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King Willan I of Anglia (born Willan of Wentonshyrr; 9309 - 9400 CE) was the seventeenth king of the Anglian Kingdom and the unifier of the districts of East Gallorum. In 9331 CE, in Duré Paladin, he was crowned the rightful Emperor of the Armidian and Anglian Empires by the spirit of Durán.
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[edit] Childhood
Willan Morley was born to a cobbler and his weaver wife in the hamlet of Wentonshyrr, Fieldon of Hargrave, in Ianu 15, 9309 CE. Unlike Durán, no priests or prophets ever foretold his ascent to greatness. One important and related prophecy, however, was made long before he was born, at the dawn of the Second Age. All the prophets in Greater Gallorum simultaneously uttered the cryptic prophecy in High Duranian:
- "A wind is blowing from the North,
- The ships sail in from the East.
- Soon, a shadow shall fall o'er Galorn
- And make all the men as beasts.
- "A force shall rise in the North,
- Pirates shall attack from the Orient,
- But, come the Fox to the battlefield,
- And all their efforts shall make no dent."
Or, in High Duranian:
- "I ché á luthniór tarnen seryin,
- Tól kirinós ut mirnen á pernién;
- Mók volhiló Gallé o purenien
- E esnes til wofné barenien.
- "Borómin armá ut luthniá tambrin,
- Pirtós á pernién vashnein,
- Sé venin i puliré thu bareshnión
- E fortiné iyos nu parin mil neté."
This prophecy was to change the life of young Willan.
At the age of 16, Willan joined the King's Army. At that time, the Anglian Kingdom was a weak power, battling for supremacy with nine other fiels (district leaders). King Moran VII was assembling a grand army strong enough to crush the resistance of the hostile fiels. It was here that Willan grew up, becoming a skilled warrior and being promoted to the rank of commandeur in three years. Battles did not corrupt young Willan, and his virtue was spotted by the king himself, who appointed Willan as his Philosophical Advisor.
[edit] Quest for the Ring
See article: Willian's Paladins.
[edit] Reign
Willan quickly proved to be a good and effective king. In four months, he overcame the armies of all nine fiels in what is known as the Anglian Unification War. In 9332 CE, the evil sorcerer Mordin marched from the North with his army of Gorans. Willan, with the help of Duran and his Ring, resisted the assault and imprisoned Mordin in the pit of Xabuvio, where he was able to become a dark lich due to Xabuvio's nature. After this, with all threats eliminated, Willan turned his attention to the well-being of his people.
Willan gave the Fieldon of Hargrave to his fellow Paladin, Gillian and made Peregrin Walfric Commander of the Armies. He established trade with the eastern land of Arkanros, presumably the first westerner to do so. Though his invasion of Galicia was unsuccessful, the economy and culture of Anglia prospered. He managed to repel a ten-stage invasion by the Serdians in 9354 CE due to the recent discovery of mortar pulver and the refinement of diamond lenses mined on Diamond Island.
Willan had two sons, Peregrin I and Forthran Ruely, and a daughter, Sophié. Peregrin became king after he died and Forthran gained the Fieldon of Covertan. Sophié married a young knight, the brave Eniac of Keyswaithe, who was the son of Fiel Gillian. The Empire was led by Eniac's namesake from Winthan.
[edit] Titles
- Paladé Arminié Nolbissimié Paladinió Armidiát E Angeliát E Meriawinclit (Emperor of the Royal and Most Noble Empire of Armidia, Anglia, and Meriavincla)
- Letyrr yff Kinitun Anglie (Ruler of the Kingdom of Anglia)
