Eltharion the Grim

Eltharion the Grim is the Warden of the lonely city of Tor Yvresse, and among the most tragic and dutiful heroes of the High Elves. Once a carefree youth, he was hardened into grim resolve by a lifetime of loss and grinding responsibility, and he now bears the defence of his half-empty city as an unbreakable, joyless oath. Clad in fine armour and often masked, he rides the great griffon Stormwing to war and wields an enchanted blade and a sorcerous helm that lets him strike down foes with a single glance. Eltharion has achieved deeds that would make legends of other elves and thinks nothing of them, for he measures himself only by his duty, which he has never once failed to discharge, however bitter the cost. He drove the greenskin warlord Grom from the walls of Tor Yvresse, led a doomed war of vengeance into the dark elf city of Naggarond and returned when none believed he could, and has spent his long life expending himself, without complaint, in defence of a realm that seems always to be fading. Stern, brooding, and utterly reliable, he is the very soul of elven duty.