Allena Benoch

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Background

Lady Allena Benoch was a Bosmer blademistress, master of Valenwood Fighters Guild and a member of Imperial Guard. She was born in 3E 382.

Early Life

Just like her ancestors Lady Benoch took to the bow in her early years. She mastered the the skill by the age of fourteen and had joined a hunting party of her tribe as a Jaqspur, a long distance shooter.

During the Black Year, when the Parikh Tribe began their rampage through southeastern Valenwood with the aid of Altmer of the Summerset Isles, Lady Benoch fought the battle to keep her tribe's land.

By the age of sixteen she killer her first mer, he was just a blur on the horizon where she aimed her bow. It meant no more to her than shooting an animal. That summer and fall she killed countless more invaders.

However, that winter Lady Benoch experienced her first close encounter, first time to look in man's eyes as you spilled his blood. A scout from the Parikh Tribe suprised her while she was on camp watch. Young Lady Benoch panicked and tried to string an arrow when oponent was just a half yard away from her, after all that was the only thing she knew how to do. Parikh scout struck first with his blade and Lady Benoch fell in shock.

It is said that you always remember mistakes made by your first kill, the scout assumed that he had drawn blood and Lady Benoch had fallen dead. But as soon as he had turned away from her she rushed at hum and wresled his blade away from him. She stabbed him times beyond counting and stopped only when next watch came to relieve her. There was not a solid piece of the scout remaining, she had literally cut him to pieces.

Thus, aware of this deficiency in her education, Lady Benoch began teaching herself swordmanship at once.

Adventurer Years

There was no place in Valenwood to learn using a blade, additionaly the Parikh Tribe finally succeeded at driving Lady Benoch's tribe away. As much as it hurt there was nothing to be done, Lady Benoch went north and met Redguards of Hammerfell.

Under the tutelage of Warday A'kor, Lady Benoch studied all sorts of weapon weilding. Eventualy she excelled the art. Lady Benoch became a freelance adventurer afterwards, traveling through the wilds of southern Hamerfell and northern Valenwood.

By the time Lady Benoch owned an enchanted daikatana, made out of daedric metal. It wasn't the Akaviri one, she couldn't afford one by then.

One time she took up the quest to get the gold back, that some Orcs had stolen from a local chieftain in Meditea. She went to look for them in one of the dungeons of the local countryside. There she met few overgrown rats and giant spiders, but she was veteran enaugh to deal with them with ease. The problem came when she found herself in a pitch black room surrounded by Orcs, but suprisingly she took down all the Orcs with few swings of her sword, she remembered a lesson Mater A'kor had given her.

Late Life

Lady Benoch became the master of Valenwood Fighters' Guild after she had won a duel with a former master, who was told to be a stooge inserted by Jagar Tharn. However two years later the guild was disintergrated.

She first came to Emperor's attention when Lady Benoch had protected Queen Akorithi of Sentinel from a Breton assassin, who was rumored to be hired by some noble of Daggerfall.

Lady Benoch also married her servant Urken, who had been serving her for eleven years. She herself admitted that there was noone else who knew how to care after her weapons so well as him.

After that Lady Benoch served the Emperor in the Imperial Guard and was employed on many secret missions around the Tamriel. She often had to travel from one side of the continent to another.

Another significant deed of Lady Benoch was killing Emperor's bastard Calaxes, who had hoped to revolt against the Imperial rule and estabilish a theocracy over the Empire.

Sources

• Words and Philosophy

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (mentioned only)
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (mentioned only)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (mentioned only)