El'Isomithir
| El'Isomithir | |
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| Title(s): | Lord |
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| Gender: | Male |
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El'Isomithir (also known as Lord El'Isomithir) was a councillor of the Ka'lian. He was among those who gave Prince Haldric land on which to settle. He came to the defense of the human Kingdom of Wesnoth years later. He was killed in a civil war by elves who defected to Landar.
Biography
Human settlement
| So you come to steal our land? We know your kind, humans of the west-north. |
| —Lord El'Isomithir accuses Prince Haldric of invasion. |
El'Isomithir was a member of the Ka'lian at the time of Haldric's arrival at the Great Continent. During a meeting of the Ka'lian in the Grey Woods, Lady Dionli brought before them a group of human refugees. Lord Logalmier asked why they had been brought to the council, and she spoke of their plight. He was initially hostile to the humans, but later reconsidered and offered them land provided that they could complete four quests. He tasked Haldric with traveling to the Isle of Tears and laying to rest the undead souls of his once elvish kin. Haldric carried out this task, earning El'Isomithir's gratitude. When all four quests had been completed, El'Isomithir agreed to give the plains around the Great River and the hills to the south of the Great River. He also witnessed the creation of a 'Pact of Mutual Aid', such that when the elves were in need, the humans would come to their aid.[1]
When the humans had left, Logalmier revealed that orcs had made landfall on the Great Continent. El'Isomithir agreed to Lord Aryad's proposal to break the pact with the humans if it became strategic to do so. Unknown to him, Lady Jessene eavesdropped on their conversation and was able to alert Haldric to the Ka'lian's betrayal.[2]
Unrest and civil war
| King Haldric has broken the treaty we signed with him eleven years ago, and has sent back all our emissaries. When he arrived on our shore he was very humble, but now his arrogance knows no bounds. |
| —Lord El'Isomithir fulminates over King Haldric's lack of diplomacy. |
Some time after Haldric became the first King of Wesnoth, the elvish emissaries were sent away, vexing El'Isomithir greatly. The orcs became particularly hostile towards the elves, such that they claimed elvish land,[3] even mounting an offensive against the Ka'lian itself. El'Isomithir managed to hold out until Kalenz arrived and drove back the orcs.[4] The orcs attacked a second time, but El'Isomithir succeeded in defeating them once more.[5]