N/Legends/Willian's Paladins
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Six years after it began, the war had still not progressed and strange things were happening in the north, so Moran assembled a fellowship to retrieve the legendary Ring of Duran in the ancient castle of Duré Paladin; he hoped that with this ring, he would be able to destroy his enemies. Three men were chosen to do this task: Gillian Suffrey, a naval captain who knew the whole of Gallorum, a young commander called Peregrin Walfric, and Willan himself.
The three Paladins set out from Campleton Castle on Springleaf 18, 9331 CE. On this same day, ghostly horsemen were seen riding south through Berthal, a northern city. As they continued their journey, the three heard of more and more sightings of these "Mercenaries of Doom"; on Springleaf 21, they intercepted the horsemen at Hargrave. Here, they learned about the legend of the horsemen from an old farmer - they signaled the rise of a great power, one that was not of that world. They were said to come from the North and were said to gallop around Gallorum until settling in Duré Boromin. From here, they would search for three relics and, once they had found them, would return them to their master in the North, who would then rule over the whole world, from Gallorum to Karabala, for ten thousand years.
Leaving Hargrave, the Paladins set out at top speed for Duré Paladin. On the way, they passed the town of Borchart, whose inhabitants had been brutally and mysteriously massacred. Enlisting the help of an eccentric hermit, they finally arrived at the castle on Springleaf 27. To their dismay, the castle was locked - the hermit was fortunately knowledgeable in High Duranian, and opened the gates with incantations. Inside, the Paladins were ambushed by 500 skeleton soldiers; the hermit was killed, but the other three emerged unscathed. The Guardian of the castle then challenged Willan to a duel, and, after Willan had successfully disarmed him, admitted defeat and led them into the Hall of Duran. Here, Duran revealed that Willan was the Fox in the ancient prophecy, and proclaimed Willan the rightful Emperor of Armidia, Anglia, and Meriavincla, and, in a solemn ceremony attended by the good spirits of Gallorum, crowned him and gave him the Ring. He promised Willan the full support of his Armidian armies, should the new king ever need them.
Returning home, the Paladins passed by Duré Boromin. They challenged the Black Horsemen to a duel, which ended when Willan managed to destroy three of them, sending the remaining four fleeing to the North. The Paladins then continued homewards but were arrested on Lurnien 1 at Walliswaithe by soldiers who mistook them for deserters. When they were brought before the king, they tried in vain to convince him that Willan was now Emperor of Anglia, and were nearly going to be executed until Duran appeared at Campleton with ten thousand of his bodyguard. He persuaded Moran to hand over the crown to Willan, to the joy of everybody present.
