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{{Character
|image          =[[File:Sewarndt01.JPG|250px]]
|caption        = Sewarndt, from ''Living Greyhawk'' Adventure NYR1-02 ''You Ain't From Around Here''
|name           = Sewarndt
|alt_spelling   =
|title          = Prince, later Emperor of the Nyrond Imperium
|nickname       = The Black Prince
|home           = [[Nyrond]]
|gender         = Male
|race           = [[Human]]
|ethnicity      = Oeridian
|occupation     = 
|class          = Mage 9
|alignment      = Neutral (NE)
|age            = 
|dob            = 560
|death          = 595
}}
'''Prince Sewarndt''' was a prince of [[Nyrond]], and son of former King [[Archbold III]]. He deposed his brother, [[Lynwerd]], as king at the end of [[594 CY]] to crown himself Emperor of the Nyrond Imperium before being killed in [[595 CY]].

==Description==

Sewarndt was a human mage, 5’ 11" and slim of build. He was pleasantly handsome, with green eyes, brown hair and a fetching smile. In spring 585 CY he was 25 years old.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.94</ref>

==Personality==

Sewarndt was a throwback to the most decadent of House [[Rax]]'s heritage. He was a self-indulgent power seeker.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.68</ref>

Magic was a specific course of study for Sewarndt, because he could never hope to equal his father and elder brother as a warrior.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.94</ref>

He saw himself as able to become Overking of a [[Great Kingdom]] who could bring Nyrond and [[Almor]] back within its control and rise again to become the only truly great power of the [[Flanaess]]. Sewarndt kept this vision to himself.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.68</ref>

Though he was typically neutral, being corrupted by a lust for power made him tend toward neutral evil.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.94</ref> He had come to want more treasure, more magic, more power, more of everything.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.95</ref>

==Abilities==

Sewarndt was a 9th level mage (second edition) by spring of [[585 CY]], with abilities Dex 18, Con 15, Int 18, Cha 17, hp 30.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.94</ref>

==Possessions==

Sewarndt wore a ''ring of protection +3'' and ''boots of speed''. He had access to the king's magical treasure trove. He also always wore a ''ring of mind shielding'' and ''ring of invisibility''.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]''. pp.94-95</ref>

==Activities==

In spring 585 CY Sewarndt had delusions of an alliance with Duke Szeffrin that might allow them to march through [[Aerdi]] and overthrow the mad Overking [[Ivid V]] in [[Rauxes]]. He spread rumors of Lynwerd's disloyalty to the king into the minds of some courtiers and advisers in [[Rel Mord]]. He was planning to dispatch an emissary to Szeffrin.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.68</ref>

==Relationships==

He was the youngest son of the former King [[Archbold III]] of Nyrond, but he did not share a mother with his older brother, Nyrond’s current King [[Lynwerd]] I. Lynwerd's mother had died in about [[578 CY]]<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.64</ref>.

Unusually he studied magic mainly because he never equal his father and elder brother as a warrior.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.94</ref>

In Spring 585 CY Lynwerd could see that Sewarndt was a bad individual, and he had to secure succession for himself for Nyrond's sake.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.94</ref> Archbold's protection of Sewarndt to a degree shielded his actions from scrutiny, as Archbold would probably have had anyone accusing his son of wickedness executed for treason (without solid evidence).<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.95</ref>

His charisma gave him considerable influence. Sewarndt was very cunning and skillful at managing to convey to everyone after the event that he favored good judgments made by Archbold and did his best to argue against poor ones. He made every effort to tarnish his brother's reputation in the process.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.68</ref>

In spring 585 CY he was well received among the fawning courtiers of Duke [[Korenflass]] of [[Oldred]], and increasingly so at the courts of some dissident local rulers.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.68</ref> He
continued to accumulate friends and contacts among disgruntled minor nobility, working his way up the ranks.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.95</ref> At the time he also desired to ally with Duke Szeffrin.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.89</ref>

==History==
In the fall of [[585 CY]] Archbold appeared to suffer a stroke. Clerics convened in [[Rel Mord]] and determined that he had been poisoned. Within hours of the discovery, Sewarndt and a group of junior military officers attempted a coup. Only the intervention of the capital's entire clergy of [[Heironeous]] prevented it and rescued the king. Lynwerd was on an inspection tour in [[Mithat]], and was notified by magical means within an hour of the coup. He immediately lead an army to his father's side, by which time Sewarndt and some supporters had fled while others were captured or killed.<ref>''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'', p.16 & 78</ref><ref>''[[The Adventure Begins]]'', p.30</ref>

Sewarndt's treachery shattered Archbold, and he abdicated in favor of Lynwerd in Fireseek [[586 CY]]. Archbold became deeply depressed, not even speaking to his own family, and went into retreat in his estate outside Rel Mord. <ref>''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'', p.78</ref><ref>''[[The Adventure Begins]]'', p.30</ref>

Lynwerd’s mother died in childbirth and Archbold quickly remarried, to [[Darielle]] of House [[Cranden]]. [[Quarlanth]] of [[Mowbrenn]] intimated that Sewarndt might be the true heir to the throne of the [[Great Kingdom]] due to his lineage through his mother. Quarlanth claimed the heir to the [[Malachite Throne]] has run through the mother’s side of House Cranden since [[Yalranda]] was named Overqueen in [[75 CY]].{{cn}}

Sewarndt was considered an outcast from Nyrond’s Royal Family. Duke [[Korenflass]], a Nyrondal noble, needled him endlessly.{{cn}}

By [[591 CY]] Sewarndt had not been seen in Nyrond since the coup in 585 CY, but he was believed to be alive 
and in hiding. It was also suspected he still had ambitions to take the throne.<ref>''[[The Adventure Begins]]'', p.30</ref>

In [[595 CY]] Sewarndt again seized control of Rel Mord and other key cities in a short and rapid coup, but was deposed.<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/region/nyrond ''Living Greyhawk Nyrond'' at Wizards of the Coast Archive]</ref>

== Rumors and legends ==

In spring 585 CY there were whispers that he had sent a magical messenger to [[Szeffrin]], proposing an alliance, with visions of marching to [[Rauxes]] to become a new [[Overking]].<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.95</ref> Szeffrin, however, maintained an alliance with King [[Xavener]], and publicly rebuffed any talk of an uprising against the Head of House [[Darmen]].{{cn}}

In spring [[591 CY]] reports surfaced suggesting Sewarndt had been seen in the [[Gnatmarsh]] perhaps in 
allegiance with the coven of witches said to dwell there.<ref>[[Living Greyhawk Journal]] #2, p.29</ref>

==See Also==
''See also:'' [[Rulers of Nyrond]]

==Gallery==

==References==
====Citations====
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====Bibliography====

*[[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[The Marklands]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.
*[[Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[The Adventure Begins]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
* [[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
* "Dispatches: News from Around the Flanaess (spring 591 CY)". ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #2. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, November 2000.

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