Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-11357598-20130628154533

In the third Era, 3E 427, Padoreen the Nerevar returned to Morrowind alone and confused. Due to a powerful spell destorying his memories, Gothren, his brother, was able to banish him from Morrowind almost 50 years earlier.

He was a powerful Vampiric Necromancer and the bane of Gothren's existence. Largely unrecorded due to its highly secretive nature, Padoreen had joined the Volkihar Clan at the request of Molag Bal himself, becoming the first Dunmer to be a member of the clan. It was from event that the other vampiric dunmer clans of morrowind were founded. Padoreen worked in the shadows placing powerful faces at the head of each of his vampiric clans. These faces are the vampires written about in morrowind lore, but Padoreen never desired any infamy for his deeds.

Gothren tracked Padoreen for years, suspicious of his behavior, only being aware of it due to their family ties as brothers. Gothren was not one to interfer in another's business and didn't really care what happened to the mere mortals around him for he was a powerful battlemage and very capable of suriving even he most catalystic events, but after much investigation in his brother, Gothren realized that Padoreen would eventually turn all of humanity into vampires. Gothren knew he couldn't fight Padoreen head on and did not want to alert the Empire for fear of tarnishing his reputation, as Gothren was now positioning himself to become head of the House Telavanni. While Padoreen built his armies, Gothren prepared for years developing a single spell to wipe out Padoreen's memory and banishing him to a random location very far from Morrowind. Gothren hoped that this would give him more time to acrue power and develop a strategy to destroy Padoreen.

Gothren could not have imagined that Padoreen was destined to be Nerevar. And true to his destiny, Padoreen returned to Morrowind much sooner than Gothren had hoped. Padoreen killed Gothren and took control of the House Telvanni.

Little did Gothern know that he had impregnated one of his mistresses. Falura Llervu, a slave in Tel Aruhn, gave birth to a son whom she named Balor Aruhn after his birthplace of Tel Aruhn. For fear of Gothren's anger, she hid the son away. At the age of 18, Balor was told that Gothrren was his father. Balor agreed to wait three years before telling Gothren that he was his son so that Falura could prepare an escape in case Gothren became enraged. Just weeks before this conversation was scheduled to take place Gothren was killed by Padoreen.

Fearing the situation, Falura and Balor flead to Solestheim to live in the new settlement, where Falura could work as a house maid and Balor worked as a guard. Balor honed his skills in destruction magic, becoming one of the most powerful of the Solestheim guard and was frequently called upon to protect the town from the Reiklings. In 3E 431, Raven Rock was obliterated by a large Reikling force. Balor fought against the Reiklings killing hundreds, but the town fell around him. In the fight Balor had to choose between saving his wife, Anura or his mother and choose his wife. They escape to Cyrodil.

New to Cyrodil, Balor is caught stealing food for Anura and is imprisoned. While imprisoned, Anura is captured by bandits. Being elderly, an experienced house maid and pregnant, she begs them to spare her life and allow her to serve them as a slave, but she dies shortly after in childbirth. As she is dying, she names her son Telvos Aruhn, in honor of his father. On his birth Telvos Aruhn had a scar on his face from which a drop of blood fell to the floor. This drop of blood glowed bright red like a ruby, intriguing the female bandit leader. She was not a motherly woman but had a strange feeling about the baby and took him under her care. Telvos grew to the age of 16 under her care until one day their fort was ransacked by the imperial legion. Telvos had grown quite strong in destruction magic and conjuration and was able to defend himself and escape, but witnessed the slaughter of his friends and his mother whom he had come to call"Death Mother".

Note: Balor was later crucial in ending the Oblivion Crisis and was never aware that he had a son.

Telvos wondered the wilds. He attemtped to start a life in a few different settlements but found that he could not fit in anywhere he went. Learning more about his dunmer heritage he returned to morrowind only to find that it had been attacked by the Argonians and nothing was left for him there. His travels eventually took him to Skyrim, where he was captured by Imperial Soldiers. Rather than fighting he submitted, hoping they would imprison him, thereby providing him with food and shelter.

Little did he know that they planned to execute him...

After barely escaping the execution Telvos heard tell that the College of Winterhold would give shelter and food to those gifted in magic in return for some simple services. He traveled to Winterhold and joined the college. This allowed him to expand on his natural talents of conjuration and illusion. He became infatuated with necromancy and began practicing it regularly in caves all over skyrim.

He joined the Thieves Guild and the Dark Brotherhood to supplement his income, keeping this very secret from the college.

While practicing throughout skyrim and theiving and assassinating, he also heard rumors of the dawnguard hunting vampires. Intrigued by the idea of vampires, he joined the Dawnguard. He hoped he could learn more about vampires and his wish came true when he met Harkan and was given the chance to join the Volkihar Clan. Harkan felt that something was particuarly interesting about this young man, not realizing that it was the grandnephew of his first Dunmer member, Padoreen.

Following in the footsteps of his grand uncle, Telvos honed his skills becoming the most powerful Necromancer in skyrim and possibly all of Tamriel. His skills as a masterful Vampire Lord complimented his already powerful necromancer powers. Tortured by the pains of his life he is hell bent on destroying the empire, killing those who hate the dunmer and spreading his infamy and influence.

Unlike Padoreen, Telvos is infatuated with fame and fortune and thrives on his infamous reputation. He wishes to betray Harkan someday and take control of the Valkihar Clan. He will lead the Dark Brotherhood and as Archmage of the College he plans to use his influences to train and recruit more necromancers to his legions. He will rule all of Tamriel!  