Finwe Telrunya

Finwe Telrunya is an elven pirate and privateer from the free elven kingdom of Khita.

Early Life
Scion of an ancient family of merchants and scholars, Finwe found himself plagued by the equal curses of boredom and an excess of gold when the Khita caer opened its doors to the outside world at the end of the Scourge. A lifetime of safety and sameness within the caer had given him a thirst for adventure, and his father's tales of the seas had left him longing to set sail.

Unfortunately, Khita had no ships, and when the caer first opened, no need of them. As one of the last free elven cities, they were relatively isolated, almost out on the eastern edge of the known world. Reports from elven spies within the Empire – now elderly, but still loyal (or, more accurately, still resentful of the imperial conquest of their homelands) – soon began to come in however, and what they reported brought fear to the rulers of Khita. The Empire, only a few months after opening their own caers, was already building a navy.

Career
Catching wind of this intelligence through old family friends, Finwe immediately ordered the construction of a ship, reasoning that an enterprising individual might act against the Empire on behalf of Khita, and in so doing gain some measure of fame and fortune. His was the first elven wingship to ply the seas in more than three centuries.

He would have sailed regardless of any official approval, but his father's influence managed to secure him a letter of marque that gave him permission to sink or destroy any Imperial ship he encountered – so long as he kept his status as a Khitani agent relatively secret.

Choosing to interpret his mandate fairly loosely, he set course immediately for Imperial waters, and had good success against a few small warships. His first true triumph (and opportunity) came, however, when he took an Imperial frigate, only to be joined shortly thereafter by the heroes of Anglesey, who asked him to deliver them secretly to the shore near Avenanhma, and then to extract them and a group of refugees a few days later. He agreed, on the condition that the adventurers turn over to him the Redoubt, an Imperial sailing ship they had already captured – a condition to which they readily agreed.

Sensing that his new allies might require more than a simple extraction from a remote beach, Finwe positioned his ships just over the horizon from Avenanhma, waiting either for the magical message he was promised, or some grander sign.

Such a sign came two days later, when a vast cloud of smoke and dust, accompanied by a thunderous roar, came up from the center of the Imperial capitol. Finwe ordered his ships into the harbor, where he found a city in chaos and ruin – a condition he immediately took advantage of by capturing as many Imperial ships and as much cargo as he could, and then burning the harbor.

He fulfilled his obligation to the heroes of Anglesey by transporting them and more than a hundred refugees to the shore of the mainland and the waiting arms of the true Emperor, and then departed to continue his piratical ways.