Oberon Eversummer

**Oberon Leon Eversummer I**, also known as **Oberon the Witch King** and the **Green Knight**, was the first king of Ellonde and is considered the founding figure of the Anticosti culture that has come to dominate the region of Southeastern Maywikt. Born of a people known as the 'Forest Folk,' Oberon is renowned in legends for his marriage to Nimue, the Lady of the Lake as well as for founding the order of the Knights of the Radiant Heart. With the Knights of the Radiant Heart, Oberon liberated the lands of Iiah from the vampiric overlords who ruled over the region.

Like his sister, Lucasta Eversummer, he was a mortal incarnation of a god. Oberon Eversummer is said to have been the mortal incarnation of the god Goerwyr. It is believed his deeds allowed the fey portion of Goerwyr's soul to rejoin with him. Upon ascending, Oberon Eversummer became the Witch King of the fey as well as an avatar of the god of war.

Oberon with his wife, Nimue Eversummer, had three children; Leon, Lucasta II, and Nihn who inherited the kingdom he had founded. The conflicts between his children set into motion the cultural divide amongst the Ellondee seen into Evarencia's modern era. As a legendary figure, he is often compared to Saint Orianna Orchtenbrück of Kovithian legend.

As an NPC first appearing in Season 3, Oberon Eversummer is played by Alex.

## Character information

### Also known as

* King Oberon Eversummer
* Oberon the Witch King
* Oboe (familial nickname)

### Ancestry

* Fey
* Half-elf (in life)

### Cultural heritage

* Anticosti
* Fey
* Forest Folk

### Family

* Gywnivere Nightflame Eversummer (mother)
* Leon Eversummer (son)
* Lucasta Eversummer I (sister)
* Lucasta Eversummer II (daughter)
* Nihn Eversummer (daughter)
* Nimue, the Lady of the Lake (wife)
* Uther Eversummer (father)

### Connections

* Kingdom of Enchantra (founder)
* Kingdom of Eversummer
* Knights of the Radiant Heart (founder)

## Description

### Appearance

Unlike many knights of legend, Oberon Eversummer was said to not have been physically imposing, but rather of a normal height and smaller stature than his counterparts. He was legendary as a warrior for both his strength and swiftness. His depictions feature a man with Stygian blue hair and heterochromatic eyes with one being silver and the other being copper. They often are depicted wearing the green armor that aided in them earning the legendary moniker of *the Green Knight.* He is shown to wield the sword of rainstorms, Aeryndight as well as carry a shield depicting a six-winged hawk. As a divine being, Oberon often appears in a similar way to his armored depictions often not removing his helmet adorned with a set of antlers and a crown of thorny roses.

### Personality

In life, despite being a legendary knight, Oberon is remembered for being a gentle and kind soul. He carried in his heart a great love for the natural world, which led to his eventual betrothal to his future wife, the Lady of the Lake. Like the god he was born from, Oberon Eversummer took up the blade at a young age not for glory, but to protect his pacifist sister, Lucasta, from violence and those who would seek to do her wrong. As a knight, Oberon is remembered for being an honorable figure and is often looked to by the folk of Anticos as a symbol of courage, heroism, and sacrifice, all virtues he embodied in his lifetime.

As a knight, Oberon was charitable and chose to fight to protect those unable to protect themselves. He was said to never revel in the battles he found himself fighting and sought peace in his actions; Oberon is said to have elected to only take up the sword for causes most righteous. He was loyal to those he cared for, and those who did receive his affections were cared about deeply and protected by the mighty knight, and he was compassionate as a brother, knight, husband, king, and father. His love of the natural world was legendary, earning him the affections of his wife as well as echoing into modern-day Anticosti culture.

## Biography

### Soul's Voyage

Before ever existing, Oberon's destiny was already scribed to his soul. After dying at the iron claws of Lycus, Searc Shadiel's soul was offered one last chance at redemption. According to records kept in the Clocktower of Nirvana, Kierbeth had pleaded for mercy toward the cursed fey portion of her brother's soul. An accord was struck with Aor, and the Moonlit King's soul was to be born mortal. The goddess of redemption herself made a sacrifice similar to that made by her godly brother at the beginning of time; a sacrifce that took great courage. And so, both souls of Goerwyr and Kierbeth were born as mortal incarnations to not only redeem Goerwyr's cursed incarnation, but also to liberate the mortals from their demonic overlords.

### Early Life

During the twilight years of the Sunless Era , Oberon Eversummer I was born the bastard son of Lord Uther Eversummer of the Pavin Wealde (Modern-day Eversummer) and Gwynivere, who the lord eventually married. As the younger half-brother of Lucasta Eversummer, Oberon was not raised to be the heir of the Forest Folk house Eversummer and instead began training to a knight from a young age. According to writings from both Oberon and his sister, their childhoods were marked with cruelty from their parents' upbringings with both finding solace in each other. The Eversummer siblings would remain close for the totality of their mortal lives. Forced into fighting from a young age, Oberon learned the heavy toll that violence and war exacted.

As a young knight, Oberon had stumbled upon a grove of the Lady of the Lake, a deific figure in Forest Folk myth. So moved by his compassion and love for the forest, the Lady of Lake offered her hand in marriage to the gentle knight. Oberon became the first mortal knight to ever pledge an oath to a fairy-folk and became her betrothed; this event is considered the birth of the Anticosti according to their myths. As a betrothal gift, the Lady of the Lake gave the young Eversummer knight the relic known as Aeryndight, the Sword of Rainstorms, marking Oberon as the fey incarnation of Goerwyr. With his newfound purpose, Oberon became a grand knight in the name of his lady and championing his sister.

At some point, in the name of defending Lucasta, Oberon fought against his father and killed him, putting an end to the abuse both Eversummer children suffered. This event also led to his sister, Lucasta becoming the Lady of the Pavin Wealde. Lady Gwynivere, discovered to be an heir of the treacherous House Nightflame, attempted to wrestle control of the region from Lady Eversummer, but Oberon aided in the effort to thwart his mother.

### Knights of the Radiant Heart

The compassionate knight married his bride, taking on the mantle of the Green Knight to safeguard the wilderness and the people of the forest. Oberon pledged his blade to Nimue's radiant heart, and with the aid of his sister, a legendary healer in her own right, founded the famous charitable knightly order known as the Knights of Nimue's Radiant Heart Hospital, better known by their colloquial name the *Knights of the Radiant Heart.* It was Oberon Eversummer who led the charge to free the lands of Iiah from the iron grasp of the vampire and demon lords who claimed them, freeing the land and people who called them home and inspiring many knights to pledge their swords to Nimue instead of their kings.

With his beloved sister as the ruler of the Forest Folk, Lucasta Eversummer had the power to grant Oberon the title of King as well as set aside the land in the Whispering Woods for him and Nimue to call their own. Oberon and his wife led the liberated people, their knights, and the forest folk who elected to follow them to their new kingdom known as Enchantra.

As a king, Oberon is remembered for being a kind and compassionate ruler. With Nimue, he had three children; one son and two daughters. Leon, Lucasta II, and Nihn Eversummer. Oberon loved all of his children with each Anticosti culture claiming the royal child that founded their culture was Oberon's favored child and chosen to rule, but many scholars outside of Anticos point to Oberon's personal writings that he did indeed love all his children, but he had a special place in his heart for Nihn, who reminded him of his sister both physically and in personality.

Oberon and Nimue's reign was marked by peace and the explosive growth of the Anticosti culture. During his time as king, Oberon completed fleshing out his concept for the Knights of the Radiant Heart, adding the requirement that knights not carry actual title nor serve lords. He wished the knights to follow Nimue, not himself nor whatever kings came after him. After this, at some point, Oberon and Nimue are said to have abdicated, thanking their people, and disappeared hand-in-hand into the whispering woods, marking the end of King Oberon's natural, mortal life.

### Oberon the Witch King

Oberon ascended as a mortal into an arch-fey creature bearing the title of Witch King. Upon his ascent, Oberon's soul, a part of Goerwyr's, allowed the fey part of the war god to rejoin with them. Oberon continues to exist as the Witch King, often taking on the form of the Green Knight, wandering the land and aiding those in need of help. Whenever Goerwyr enters Bytopia, they often take on the form of Oberon the Witch King. Beyond allowing Goerwyr to embrace his fey nature, Oberon's life taught the god the weight and gravity of war and the value of life.

## History

Oberon Eversummer and his sister, Lucasta Eversummer, are considered foundational figures to the cultures of the Anticosti people, which led to the joining of the Forest Folk and the old Anticosti. Oberon's betrothal to Nimue is considered the foundational event in Anticosti myth. His deeds freed the lands of Iiah (modern-day northern Ellonde) from demonic and vampiric rule and also led to Iiah's culture joining with Anticos. His love of the natural world continues to echo into the culture into the modern day, with them often rejecting some of the technology seen in the west. Although the kingdom that bears the name Eversummer was not founded by him, Enchantra and Ellonde owe their foundations to Oberon with the two often considered on nation-state.

Despite leaving the lands in the care of all of his children, the ambitions of his eldest two, Leon and Lucasta II, caused the two to fall into conflict over who was to inherit the enchanted kingdom, leading to the divids in Anticosti culture that are seen in the modern day. The peaceful Nihn retreated to the lands of Iiah, attracting those who yearned for the peace found under her father's rule.

As the founder of the Knights of the Radiant Heart, Oberon's influence on Evarencia is perhaps most felt through the charitable order he founded. The Knights themselves have spread across the realm from their homeland, all across Maywikt and into Dragonsand. The hospitallers of the order are renowned as the most famous type of templar and continue to swear their oaths before the Lady of the Lake.

## Relics

* Aeryndight
* Eversummer Armor
* Hawkmoon Shield
* Nightflame

## Trivia

* King Oberon Eversummer was originally inspired by the legends of King Arthur and the Green Knight.
* Oberon Eversummer is a player character in an off-screen campaign Alex plays in. He was created for *WovenRealm* first. Cast member Sam also plays as Lucasta Eversummer, his sister, in this campaign. The two are playing out the Eversummer siblings' early life through this campaign.
* Oberon's name is derived from King Oberon from Shakespeare's *A Midsummer Night's Dream.* His name was chosen to emphasize his link to fey creatures.
* Oberon's armor is inspired by both European knights and Japanese samurai.
* Giving Oberon the title of *Witch King* is a nod to Tolkien's *Lord of the Rings* with the Witch King of Angmar being a personal favorite character of Alex's.