Gildas the Mad King
King Gildas Argent (a.k.a. The Diabolic)
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Gildas was quite fit due to his work as a militant cleric. However, his agility was less than stellar due to him always wearing heavy plate armor.
Body Features
Gildas had pale skin and brown hair. His hair was often scraggly and in poor health due to always being on the road and not caring for it.
Special abilities
Gildas could cast clerical magic that includes healing others, increasing the physical prowess of him and others, and lighting others with holy fire.
Apparel & Accessories
Gildas generally wore plate armor with a white cross etched into the armor. Over his armor, he would wear a brown cloak with a hood. When not in plate, he would wear a leather vest over the basic tunic and pants so he was never not protected.
Specialized Equipment
Along with his armor, Gildas wielded a war hammer with a cross engraved on the top. He also wore a cross around his neck.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Gildas was born and raised to be the Silver King. However, due to disagreeing with his father's adviser, Reginald, he was banished at only 14 years old. In his exile he would be found and raised by Hatae, a kind lady who ran an orphanage. During this time, he devoted himself as a cleric to God, absorbing the doctrine of The Human Faith. This only increased the racism that he already had as a youth.
Years later, he discovered that Hatae, his mother figure, was actually an elf who cared for nonhumans that she disguised as humasn. This led him to burn down the orphanage along with the entire city of Snowveil that it was in. He then learned that his brother, Boden Argent III, had disappeared, leaving the Silver Throne, his birthright, open. He returned to the Silver City and killed Reginald, who hired mercenaries to kill the exiled prince.
His first act upon taking the throne was to declare war on the Golden Empire in order to gain independence for the Silver Kingdom. This was the beginning of the Gold-Silver War II. As he continued to wage war, he slowly grew more and more deranged. He instituted pogroms against nonhumans in the city and ultimately turned from God and encouraged worshiping Satan instead. Some say they even remember him summoning devils from Hell to support the troops.
As the war waged, the Golden Empire made temporary alliances with the orc tribes of the desert, the dwarves to the northeast, the firbolgs of Home, and even the Elven College of Sorcery. The conglomerate forces laid siege to the Silver City for a week before a huge push broke through the city walls and charged the Silver Palace. Within, a small group entered the palace as the main force guarded against the Silver Army's forces. As the small group entered the palace, Gildas evacuated as many palace attendants as possible before dying in battle. Some rumors say he turned himself into a devil in the battle and his failure led to him being banished to Hell.
Sexuality
Heteromantic asexual
Education
Gildas received training in leadership, battle strategy, and weapon combat alongside etiquette training fit for a king.
Employment
He started life as a prince before becoming a martial cleric, who would travel the lands and killing monsters threatening humans for free. Towards the end of his life, he did become the Silver King.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Gildas managed to survive for a year in the bitter cold of The Northern Tundra before being taken in by Hatae. He also was skilled at combat with a hammer, helping him take the throne from Reginald.
Failures & Embarrassments
Gildas's ultimate failure was giving into the temptations of power, both political and divine. He became a corrupt ruler focused on persecuting out-groups, along with a conduit of satanic power.
Mental Trauma
Gildas had a near pathological hatred of nonhumans, feeling filthy just being near them. He also experienced hallucinations and panic attacks towards the end of his life.
Morality & Philosophy
Gildas believed that nonhumans were on the same level as the monsters he killed as a wandering cleric. Other than that, he believed in being as virtuous as possible and protecting those that cannot protect themselves. He hates drug use of any kind as he believes it sullies the mind, allowing temptation in. However, he does believe in sacrificing individual virtue in order to preserve the common good.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Gildas sought to bring the Silver Kingdom into prominence and spread God's word all over Belkora.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Gildas was an excellent fighter, but was terrible at talking to others as he often acted snobbish.
Virtues & Personality perks
Gildas general acted virtuously, avoiding alcohol, sex, violence against innocence, among others.
Vices & Personality flaws
Gildas's main vice was his intense racism. He also was incredibly prideful and rash.
Social
Family Ties
As a member of the royal Argent family, Gildas was the brother of Boden III.
Religious Views
Gildas's religion was the focal point of his life. He structured everything around his faith in God. However, towards the end of his life, he was just as religious, just towards a different god, Satan.
Social Aptitude
Gildas's haughty nature made it hard for him to get along with other people.
Relationships
History
The two of them had a strained relationship during their youth. Gildas often bullied Boden, taunting him for being weaker and not in the inheritance. However, Boden loves his brother, even after his death, refusing to call him mad or a devil, despite not having seen him since Gildas was exiled.
Wealth & Financial state
As a cleric, Gildas never took money for his services, getting by on the kindness of others, especially Hatae. When he became king, he inherited the entire wealth of the Silver Kingdom.
Alignment
Lawful Evil
Species
Ethnicity
Honorary & Occupational Titles
The Mad King, The Silver King
Life
1515 NE
1540 NE
25 years old
Circumstances of Death
Killed in the Siege of the Silver City, ending the Gold-Silver War II
Birthplace
The Silver Palace
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Gender
Male
Eyes
Dark blue
Hair
Long, dark brown, scraggly
Height
6'2''
Weight
150
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