Caelynn Tenithra

Caelynn Tenithra is the Praeses (or governor) of the Iron Hills, and her primary duty is to lead and administrate the Iron Hills Restoration Project. She is the first person to be selected as Praeses in Kinilan to not hold a senior military rank in 20 years, having resigned her comission after the conclusion of the Great War less than a year prior.

Early Life

Caelynn was born to a modest family of elves in the capital city of Antius. She was a young adult during the Kinilan Revolution, and volunteered in the revolutionary Antius Militia, then moved on to sign up with the Kinilan Army with the establishment of the modern republic.

Military Service

Caelynn served for several years as part of the Kinilan Peace Brigade, patrolling trade routes to discourage banditry, but was reassigned after the First Battle of Rethis in part of the first stage of reinforcement of the Iron Hills during the Great War.
She fought in several battles, and worked her way up the ranks, taking several minor wounds without complaint, until her luck eventually ran out. In 1673 AE, now a lieutenant, she was leading a patrol that encountered Riswynn Silverstone. The dwarf, by this point well known for her ability to slip through enemy lines leaving a trail of distractions and traps in her wake, slipped away after a brief engagement, and during the pursuit, Caelynn fell afoul of one of her traps, having her leg crushed so badly that it had to be amputated.
With the production of arcanomechanical prostheses still a decade in the future, this could have spelled the end of her military career. But instead of accepting the discharge, she asked to be reassigned to desk work, and began working in the quartermaster corps to supply the army. Here, she found her true calling and worked her way up the ranks. By the end of the war, she had attained the rank of Colonel.

Appointment as Praeses

By the time the war ended, she decided she had seen more than enough of war and resigned her commission, hoping to perhaps find a quiet job working as a mercantile clerk in Jera, but she hadn't realized how much attention she would get from her resignation. She had served in the military longer than most of the population had been alive, one of only a handful of people to have served in the Kinilan Army since the Revolution. With the Kinilan High Council already planning a reconstruction effort to restore the Iron Hills to its prewar glory, she seemed an ideal candidate: someone tired of war, skilled at organizing the movements of people and supplies, and having a sufficiently public background in the military that those who favoured the Army's candidate might be appeased. She was tentative about accepting the position at first, but after hearing an explanation of her duties, realized this would be a chance to help reverse much of the damage to the region she had helped do during her time as an officer.
Now, she lives in Rethis, along with about 200 soldiers, artisans, farmers, etc, working hard to establish the city as a starting off point to launch reconstruction efforts throughout the region.

Current Location

Rethis

Species

Elf

Age

138

Birthplace

Antius

Gender

Female

Eyes

Large, grey eyes with flecks of yellow

Hair

Platinum blonde

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Charcoal grey

Height

5'11

Weight

Slender and muscular, 145 lbs

Aligned Organization

Kinilan