King Kaylin

The Revered One

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King Kaylin was the Last King of Galderon until it was split into 3 kingdoms, he then ruled as King of Rayaan thereafter. He was married to Lucia from Florentia and together they ruled Galderon and Rayaan as King and Queen. He is the most revered ruler in the history of Galderon, all respect him even the most evil of men. He appears in none of the Galderon books but is mentioned in all of them.

## Biography

King Kaylin was born in the year of 55 BK, he was born and raised in Yubel, Rayaan. He became King of Galderon at the age of 17 and celebrated his crowning by travelling to all the major cities in Galderon. During his journey he met Lucia of Florentia, whom he took back to Yubel to wed as he fell madly in love with her. They were wed in the year 35 BK and ruled as King and Queen of Galderon until 26 BK, this was the year that King Kaylin decided to split the realm into 3 kingdoms named Rayaan, Aralia and Euroya. He continued to rule Rayaan while giving Kingship of the other two to his closest friends Maximus and Icarus, Icarus ruled Euroya while Aralia was given to Maximus. He spend the rest of his days helping the people of Rayaan and spending time with his beloved wife. He died in 0 AK of natural causes and left no heirs as Queen Lucia was barren, she was named queen after his death by his royal council. King Kaylin was the first person to be buried in the Valley of Heroes.

## King of Galderon

Kaylin took the throne of Galderon after his father King Richard passed away. After his crowning Kaylin visited all the cities in Galderon to hold feasts and promise the people that he would do his best to help all those in need. During a feast in Florentia, Kaylin met Lucia and fell in love with her, he took her back to Yubel with her and they married in the year 35 BK. He and Lucia would always spend time to help the poor all over Yubel and eventually stayed in cities like Maithe and Corene to help the commoners there. After a while the cannibal tribes of Naraka would raid villages in Aralia, while groups of Euroyan people were causing riots in the streets as they felt neglected by King Kaylin. He was planning a trip to Maithe, Euroya to tell the people that he will stay there until they were well fed and looked after by his council. He also planned to send Icarus with a small army to Aralia to help deal with the Narakan tribes while leaving Maximus in charge of Rayaan in his absence. It was during this time that Lucia and Maximus tried to convince Kaylin to split Galderon into three separate regions as Galderon was too large for one man to rule, even for a man as great as Kaylin. Lucia's reasoning behind wanting Galderon was split was because she wanted them to spend more time together as she loved him and could also see that running the whole Kingdom was taking a massive toll on him. Maximus's motive was to take control of one of the 3 factions but this was unknown to his close friends. Maximus was the one to propose that he and Icarus should help rule the other factions and Kaylin agreed and thereafter Galderon was split into three factions: Rayaan, Euroya and Aralia.

## King of Rayaan

After the splitting of Galderon, King Kaylin split his time between the Rayaan cities of Yubel and Florentia, he would hold annual feasts inviting guest from all over the world and many people from distant lands would show up just to meet the great King. He would allow the common people to feast with the rich people and even had a little peasant boy sit next to him at the the royal table. During his reign King Kaylin did not fight in a single battle as no big enough battle required his attention, however people still claim he was a great warrior due to all the tournaments he won. At the age of 40 he told his royal council that after his passing he wanted Queen Lucia to take charge of Rayaan as they could bare no children due to her being barren, despite his council advising him to take a second wife and have her bare him children, he refused saying Queen Lucia was the only woman he ever wanted. During that year King Kaylin received a letter from someone on the Island of Agartha, no one knows what the latter said except for him and the next day he told his council he would go to the island to meet the great mage there, his people begged he don't leave but he reassured them that everything will be fine. He was quoted as saying "People of Yubel, for 24 years I have served as your king and for those 24 years you have trusted me and followed me, I ask that you have faith in me in this venture and I promise you everything will be ok." King Kaylin kept his promise and 6 weeks after leaving for the island with his wife, they both returned. No one knows what happened on the island but King Kaylin claimed that the people on the Island said they will no longer practice their dark arts on the people of Galderon. After the journey to the island King Kaylin and his wife looked slightly younger and by his death in 0 AK at the age of 55 he looked the exact same as he did when he left for the island, some say he used magic while others say he just naturally aged well. King Kaylin died of natural causes and the throne passed onto his wife Queen Lucia.

## Marriage to Queen Lucia

During his parade through every major city in Galderon, King Kaylin met Lucia in the city of Florentia while holding a feast in the great city. She came from a very wealthy family and they were seated near the Kings table and she caught his eye. He asked her for a dance and they spent the entire night together, Queen Lucia's father had said that he had never seen his daughter laugh so much in his life. King Kaylin spent a whole week in Florentia he spent all his time with Lucia, when it was finally time to leave he promised her he would return as soon as his royal parade had come to an end. Lucia expected to never see him again and would pray to god every night for his return and her prayers were answered, King Kaylin returned to Florentia as soon as the parade ended, even before going back to Yubel. He spent another few days in Florentia with Lucia and on the final day he asked her father for permission to take her back to Yubel to one day wed her, her father immediately agreed. King Kaylin and Lucia spent the journey back in the same carriage and arrived back in Yubel to a royal welcome. In Yubel the couple would spend all their time helping the rich and poor people alike, after a year together the couple learned that Queen Lucia was barren and despite her fearing the worst King Kaylin told her that it didn't make a difference in his eyes. After two years together they were wed in the greatest wedding Galderon had ever seen. People came to attend the wedding of the King and Queen from all over the world and the guests ranged from the wealthiest Galderonians alive to the poorest people living on the streets of Yubel. After the splitting of Galderon into three factions, King Kaylin and Queen Lucia ruled Rayaan and lived a happy life together, he took his wife with him to the Island of Agartha when he went away for 6 weeks. It is said that King Kaylin was never unfaithful to Queen Lucia and loved her more than anything, even after discovering she was barren he stuck by her side and claimed to not care about having an heir. They were married for 35 years up until King Kaylin's death, Queen Lucia then ruled as Queen of Rayaan until her death in the year 9 AK.

## Legacy

After King Kaylin's death hundreds of people committed suicide claiming it was a sign of end time and that they wanted to be reunited with him in heaven. The rest of the world however celebrated him, the Valley of Heroes was made originally just for him but then became a resting place for all the heroes of Galderon, he is undoubtedly regarded as the greatest ruler of all time. When a person speaks badly of King Kaylin it is seen as bad as talking badly about god. Rayaans, Aralians and Euroyans all hold a celebration on the day of his death every year to honour his legacy.