Archibald Olander

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Born to a small family living in isolation around the central regions of Regalia, Archibald was raised to be self sufficient and live off the lands. Using the skills taught to him in his youth, he set out on his own at age 18 and began traveling the region; developing an interest in the wooded areas around him, specifically the Boskwood.

While he and the Eladrin of the wood were at first wary of one another, they eventually gained a mutual understanding through shared reverence for the forest. Archibald eventually became an ambassador of sorts, relaying communications and other news between the Eladrin village of Sylvas and the Human towns near the Boskwood: Dawston and Silas.

Eventually relations between these communities soured as the Eladrin viewed the people of Dawston as "too greedy" in their deforestation of the woods. Archibald lost favor with both the people of Dawston and Sylvas when a compromise could not be reached, though no acts of aggression followed. The Eladrin believed the woods' guardian spirit, Ruthasek, would punish the humans if they ever did take too much from the forest.

In spite of this upset, Archibald found he was still welcome in Silas, and as time passed he was eventually accepted to be the de facto Mayor of the small community. He has since become a steadfast defender of the town, always patrolling the region on the look out for dangers that may threaten its peoples. However, as he is only one man, he readily recognized that he may be ill equipped to effectively protect the region and, thus, reluctantly accepted the invitation for Silas to become a part of the Regalian Kingdom under the Banngryph dynasty. A decision that has caused something of a divide within the community as many people believe they are better off on their own, or perhaps even siding with the people of the contested lands to the East.