The Winterhaunt

“Outside, though perhaps morning, it is still night, but a night of a thousand thrusting colors laid over the shaking stars. The shattering ice still sounds like a drumbeat.”
-The Winterhaunt
== History ==
An Uldra with of obscure origin, no one even knew what his name was. The Winterhaunt was a member of the Druid Society who at some point scorned advancement and became a Winterhaunt of Iborighu, seeking strength through adversity. He rose to power within the Cult of Iborighu through his harsh rhetoric and penchant for violence, striking even for a member of the Cult. He swayed a considerable number of Uldras to his cause, weaning them off the worship of Hleld, who he scorned as a weakening influence on their race. 
As the leader of the Cult of Iborighu, the Winterhaunt was viciously intolerant of any outsiders. Humans and other races were considered less worthy then Uldras, but the brunt of the Winterhaunt's hatred was reserved for the Rimefire Witches, who he saw as a corrupting weakness whose presence prevented the Uldras from achieving greatness. He perused a grudging alliance with the Reich Nördlich, which wanted to exterminate the Rimefire Witches for their practice of arcane magic. The Reich protected his cult from persecution, and provided manpower for his violent crusade. 
At the start of the Winter War, the Winterhaunt was presented with evidence that the gods Iborighu and Auril were the parents of a new demigod of winter, the Windwalker. Though the Winterhaunt was sympathetic to Cult of the Windwalker, and loathe to fight on the same side as the Rimefire Witches, he saw the Cult as a threat to his authority, and as a threat to the independence of the Uldras. He proclaimed himself opposed to the Cult of the Windwalker, and alongside High Priestess Iiris Venäläinen of Auril, denounced the cult's interpretation as a theological heresy. 
Not long after, the Winterhaunt was murdered by Chlodochar, a human cleric of Iborighu, and the leader of the human faction of the Cult of Iborighu. Chlodochar's followers proclaimed him the new Winterhaunt, and declared their loyalty to the Windwalker. 
== Personality ==
The Winterhaunt was an unstable and violent leader, consumed by hatred for his Hleld-worshiping kin and contempt for non-Uldras, who he saw as inferior. He exalted savagery and strength as the highest of virtues, and believed that the adversity of eternal winter would shepherd a new age in which the Iborighu-worshiping Uldras would inherit the earth. Nonetheless, the Winterhaunt was capable of compromise and negotiation; though he presented himself as an unbending fanatic, years of conflict and intrigue had sharpened his instincts. He was no man's fool, and would do whatever he needed to maintain power and advance the lot of the Uldras, in that order. Category:Dead
Category:Snowball Earth
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Category:Jotunheim
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