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{{Infobox character|titles=King, Scourge of the Fae|aliases=Good King Omund|ancestry=[[Human]] ([[Vasloria]])|allies=[[Dragon Phalanx]] | {{Infobox character|titles=King, Scourge of the Fae, First Good King of Vasloria|aliases=Good King Omund|ancestry=[[Human]] ([[Vasloria]])|allies=[[Dragon Phalanx]] | ||
[[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]]. | [[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, the Peace|sign=[[Omund]]|source={{Cite web/good king omund}}}} | {{Quote|text=Lustitia Primum, Deinde Pax -- Justice first, the Peace|sign=[[Omund]]|source={{Cite web/good king omund}}}} | ||
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He distinguised himself in battles against the elves of the [[Elgenwode]] and [[Beowode]], earning him the title of Scourge of the Fae, as he became known as a fierce elf-fighter. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | He distinguised himself in battles against the elves of the [[Elgenwode]] and [[Beowode]], earning him the title of Scourge of the Fae, as he became known as a fierce elf-fighter. {{Cite web/good king omund}} | ||
=== The Army That Never Fought === | |||
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 began the weeks-long ride to Dalrath. 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}} | |||
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}} | |||
In the end, Omund managed to negotiate a treaty of peace with the Elves without any bloodshed. | |||
Omund's army became known as "The Army That Never Fought". A romantic ideal the people held on to, even after many brutal battles. | |||
=== Reign === | === Reign === | ||