Lucius Pinn

King Lucius Pinn is a king of Hyranor. He is the ruling monarch three monarchs prior to Alaric Eirik, reigning for 91 years, throughout the whole Age of Pinn. He is the most hated king Hyranor has seen in millennia.

## Description

Lucius Pinn is a Human and a king of Hyranor.

Maybe from the beginning, maybe starting at some point during his reign, he is only ever seen and depicted wearing full golden plate armour, with only his beard voming out from beneath the helm. He also wears a flowing golden cape, and carries a large, curved sword.

Rumour has it he drinks a potion that magically extends his life span, allowing him to reign for 91 years until he is assassinated by Blaise Stoker and his adventuring party, the Slutty Six, in 91 AP during the Pinn Drop Oneshot.

## Backstory

He was the first king of his name and rose to the throne while he was still very young, starting a new Age.

## Character Arc

King Pinn is known to be a rather uncaring king already in 21 AP. During his reign, there is little care whether or not criminal activity is happening in most places, which allows piracy to happen freely. People mostly cheer when he is mentioned during public speeches or similar because they have to, not because they actually approve of him.

During his reign, the Unified Hyranor Tax Plan is enacted, which decrees that all citizens of Hyranor own a flat amount of gold to the crown, unimpacted by their wealth or standing. Those who cannot pay are separated from their loved ones, imprisoned, or killed.

At some point, Lucius Pinn holes up in the Ember Keep, specifically the laboratory below the castle, researching and experimenting, and only emerges to cheer over executions.

In 91 AP, a group of adventurers called the Slutty Six infiltrate the castle, make their way into the laboratory, fight, and ultimately kill Lucius Pinn as well as his two henchmen, the Master of Transmutation Grevonium Malfeasance and the Master of Alchemy Emma Potts. The killing blow is delivered by Blaise Stoker with a flaming greatsword. Pinn dies at over 110 years of age, despite being Human. During the fight, his armour breaks, revealing unhealthily purple skin with stitching, and ten stalks that end in eyes. As he dies, three bolts of energy shoot out of him: one goes into his sword, one into the eye of a beholder contained in a glass container with a metal frame, one into his sword, and one into the body of Damir Mortyss, who is one of the adventurers, briefly dead at the time, and only gets revived shortly after. Thus, three soul shards are created, containing fragments of his soul.

His assassination is followed by a period of political unrest while the kingdom tries to figure out what to do next, until eventually, a respected noble named Maevir Eirik is chosen to become the next monarch and queen of Hyranor.

At least in hindsight, King Pinn is called a "tyrant beyond compare", and his reign of 91 years a nightmare that should never be repeated again, and Queen Maevir Eirik adjusts the political system of Hyranor to make sure of that. Most notably, the Lifespan Law is created, which states that no monarch may be or ever have been subject to life prolonging magic or magic restoring vital organs and limbs.

## Soul Shards

The eye of the beholder is brought to the Arcane Academy by the Slutty Six.

After coming to life again, Damir Mortyss starts to hear the voice of Pinn in his head. He does not tell his friends about it, and later loses enough trust in himself to leave the party alltogether. Some time after he dies in an accident on the road, he becomes a flameskull. His mental condition steadily worsens, and he concocts a vast amount of detailed, yet unlikely plans to become king of Hyranor, thinking that the throne is rightfully his. Some of these plans, he even tries to realise, but is ultimately stopped.

Around or before 123 AE, Pinn's sword reaches the hands of Sir Up Ton, who becomes a Hexblade Warlock with the Pact of the Blade. He can communicate with Pinn while holding the sword, and then tries to become king of Hyranor as well. Contrary to Mortyss, though, Sir Up plays a long and carefully thought-through game, and only tries to enact his coup 40 years later. Even though Lucius Pinn waited patiently for those 40 years, during the coup he looses this patience and wants to make Sir Up Ton kill Sybilla Eirik. As Sir Up tries to resist, Pinn's soul attempts to take over, but does not succeed. Sir Up is arrested for his crimes, but manages to summon the sword into his jail cell.

## Trivia

* John, as SK-73, improvised King Lucius Pinn as a king killed with the greatsword, with the name being a pun on "Kingpin".
* At some point, he had a short affair with Zlata Hooch, and did not contact her again after that. Later, she is part of the group that kills him. According to her, he is not good in bed, and owed her money.