Editing Nytorion Elves (section)

= History =
''Compiled by the Fyelin of Inhelond''

The history of the Nytorion Elves began with the scattered settlement of Ilus, some thousands of years ago. Fables and stories believe Teithedir Nytorion to be the founder of these settlements, but records were scarce at the time and many among my Fyelin peers do not believe he survived the journey. I happen to disagree as a matter of historical exegesis, and I believe the evidence they discard as insufficient applied elsewhere would lead to the doubt of many of our other, more certain conclusions. Teithedir, the admirable Captain of the Garrison, ordained the House of Elsalor as the first rulers of that cabal of villages and towns. From then on, they would rule the Kingdom until the modern day. 

The first King of Nytorion was Esgalion the Guiding. Esgalion built the Citadel of Inhelond, the city I am now entrusted with. Tall, white spires marked the magnificence of the early period of Nytorion history. King Esgalion led expeditions deep into the southern isles of Ilus, making contact with the more savage lizardfolk who lived there. He was a ruler dedicated to the idea of coexistence, for the sake of protecting his people and guiding them under Ithryn’s light. That goal was achieved. Peace prevailed for a thousand years, for Esgalion and his sons. 

Historians, from the Othalnor persuasion and charge, assign to this period the descriptor of cowardice. They have decried the ancestors of Elsalor this way, by delegitimizing the families who advised them. I will not comment on their descriptions or accusations, only to explain that the period of Esgalion and his descendants saw the rise of many small conflicts with native groups of beasts present on the Ilusian continents. The records describe them as an amalgamation of beast and man, an unholy manifestation of the old darkness witnessed at the Penn River. 

After three thousand years, the Kingdom had seen the comings and goings of Esgalion and three generations of his children. The Kingdom saw relative prosperity under their rule. I depart from my colleagues in delineating the Period of Esgalion from its successor. Others do not establish a break in history between the Line of Esgalion and the Line of Melethron, believing that the spirit that animated the latter had established itself in the interim. The view holds merit, but I believe that the spirit of the period can only be established in the Kingship of Melethron, whose ascent marked a change in rule from the moderation of Emrenlond to the initiative of Oshalnor. His politicking could be described as one of patronage. High-statured Oshalnor families were offered station in the King’s court, to the detriment of traditional understandings that a King should balance his appointments between the factions. 

King Melethron expanded the Kingdom’s borders over the next thousand years, conquering three islands belonging to the Kingdom of Ulhethyr. He is responsible, in my summation, for the foreign perception of Nytorion as an expansionist power. Detractors from his political opposition noted his lack of restraint, and he was frequently called to the Ahenor to answer for accusations that he consorted with dark powers to win his victories. Such has been a typical accusation levied at Oshalnor Kings, but has never been proven. I will not dabble in what is considered by most Fyelin as baseless. 

The Line of Melethron saw the reign of five kings, who were assigned to the heritage by their commitment to the expansion of the Mandate. They significantly expanded the power of the Ahenor and Fyelin, some kings using the Fyelin to accuse their political foes of collaborating with foreign powers. The Fyelin in Inhelond agree, the Line of Melethron offered pause to an otherwise noble mission. The vice of power corrupted Melethron’s first son, and the son to succeed him. They took their Mandate as a means to erase the power of the other two factions, only stopped in their march by the restraint of Melethron’s great grandsire and his later offspring.