Marni

Marni, called Ilnatêr, was the father of Arathrint and the fore-father of all the royalty of Knîw.

History
Marni was born in the year 1430 to a village blacksmith and his peasant wife. When he turned five in the year 1435, Ork raiders attacked and destroyed his village. Marni's father was slain defending the threshold of their house and his mother fled with him to the outskirts of the village. She nearly had made it to safety when she was pierced in the back with an ork-arrow. Encouraged to flee with his mother's dying breath, Marni ran into the woods, not looking back. That forest had been long held in an ill-light by the people of the village, but Marni had no choice but to seek shelter in its copses. Dazed, shocked and utterly mad with grief, Marni hardly realized what was going on when he stumbled upon a cabin in a clearing.

Etymology
Marni is an Old Arnic word meaning "Simple", a reference to his humble beginnings.