Ulgarin

Born into the royal court of the Avar Elf-queen Dardanen, Ulgarin spent her childhood splashing in the island surf, running races in the tiled halls of the palace, and watching the sun rise over the Eastern Ocean. She paid little heed to the political realities surrounding her until the Queen ordered Ulgarin's mother put to death by the ancient method, gwaen-en-wiroithe, or pressing, for treachery. The Lady of the Prith-an-Iryst ("Tower of the Rainbow") lay down beneath a board of polished thornwood and stones were placed on top of it, one by one, to crush her. Ulgarin's allegiances shifted rapidly. She began to master the ways of channeling while learning and remem- bering the views held by all the nobles of Dardarien's court. Sometimes she would use her growing powers and increasing knowledge to crush an enemy or change a royal decree, but more often she merely observed events with- out meddling, knowing that her time would come. When Dardarien formed an alliance between her realm, Helkanen, and the Womaw kingdom ruled by Komûl (later Khamûl the Easterling), the Queen commanded Ulgarin to create a secret order of priests who would make the Womaw peoples submit to the will of Sauron of Mordor. The Half-elf founded the Belaen-an-Voryl ("Sunsdeath from Hunger") and frequently traveled to the lands where her disciples spoke of Edainil, the "Friend of Men." When Komûl's Hiona revolted, placing his cousin Aon upon the throne, and the Nazgûl departed for the Land of Shadows, Ulgarin remained in the East. Although the Womaw had escaped the direct rule of Shadow, they could yet be swayed by the deceits and bribes of her priests. Across the centuries of the Second Age, Ulgarin taught the tenets of evil to the inhabitants of Móak, Cuivac Womaw, Worn Shryac, and Góak. The tides of darkness ebbed and flowed, but always the Free Peoples faced an adversary. The high-priest won her reward. When Angmar rose in the west, the Dark Lord called Ulgarin to a new position within the Witch-king's hierarchy. Under the direction of the Angûlion, she would continue her work on a larger scale. All the lands of the East, not merely it's furthest penninsula, would receive the Half-elf's atten- tion. Her priests now travelled the forests of Aegan, the foothills of Unvirnay, the plains of Kargagis Ahar and Kykurian Kyn, and all of Endor, spying on, intimidating, and manipulating the peoples of these regions.