Ynarn of Githalc (Part 1)

Ellinirl historian and Chronicler who flourished during the third century after the close of the Final War.  The "Account of the history and the whole island of Eyliarenn from earliest times until after the Final War, from the remembrances of several learned minds", more commonly known as the Chronicles of Ynarn, covers many significant events in the history of Eastern Eyliarenn, particularly, though not exclusively, those that affected the Ellinirl peoples. 

Ynarn is considered to be the most reliable of the early Chroniclers, especially in regard to the history of north-eastern Eyliarenn.  While the Chronicles are attributed to several authors working in unison (or more likely over several decades), scholars of the massive work believe it to have been written by a single author, who probably interviewed extensively among the oldest and wisest of the Ellinirl elders.

Ynarn may have been born in 67 AO, in or near Githalc, a significant Errinirl city in the west of what is now Chelene.  He was certainly educated here and this is more likely why he is traditionally associated with the city.  His contemporary, the philosopher and politician Lianu, remembers him as a brilliant student, who was always too respectful to challenge or correct his teachers before class, but who along with Lianu and a handful of others, were invited to participate in private debates with a group of their elders and teachers, a practice that is still maintained in many of the Errinirl's teaching institutions, as well as some Holds of Knowledge.

As his talents came to be recognised, Ynarn eventually became the Chronicler of his school, a position of some prestige among the Errinirl. Early in his tenure in this position, Ynarn realised how little had been recorded for posterity of the events and people of the time between the arrival of the Great Ones and their tumultuous Final War.  After making some initial notes and developing a schema for a five volume historical account of Errinirl history, taking nearly three years, he approached the governing apparatus of the collegium with the request that he be excused one day in each week to pursue the endeavour.  The story goes that he hoped that the governing panel would see the merit in the project and grant his request. He did not expect them to offer him two assistants from among the recent completion students, two days a week to work on the project, and a stipend to travel for three months in the summer for the first two years.