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Acharno the Ranger: The story behind her enigmatic behavior



Eyo, or Acharno, might not seem the nicest person to anyone she meets. A friend, a stranger, her kind, anyone can think of her differently and most of the times the thoughts are not the brightest. She is emotional, sometimes mental, sometimes she seeks blood or vengeance and that's why she was given her name. Nothing comes out of nowhere. The character of each individual builds on certain sequences of events which trigger certain weak spots. And everyone has weak spots.This is the timeline of Acharno's toughest moments, which she got to experience throughout her 65 years of life in constant fights.

2983 T.A: Acharno's first duty as a ranger in the patrolling squad of Evendim.

Acharno first joined the group of rangers in 2983, where before that she used to be alone all the time, travelling straight from the outskirts of Enedwaith further to the North in search of her kind. She met a lot of people on her journey, but the most friends she made at her unit. Acharno was young and ambitious, although she understood the importance of her role in the fate of the Middle-Earth. She joined the unit, which was constantly rotating around the lands of Evendim, patrolling the roads to Forochel, patrolling the roads to Fornost, patrolling the ruins of Annuminas. The land was relatively deserted. Angmar didn't give massive signs of existence, but the activity was still present. The unit fought robbers, raiders, sometimes even orks and goblins. She was just a ranger who was executing the orders of her captain, the unit captain. Everything was fine and Acharno started gradually getting the trust of the first unit leader, Acrador. And here she met the love of her life, who she had a child from a year later.

2993 T.A Acharno's rise.

Acharno is about 40 years old. Young and ambitious as ever, but now more experienced. Acrador fell in battle and the only right hand who could take the role of the leader was Acharno. The other's didn't dare to have such responsability and respected Acrador's decision to make Acharno his second in command of the unit. With Acharno the unit started getting all the fame. More rangers started joining, the morale was at the peak and everyone was satisfied with the work they covered each day. The bonds were formed between the rangers.

2997 T.A Acharno's husband dies in battle

. This was a tragedy for Acharno. She lost a person she loved the most and never expected such outcome to happen. But what could she do? She didn't leave the unit behind as her vengeance started growing, triggering the fatal moment which happened at end of her service.

3014 T.A Acharno's exile.

Acharno was getting bloodthirsty, willing to kill each leaving evil thing on her way, bring the justice on the place. With no hesitation she was slaying everyone. She was going mad, but she was the strongest at this point. She perfected her melee combat and already knew several different stances. But she knew this has to come to the end. She felt that she is getting out of hand and she knew it since the death of her husband. Her only child, Medarandir, was already old enough to take her place in case she leaves. And she did, without telling anyone. She didn't want to bother the others and knew that they would expect her to stay, lead the unit for glory of the ancestors. But no, it was better not just for her, but for everyone. She ran away, leaving her child to pick up the role of the captain. She left him to become a better role model than her, an insufficient uncontrollable monster of vengeance.

3015 T.A Medarandir has no other choice but to capture Acharno for "oath-breaking". Her own son did the right decision as the new captain of the unit even though it seems harsh and heartless towards his own mother. But Acharno needed to be trialed. She was hiding from the units for a long time afterwards.

3015 T.A Medarandir dies in mysterious circumstances, leaving the captain role untaken. Medarandir had a year of blast as a captain. The units under his control appeared everywhere in Eriador. Not big, but big enough to help people. He died, either in battle or from the disease. She knew about it but couldn't do anything. Her relatives and loved ones died and she had no one close to her anymore. She was broken. The same year charges on her were taken off and she was forgiven.

3018 T.A Eyo departs to Mirkwood due to her madness.

Eyo couldn't fight the sadness which was tearing her heart apart. She was trying to find someone she could fall in love with and forget about the past. She stopped considering herself as a captain or a true warrior. The spirit of a true, dedicated warrior left her when she abandoned everything she loved. No one loved her afterwards. She was alone the whole time and that's what made her mad. The bloodthirst started striking again. She became insane. She knew it was going to happen so she started seeking help from the elves. Eventually she found it in Mirkwood when the siege started. The whole year she dedicated to fight the enemies attacking elven lands of Lorien and Mirkwood, fighting till the death. The battle and the spirit of fighting saved her the consciousness and she finally settled her mind. She came back to seek more peace in Eriador, which tries to succeed by fighting her flaws of being emotional, over-strict, over-confident and bloodthirsty. She tries hard. After all it's her nature, which was build on all the events that happened in her short life.