Nox of Oddrentyn

"I'll let you in on a little secret. Do you know what keeps my weapons sharp? The bones of my enemies."
-Nox of Oddrentyn
== History ==
The son of a high-ranking priest in Oddrentyn, Nox was believed to be descended from the dragon that originally killed the city's human inhabitants. He rose through the ranks of the priesthood and nobility, eventually claiming the title of king for himself. Many opposed him, but his followers were numerous enough to secure his power. At his orders, propaganda was disseminated proclaiming him a sort of living saint among the Kobolds, a prophet sanctioned to rule them until the dragons returned. 
== Personality ==
King Nox was cautious and paranoid, trusting no one and using others as tools. He believed that only power would keep him safe, and instituted regular purges amongst the nobility and priesthood to keep them in a state of fear. Towards the end of his life, the cynical and power-hungry Kobold began to truly believe his delusions of grandeur, and only then did his instincts begin to slip. 
== War of the Philosopher-Kings ==
King Nox sat out the War of the Philosopher-Kings, turning away emissaries from Nadezhda and dismissing them as inconsequential. 
== After the War ==
Many ambitious Kobolds were chafing under what they saw as the stifling rule of the increasingly aged and reclusive king, but it would not be by the hands of his underlings that King Nox fell. Emerging from his crumbling palace for the first time in years, Nox instituted one of the most vicious purges yet, killing real and perceives enemies, and even some of his most loyal followers out of sheer spite. With the city cowed and reeling, a small cabal of expatriate Nadezhdans, still resentful over King Nox's refusal to aid them in the War of the Philosopher-Kings, provided the Ratfolk followers of Cendehl Rahk with the weapons and supplies needed to conquer Oddrentyn. As his city fell, King Nox hid in his palace, until he was dragged out and sacrificed on an altar to the god of the Ratfolk. Category:Four Tales
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