King Harold the Mad

King Harold the Mad (ruling from 5599-5610) was the 34th and final human king of the Libidine Dynasty. He was an arrogant, greedy, overconfident, paranoid man and started a war with the Demon Empire, ending in a decisive defeat at the hands of The Thirteen Queens and the following Great Exile.

King Harold became king in 5600, less than a year after his mother Queen Veronica the Builder's death in 5599. The council was hesitant to crown him, but Harold threatened them, claiming if they didn't give him the throne that he would order them all burned and bathe in their ashes. The council relented and crowned him, then fled the city, worried with good reason he make good on his threat anyway.

In 5608, King Harold sent an emissary to Emperor Felatitius to order one of his demon subjects to vacate a fortress supposedly being built near the human border. Felatitius seduced the emissary and sent him back to Harold as a giggling waif who claims she had legally sold the entire human kingdom to the demons for a single minute of being made love to by Emperor Felatitius himself. Enraged, Harold then sent a regiment to destroy the fortress before it could be completed, only to find that it had already been built at 1/100th scale in the middle of an empty field, a mocking gesture.

Year 5609 - One year prior to the one millennia anniversary of humanity's first arrival into the realm, Harold, now referred to as the mad king, ordered his best assassins to kill the Emperor Felatitius and bring back his head. This attempt failed and the king is instead sent back a handwritten letter from the Emperor, tied in the lead assassin’s sash, and conveying his thanks for sending along such a lively concubine as a millennial gift and requesting that the king join him as well once the difficult work of throwing the celebration had been finished. This, predictably, enraged Harold further.

Year 5610 - Foregoing the advice of his former allies, driven away by the king's own arrogance and bigotry, but worried for his people, King Harold orders the human army to march on the Empire. This unfortunately was just as planned, as Emperor Felatitius sprung his trap, wiping out the human forces with a spell cast the Thirteen Queens. The demons now counterattacked, knowing they could now claim they were simply defending themselves to elves and dwarves paying attention.

Giusburg fell with hardly a fight, and with it ended the Libidine Dynasty once and for all.