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The name "Tyrants" itself owes its origins to an ironic interpretation of the entreaty sent by King Rhodos to King Ercarthus of Athenreach during the siege of Maidencomb. The envoy was captured by the espers before it made its way upstream toward the northern freehold. The relevant excerpt reads: | The name "Tyrants" itself owes its origins to an ironic interpretation of the entreaty sent by King Rhodos to King Ercarthus of Athenreach during the siege of Maidencomb. The envoy was captured by the espers before it made its way upstream toward the northern freehold. The relevant excerpt reads: | ||
Row the Twining Thaw. Bring your sketties to bear on Maidencomb. Join | |||
your strength to mine, that 'neath the coupled banners of the Seahold | |||
and Athenreach we might sunder these half-men, these tyrants who would | |||
wrest from us what is ours by right and deed. | |||
-King Rhodos | |||
The scroll on which the message was written still rests in the Hall of the Free Seer, along with the charred skull of King Rhodos.}} | The scroll on which the message was written still rests in the Hall of the Free Seer, along with the charred skull of King Rhodos.}} | ||