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WTFBT Expanded: Therion Osmont

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Updated: Feb 9

Therion Osmont was the Lord Protector of the Kingdom of Valley Pines from 339 to 358 SM. He is known for expanding the Harbingers of Purity’s power throughout Mystos by marrying his daughters to each Lord Protector.


Appearance and Personality

Therion had the average House Osmont appearance: orange-red hair and green eyes. His growth in political power, especially as he aged, gave him an almost mythological status within the Kingdom of Valley Pines. Yet, his appearance did not age, and at the time of his death, it is said that Therion still looked to be in his twenties.


He was ambitious, and after creating a relationship with the Harbingers, he wanted a world where only Zuts were in power. He was known to be a loving father and a good husband, but he did have a child outside of marriage, although his lady wife treated the child kindly.


History

Childhood and Early Years

Therion Osmont was born in 315 SM and was the second son to Lord Vior Osmont and his lady wife, Atimia Ashe. He had an older brother named Bower, a younger brother named Agon, and two older step-sisters, Seldonna and Eirenem. Although Therion had a good relationship with his step-sisters, his mother, Lady Atimia, treated the girls terribly, causing Seldonna to commit suicide in 321. In 325, Eirenem and Bower ran away together, never to be found.


In 325 SM, now heir to Lord Protector, Lady Atimia forced Therion to marry Phurhace Rainwood of Easthaven. The marriage bore four children: Leram (born in 326 SM), Elphabe (born in 329 SM), Selda (born in 333 SM), and Klope (born in 342 SM). He also had a bastard daughter, Menes (born in 348 SM), who he legitimized.


Ruling as Lord Protector

After the birth of Leram, Therion started to rule more of Valley Pines in his father’s stead but officially became Lord Protector in 339 SM. With his mother's help, he created a good relationship with the Harbingers of Purity, shaping a prejudiced view of Maras. As Mystos plunged further into chaos throughout the decades, the Harbingers convinced Therion to expand his reach to the other kingdoms of Mystos. The plan became to marry his four daughters for political alliances.


Therion’s decision to marry his four daughters off to each Lord Protector, marking the first generation of House Osmont to marry outside of the Kingdom of Valley Pines, was a testament to his ambitions for the kingdom. Elphabe married Joshmir Gardener, Selda to Dhule Thoren, Klope to Necalli Ayers, and Menes to Narrik Wayward.


In 340 SM, Therion banned the Cotyledon, a group of re’ins who served as the kingdom’s elite law enforcement and gave the responsibilities to the Harbingers. By 342, the Harbingers’s power expanded when they aligned with the Citadel. This alliance heightened the Habringers’ political, religious, and educational power. Therion burned the Library of Easthaven and the Royal Kingment Library, public repositories of ancient Arcan and human knowledge, in 354, destroying countless irreplaceable books.


Retirement and Death

By the mid-fourth century, many kingdoms were finding stability, and the Harbingers could not place their footing in the kingdoms. These failures angered the Citadel and Harbingers, forcing Therion to retire in 358 and have his careless son, Leram, rule. Because of the Third Holy War (345-373 SM) in the Mountain Realm, however, Therion was able to cement the Harbingers’s power in the region with the marriage of his bastard daughter, Menes. This allowed Therion to regain political favor, and he began overseeing Leram’s everyday work.


In 366 SM, Phurhace found Therion in his laboratory with his head bashed in. No murderer was found or convicted.

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