Seaxwulf Ricfriding

Seaxwulf of the Waves (410 - 437) was the fifth Cyng of Talor and the second of the Ricfriding line, following in the footsteps of his uncle, the fourth Cyng Eomer Bonespear. He was known to be a distant and lonely Cyng, taking refuge at sea.
Seaxwulf, though chosen by the Ricfriding family as their candidate, did not want to be Cyng. He protested all he could but was overruled by an old Talorian law - if a Cyng dies in combat, his house is the next to take the throne.
Seaxwulf is described to be a man of slight frame and medium height. He loved to explore and trade, and had no stomach for the administrative side of Cyngship, nor for the political struggles of the court. Leaving government of the country to his cousin Beohelm Ricfriding, he passed his four-year reign by sailing - the first expedition went to trade with Varhold, his second went south to Lacrive and Faramond, then in 437 he struck northeast for the Spurnian River. His final expedition never returned and is said to have been dashed on the rocks surrounding the Spur.
When Seaxwulf failed to return from his last expedition, the throne was claimed by Cyneheah Boarslayer.
== Controversy ==
Seaxwulf's final expedition is widely accepted to have been destroyed - eyewitness reports from the city of Edgeview states that his ship was lost with all hands - however, given Seaxwulf's attitude towards the throne, there are unproven claims that his expedition instead settled somewhere along the Spurnian River.
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