Editing Draft:Shattered Embrace:Lorren

Lorren was an ancient [[Humans|Human]] archmage from [[Erimos]] (or [[Eollas]]) and one of the [[Founders]]. He's mentioned in lore of ''[[Shattered Embrace]]''.

==History==
After leaving his homeland, Lorren (alongside [[Gromsh]] and [[Dalnir]]) founded the [[Triumvirate of Arveran|Triumvirate]] on the remote island of [[Arveran]], creating the [[Gate of Lorren]] to facilitate the travel for him and his followers. After they settled on [[Karatree Reach]], Lorren became their leader as the Lord Archmage of the [[First Triumvirate]]. They built a city of [[Lorrendar]] near the Gate, as well as the [[Tower of Lorren]] at it's center as his own seat of power. His reigned from there through the entire [[Age of Heroes]].

During the [[Tenebrae Invasion]], Lorrendar was destroyed by the attacking [[Tenebrae]], who sunk the city by causing the entire area adjacent to the original shoreline of [[Karatree Reach]] to fall into the sea, thus forming a body of water later named the [[Cloudy Bay]]. Lorren himself died during that battle (as well as Gromsh, who came from [[Gromshar]] with his [[Orcs]] to his aid). The Tenebrae were eventually repelled, but Lorrendar (since then known as the Sunken City) became inhabitable, and Lorren was succeeded by his son, [[Baramir]], who later decided to move all the survivors to newly-constructed [[Shadinar]].

==In-game==
Although Lorren is dead long before the events of the DLCS, several objects still bear his name. His tower's vault can be explored from [[Freehaven]] in order obtain his [[Seeing Stones|Seeing Stone]], his [[Orb of Lorren|Traveling Orb]] is crucial to the main plot, and his [[Thunderstaff of Lorren|unique staff]] can be obtained in one of [[Bernard Vanderbilt|Bernard]]'s quests.

Lorren's statue was a part of the original monument that used to stand on the [[Square of the Founders]] prior to the [[Troubles]]. Although it was dismantled before the [[Hero's]] visit (only the statue of Dalnir was left intact), it can still be found outside the city (alongside the one of Gromsh) on the [[Island of Broken Statues]]. It depicts Lorren in the robes of [[Veneficus University|Veneficus]] professor, which suggests [[Eollas]] was his homeland.