Emperor Guntherm
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===Reign: 237 YE - 243 YE <label type="info">TBC</label>=== | ===Reign: 237 YE - 243 YE <label type="info">TBC</label>=== | ||
===Called: The Bloodthirsty=== | ===Called: The Bold ''or'' The Bloodthirsty=== | ||
====Early Life and Election==== | ====Early Life and Election==== | ||
Revision as of 10:27, 6 April 2013
Reign: 237 YE - 243 YE TBC
Called: The Bold or The Bloodthirsty
Early Life and Election
Guntherm Hefthammer was a Steinr warrior who rose to prominence in wars against the Jotun.
Reign
Guntherm was committed to expanding the reach of the Empire, and chafed under the economic restrictions placed by his predecessor, Empress Mariika. He proposed and received support for numerous campaigns to the east and west, as well as several probing attacks against the Thule to the north.
Death and Legacy
Guntherm died fighting the Jotu, suffering a severely fractured skull. He lapsed in and out of consciousness for three days. During this time he repeated his desire to be interred in the Necropolis of Highguard, claiming that while he was a Steinr, he was also an Emperor and it was only fitting he lie alongside his peers.
There was some resistance from his family, but in the end Guntherm was carried to Pharos and interred in a hall of black marble and granite where he lies in state to this day. Persistent rumours arose shortly after his internment that his body had been stolen and re-intrred in the swamps of Kallavesa by his daughters Brigid and Jaara.