Ander Avon-El

Ander Saborion Avon-El Ayreon-Kalirion (Elw: Андер Саборион Авон-Ел Аериоон-Калирион), better known as Ander Avon-El (born in Andelarion, 1620), is a former Prince of the Elwynnese Republic (1673–1676).

Born into the Ayreon-Kalirion dynasty, he is the first cousin of Blackrock governor Jeremiah Avon-El, second cousin of former Shirerithian regent and Natopian empress consort Li Naomiai as well as a descendant of Babkhan shah and kaiser Rashid Shahanshah (Kaiser Ayreon I). He is married to Ristina Marmai, with whom he has a son Johan (b. 1647), who since 1672 is a soldier with Elwynn's Union Defence Force.

An academic of the People's Academy of Elwynn in Eliria, Ander Avon-El has devoted his career to the study of Elwynnese literature. He received his PhD in 1645 with the dissertation titled The complex intersection of hierararchies of privilege in Rai Avon El's "Dreams of Yesterday". He thereafter taught literature at the People's Academy in Eliria and became a well-known professor of literature in Elwynn. He wrote regular columns on new Elwynnese literature in various media, and presented TV programmes on Elwynnese literary themes. After the death of Kaiser Ayreon IV, he joined the Ayreonist Independence Party faction of the Elwynnese Popular Front, and became Secretary of Education in the revolutionary Elwynnese transitional government.

In the 1672 Elwynnese princely elections, he was put forward by the Ayreonist Independence Party with support from the Verionist Union. He was elected with a narrow majority in the second round against Conducator Firdaus Abdollahi Mehr, with whom he has had and aims to continue to have a fruitful and constructive relationship. Considered a bridge-builder, Avon-El's campaign focused on uniting the Elwynnese nation in order for it to bring progress, stability and prosperity to Elwynn.

His tenure as prince saw diplomatic progress, Elwynn's role in the Raspur Pact strengthened, and the ensured independence of the Elwynnese Republic. His first major set-back was the establishment of the Northern Commonwealth, which he deeply regretted. He lost the confidence of the legislatures of Alalehzamin and the Congressional Counties in early 1676 after he declared the Council of Eliria's repudiation of the Treaty of Concord illegal. He was subsequently removed from office, and returned to academia. He decided not stand in the 1676 Elwynnese princely elections.

Not long after the inauguration of the new Prince of Elwynn, Ander Avon-El received the surprising news, concurrently, of the cancellation of his tenure with the People's Academy of Elwynn and his no less sudden appointment to teach the Elwynnese classics at the Vankarha Su Mek in Tala. As a former Prince of Elwynn, Ander Avon-El received an honour guard of sixteen cudgellers and a household retinue of twenty-four attendants to accompany him to his exciting new posting on Raikoth.

On the afternoon of 10.I.1678, Ander Avon-El's class (for 7 students) was interrupted by cudgellers who informed the stunned professor that he had been appointed Elwynn's ambassador to Alduria and that he would immediately go there lest he misses the inauguration of the new Aldurian president. Class was cancelled and Avon-El's cudgellers escorted him to the airfield for the flight to Alduria via Eliria (where he briefly met with Prince Frederik Haabye Truls for his letters of credence and instructions on his new diplomatic post).