Vallia Bladesinger

Vallia Bladesinger, an elven military hero and founder of the Bladesinger Academy, is the last of the people now known as the grey elves to be lauded by the elven people. She was the one to lead the elven armies in the War for the Woods against natives, definitively setting the boundaries of the Silver Woods, which would remain, more or less, until the Great War. She was slain in the early years of The Separation, preventing her from ever falling under the dread influence which would ruin her brethren in the years to come.

History
At the time of Vallia’s birth, the world had yet to be told who the elves were, and what right they had in it. The fear her kind faced each day was not by the humans back then; it was from the Others, who still held Linnath in an iron grip. As she grew in age and skill, both magical and martial, Vallia discovered a new method of swordsmanship, learning a verse of the Song of Creation, though she would never learn its true nature. Chanting the song and fighting as if in a deadly dance with her sword as her partner, the Bladesinger soon proved herself on the field of battle, pushing the borders of the Silver Woods back to the Wildlands, where they would stay until the establishment of Cziskilamonia in 0 AK.

Once the new borders of the Kingdom were established and the Others expelled, Vallia began giving her knowledge to a new generation, teaching some of her soldiers the verse she had discovered and showing them how to move with the song. Thus, the Academy was established and eventually built. She would usher in a new tradition which would continue far beyond her lifetime. She would eventually marry Fayrin the Conjurer, and raise a family with him.

Having lived a long life, she eventually met her end at the hands of Saby’lene Brizz’denn, her former apprentice and one of the first Matron Mothers of the elves who would soon become known as the Drow.

Impact
For some, Vallia has become a beacon of hope for the conversion of the drow away from their dark gods. For others, her death marks the end of an era of any hope of reconciliation between the peoples. These opinions have come to overshadow her other accomplishments, especially after the destruction of the Academy in the Great War and the subsequent loss of her methods. Vallia lived and died in and for unity, but today, her memory causes only division.

Interesting Facts
- Invented the method of magical practice known as Bladesinging

- Established The Academy

- Personally slew a number of the Others.

- Fought alongside the other school heads to slay the Terrasque unleashed by the Others.

- Her sword, Leit, is rumored to reside in the depths of The Academy’s catacombs.