Lore:Pelinal Whitestrake

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Pelinal Whitestrake was a legendary warrior^[1] who fought alongside his companion Morihaus as the champion of the slave-queen Alessia in the First Era's Alessian Rebellion.^[2] He led a detachment of troops into White Gold Tower, the Ayleid capital, and confronted and slew the Ayleid sorcerer-king Umaril. Clearly not human by any stretch of the imagination, Pelinal plays the same role as a long line of avatars sent by Shor to champion the cause of mankind. Pelinal, however, is an exception, as he exhibits significant bonds to Akatosh as well, who is hostile to Shor. He also carries strange weapons and armor gifted by Kynareth. His reputation varies widely. Among Imperials, he is a hero who helped free Cyrodiil from oppression. Among mer, he is the warlord who led the Elven Pogrom. He is also reviled by the Khajiit, because he mistook them for another type of Aldmeri and killed many before his mistake became apparent.

During his life, Pelinal alternated between periods of of lucidity and stretches of homicidal madness, during which he slew indiscriminately and took a toll on the very landscape itself.^[3] He served the revolution by slaying the Sorcerer-Kings of the Ayleid city-states in single combat, and it was in a duel in White Gold Tower with Umaril that he fell.

[edit] His Names and Titles

Pelinal is a corruption of Pelin-El, which means "Star-Made Knight." He was referred to in many different ways during the Alessian Rebellion, and was known as Pelinal Insurgent, Pelinal the Bloody, Pelinal the Blamer and Pelinal the Third. This last moniker, 'Pelinal the Third' suggests a relationship with other supernatural champions of mankind- Harrald Harry-Breeks and Hans the Fox. Altmeri sources suggest that he is one and the same, although it is unlikely that this is the whole story, given his more alien characteristics and persona, and the fact that he cannot easily be described as a king or sorcerer.