Tristan Greymane II

King Tristan Greymane II (278 F.A. - 353 F.A.) was a ruler of the Kingdom of Gilneas. Son of Gerald Greymane I, he was crowned at the age of 38 after an accident that left his father mentally impaired. By the time of his coronation, he was unmarried but known to have had many bastard children. 
Tristan was known to be a fervent follower of the Holy Light, having erected a large number of monuments to the Church of the Holy Light as well as many chapels. Several years into his reign, his beliefs turned to zealotry as he performed several purges of followers of the Old Ways under the guise of bandits, although his actions would remain unnoticed until letters detailing his orders were found in a run down mill on the outskirts of Tempest's Reach about a hundred years later.
Tristan later enacted a royal decree that called for all religions other than the Holy Light to be illegal, which gained him heavy support from his more Light-faithful followers but alienated many of the southern and western lords. He lead several Holy Purges throughout Gilneas, personally killing many Old Ways followers for no other reason other than their religion. Those who harboured these believers where also executed.
He had his eldest bastard son Henry disemboweled and crucified after a failed plot to assassinate him. The attempt on his life sent Tristan into a deep state of paranoia, leading him to kill three of his bastard sons and two of his daughters fearing their beliefs to be "heretical". Three years before his death, he legitimized his remaining son, Mortimer, before dying of illness.
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