Gwylloch Cymrych

High King Gwylloch Cymrych (65 - 99 MR) was the High King of the Ffolk from 87 MR until his death. Gwylloch inherited the throne from his father Carrig I, who died in battle against the northmen. Gwylloch took a brutal approach to combating the encroaching northmen, erecting the Castle of Skulls in Llyrath Forest out of trophies from his slaughtered foes in 89 MR. Gwylloch even went so far as to move his court out of Caer Callidyrr and into the Castle of Skulls. He led a series of campaigns against the northmen, taking captives back to his castle to compete in a "grim arena" called the Circus Bizarre. Gwylloch's brutality drew the ire of lesser Ffolk kings: his son Prince Ketheryll captured the king and queen of Corwell and executed them for treason. Constantly surrounded by gratuitous blood and gore, Gwylloch, Ketheryll, and their retainers went mad in the Castle of Skulls, and in 99 MR they all killed each other in a berserk frenzy of violence. There is speculation that the mage Flamsterd may have had a hand in this event. Gwylloch's younger brother Gorham succeeded him as High King. Gwylloch's second son, Markus, born 88 MR, outlived his immediate family, and later became High King himself after killing his uncle Gorham.