Marac Valls

**Marac Valls** was the bold King of Andeal who conquered much of Rogrez, defeated the last host of the Nargala and drove vampires from his lands.

## Marac Valls

### Aliases

"The Bold""The Conqueror"

"Hammer of the Pagans"

King of Andeal

Duke of Cumberland

Lord of Cumberland

Lord of Dübennach

### Relatives

Lucan III Valls (Father) Margaret D'Velmont (Mother)

Phillipe Valls (Son)

Anna-Mare Valls (Daughter)

### Affiliation

Kingdom of Andeal Brotherhood of the Horse

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Royal Palace of Cumberland, Cumberland, Andeal, Keyvaile

### Place of death

Marranford, Rugrez, occupied by AndealKeyvaile

## Biography:

### Early Life:

Marac was born the son of king Lucan III Valls and his queen Margret D'Velmont. He was raised at court and taught the skills he would need as King. From a young age he was said to have prophetic dreams and visions that often keept him up at night. Afraid, his mother asked for the aid of both the Council of Magic and the nearby Caravel coven of witches who attempted to help him control his dreams.

### Coronation:

Many years later he would train as a knight and joined his father on campaign. During this time he met and befriended the knights Jean-Clement Goldwyn and Emil D’Velmont and together they founded the Brotherhood of the Horse.

A few years later he would join his father in defending against a great raid of Stigari lead by the warlord Orgoash Thogu of Palestar. His father Lucan was killed in the battle but Marac would rally his forces and drove the enemy into the sea. Upon returning to Cumberland, he was crowned the new King of Andeal.

### War of the Three Crowns:

He would rule justly for six years before he began to have strange dreams again as he did in his youth. He called forth the old mage Crag Hatcois for aid and made her his new court mage. His dreams continued for some weeks and he began to believe they were a prophecy and believed that war with Rogrez was inevitable so he desired to attack first In order to leave his enemy so beaten that they would be unable to make war, and take some land in the process. Using the anti-elven riots in Marranford and a succession crisis in Saraas-Lorane as *casus belli,* he started his great invasion of Rogrez, quickly taking the town of Saltpens and besieging the trade city of Marranford.

Though he had struggles to take the city thanks to Count Emric von Korden and his ally the warrior-priest Rutsel Bown, he was able to take the city. He gathered a great host of his bannermen, siege engineers, his allies the Caravel witches and elven skirmishers who joined him due to their mistreatment by Rogrez and soon plunged deep into the Rogrezian heartlands due to their king Franz II. Herwig being busy fighting against the goblin king Ratlob Fislver and the ogre Chosen of Carnoge Torgarak Orgagug. He would take the capital of Durquba after a long siege and would beat Franz's counter attack. After months of cat and mouse fighting in the crown lands and the death of Franz at the hand of a goblin assassin he would turn his attention to Sarraas-Lorae and come in conflict with the marauding Stigari horde there. He clashed with their king Torgarak in a great battle. During their fight, a young knight Chilfroy Perry slew Torgarak and was welcomed into the Brotherhood of the Horse as Marac avenged his father by finally slaying Orgoash Thogu and putting his head over the walls of Arras a city the warlord sacked years prior.

Victorious, he gave much of the newly clamed land to his allies and returned home in triumph.

### Later Wars:

Triumphant, Marac was given many titles and gained great fame as a conqueror and defeater of the last northern host.

In the year 1076 his friend Emil D'Velmont was betrayed and murdered by his wife Elizabeth Celeste, who transformed herself into a powerful vampire and brought a curse upon the D'Velmont holdings. He quickly rallied his forces against her, driving her and her servants into the wilderness. Marac was content to let her die from starvation or exposure in the wilderness even with Chilfroy's suggestions to hunt her down believing her a great danger.

Years later, Chilfroy would be proven right as Elizabeth joined the vampires of the Bleakland and their King Jerago Herwig, a distant relative of the Rogrezian king Marac had overthrown years earlier and gained a powerful position on his court. Marac was quick to rally an army to bring her down but marching through Rogrez was troublesome due to his early war.

He would achieve several battlefield victories in this war but failed in driving them out. During the march through Mortan, he contracted a deadly sickness and was forced to return, he would die in Marranford, the site of his first great victory on his way home, ending his reign.

### Legacy:

His dream of Andeal suffering at the hands of Rogrez would ultimately come true in the Great Keyvailen War, when Rogrez declared war upon his kingdom in vengeance at what had happened all those years ago.

## Personality:

Marac was considered a paragon of virtue and valor, dedicated beyond all men to the code of chivalry and to defending the weak. He could however be somewhat dismissive about the capabilities of the lower peasantry, as well as his allies, often thinking of his own realm as the foremost defenders of civilization. He was troubled and controlled by his dreams which led him into many wars and conflicts.

## Powers:

**Adept Fighter**:

**Weapons Proficiency:** (Longsword):

**Weapons proficiency**: (Lance)

**Skilled Rider**:

**Skilled Diplomat:**

**Great Strategist**:

## Titles:

(1060--1101)
 Lucan III Valls
 Founder
 Franz II Herwig

## Relationships:

### Friends:

Sr. Emil D’Velmont:

Sr. Jean-Clement Goldwyn, the Dragonknight:

Sr. Chilfroy Perry:

### Court:

Chancellor:

Marshal: Farancis Lasnok

Chaplain: Palade Sensara

Court Mage: Crag Hatcois