Editing Velan (section)

==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.