The Reign of King Phyges the Great

Political event

Phyges, the grandson of Oudellar and great-grandson of Iopetus, reigns as King of Odalla.

Ipoletus had arranged the marriage of Daru, eldest son of Chieftan Nupellus of the Scylliae, to Mylleostea, granddaughter of King Pedridas. King Pedridas lost his eldest son and heir during the First Succession War, thus he elevated Mylleostea his appointed heir's only child in his eyes and doted on her. He gave her in marriage to the son of a Scylliae chieftan as repayment for the support of Iopetus and the native tribes of Odalla. Ipoletus had an alterior motive in all of this, as he desired for his grandsons to ascend to the throne of Odalla first established by their late father.   Mylleostea gave birth to twin girls during the first year of her marriage to Daru, which was as perfect a plan as Iopetus could hope for. He sent congratulations for the births to Nupellus, his fellow chieftan, and proposed to marry his twin grandsons to Nupellus' twin granddaughters and unite the two largest groups of the Scylliae. Nupellus consented, as Iopetus was well-deserving of his reputation as a highly persuasive and influential individual. The plan was set in motion that Sodus, the elder twin boy, would marry Telia, the elder twin girl of Daru and Mylleostea, and Chylaen, the younger twin boy, would marry Tore, the younger twin girl.   When the respective sets of twins came of age, they met in a neutral location for the marriage feasts. The couples had never laid eyes on each other until the eve of the wedding. When Sodus first saw Telia, he was struck by her beauty. Her eyes were dark and features striking like her father, yet her skin was pale like her mother, and her hair was ruddy and golden. However, Chylaen had the opposite reaction to seeing his bethrothed, Tore. She had dark eyes and golden hair like her sister, however without the striking features of her father, and Chylaen refused to marry her. Ipoletus proceeded with the wedding of Sodus and Telia, and, for his disobedience, conscripted Chylaen to service in a distant part of Odalla, where a savage tribe was threatening the peace of a vassalized tribe of the Scylliae.   Telia was soon with child, and when she bore a son, she called his name Phyges, after a legendary King of Aeulo. This pleased Sodus, and it pleased Iopetus even more. He ordered the finest masters in all the tribes of Odalla, as well as those among the Odallans themselves (where he had much influence). These were gathered as Phyges' tutors, and from birth, Phyges received the highest education in all matters pertaining to the successful rule of a king.   When King Ophad the Young died without an heir, the Counsel of Odalla searched for who was next in line to the throne, by the custom of patrilineage. Phyges, as great-grandson of King Pedridas and grandson of King Oudellar, was the natural choice, and, though he was but a youth, had a countenance that ccharmedeven the most skeptical member of the Odallan Counsel.   King Phyges was crowned in the capital of Odalla and reigned for 56 years. He enlarged the borders of the Kingdom of Odalla, and many of the Scylliae people assimilated into the population of the Odallans, aasthey saw Phyges was their king, too.