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During his reign, [[Vitae]] created{{Timescale}} the [[Dragon Phalanx]], an order of [[draconian]] knights, to uphold law {{Cite web/ds august 2024|17, 18}}. They were created to be the perfect knights, bringing law and dispensing justice throughout the land.

However, one member of the Dragon Phalanx, [[Mandrake]], captain of a [[Dragon Phalanx|Dragonflight]], was corrupted, seduced by the power offered by Ajax. Due to his betrayal Omund's his castle fell to [[Ajax]] the Invincible. {{Cite web/ds august 2024|9}} {{Cite web/ds august 2024|17, 18}}

== Device ==

=== Color ===

Omund's colors are checkered red and gold, red from his father's red-and-blue crest and gold from his mother's gold-and-black crest. Much noble heraldry in the later [[Age of Nations]] featured red or gold in Omund's memory. {{Cite web/good king omund}}

=== Gryphon ===

Omund's mother's family crest featured three owls, as they were founding members of a hereditary order of knights in [[Oll]]. His father's crest featured two eagles. At the time, noble heraldry favored those 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]] would 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}}

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. His army's reputation was formidable enough to cause most enemy commanders (who were, after all, the very Baronial leaders Omund sought to represent) to surrender before battle become necessary. {{Cite web/good king omund}}

=== Motto ===

The motto was from his mother's side of the family. ''Iustitia Primum, Deinde Pax'' "Justice First, then Peace." It was a lesson his mother taught him well; it is very easy to send a knight in to stop two parties from fighting. This behavior favors the oppressor. It is much harder to establish first who is in the right. Her family's original motto translated as "Peace without Justice is No Peace." {{Cite web/good king omund}}

== References ==

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 During his reign, [[Vitae]] created{{Timescale}} the [[Dragon Phalanx]], an order of [[draconian]] knights, to uphold law {{Cite web/ds august 2024|17, 18}}. They were created to be the perfect knights, bringing law and dispensing justice throughout the land.
-However, one member of the Dragon Phalanx, [[Mandrake]], captain of a [[Dragon Phalanx|Dragonflight]], was corrupted, seduced by the power offered by Ajax. Due to his  betrayal Omund's his castle fell to [[Ajax]] the Invincible. {{Cite web/ds august 2024|9}} {{Cite web/ds august 2024|17, 18}}
+However, one member of the Dragon Phalanx, [[Mandrake]], captain of a [[Dragon Phalanx|Dragonflight]], was corrupted, seduced by the power offered by Ajax. Due to his betrayal Omund's his castle fell to [[Ajax]] the Invincible. {{Cite web/ds august 2024|9}} {{Cite web/ds august 2024|17, 18}}
+== Device ==
+=== Color ===
+Omund's colors are checkered red and gold, red from his father's red-and-blue crest and gold from his mother's gold-and-black crest. Much noble heraldry in the later [[Age of Nations]] featured red or gold in Omund's memory. {{Cite web/good king omund}}
+=== Gryphon ===
+Omund's mother's family crest featured three owls, as they were founding members of a hereditary order of knights in [[Oll]]. His father's crest featured two eagles. At the time, noble heraldry favored those 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]] would 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}}
+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. His army's reputation was formidable enough to cause most enemy commanders (who were, after all, the very Baronial leaders Omund sought to represent) to surrender before battle become necessary. {{Cite web/good king omund}}
+=== Motto ===
+The motto was from his mother's side of the family. ''Iustitia Primum, Deinde Pax'' "Justice First, then Peace." It was a lesson his mother taught him well; it is very easy to send a knight in to stop two parties from fighting. This behavior favors the oppressor. It is much harder to establish first who is in the right. Her family's original motto translated as "Peace without Justice is No Peace." {{Cite web/good king omund}}
 == References ==