The Broken Council (The Guardian Chronicles 1) (31 page)

DARK ELVES

The kingdom of Meleirélnar
is the subterranean home of the long forgotten dark elves.
 
They were thought to be exiled for their
genocide of the Eldar.
 
They had been
cursed by the guardians to never be able to travel above ground.
 
Their powers are frightening and not fully
understood.
 
It is believed that they
made a deal with the keeper for their powers and that the impatient one had
called due their bargain.

LORD TYRILORIEL TYRIENWALKER
(
Death
Walker
)

He stands over
seven feet seven inches tall and weighs in at three hundred pounds.
 
He is the most powerful magic wielder and
will do absolutely anything to get more power.

MASTER JEVON SHADOWIN
(
Shadow
Walker
)

He stands over
seven feet tall and weighs in rather light at two hundred pounds.
 
He is powerful in underworld magic and his
ruthless creativity has helped him advance his career.

CAPTAIN TYRIAN TYRIANAL

He is the
captain of the home guard.
 
He stands
just over seven feet tall and weighs two hundred fifty pounds.
 
He has long silver hair with no facial
hair.
 
He is always looking for a way to
better his standing.

DWARVES

Dwell in the
mountain regions in central Tuwa.
 
They
are a sturdy race that are anywhere from 3’ to 5’ tall.
 
The men always have beards while the women,
contrary to popular belief, do not have beards.
 
They are just as sturdy and strong.
 
The lifespan of most dwarves is anywhere from seven to one thousand
years old.
 
They are surprisingly
resistant to most poisons.

KING EDRIC
(
Prosperous
Ruler
)
NOGNILI

He is a short
and over plump monarch of the island mountain kingdom of Ennis.
 
His long black and gray hair and beard are
braided with a wide variety of gems.
 
His
clear blue eyes always have a lustful or glutinous look to them.
 
He is the wealthiest king of all the dwarven
kingdoms.
 
He is very protective of his
wealth and his people.
 
He tends to be a
bit of an isolationist.

GENERAL CHAD
(
Battle,
Warrior
)
THIRMIK

He is the same
size as General Magnar, though his hair is reddish brown.
 
He has unnerving beady black eyes.
 
He leads the armies of King Edric and is
known for his advanced battle tactics.
 
He has defended against armies many times larger than all the forces at
his command and has come out on top with minimal losses.

KING JARVIS
(
A
Conqueror
)
DAGNOLIR

He is an
average sized dwarf with long silver hair and beard that he braids on a regular
basis.
 
He has gray depthless eyes that
give him the ability to read the minds of anyone who locks eyes with him.
 
He is zealous in his fight against the evils
in the world and does not wait for other to join his fight before he takes the
battle to where evil resides.
 
His
mountain kingdom of Mount Carrack (
A Rock
)
is the best defended capital in all of Tuwa.

GENERAL GIDEON
(
Great
Warrior
)
HAVRAK

The general is
the tallest dwarf standing at five feet four inches tall.
 
He is also immense in size at over three
hundred fifty pounds.
 
He has long silver
hair and beard that he braids.
 
He has
unusual eyes that appear to be silver in the dark.
 
He leads the armies of King Jarvis.

KING KASIM
(
Controller
of anger
)
THOKRÖG

As the monarch
of the most interactive kingdom of dwarves, he stands a little taller than his
contemporaries.
 
He has brilliant red
hair and beard that is braided with metal bands.
 
He is renowned because of the length of his
beard that reaches all the way to his toes.
 
His reddish brown eyes emanate death to those that are foolish enough to
look him in the eye.
 
He engages in free
trade with the almost anyone.
 
His
kingdom is found on Mount Adem (
Red Earth
).
 
His people revere the guardians as gods.

GENERAL MAGNAR
(
Strength
Warrior
)
DAGGOLIN

Standing five
feet tall and weighing over three hundred pounds, this dwarven general is known
best for his bright red hair.
 
He braids
both his beard and hair.
 
He leads the
fearsome armies of King Kasim.

THANOS
(
Bear
and Man
)
THRARGOIN

He stands five
foot tall and weighs around two hundred fifty pounds.
 
He has long flowing white hair and
beard.
 
His stark black eyes immediately
catch everyone’s attention.
 
He is one of
the most powerful druids when it comes to shape shifting.
 
He changes into a huge white bear.
 
He assists the army led by General Magnar.

COMMANDER GILES
(
Youthful,
bearded one/shield bearer
)
BOBRILIR

He is very
small for a dwarven warrior standing at an average four feet tall.
 
He only weighs in at two hundred pounds and
is considerable agile because of his size.
 
His blue and gray eyes have the ability to see far above or below
ground.
 
He is charged with the defense
of King Kasim’s mountain fortress.

MASON
(
Stone Worker
)
BARDOMLI

The stout dwarf
stands just less than five feet tall and weighs about two hundred and fifty
pounds.
 
He has a long beard that has to
tuck into his belt when working.
 
His
black beard and hair has a shiny quality to it.
 
He has dark brown eyes.
 
He is
famous for his stone work and is highly sought after as a result.
 
It is also said that anything he builds can
never truly be destroyed and never ages.

ORION
(
Son of Fire/Light
)
THRORI

Standing nearly
four foot eight inches tall, his gray hair and beard speaks volumes of the many
years he had worked forges of the dwarven kingdoms.
 
He has sharp brown eyes that sees further
than any of his kin.
 
He also has had the
rare pleasure of making armor for the guardians.

LORD NARIKO
(
Thunder
)
KROMNÖG

He is bigger
than he fellow druid Thanos and has brown hair and beard.
 
His eyes are dark brown and he has the
uncanny ability to cause fear in anyone who looks at him.
 
Nariko carriers a wide variety of weapons in
addition to his ability to transform into a huge brown bear.
 
He also is quite adept at healing.

GIANTS

The nation of
giants is a historically tribal.
 
They
tend to live slightly longer than the men of Tuwa by living up to two hundred
years.
 
Not many giants live that long
because of the harsh environment of their home land of Burien (
Near the Woods
).
 
There are five tribes that make their home in
Burien and they do not interact much until the war of the races.
 
They range in height from as short as nine
feet all the way up to twenty feet tall.
 
Their weight is considerable…ranging from as little as seven hundred
pounds up to nearly three thousand pounds.
 
Their skin makes them immune to magic and poison attacks.

KING ANGUS
(
Unique
Strength
)
VOKIAS

He is the first
king of the nation of giants.
 
He stands
just over sixteen feet tall and weighs a massive three thousand five hundred
pounds.
 
He has eyes that are black as
night along with black hair that is very short.
 
He does have a wicked looking black goatee that he trims in a way to
intimidate others.
 
He wears full body
plated armor that makes his nearly invincible.
 
His weapons are based on whatever he gets his hands on.
 
His strength and fighting prowess is what
makes his the perfect giant king.

GENERAL LANG
(
Tall
One
)
EMASAR

He stands
exactly sixteen feet tall and weighs in at three thousand pounds.
 
He acts as King Angus’ general over the giant
combined armies.
 
He has rugged brown
hair that goes to the middle of his back.
 
He wields an enormous war mace along with gigantic spears.
 
His voice is so loud and sonorous that it
literally shakes the ground.

COMMANDER GERODI
(
Hero
or Hill
)
RAMUNUS

He stands
sixteen feet tall and is smaller than his counterparts.
 
He has long platinum blond hair and absolutely
no facial hair.
 
He has dark green eyes
that inspire respect and fear from his enemies.
 
He is considered to be the mightiness warrior and leads the warriors for
the unified giant nation.
 
He wields a
huge war hammer and is one the few giants to use a bow.

COMMANDER BOAZ
(
Swift,
Strong
)
DRELIUS

He is about the
same height and weight as commander Gerodi.
 
He has dirty blond hair and goatee which made him young looking.
 
His blue eyes engender trust and loyalty from
his followers.
 
He carriers spears, an impressive
long bow, and daggers, which are the size of long swords.
 
He leads the artillery regiments of the
combined giant army.

CAPTAIN EDGAR
(
Great
Spearman
)
DREVICK

He is only
fifteen feet tall and almost two thousand eight hundred pounds.
 
He has long silver hair down to the middle of
his back that is offset by his silver goatee.
 
He also has strange silver eyes that make it possible for him to see
through weather.
 
He is legendary in his
abilities with spears.

LORD MARCELLO
(
Brave
)
ZOMIRIA

He is about the
same size as his counterparts and has unusually red colored hair.
 
His hair is curly and his goatee is fiery red
and coarse.
 
His reddish brown eyes are
fiery and at the same time they also had a tranquil quality.
 
He had a battle staff is the size of a small
tree.
 
He is the only giant that has the
ability to wield any kind of magic.
 
He
commands all the elements to a certain degree.
 
His magical attacks are legendary for creativity.
 
He leads the giant siege warriors and is also
the head of the king’s guard.

MEN

The race of men
is relatively young compared to the other free races of middle Tuwa.
 
There are three different kingdoms of men all
of which are ruled by a monarch.
 
They
range in height from five foot five inches tall to six foot 10 inches.
 
They range in weight from one hundred to four
hundred pounds.
 
They average life span
is from one hundred to one hundred fifty years old.
 
Though they live shorter than the other races
and are more susceptible to disease, they are the fiercest warriors in middle
Tuwa.

KING DEREK
(
Famous
Ruler
)
UDRUGI

He is the
monarch of the Kingdom of Aran (
Forest
).
 
He stands six foot four inches tall and
weighs two hundred fifty pounds.
 
He has
short brown hair as well as a brown goatee.
 
He has startling blue eyes that showed genuine warmth and concern for
his people.
 
His people have a strong
kinship with the woodland elves of Renshaw.

GENERAL SANJAY
(
Protector
)
SHOWIA