Editing Velan

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{{Infobox_character
|species = [[Goblins|Goblin]]
|gender = Male
|status = {{Status|Deceased}}
|name = Velan|aliases = *Velan the Kind
*Goblin King
|occupation = King
|first appearance = [https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/27/2-01-g/ Chapter 2.19 G] (As a Memory)
|affiliation = Goblin’s Lament Company
|residence = [[Baleros]]
|image=M5 goblin king by Butts.png
|caption1=By [[Fanworks/Butts|Butts]]
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'''Velan''', also known as '''Velan the Kind''',''' '''was the most recent [[Goblin Kings|Goblin King]].

==Appearance==
While barely taller than a regular Hobgoblin,<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ Chapter 5.51 G]</ref> Velan was in fine physical condition, as he appeared like a Drathian expert or [Martial Artist] to [[Niers Astoragon]].<ref name=":5" /> 

==Personality==
In his youth, Velan had always dreamed of walking among other races.<ref name=":3.26 G">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/10/24/3-26-g/ Chapter 3.26 G]</ref> He was naturally curious, as shown by his catching and studying of insects. He tried to break what he called "the cycle that bound all of Goblinkind, of violence and retribution."<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ Chapter 5.55 G]</ref> When first meeting [[Niers Astoragon]], he was well-read, well-spoken, and mild-mannered, willing to trade the cure to a disease running rampant. He seemed to draw some amount of amusement from their shock at his possession of a cure.<ref name=":5">[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/21/8-14-n/ Chapter 8.14 N]</ref>

==Background==
He was very interested in insects. He wandered the jungles, caught many different insects, and studied each one before eating them. Some he noticed made him sick, others tasted very well, while some had beneficial effects. Velan shared his discoveries with his friends and tribe and became a [Healer] long before becoming [Chieftain]. He went foraging alone and fought monsters for precious herbs. He made himself stronger by eating and surviving countless poisons and experiments until he could eat Sage's Grass and rarer plants without growing sick.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/03/15/7-12-g/ Chapter 7.12 G]</ref> He'd known about blood transfusions and made crude funnels to aid them.<ref name=":0" />

[Healer] was one of the classes that were eventually merged into his [Chieftain] one.<ref name=":1" /> His tribe had draughts to make a Goblin run for three days straight.<ref name=":0" /> At some point, fifty years before becoming a Goblin King, Velan became a [Great Chieftain] and met with [[Anazurhe]], who tried to convince other Goblin [Chieftains] to support her dream of an academy for Goblins, several times before she left Baleros.<ref name=":2" />

He eventually founded the '''Goblin’s Lament company''' and acted as their leader, gaining a reputation as a sane Goblin Lord and as being more trustworthy than most other companies, as even [[Niers Astoragon]] conceded.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/06/01/5-21-d/ Chapter 6.21 D]</ref> Due to Niers Astoragon's sponsorship, his company was accepted as legitimate, able to negotiate and hold land, rather than viewed as monsters.<ref name=":5" /> The [[Forgotten Wing Company]] benefited as well, as Velan continually shared medicine and cooperated on joint goals. His company was regarded as one of the strongest on the continent and was even considered the unofficial fifth [[Four Great Companies|Great Company of Baleros]].<ref name="S02-pt3">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/23/s02-the-antinium-wars-pt-3/ S02 – The Antinium Wars (Pt.3)]</ref>

As a Goblin Lord, Velan was known for his strength enhancements, but didn't learn to fight until he met [[Greydath]] after crossing a sea.<ref name=":0" /> He ruled for six peaceful and prosperous years. He forged alliances on Baleros. On Izril he made peace with Humans, Gnolls, and Drakes. Unlike now, Goblins were only hunted in very few places.<ref name=":1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/11/07/3-31-g/ Chapter 3.31 G]</ref> He was beloved by all Goblins.<ref name=":3">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/06/14/2-03-g/ Chapter 2.36 G]</ref> Once, he had traveled to Drath and learned secrets about alchemy and the body.<ref name=":2" />

After fulfilling an unknown criterion around ten years before the current day<ref name=":3.26 G" />, Velan became a [Goblin King], dreaming only of death and fire.<ref name=":3.26 G" /> At this point, he stopping working towards peace. He broke 18 treaties of nonaggression, razed the city of Zexil and left no survivors. He was joined by more Goblin Lords and their tribes, and proceeded to utterly destroy more cities on his way to the eastern coast of Baleros, where he built a huge fleet and set sails for Izril at the start of summer. He only left a single message to the company leaders of Baleros, which was: “Vengeance.”<ref name="S02-pt3" />

Across the ocean, his Goblin Lords led similar crusades, pillaging and slaughtering.<ref name=":3.26 G" /> There were at least a hundred thousand Goblins in each army led by them.<ref name=":4" />At sea, he stopped by the [[Isle of Goblins]] to recruit them to his cause, but they refused to join him. On Izril, Velan met with the Goblins [[Anazurhe]]<ref name=":2" /> and [[Tremborag]], both of whom chose not to join his war either. Velan entered the [[High Passes]] with a small force for eight days<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/12/29/5-50-g/ Chapter 5.50 G]</ref> and was granted an audience by [[Teriarch]],<ref name=":0" /> who created [[Velan's Keys|two keys]] for him. He climbed to the top of the High Passes, killing three [[Wyverns|Wyvern]] Lords in the process,<ref>{{VERef|Goblin Days (Pt. 7) – No Answers and Answers}}</ref> and hid his great treasure and the two keys to which he scattered.<ref name=":0" />

He told the young, the old, the pregnant, and those afraid to fight to hide, and took only the warriors, so that Goblins would rise quickly after his death.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/09/08/5-19-g/ Chapter 5.19 G]</ref> His last rampage took place in the [[Blood Fields]], where he led an army of a million Goblins.<ref name=":4">[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/10/23/1-23/ Chapter 1.23]</ref> Seven separate armies opposed him.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/09/07/6-42-e/ Chapter 6.42 E]</ref> His armies swept across the land towards [[First Landing]] in the North, killing everything in sight, when he saw [[Elia Arcsinger]], a Half-Elven archer. Her resemblance to [[Sprigaena]] caused him to hesitate, allowing her to shoot an arrow through his skull.<ref name=":6">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/27/2-01-g/ Chapter 2.19 G]</ref> His last thought before death was regret,<ref name=":6" /> and his last word was "Sprigaena".<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/04/16/interlude-levels/ Interlude - levels]</ref> Velan was at least fifty years old at the time of his death.<ref name=":2">[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/10/03/8-46-g/ Chapter 8.46 G]</ref> [[Magnolia Reinhart]] recovered one of the keys to his treasure from his corpse.

==Powers and Abilities==
Velan was described as "one of the greatest [Alchemists] ever." He created medicines that made his body as strong as any [Warrior].<ref name=":2" /> He was said to be a match for all but the very strongest warriors in the world.<ref name="S02-pt3" /> His demonstrated feat of reaching the peak of the High Passes and surviving, where Teriarch says even dragons feared to go,<ref name=":0" /> places him as one of the most powerful characters of Innworld seen so far.

=== Classes/Levels: ===
* [King] Lv. ?
* [Alchemist] Lv. ?
* [Healer] Lv. ?

=== Skills: ===

== Military Strength ==
Velan led gigantic armies, which consisted of over a million Goblins.<ref name=":4" /> His raiding parties ''alone'' were tens of thousands strong.

=== Goblin Lords ===
During the 2nd Antinium War, Velan ruled over 9 Goblin Lords, each one being on par with any Named Adventurer, with Velan being a match for all but the strongest warriors in the world. Every one of the nine had focused on a different field which set them apart from the other Goblin Lords.<ref name="S02-pt3" />
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| [[Tallis |Tallis the Stormbreaker]]
| Shaman
| Deceased
|- align="center"
| [[Greydath |Greydath of Blades]]
| Warrior
| Alive
|- align="center"
| [[Murmar]]
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| Deceased
|- align="center"
|Thorget the Bowyer
|Archer
| Deceased
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| Deceased
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| Deceased
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| Deceased
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| Deceased
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== Trivia ==
* Velan was looking for the [[Velan's Keys|key]] that is now in Garen's possession, of which two exists, but never could find out what it unlocked.<ref name=":3" /> Although it was said in [[Chapter 5.19 G|Ch 5.19]] that he wasn't looking for the keys as he already had them and was the one that locked something away with them, making this possibly an inconsistency. It could also be that Garen only discovered later the truth because the memories he first saw weren't very clear.
* Velan came to [[Izril]] from across the sea, as did many other Goblins. They fought greater enemies than Drakes and Gnolls and Humans.<ref name=":3.26 G" />
* Velan hated the [[Undead]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/16/4-46/ Chapter 4.46]</ref>

== Quotes ==
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/27/2-01-g/ To his army]) "No quarter! No mercy! The playthings must die! Kill them. Burn them. All that the Gods have wrought must be destroyed."
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/23/s02-the-antinium-wars-pt-3/ To] Courier) <em>“Vengeance.”</em>
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ To] [[Tremborag]]) “Join me, Tremborag.”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ To] [[Tremborag]]) “Very well.”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ To] [[Tremborag]]) “Will you stay here?”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ To] [[Tremborag]]) “Good. Hide here. It will not be many months, before it ends, I think.”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ To] [[Tremborag]]) “We have no purpose. This war is not to create or fill any task. Just to end. Just because must be.”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ To] [[Tremborag]]) “We fulfilled our oaths long ago. We were there when the world betrayed itself. And we brought death to the world in return. We ''won'' that war, though it cost us all. Our family, our people, our King—all of it was worth the price. And now, what remains is vengeance.”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ To] [[Tremborag]]) “Rage consumes me. Stay in your mountain. Let the children hide here. The children and the next. I have failed. All I can do is plant the seeds for the next. If you would be one of them, seek these out.”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ To] [[Tremborag]]) “One day there will be a King again. And they will follow in my footsteps. Forever. Until all Goblins perish or all others do. We cannot help it. <em>We cannot forget. </em>But maybe next time…”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ To] [[Tremborag]]) “Live, Chieftain of the Mountain. Just—live.”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/21/8-14-n/ To] [[Niers Astoragon|Niers]]) ''“Is this not how it is done?”''
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/21/8-14-n/ To] [[Niers Astoragon|Niers]]) ''“Blistering sores? Pops with blood? Yes. I know. My tribe—Goblin’s Lament—had them two weeks ago.”''
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/21/8-14-n/ To] [[Niers Astoragon|Niers]]) ''“Gone.”''
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/21/8-14-n/ To] [[Niers Astoragon|Niers]]) ''“Yes. I have.”''
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/21/8-14-n/ To] [[Niers Astoragon|Niers]]) ''“Luck? I am better?”''
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/21/8-14-n/ To] [[Niers Astoragon|Niers]]) ''“No one asks Goblins for help.”''
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/03/21/8-14-n/ To] [[Niers Astoragon|Niers]]) ''“If you ask, perhaps we can trade. [Strategist]. Will you ask and talk with this Goblin?”''
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/10/03/8-46-g/ To] [[Anazurhe]]) ''“A Goblin academy is good. But where? Gazers have jungles. Dullahans will find you in the north. Underground?"''

== References ==
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