Alaric Eirik

## King Alaric Eirik

### Aliases

* King Alaric Eirik, Monarch of the Kingdom of Hyranor and Its Associated Lands, Third of His Age (official royal title)
* The King Who Banned Charity

## Appearance

### Hair

* Thick blond curls
* Frail, white

## Status

### Cause of Death

Continuously poisoned with Purple Worm Poison by Sir Up Ton/ Magically euthanized by the Prime Lord Wizard

## In Podcast

### Episodes

Arc 8 Episode 1-3

Alaric Eirik, Monarch of the Kingdom of Hyranor and Its Associated Lands, Third of His Age, is King of Hyranor from 110 AE to 163 AE.

## Description

For most of his life, Alaric is a very large man with a boastful presence and thick, blond curls. His body and stature almost brag about the kind of man he is.

He is known to be watchful and dangerously competent. During his reign, the kingdom of Hyranor expands ever further. While at first, he brings new prosperity to the country, he later becomes a despot, not shifting his priorities even when the kingdom needs him to.

Despite his competence, his influence is surprisingly small in the north of Hyranor, a place most monarchs pay little attention to, allowing the Lovejoy Family to basically control the city of Glaceria.

## Character Arc

Alaric spends much of his youth travelling and exploring. During this time, he contributes significantly to the fields of cartography and archaeology.

In 110 AE, he comes back to the Ember Keep to succeed his father, King Storius Eirik, and brings his passion for discovery into his reign. His Exploration Commission results in dozens of new settlements, and increases the kingdom's population by over one-third. Additionally, he invests in magical research, making Hyranor a pioneer in reality-bending.

In 133 AE, he is on a diplomatic mission with his then twelve-year old son Casimir to the country of Malum, where he hopes to make an arrangement with the royal family to marry their prince to his daughter Sybilla. During his absence, Sybilla is attacked by devils. Whether this is the reason the arrangement doesn't happen is unknown, but Sybilla doesn't marry the prince of Malum, but instead later marries a man named Jim.

Around this time, Alaric Eirik's reign still seems to continue the Eirik's legacy of ensuring the prosperity of the kingdom as well as its safety from inside and outside threats.

But while the kingdom's needs change over the decades, Alaric's priorities don't, leading to climbing poverty rates while Hyranor is still expanding. During the last years of his reign, Alaric enacts domestic laws that further destabilise the kingdom, most notably the Law of Assistance in 160 AE, which bans individuals and insititutions from providing direct assistance to the poor, and suggesting they fund the government's efforts to do so instead. Because of this, he becomes known as The King Who Banned Charity.

Later in life, during his last few months, his health declines rapidly. He loses a lot of weight and becomes a frail, old man with whispy white hair, and is in constant pain. Due to his sickness, he loses the ability to speak, and the Prime Lord Wizard has to help develop a ring that can cast the Message cantrip in his old voice, so that he can continue communicating.

On Spring the 10th, Year 163, Age of Eirik, Alaric announces his death ceremony early in the morning, with his wife Queen Lilliana and the Prime Lord Wizard Orious Loroy by his side. He is dying of natural causes. He choses his daughter Princess Sybilla to be his successor, and designates his death ceremony to happen on Spring the 28th, Year 163, Age of Eirik. The announcement is followed by cheers.

On the day of his death ceremony, Alaric requests privacy in the morning, but is still up to continue with his last tasks as the protocol demands him to. He claims to be ready, and that he doesn't want this day to be a somber one, but rather a celebration of his life. Despite everything, he thinks that the Eirik family and their claim to the throne are strong.

## Notable Laws Enacted

* **Aquatic Ammendment** (155 AE): forces coastal cities to construct underwater entrances
* **Wildlife Protection Claws** (157 AE): allowed monsters to terrorize nearby communities without fear of being hunted
* **Som's Claims Bill** (158 AE): introduces a new, uniquely complex process for reporting personal theft, this allows petty crime to flourish
* **Law of Assistance** (160 AE): bans individuals and institutions from providing direct assistance to the poor, suggesting they fund the government's efforts to do so instead