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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" /> | 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,<ref name=":3.26 G" /> | 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 suppressed the will of the First Goblin King with a draught that could put him to sleep temporarily,<ref name=":7">{{VERef|10.36 - Pt. 1}}</ref> and 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: all the weapons, armor and artifacts his tribe | 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 suppressed the will of the First Goblin King with a draught that could put him to sleep temporarily,<ref name=":7">{{VERef|10.36 - Pt. 1}}</ref> and 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: all the weapons, armor and artifacts his tribe aquired from his time as a Goblin Lord and that was looted from Northern Izril and their slain foes.<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. | 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== | ==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 | 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: === | === Classes/Levels: === | ||
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=== Goblin Lords === | === Goblin Lords === | ||
During the | 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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| | |Thorget the Bowyer | ||
| | |Archer | ||
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== Trivia == | == 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 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 [[ | * Velan hated the [[Undead]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/16/4-46/ Chapter 4.46]</ref> | ||
== Quotes == | == Quotes == | ||