing and, although they did not know the words, began to join the man.