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[[Vitae]] (Court Wizard)|enemies=[[Ajax]]|born=[[Malice]] 26, [[Age of Chaos|Chaos]] 241|died=[[Lyleth]] 10, [[Age of Chaos|Chaos]] 314}}'''King Omund''', popularly known as '''Good King Omund''', was king of [[Vasloria]]. His decades-long reign was known as a legendary era of peace, only ending with his death, on the tenth of [[Lyleth]] of [[Age of Chaos|Chaos]] 314, as he was killed by [[Ajax]]. {{Cite web/ds august 2024|9}}{{Cite web/good king omund}} | [[Vitae]] (Court Wizard)|enemies=[[Ajax]]|born=[[Malice]] 26, [[Age of Chaos|Chaos]] 241|died=[[Lyleth]] 10, [[Age of Chaos|Chaos]] 314}}'''King Omund''', popularly known as '''Good King Omund''', was king of [[Vasloria]]. His decades-long reign was known as a legendary era of peace, only ending with his death, on the tenth of [[Lyleth]] of [[Age of Chaos|Chaos]] 314, as he was killed by [[Ajax]]. {{Cite web/ds august 2024|9}}{{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
{{Quote|text=Lustitia Primum, Deinde Pax -- Justice first, | {{Quote|text=Lustitia Primum, Deinde Pax -- Justice first, then Peace|sign=[[Omund]]|source={{Cite web/good king omund}}}} | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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His reputation lead the Lord of [[Dalrath]] to call Omund to lead an army into the [[Great Wode]], there to do battle against the Queen of the [[Orchid Court]]. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | His reputation lead the Lord of [[Dalrath]] to call Omund to lead an army into the [[Great Wode]], there to do battle against the Queen of the [[Orchid Court]]. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
Omund took volunteers from among those who served with him in [[Oll]] and | Omund took volunteers from among those who served with him in [[Oll]] and along the way, hundreds of soldiers from [[Tor]], [[Bedegar (barony)|Bedegar]] and Dalrath joined him. He accepted only seasoned veterans, scaring away anyone less experienced with tales of what the [[Elf|elves]] did to their captives. When he arrived at [[Castle Dalrath]], his army was many thousands strong. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
He took his army into the Wode and there met the forces of [[Imyrr|Queen Imyrr]]. Her forces were smaller, but it was their forest. However, none doubted that Omund's greater army, led by seasoned commanders used to wode-fighting would prevail, but only at tremendous loss of life. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | He took his army into the Wode and there met the forces of [[Imyrr|Queen Imyrr]]. Her forces were smaller, but it was their forest. However, none doubted that Omund's greater army, led by seasoned commanders used to wode-fighting would prevail, but only at tremendous loss of life. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
Then Omund and his herald, [[Rhedyn|Lady Rhedyn]], handed themselves to the elven forces. Presented before the Orchid Court, despite the military advantage, Omund negotiated, invoking the [[Lay of Dremidydd]], an epic song-poem written by a [[high elf]] troubadour which laid out the recent history of the [[Wode elf|Wode]] and High Elves, which acted as a kind of treaty between them. The lay allowed any noble to petition the Orchid Court for a high elven arbitrator. And so the Queen summoned a noble from the [[Sun Court]] to mediate the negotiations. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | Then Omund and his herald, [[Rhedyn|Lady Rhedyn]], handed themselves to the elven forces. Presented before the Orchid Court, despite the military advantage, Omund negotiated, invoking the [[Lay of Dremidydd]], an epic song-poem written by a [[high elf]] troubadour which laid out the recent history of the [[Wode elf|Wode]] and [[High elf|High Elves]], which acted as a kind of treaty between them. The lay allowed any noble to petition the Orchid Court for a high elven arbitrator. And so the Queen summoned a noble from the [[Sun Court]] to mediate the negotiations. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
In the end, Omund managed to negotiate a treaty of peace with the elves without any bloodshed. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | In the end, Omund managed to negotiate a treaty of peace with the elves without any bloodshed. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
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=== Rise to King === | === Rise to King === | ||
Omund saw a weakness in the feudal structure of [[Vasloria]]. Each Duke ruled a large area of two or three baronies, their power came from their promise to protect the barons from the other Dukes. And, for a few years, they did | Omund saw a weakness in the feudal structure of [[Vasloria]]. Each Duke ruled a large area of two or three baronies, their power came from their promise to protect the barons from the other Dukes. And, for a few years, they did. Now the Dukes used the Baronies as banks, existing only to fuel the dukes' military ambitions against each other. The dukes spent, and the barons paid. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
Omund knew well the barons of [[Oll]], [[Bedegar (barony)|Bedegar]], [[Dalrath]] and others. He knew they would rally to him | Omund knew well the barons of [[Oll]], [[Bedegar (barony)|Bedegar]], [[Dalrath]] and others. He knew they would rally to him. Starting with the barons of Dalrath and Oll, Omund built a coalition, marching first south, then east. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
He spent three years bringing the Dukes of Western Vasloria to heel. In [[Age of Chaos|Chaos]] 272, when Omund was 31, he forced five of the seven Western Dukes to sign the [[Treaty of Dur Marr]]. The treaty forced the Dukes to swear fealty to Omund and listed the protected rights of the Barons to rule their land with many expanded freedoms from the Dukes' tyranny, as well as the first language protecting the rights of serfs and freesouls. The treaty established Omund King of [[Aendrim]] & [[Corwell]], though there were dukes and barons in each land who refused to sign, their lands became more and more lawless in the years afterward as more of their citizens migrated to Omund's land. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | He spent three years bringing the Dukes of Western Vasloria to heel. In [[Age of Chaos|Chaos]] 272, when Omund was 31, he forced five of the seven Western Dukes to sign the [[Treaty of Dur Marr]]. The treaty forced the Dukes to swear fealty to Omund and listed the protected rights of the Barons to rule their land with many expanded freedoms from the Dukes' tyranny, as well as the first language protecting the rights of serfs and freesouls. The treaty established Omund King of [[Aendrim]] & [[Corwell]], though there were dukes and barons in each land who refused to sign, their lands became more and more lawless in the years afterward as more of their citizens migrated to Omund's land. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
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=== Gryphon === | === Gryphon === | ||
At the time, noble heraldry favored mundane creatures found in the local forests. Supernatural creatures on one's device was considered at worst bad luck and at best bad taste. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | |||
For his crest Omund broke from tradition choosing to feature no element from his mother or father, preferring instead a single gryphon guardant. Centuries later, in the age of nations after the [[Council of Aberdanon]], the kings and queens of [[Vasloria]] | For his crest Omund broke from tradition choosing to feature no element from his mother (three owls) or father (two eagles), preferring instead a single gryphon guardant. Centuries later, in the age of nations, after the [[Council of Aberdanon]], the kings and queens of [[Vasloria]] all took supernatural winged creatures as their coat d'arms in memory of the First Good King in Vasloria, whose history of justice they sought to emulate. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
The gryphon's mouth was open, a position reserved for those holy few who were never ordained in any church but who nonetheless "called the faithful" inspiring them to deeds of great piety.This honorific is known as the [[Clarion Call]]. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | The gryphon's mouth was open, a position reserved for those holy few who were never ordained in any church but who nonetheless "called the faithful" inspiring them to deeds of great piety.This honorific is known as the [[Clarion Call]]. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
Similarly, the gryphon held in one of its fore-claws a life-like heart. There was no blood on the heart. This symbolizes the dedication of the king to the heart of the land (its people, traditionally). The absence of blood indicates a ruler who was chosen or anointed rather than one who gained the crown through conquest, though surely this is a matter of debate. Omund certainly used violence, and a lot of it, to consolidate his kingdom. But compared to other conquerors, Omund was almost a pacifist. He never fought a battle larger than a skirmish | Similarly, the gryphon held in one of its fore-claws a life-like heart. There was no blood on the heart. This symbolizes the dedication of the king to the heart of the land (its people, traditionally). The absence of blood indicates a ruler who was chosen or anointed rather than one who gained the crown through conquest, though surely this is a matter of debate. Omund certainly used violence, and a lot of it, to consolidate his kingdom. But compared to other conquerors, Omund was almost a pacifist. He never fought a battle larger than a skirmish. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
=== Motto === | === Motto === | ||