Elia Arcsinger

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Elia Arcsinger

By Auspiciousoctopi

Aliases	Kingslayer
Species	Half-Elf
Age	68
Gender	Female
Status	Alive
Affiliation	Arcsinger’s Bows (Disbanded) The Wandering Inn
Family	Capoinelia Arcsinger (Daughter)
Occupation	Adventurer
Residence	Terandria
First Appearance	Chapter 2.19 G (Only as a Memory) Chapter 5.32 G (Official Appearance)

Elia Arcsinger is a Half-Elven Named Adventurer and the Captain of Arcsinger’s Bows. She is famous for having slain the Goblin King, Velan.

Appearance

She is a beautiful half-Elf who appears to be in her late twenties, with golden blonde hair and a pale complexion.

After being burned by her own changed Skill, Elia has faint burn scars all over her body.

Personality

In public, Elia carries herself as a composed and thoroughly professional adventurer, bearing all the dignity expected of her Named-rank. In private, she suffers from imposter syndrome, as her Named-ranked status is entirely from her reputation of killing the Goblin King, and her Skill, [Line-Ender Shot], one of the most powerful archery Skills in the world. Ironically, due to over-reliance of her great Skill, Elia has failed to level since killing Velan the Kind, plateauing at Level 42. Moreover, in order to maintain her reputation as one of the most powerful Named-ranked adventurers, Elia avoids taking on high level engagements, such as turning down requests to hunt down the Kraken Eaters, or requesting to stay on the back lines during the Village of the Dead raid. She is terrified at the idea of someone discovering her secret or facing a high-level opponent. Despite her cowardice, she has never run from a threat.

Elia is often disillusioned, having contemplated multiple times on retiring or returning home to Gaiil-Drome and practicing archery for another decade. After her fall from grace—brought on by a public defeat at the hands of a Gold-ranked adventurer—she seemed relieved that her secret was finally out in the open. She has complete control of her facial expressions to the point of being unreadable to a Thronebearers. Thanks to her [Ranger] class, she possesses a prodigious memory, able to recall even the most obscure details from events years past. As a result, her journal entries are sparse prompts stripped of details and description.

She loves spicy food, as the cuisine of her home nation does not utilize many spices.

Background

Elia hails from Gaiil-Drome. She had her daughter Capoinelia when she was still a Bronze-ranked adventurer. She brought her back to live with her family while Elia went out to earn money for them both.

Elia was a Silver-ranked adventurer who participated in the Second Antinium War. During Velan the Kind's final charge, she was among the line of archers desperately firing arrows at the seemingly invulnerable Goblin. However, just when he was upon her, Velan looked at Elia, whose resemblance to Sprigaena the Traitor of Elves caused him to hesitate, leaving him open for Elia's arrow to ram through his head, killing the Goblin King. She reached level 40 with this feat, gaining the [Line-Ender Shot] Skill.

Afterwards, the half-Elf’s fame for killing the Goblin King resulted in Elia Arcsinger becoming known as one of the greatest Named Adventurers of the current age. She was invited to every nation, and travelled for two years, being celebrated and showing off her capstone Skill. However, she was forced back into adventuring when her fame started fading and she no longer received free food or lodging. There were ample jobs for her, and she formed Arcsinger's Bows. Seeing how expensive the team was, she considered adventuring alone until her daughter, which she hadn't seen for twenty years, decided to join her as an adventurer. They've adventured together for six years.

She's fought Adult Crelers four times in her career, though with ample support.

Chronology

Volume 5

Elia and her team where among the adventurers hired by Tyrion Veltras, who she had a special arrangement with, to deal with the Goblin Lord. Her presence was used to vacate Dwarfhalls Rest of Goblins. Later, while still in the mountain, Greydath threw a sword at her, which she intercepted midair, to draw the adventurers attention on Garen Redfang while he left without being seen. Elia helped drive the Goblins towards Liscor, and hit Tremborag with an arrow before Tyrion rode to kill him to stop the Goblin infighting the Chieftain caused, which could wear out the Goblin forces too much before reaching Liscor.

Volume 7

Elia met Ceria and Pisces, who initially didn't recognize her, at Invrisil's Adventurer's Guild after they reached Gold-rank.

When members of the Kraken Eater Tribe escaped a circus in Invrisil and started killing, Elia was there and killed them as they faced her. She pursued the last Goblin, Nolocks, to the Wandering Inn, but could not harm him in the establishment. However, Elia stated that the Goblins took children hostage and killed them. Nolocks was made to leave the inn through Numbtongue's mining cave, and Elia pursued. Nolocks waited to ambush his pursuers rather than flee and was killed.

Volume 8

Elia and her team participated in the Village of the Dead raid. She requested to Ceria that her team not only be placed in the backline with the other ranged combatants, but that they didn't advance into dangerous engagements for the sake of her daughter. She killed Undead Giants when the adventurers breached the inner Village, but refused to duel the Archer Revenant. Afterwards, she and her team argued for their share of the loot with the other adventurers.

Volume 9

Elia and her team were pushing to gain a relic-class item from the raid's loot, or even the Helm of Fire, but Ceria pressured her back, threatening to damage Elia's reputation and even challenge her to a public duel if she protested her decision. Elia backed down and agrees to her plan on how to divide the loot instead.

Elia and her team were invited to the Djinni's Spoon in Invrisil by Lord Xitegen Terland. He and other nobles hired her to slay the Goblinlands in Riverfarm. The plan was that Arcsinger's Bows would run reconnaissance on the target, and then the nobles would back her up in two days to attack. Arcsinger's Bows hired Spoken Vow and Cosmenaut the Duelist of First Landing for the job. Elia also tried to hire Halrac, but he refused, so they were forced to confine him. When the attack on the Goblinlands began, they clashed with a freed Halrac, Normen Callesn and the rest of the newly formed Order of Solstice. In the ensuing battle, she dueled Halrac, who proved to be nearly her equal. When Elia was about to use her [Line-Ender Shot], Halrac hit her with his arrow that had a piece of the Grand Design's heart. It altered her Skill to [Line-Ending Inferno], creating a pillar of fire that nearly burned her alive, though Normen managed to pull her to safety. After the battle, she was taken to the Healer of Tenbault for healing.

Volume 10

After Elia's disgrace, Arcsinger's Bows disbanded from incurring multiple debts. A reluctant Lyonette du Marquin extended an offer of employment to Elia as security at The Wandering Inn. Though extremely reluctant to be employed alongside Goblins and Antinium, Elia agreed to a one-night contract, which involved her standing guard during a poker game involving dangerous people such as Rhisveri Zessoprical, Tolveilouka Ve’delina Mer, Demsleth, and Taletevirion. After the game, she leveled for the first time in years, convincing her to stay for the time being. She started to train Bird.

Calescent tried to "poison" Elia numerous times by spiking her food with dangerously increasing amounts of death spice, but much to the [Spice Chef's] confusion and despair, the half-Elf [Ranger] would always finish her meals with enjoyment, thanks to her spice tolerance being augmented by her Amulet of Fire Resistance. Elia tried quitting after she was ambushed by a rogue group of Goblins from Goblinhome. However, she was convinced to stay by Mrsha, who showed her the statue of Sprigaena in the [Garden of Sanctuary], as well as revealing the secrets of the [Palace of Fates]. With the help of Nanette's (unwanted) intervention and the [World's Eye Theatre], Elia showed her memory of her slaying Velan the Kind to the audience of Goblins, the inn's staff, and Drassi Tewing.

Powers and Abilities

Despite her status as one of the greatest Named Adventurers in the world, Elia has mostly maintained her rank by dint of fame and reputation of killing the Goblin King. While she possesses one of the most powerful archery Skills in the world, she has failed to level for decades.

Classes/Levels:

• [Nemesis of Goblins, Ranger of Renown] Lv. 43
  • Derived from [Markswoman] → [Goblinbane Markswoman] → [Renowned Archer of Goblin’s Demise].

Skills:

• [120% Draw]
• [Anchoring Shot]
• [Arrow of the Traveller]
• [Bane Arrows]
• [Explosive Arrow]
• [Great Enemy: Goblin]
• [Greenbane Arrow]
• [Impact Arrow]
• [Instant Arrow]
• [Line-Ending Inferno]
  • Replaced from [Line-Ender Shot]
• [Natural Foe: Translate Language (Low Goblin)]
• [Piercing Shot]
• [Ranged Dodge]
• [Repositioning Leap (30 Feet)]
• [Seeker Arrow]
• [Terror of My Name]

Equipment

• Bow of Izril’s Shores - Almost Relic-class golden bow that glows brightly with a fierce, silvery light. Nowadays, people call it Arcsinger's Bow.

Trivia

• While she appeared for the first time as a memory in Ch 2.19 G, her identity was revealed in S02 – The Antinium Wars (Pt.5).
• She generally resides on Terandria where she is constantly hailed as a hero, but she occasionally travels to combat the Goblin threat, to which the public considers as her mandate in life.
• Her daughter Capoinelia is a member of her team. She was unaware of Elia's true strength, or rather the lack of it.
• The fact that Elia is weaker than her reputation indicates was first implied by Grimalkin, who had laughed at the idea of Elia being on the Sinew Magus's list of people who can kill him.
• Many modern half-Elves style themselves on her looks.
• Elia has refused every contract that would bring her close to the Kraken Eater Tribe and their leader.
• Her age was revealed to be barely sixty-eight years old in Interlude – Levels.

Quotes

• (To Ceria) “What happened to your hand?”
• (To Ceria) “My name is Elia Arcsinger. Named Adventurer and Captain of Arcsinger’s Bows.”

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  Elia Arcsinger by Auspiciousoctopi