Marwnad

Marwnad of the Iorwerth is the taciturn but charismatic ringleader of a secret Elven death-cult known as the Keepers. From the hidden base of Dinas Gwaelod, she plots the downfall of the Council of Elders in Prifddinas and the restoration of Dark Elven rule - ideally with herself as queen.
 * Box title = Marwnad
 * Row 1 title = Race:
 * Row 1 info = Elf
 * Row 2 title = Homeworld:
 * Row 2 info = Gielinor
 * Row 3 title = Clan:
 * Row 3 info = Iorwerth
 * Row 4 title = Gender:
 * Row 4 info = Female
 * Row 5 title = Age:
 * Row 5 info = 159 (Human age equivalent: c.26)
 * Row 6 title = Height:
 * Row 6 info = 5'8"
 * Row 7 title = Eye colour:
 * Row 7 info = Hazel
 * Row 8 title = Religion:
 * Row 8 info = Dark Elf
 * Row 9 title = Alignment:
 * Row 9 info = Neutral Evil
 * Row 10 title = Played by:
 * Row 10 info = Fynnien}}

Biography
Marwnad was born in the Year 13 of the Fifth Age, and grew up in the Iorwerth war-camps on the site of Prifddinas. Rising through the ranks of the Iorwerth military, first as a scout and later as an assassin, in the later years of the Elven Civil War she gradually earned her way into the old Lord Iorwerth's most trusted inner circle.

On his death, and with the destruction of the Dark Lord, Marwnad scorned those of her clan who made peace with the rebels. Rallying a band of other Iorwerth loyalists, she founded her own secret Dark Elven rebel faction, naming them the Cadwyr Tywyll, the Keepers of the Dark.

She first tracked down the magician Mathonwy, one of the the old Lord Iorwerth's most powerful allies, and enlisted his help in building the secret base known as the Deephold far below the Underground Pass. The return of Seren to Prifddinas at first shook the loyalty of many of Marwnad's followers, and it took the combined strength of both Marwnad's and Mathonwy's personalities, as well as a sizable number of executions, to rally them round and prevent the secret of the cult getting out.

Once this crisis had abated, Marwnad left the completion of her stronghold in Mathonwy's capable hands in order to enlist with House Telemmaitë in her search for allies. Joining as a warrior, her martial skill saw her rise rapidly through the ranks and she swiftly gained the ear of their ruler Nolfinwë. Ultimately however, Marwnad found him too preoccupied with matters East of the mountains, and she returned to Prifddinas without revealing her group to him, to continue her subversion and covert recruitment there.

With the completion of the Deephold in Year 5 of the Sixth Age, Marwnad officially took up residence there, moving the bulk of her sect there except for the agents left behind in Prifddinas to recruit more cultists. Her time filled with running the day-to-day affairs of the group, planning her eventual takeover of Prifddinas, and presiding over the Keepers' regular gruesome death rituals.