During the first ages when civilizations were first popping up and wars were rampant throughout Arethil, Galorion's grandfather was a warrior and a scholar. He followed the elf king at the time in the defense of the Falwood from the orc invaders. He was a prominent elf with a wife and child. He was only a foot soldier at the time, but during the opening battles for the Falwood he fought in the defense of their border village and survived the brutal battle that lasted for an entire year.

In the intervening years he fought in several wars, rising high in the ranks till he led many elves and had won much prestige for himself which allowed him to establish his family in elvish society.
During this time there were many battles and wars but there were also wars occuring among their own kind. The elf king was slain in battle and there was chaos in which Galorion's grandfather was embroiled, but he managed to escape the backstabbing and power grabbing and soon a new king came forward.

During this period of racial unrest the orcs pressed their invasion of the Falwood and took many lands which the elves had to sacrifice more blood to reclaim.
Galorion's grandfather led several of the campaigns in the reclaiming of those provinces.
And during his final campaign he was finally struck down in single combat with the orcish Warlord.

Galorion's grandfather was slain, but his family was firmly established as Vassels of nobility. They possess a manor in Fal'Addas with accompanying staff. This was the springboard that launched Galorion's father into his own greatness.

During the years of the second elf king, Galorion's father came of age and took up the office and position of his late father.
With the coronation of the elf king and after the war with the orcs there came civil unrest and many rebels struck out in protest of the new king, these rebellions are what Galorion's father used to prove himself fit for his position, by aiding in putting down these insurrectionists.

Now firmly placed as the representative of his house he set about increasing their power and influence, becoming favored among the people and building good repute with the other Lords and the king himself.
But as this was the time of war, he couldn't avoid the battlefield. The human kings began encroaching on elven lands and performing raids against them, so once more the Falwood went to war.
And a bloody war it was, the elves won, but with such losses that none could think of celebration. Galorion's father survived, but grief and death hung heavy over the Falwood in that age.

Two years of uneasy peace followed, broken only by minor skirmishes between elf and human. During these years Galorion's father served Garrison duty at the Falwood's border towns, but that uneasy peace could only last for so long.
When the humans came with even greater strength enough to surprise the elf king, even though the elves were victorious again it was a hard won victory.

The humans invaded off and on, during this time Galorion's father continued to defend the borders. By now the Svayellen family had risen quite high in Fal'Addas and very influential. They had wealth, a private army, trade, business, practically owned their own province as gifted to them by the elf king.
But now, the humans were growing desperate and mounted a final massive invasion meant to strike right at the heart of the Falwood and kill the elf king.
The king stripped his land of Garrisons to meet this threat. This was the largest battle ever fought in the Falwood. The elf king won again, exterminating the hostile humans, though decimating his own armies in the process.

Galorion's father died in that great battle with great glory, holding a sword in his hand with scores of slain enemies around him.
He left his entire house, holdings, and all of his possessions to his son Galorion Svayellen.