Obould Obould , also known as King Obould I Many - Arrows , was an exarch of Gruumsh and the mortal orc king of the Broken Arrow tribe . Description . Obould was a large orc who was intelligent even by human standards . Considering that the blessings bestowed upon him calmed him somewhat he had become able to see things in a far broader perspective than any orc before him . This led to a change in orcish society under his leadership and the founding of Many - Arrows . Obould was known to have four wives and at least eight sons . It was said his only fear was that when he dies his sons will destroy all he has created in their fight to succeed him . Possessions . As a mortal , Obould was known to wear a ridged suit of black plate armor that was adorned with numerous spikes and decorations . Obould was also known to own a set of magical boots , which enabled him to leave no tracks in the snow , walk on ice without slipping and endure the coldest blizzard without harm . In battle he used a magical greatsword enchanted to catch fire at will . His black iron crown had four large rubies set into it each of which could generate a large fireball . His main shaman and adviser , Arganth Snarrl , also made him a helmet shaped like a skull with a protective lens of the rare glassteel . History . Obould was the king of the orcs of the Citadel of Many Arrows in 1367 DR . He lost this city when an orc horde led by King Greneire attacked the Citadel in the summer of that year . Though the horde had more than three times the number of orcs that Obould commanded , the Citadel held until Uktar when Greneire ' s forces broke through the gates . Obould managed to slay Greneire in single combat but fled the battle due to grievous wounds suffered in the fighting . The Citadel was then lost when Clan Warcrown and troops from Silverymoon arrived to rout the exhausted survivors . Obould retreated to Dark Arrow Keep where he plotted his return to the Marches whilst building a new horde . Infighting was rife in the Keep though and seven of his eight sons plotted against him . 3 of them , Scrauth , Araug and Brymoel , had the gall to do so openly ! All the while Obould plotted to sweep back down south , Reclaim the Citadel of Many Arrows and from there , conquer Silverymoon and after that , his plan was to conquer all of the lands north of the Rauvin to create the empire of Obouldar . Eventually , the murmuring of his troops about his apparent weakness was too much for him . In a rage , he put his plans into action , quite possibly killing the sons who plotted against him and realising his goal of uniting most of the orc tribes in the Spine of the World , also forging an alliance with Gerti Orelsdottr . He tested his army against the human settlement of Shallows and , despite many setbacks his forces easily won the day . During the assault on Shallows the dwarf Pikel Bouldershoulder use his druid ic power to build a ' Trojan ' statue of Gruumsh to rescue King Bruenor Battlehammer , who was at Shallows , and attack the orcs . During his next assault , this time on the dwarven settlement of Mithral Hall , he underwent a religious ceremony where he was blessed by the orc god Gruumsh , which gave him greater strength , speed , and intelligence ( the strength of a bull and the speed of a wildcat ) , and made his name synonymous with that of the orc god . He became commonly referred to by other orcs as " Obould - Who - Is - Gruumsh " . Something changed within him though , and a desire for peace became gradually more apparent , much to the displeasure of many of his followers . Obould ' s son , Urlgen Threefist , who was Obould ' s top commander , was slain in combat by the moon elf Innovindil but Obould ' s loss did not cause him to reject an offer made by King Bruenor to sign the Treaty of Garumn ' s Gorge , which helped establish the borders of a new orc realm that would come to be called the Kingdom of Many - Arrows . Upon his death , Obould was raised by Gruumsh to godhood as an exarch in Nishrek . His legacy on Toril remained behind however and by 1479 DR Many - Arrows had established itself as a major power in the North . Notable children of Obould Many - Arrows . He was believed to have eight sons . Appendix . Appearances . Novels . In the book " The Two Swords " , Obould battled Drizzt Do ' Urden twice . Obould won the first fight due only to his indestructible armor . The two fought again in the climax of the novel , but it was interrupted before a clear victor could be determined . Worthy of note is that Obould caught Drizzt in his signature maneuver , and would have killed him if not for an enchantment from the drow priestess Kaer ' lic Suun Wett that destroyed Obould ' s armor and prevented him from finishing the killing strike . As of " Road of the Patriarch " it seemed that Obould has withdrawn from Mithral Hall and had begun to secure what land he had already taken . This was confirmed in " The Orc King " , and later in that novel Obould and Bruenor Battlehammer agreed to a truce , signing the Treaty of Garumn ' s Gorge and putting an end to hostilities between Mithral Hall ( and its allies ) and the Kingdom of Many - Arrows . In " Gauntlgrym " , it is revealed that Obould remained at peace with - - and was an occasional ally of - - Mithral Hall , until dying of old age .