The Dark King
The Dark King of Malgrond is the main antagonist of The Tales of Mirydain: The Rise of the King and a major antagonist of the overall series. He is the first enemy David McKay and Ginny Langford must face on their adventures in Mirydain and considered the most dangerous adversary David and Ginny have ever faced.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
The Dark King is described as a tall, corpse-like man with stark-white skin, a very thin physique, and sunken yellow eyes with bloodshot sclera. He has black claw-like nails on his hands and slightly pointed ears, a hooked nose, and his teeth are all pointed and quite rotten.
Special abilities
Dark Magic, communing with wild beasts, skill in battle, cunning
Apparel & Accessories
The Dark King dresses in black tunics, pants, and gold-embroidered robes, and wears boots. He also wears a cape and a crown of iron inset with emeralds and bearing horns on the head. In battle, the Dark King wears dark armor over his robes.
Specialized Equipment
Magical staff, iron sword, and cursed dagger
Mental characteristics
Personal history
The Dark King is the main antagonist of the story and ruler of the barren land of Malgrond.
His true name is long forgotten, but his story has been told in Mirydain for many years. He was once a prince of the West whose father was Eàdulf, King of Fréodor, while his mother was Morgainn, one of the last Jinn. He was the oldest of four brothers, who were each gifted in their own way. When their father grew old, he decreed that the kingdom of Fréodor would be divided among each of them, so they would form a kingdom supported with their combined gifts.
The eldest Prince was very angry, for he believed that he alone was capable of rulership of his father's lands, and he swore that he alone would be king. He murdered his three brothers in secret until he could claim the throne, but it was not enough for him. He had seen the peace and the happiness in which the free peoples of Mirydain lived, and as he viewed freedom as “an empty dream of fools and cowards”, he vowed to make himself King of the whole country. He betrayed his people to the army of the northern land of Arvan, then learned and practiced Dark Magic, and returned to his land as the Dark King. He gathered his army of evil creatures together, and took the province for himself and renamed it Malgrond. He planned to conquer all of Mirydain and enslave its people, and so waged war with the free lands for over 200 years.
Accomplishments & Achievements
The Dark King murdered his three brothers to achieve his father's throne, then set about assembling an army of monsters to conquer all of Mirydain.
Intellectual Characteristics
Cunning, decisive, calculating, manipulative
Morality & Philosophy
The Dark King believes that he should be ruler of all Mirydain simply because he is a king's son. The Dark King is vehemently sociopathic, torturing his enemies for information and his servants alike if they fail to carry out his orders. He is willing to enslave or kill any who oppose his plan for total dominance in the land of Mirydain and believes that mercy, love, and compassion are weaknesses.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
The Dark King's chief motivation is his desire to conquer the whole land of Mirydain and rule it and its people with tyranny.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
The Dark King is a master of Dark Magic and is a cunning strategist as well as a skilled warrior. However, he does not understand that love is stronger than hate or fear and thus he considers it a weakness. This comes from the fact that he has never known love, nor does he seem to have ever desired it.
Likes & Dislikes
Likes: Power, torture, conquest, murder, his soldiers' usefulness, spreading fear, sowing dissent, plotting to conquer Mirydain, tormenting his opponents, war, domination
Dislikes: Defeat, the free peoples of Mirydain, losing control, being denied his way, David McKay and Ginny Langford resisting him
Virtues & Personality perks
None
Vices & Personality flaws
The Dark King is a power-mad and sadistic megalomaniac whose heart is filled with pride, violence, fraudulence, and treachery.
Social
Family Ties
Eàdulf (Human father)
Morgainn (Witch mother)
Religious Views
None
Social Aptitude
The Dark King is intensely sadistic, merciless, and hateful. He cares for his monster servants only for their value as warriors and despises the free peoples of Mirydain, Men most of all. The Dark King is only satisfied when what he desires is achieved, which results in him flying into a rage when his servants fail to carry out his orders. To foes and followers alike, the Dark King often speaks calmly, but is angered easily and can speak very coldly or sharply.
Wealth & Financial state
The Dark King often has tribute plundered from the free lands of Mirydain to add to his personal treasury.
Alignment
Evil
Honorary & Occupational Titles
His Majesty, Lord and King of Malgrond, Master of the Forbidden Lands, Lord of Dinas Galdur, King of Mirydain (self-proclaimed)
Life
971 M.T.
1225 M.T.
254 years old
Circumstances of Death
Defeated at the Battle of Kailion Vale in duel with David McKay
Birthplace
Fréodor (currently Malgrond)
Children
Gender
Male
Eyes
Yellow
Hair
Bald (formerly black)
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Chalk-white
Height
5'10"
Weight
154 lbs
Quotes & Catchphrases
"Your allies have failed. Your little King and his Queen will perish in this valley. And this day, the whole of Mirydain will belong to me."
"They have all fought valiantly, but in vain."
"You will die!”
Ruled Locations
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