Notable Figures, Historic and Present
Sylvire Nasazura - Sylvire Nasazura was a powerful and ancient sorceress hailing from the lost realm of Aelora, and the last surviving member of the Elysian Vanguard from her age. When the Sealed One’s forces first rose up and overran Aelora, she fled with the artefacts that could unseal his prison, swearing to later return and liberate her homeland.
Isolated on a library demiplane, years passed as she sought to find her way beyond the veil that had cut Aelora off from the rest of Valore. When she finally made her way to Terra, it was she who formed the Elysian Vanguard anew, eventually leading it through the Orsa of Teriminus conflict and back to Aelora to conquer the Sealed One once and for all.
With her task complete, the ancient sorceress passed from the world peacefully.
Rhea - At the resolution of the Elysian Vanguard’s war against the Orsa of Terminus, its age-old purpose had been fulfilled. With the Sealed One defeated, and Sylvire passed on, the Order teetered on the brink of disbandment. It was Rhea who brought together the surviving remnants of the Vanguard and gave them new purpose. The Sealed One had been felled, but the world would always have need of heroes. Ever the humanitarian, Rhea saw to it that when that call was sounded, the Vanguard would be there to answer it once more.
Arrow - Arrow was amongst the founding members of the Valoran Elysian Vanguard, and saw the Orsa of Terminus conflict through to its end. During his time in Aelora, the young knight was visited by a powerful fey spirit known as Le’thorian, and tasked with becoming her champion. After the Sealed One’s defeat, Arrow departed from the Vanguard in order to found the Knights of Le’thorian in her name, as a force for good in Aelora amidst the uncertainty and chaos that followed the end of the blight.
Blessed with longevity by his lady, Arrow has stood as Grandmaster of the Knights of Le’thorian for the better half of a century, but he has not forgotten his allies in the Vanguard, nor forsaken those oaths. He has recently returned to Valore to answer the Vanguard’s call for aid, leaving the Knights in the capable hands of one of his subordinate commanders, and bringing with him a small contingent of Knights to assist his old friends.
Aeryn - One of the first to be chosen by Sylvire to form her new Vanguard, Aeryn was a hotheaded teenager when first entrusted with the protection of one of the artefact keys. Whether this was an error in judgement or if the sorceress saw the potential in him is unclear. While he might have a big mouth, he has a bigger heart, and in the end gave very nearly everything for the cause.
Aeryn isn’t a native of Valore, hailing instead from the twin realm of Lustre. During the Orsa conflict he was banished back to his home plane, and forced to seek a way back to Valore from there. In the process, he championed a rebellion against the realm’s tyrant king, and restored the upset balance between the mirrored kingdoms of Silver and Gold. To quote him, “the bastard was in the way”.
In the years since the Orsa conflict, and as a byproduct of being forced to step up and lead an army, Aeryn has grown a lot from the hotheaded teenager he once was. Whilst he retains his bluster and joviality, his old recklessness is now tempered by experience and responsibility.
Elante Vadrillion - Elante was originally brought into the Orsa conflict by the involvement of his then-lover, Aeryn. Something of a prodigy mage specialising in a combination of celestial and summoning magics, Elante was invaluable to the Vanguard in his own right, and after Aeryn was banished he remained at Sylvire’s side to see the conflict through. He was able to enlist the aid of Academia Celestia, where he had trained, which was ultimately pivotal in the Vanguard’s victory.
Following the Sealed One’s defeat, Elante took on a key role in the reconstruction of the Vanguard’s presence on Valore, alongside Rhea, Rynhart and Scarlet. With the disappearance of the former two and Scarlet’s obligations to her academy, Elante was left as the lone leader of the Vanguard for a time - a responsibility he simply couldn’t shoulder. Now, with the return of Sylvire, he remains on the council of Elders despite his young age.
Rynhart - Brother to Rhea, Rynhart played a strong role in the defeat of the Sealed One alongside other renowned figures as Sylvire, Elante, Arrow, and many more. When Rhea took up the mantle of rekindling the Elysian Vanguard to greater heights and new purposes, Rynhart remained for a time at the temple serving as an instructor until wanderlust called him away. His departure did not come as a great surprise to those closest to him though as his absences had been growing greater and greater with the passing of time until he simply parted ways. Two years passed without sign or word of his movements until he was sighted recently engaging in a cataclysmic battle that tore the city of Westeria usunder. His current location remains unknown, but his reputation remains ingrained deeply into those of the Order who he once fought alongside.
Sarael Nasazura - A member of the surviving remnants of Sylvire’s own House in Aelora, Sarael is an elven mage of great talent. A graduate of Amarathia’s prestigious Nasazura Academy, he possesses a wealth of academic knowledge on magic and related fields, as well as on more common fields such as history, mathematics and literature. He lived through many of the events that led to the formation of the Vanguard as it exists today, and is one of the most learned members of the order regarding its history prior to the Sealed One’s rise.
Sarael has taken to offering lessons on both the order’s history and on magic - academic or otherwise - since the influx of new students. Though his wealth of knowledge is great, his teaching style can be a little haphazard and prone to deviating off on tangents.
Whisper - Whisper, though once chosen by Sylvire herself to stand with the Elysian Vanguard against the Void, now serves only as a cautionary tale to the unwary among the Order that even devout servants of the Light can fall victim to the Void’s taint. Young and full of promise, Whisper was corrupted by the demon Nyx which led to her betrayal, and ultimately her expulsion from the Elysian Vanguard for her actions.
Taima - [Pending]