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==Description== | ==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 | 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== | ==Personality== | ||
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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> | 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> | ||
Sewarndt | 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== | ==Abilities== | ||
Sewarndt was a 9th level mage by spring of [[585 CY]]. <br> His stats were: Dex 18, Con 15, Int 18, Cha 17, hp 30.<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.94</ref> | |||
==Possessions== | ==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== | ==Activities== | ||
In | 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== | ==Relationships== | ||
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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> | 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 | 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> Archbold would probably have had anyone accusing his son of wickedness executed for treason (without solid evidence).<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.95</ref> | 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> Archbold would probably have had anyone accusing his son of wickedness executed for treason (without solid evidence).<ref>''[[The Marklands]]'', p.95</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Sewarndt and his older brother Lynwerd were starkly different, and the friction between them led to a minor battle for the crown after their father’s abdication in [[586 CY]]. Lynwerd bested his younger brother, leaving Sewarndt to flee Nyrond, presumably south to [[Almor]]. | |||
There were whispers among the shadows that he had previously sent a magical messenger to Duke [[Szeffrin]], proposing an alliance, seeing himself as marching back to [[Kalstrand]] to overthrow Ivid and become a new [[Overking]]. Szeffrin, however, maintained an alliance with King [[Xavener]], and publicly rebuffed any talk of an uprising against the Head of [[House Darmen]]. | |||
Szeffrin, however, maintained an alliance with King [[Xavener]], and publicly rebuffed any talk of an uprising against the Head of [[House Darmen]]. | |||
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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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==Rumors & Legends== | ==Rumors & Legends== | ||
In | 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> | ||
In | 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> | allegiance with the coven of witches said to dwell there.<ref>[[Living Greyhawk Journal]] #2, p.29</ref> | ||
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====Bibliography==== | ====Bibliography==== | ||
* "Dispatches: News from Around the Flanaess ( | * "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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Revision as of 14:50, 3 October 2021
| Sewarndt | |
|---|---|
| Names and titles | |
| Nickname: | The Black Prince |
| Title(s): | Prince, later Emperor of the Nyrond Imperium |
| General info | |
| Home: | Nyrond |
| Alignment: | Neutral (NE) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Species: | Human |
| Ethnicity: | Oeridian |
| Class: | Mage (Level 9) |
| Dates | |
| Birthdate: | 550 CY |
| Death: | 595 CY |
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.[1]
Personality
Sewarndt was a throwback to the most decadent of House Rax's heritage. He was a self-indulgent power seeker.[2]
Magic was a specific course of study for Sewarndt, because he could never hope to equal his father and elder brother as a warrior.[3]
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.[4]
Though he was typically neutral, being corrupted by a lust for power made him tend toward neutral evil.[5] He had come to want more treasure, more magic, more power, more of everything.[6]
Abilities
Sewarndt was a 9th level mage by spring of 585 CY.
His stats were: Dex 18, Con 15, Int 18, Cha 17, hp 30.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9]
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.
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.[10]
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.[11] He continued to accumulate friends and contacts among disgruntled minor nobility, working his way up the ranks.[12] At the time he also desired to ally with Duke Szeffrin.[13] Archbold would probably have had anyone accusing his son of wickedness executed for treason (without solid evidence).[14]
History
Sewarndt and his older brother Lynwerd were starkly different, and the friction between them led to a minor battle for the crown after their father’s abdication in 586 CY. Lynwerd bested his younger brother, leaving Sewarndt to flee Nyrond, presumably south to Almor.
There were whispers among the shadows that he had previously sent a magical messenger to Duke Szeffrin, proposing an alliance, seeing himself as marching back to Kalstrand to overthrow Ivid and become a new Overking. Szeffrin, however, maintained an alliance with King Xavener, and publicly rebuffed any talk of an uprising against the Head of House Darmen.
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.
Sewarndt was considered an outcast from Nyrond’s Royal Family. Duke Korenflass, a Nyrondal noble, needled him endlessly.
Rumors & 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.[15]
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.[16]
Appendix
See Also
See also: Rulers of Nyrond
Appearances
Gallery
External Links
References
Citations
- ↑ The Marklands, p.94
- ↑ The Marklands, p.68
- ↑ The Marklands, p.94
- ↑ The Marklands, p.68
- ↑ The Marklands, p.94
- ↑ The Marklands, p.95
- ↑ The Marklands, p.94
- ↑ The Marklands. pp.94-95
- ↑ The Marklands, p.68
- ↑ The Marklands, p.68
- ↑ The Marklands, p.68
- ↑ The Marklands, p.95
- ↑ The Marklands, p.89
- ↑ The Marklands, p.95
- ↑ The Marklands, p.95
- ↑ Living Greyhawk Journal #2, p.29
Bibliography
- "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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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewarndt (Prince) | Non-player character | [M9], | Dragon magazine #306 | 95 |
| Sewarndt (Prince) | Non-player character | [M9], | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 16, 78 |
| Sewarndt (Prince) | Non-player character | [M9], | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 29 |
| Sewarndt (Prince) | Non-player character | [M9], | The Adventure Begins | 30 |
| Sewarndt (Prince) | Non-player character | [M9], | WGR4 The Marklands | 68, 72, 89, 93, 94 |