Elhiérus Ardacýn

Elhiérus Ardácýn (Middle High Elven: ; High Elven: ) was a Froturnish scholar, composer, music theorist, philosopher and critic of culture and arts, and later the Titanist religion itself.

Works and ideas
Ardácýn was well-known for being a critic of High Elven music(al traditions), and have made up several new concepts.

Manufactured Sadness
Ardácýn - while living in Etrand and Etrancoast - has observed that despite living a much poorer, less comfortable life than the High Elves, the Humans enjoyed life a lot more. They smiled, laughed, depression was unheard of, suicide was unheard of, the elderly died with smiles on their faces. He came to believe that his own High Elves are ungrateful for the high standards of life Titanius has blessed them with, and are entitled. At the same time, he also took note in the differences between High Elven music and Human music: High Elven music was either melancholic or monumentalistic: it was either music that was slow, quiet, often invoking feelings of sadness or nostalgia, or it was loud and militaristic, invoking a sense of inferiority in the listener (unless he was a soldier). In contrast, human music was often happy, cheerful and "sanguine". The differences in music reflected the differences in personality: the introverted, melancholic and phlegmatic High Elves, versus the extroverted, sanguine and choleric Humans.

Ardácýn came to the conclusion that the problem with his High Elves was not biological, but cultural, and that High Elven music was corrupting, and has been corrupting the High Elves since time immemorial: he believed that High Elven music promoted nihilism, depression, decadence and existential crisis, as opposes to the "healthier" Human music that promoted a much healthier view of life. He came up with the term Manufactured Sadness, and used it to mock High Elven music and poetry - he wrote in his books that "the reason why the High Elf is always depressed is Manufactured Sadness", paraphrasing his belief that their own music had an adverse effect on their own collective mental health.