Wraith King/Lore

Wraith King
	Associated with
Heroes:	Queen of Pain
Places:	Empire of Bone; Ivory Forest; Gleaming City; Levinthal
Characters:	Duke of Levinthal; Dreadknight; Ambinderath
Other Lore:	Wraith-Night; Wraith Essence

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Ostarion, the Wraith King

For untold years, King Ostarion built a kingdom from the remains of his enemies. It was an obsessive's errand, done to pass the long eternities of a monarchy that seemed fated never to end. He believed that as long as he built up the towers of his palace, he could not die. But eventually he learned that he had been deluded... that bone itself could perish. Deeply mistrustful of flesh, he sought a more permanent way of extending his reign, and at last settled on pursuit of wraith energy, a form of pure spirit given off by certain dark souls at death. Should he infuse himself with Wraith Essence, he thought he might create a body as luminous and eternal as his ego. On the millennial solstice known as Wraith-Night, he submitted to a rite of transformation, compelling his subjects to harvest enough souls to fuel his ambition for immortality. No one knows how many of his champions died, for the only survivor who mattered was the Wraith King who rose with the sun on the following morn. Now he rarely spends a moment on his glowing throne--but strides out with sword drawn, demanding a fealty that extends far beyond death.

Ostarion was formerly known as the Skeleton King, reborn as Wraith King after the ceremony of Wraith-Night. Because of this history, Ostarion is still sometimes known as the Bonelord.^[1]
Ostarion considers all the champions who died for him during Wraith-Night to be his rightful tribute.^[2]
After Wraith-Night, Ostarion barely remembers his first kingdom, when it was still created from bone.^[3]
Ostarion likes to take the crowns and trappings of his slain enemies, wearing them for himself.^[4]^[5]
Ostarion's servants made him a sword from the bones and armor of fallen kings.^[6]
Ostarion killed the Dreadknight, along with his Magnoceros accomplice.^[7]
Ostarion seems to have an affinity for Queen of Pain.^[8]
When Ostarion's flesh was returning to his skeleton, he was held back by a swirling fire. He broke free of its grasp, and brought back some of the fire with him.^[9]
Ostarion was once offered a sword as a token of peaceful surrender by a kingdom he intended to conquer. This gesture did not convince him to spare the kingdom, however. ^[10]
Ostarion likely slew the undead dragon Ambinderath. He owns a sword fashioned from its jaw.^[11]
When Ostarion's subjects die, they are magically bound to the Wraith King, and serve him as skeletal warriors.^[12]

The Duke of Levinthal[edit]

In his conquests, Ostarion came upon the realm of the Duke of Levinthal. For days, his undead armies laid seige to the city. At last, the Duke rode out to meet Ostarion in personal combat. Ostarion slew him, and took his enormous broken blade as a token.^[13]

Friendships and rivalries[edit]

Allies meeting Wraith King

▶️ ▶️ r We might as well make the best of it, Ostarion.
▶️ ▶️ r I'll fight beside you, but I'm not callin' you king, Wraith.

Enemies killing Wraith King

▶️ Bow to your new lord.
▶️ You are no king.
▶️ You're wanted dead or alive. I don't know which you are but I'll collect your bounty all the same.
▶️ Your reign as king is over.
▶️ You are a better corpse than a king.
▶️ Knight takes king.
▶️ Be gone, foul wraith.
▶️ ▶️ I bow to no king.
▶️ ▶️ u One strike against the throne of bone.
▶️ ▶️ Never trust the dead.
▶️ Tis no treason to kill a tyrant king.
▶️ When you strike a king's neck, you better take his head.
▶️ ▶️ r King? Ha!
▶️ ▶️ r Get back up again, I dare you.
▶️ I'll pick my teeth with your bones.
▶️ King for a day… Queen for eternity.
▶️ The King is dead. Long live the King.
▶️ ▶️ ▶️ I ruled in the hell of Foulfell. Why would you think I'd bow to you?
▶️ ▶️ We welcome kings and tyrants.
▶️ At last you bow before me, Ostarion.
▶️ Who puts their skeleton on the inside?