See, I'm on time today << what a couple of days off can do for a person XD. And I have a couple more coming (Tuesday and Wednesday), and starting Sunday I have an entire week off. So, currently, things are going well again. Quite well. Except I've gotten hooked on Hyrule Warriors <<. It's making me itch to stitch again, and have the Zelda/Midna work hang on my wall. Midna is AWESOME in Hyrule Warriors. And gorgeous. As is Zelda. Oh how I <3 that game e.e
Ahem. You're not here to listen to me rant about gaming << we've got a new theme coming up! As mentioned last time, this character is tied in with this chapter of Nalyn's life, and is none other than...
Eglen
The High Commander himself. Gods this pic is old.
So, what does Eglen have to do with Aneskia? How does a High Commander come into contact with a simple girl from a largely unknown race? More importantly, in what manner will they meet one another? And,
Who is Eglen?
Who, indeed, is Eglen: a question many have asked themselves, as the purple-haired, purple-eyed Elshir man strove his entire life to remain a mystery to all he came in contact with. With great success, until one fateful evening that the truth of his darkness was exposed - by none other than the King's daughter Taelin, who one day would become his wife.
Back up, rewind. If that didn't make much sense to you: it used to not make sense to them, either XD so here's a longer explanation.
Eglen was born to low nobility: he is the son of a successful merchant, who rose in rank through his trade. One day, this man disappeared without leaving a trace or a note, and as Eglen's mother had long left the scene, he was left in the care of his aunt Aide, who took over her brother's successful trading post. It is worth noting that Eglen never missed his parents, which leads me to believe he never had a true bond with them. But then, he never had a true bond with Aide, either. Eglen is the type of person who prefers animals to people, and thus he was extremely solitary in his youth, and liked it this way. Only one person caught his interest: the King, Eldin Eldein, whose remarkable life was the subject of most books Eglen read. He swore to himself that, one day, he'd go and serve the King, and help him take revenge on the Ilak'ri who murdered the late Queen, Celein.
And Eglen succeeded. First employed as a youth by one of the King's advisors, Eglen rose to power and overtook the advisor's place. How he did so, however, is the cause of his ultimate downfall.
Eglen had known all his life that he was different; but it is in his youth, shortly after making up his mind to leave Aide and travel to the royal city, that he discovered how different he was. One evening, Eglen changed; metamorphosed. Turned into a large beast, took fright, and almost caused his own death. In time, he learned to cultivate this power, which gave him a form to hide within, that of a powerful feline beast with large wings that offered him flight. Through this power he discovered the advisor's treachery, and through his own Elshir-descended power of telekinesis he discovered the truth and blackmailed the advisor into leaving his seat vacant. Then, he managed to persuade the King of his eagerness to serve him, and was promoted advisor in the traitor's stead.
But Eglen's deceit came to the light as well, for the King's daughter's power was one of truth. As Eglen one night tried to take her life while in the form of the beast, so did Taelin one night have a vision of truth that revealed this fact to her.
And instead of having Eglen executed for treason, she had him spared. Long enough for her to get answers; long enough for other, worse treacheries to come to the light, and for Eglen's absolute devotion to the King, her father, to become apparent to her. In a world filled with traitors, Eglen was the least dangerous of them all - to her, and to her father. Needless to say she grew close to him and, to protect herself, demanded him to marry her.
Neither one of them had expected to actually learn to care about one another; nor had they ever expected their lives, entwined until the end, to become divided by the sum of their care...
Eglen and the Novel
Eglen is one of those characters you love to hate (and hate to love, too). The reason I wanted to add him to the novel is quite personal: he went through a hella lot during my roleplay years; this life, he went through a hella lot as well. I want him to get a chance to redeem himself. I want him to get a chance to show there's more to him than a manipulative, deceitful and yet so loyal beast.
At the point in TAoS when Aneskia will meet Eglen, the man is lost in his bestial form. He is a beast, and nothing more - yet Aneskia is capable of sensing something deeper, buried beneath the simple mind of an animal. Old regret. Old pain. Something that strikes a chord within her own heart, that will make her seek out the truth of this peculiar animal. What Eglen will bring to the story, I don't know: he might only get a chance to die protecting someone else; or, he might be a bigger part of the story, and redeem himself some other way. He may not even redeem himself at all. But, I feel like he must have a spot in this story... especially since almost the entire Elshir race abhors the man, and Nalyn is one of the few to have met Eglen in person, though he didn't quite pay attention to him at the time. Needless to say, Nalyn isn't fond of what Eglen represents: the war. Death. Pointless bloodshed and battles. Everything wrong with the Elshir race.
... so I also really want to see them interact << XD
Anything else?
Feel free to ask! There's so much to say about Eglen, but I don't want to tell everything either XD
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