Eliya Lexa-Lochatlan

Eliya Lexa-Lochatlan is a member of House Lochatlan, one of the Noble houses in Anglunia. She is the daughter of Sylvar Livas-Lochatlan and Lexa Kara-Vindyak'at (formerly Verak'at.)

Childhood.
Eliya was born in the summer of 236 TE, to Sylvar Livas-Locatlan and Lexa Kara-Verak’at. However when she was born, her father was not present. Sylvar had disappeared, unaware of her daughter’s existence, and would not return for another 20 years.

Normally, the surname would have been taken from her mother, and the middle name from her father, which would have made her Eliya Sylvar-Verak’at. However in this case, due to the rules of House Verak’at and the fact that this would clearly be Sylvar’s only child, the names were switched, making her a Lexa-Lochatlan.

Eliya was raised solely by her mother Lexa, however she greatly respected her grandmother Livya, speaking to her often. She was torn for many years between her two families. She was successful in her education, matching many of the other noble children at her time, sometimes even exceeding them. At the age of 10, she would be baptised into Aternaia. Like her father Sylvar, and his mother Livya, she chose Melzina as her patron goddess.

However in all this time her father did not return. She resented her father for his absence, yet still she identified with her father’s house of Lochatlan quite a lot, perhaps more so than even her mother’s house, which was smaller and less successful than her father’s.

She would be trained in combat from a young age, but her main interest was in her studies, in politics, especially house politics. This only grew as the war of the mad king continued. Growing up in Norstaeyya, she identified more and more with House Lochatlan.

Adolescence and early adulthood.
At the age of 14, as was normal for many noble children like her, she attended the Norstaeyyan university. She continued her studies, and felt quite at home in Norstaeyya.

At the age of 20, Eliya would finish her studies. At this time, her father Sylvar at last returned, but Sylvar did not immediately rush to find her. He went straight back to war. And Eliya would have given him a cold reception even if he had come to meet her at last.

Yet Eliya herself could not escape the war. She herself fought in the war, though she avoided her father in fighting. She felt obligated to fight, to protect the honour of her house.

End of the civil war.
However, in 262 TE, when she was 26, the worst happened. After two years of siege, Norstaeyya fell, and Livya was killed. Eliya was dismayed by this outcome. Such a setback to the house she loved, and the grandmother she so loved gone.

However, unlike her father Sylvar who could not accept the new reality of the world, who chose to remain a traitor, Eliya saw no choice but to surrender and live to fight another day.

As she was not high ranking in the rebellion, she was spared. Eliya survived the war, and was determined to help bring her house to greatness once more.

Rise in the ranks.
In the late 270s, Eliya began to work towards gaining influence and getting into the anglunian political system. In autumn of 280, she was appointed Captain of the guard of Arrowfell by her second cousin, Sylfyr Asheiande-Lochatlan due to her strategic skills.