Myriad Buxtehude
Myriad Buxtehude is a hero and questor of Holden and wife of Prince Rannon of Malchior, though she has been missing since the fall of the Dread Army. During the most recent war, she was instrumental in preventing the rise of the Dread Army to the God Head Seat.
Biography
Having driven back the Ixhasan horde repeatedly with the aid of her lover Tuatha Dundareel, Buxtehude was Holden's shining hope in the war for the God Head Seat. Using lost tactics and weapons left by her father Simm Buxtehude, the tiny kingdom of Holden stood its ground. Holden's success was not without cost. In a skirmish against the Ixshasa, undead assassins ambushed Myriad and Dundareel, killing the Seelie prince.[1]
Heartbroken and believing Holden was fated to be destroyed, Myriad abandoned her post and sought answers from the Mystics of Pale Mountain. Heartened by the wisdom of the Mystics, Myriad returned to find the soldiers of Malchior had stormed her armies' lines. The Kingdom of Holden faced certain defeat at the hands of General Hain of Malchior.[2]
Upon taking the Castle of Holden, General Hain made a momentous decision. In exchange for Myriad's hand in marriage to the Prince of Malchior, Hain would hold off the dread army with his men to give Myriad a chance to find a weapon capable of defeating the undead.[3]
After many obstacles Myriad found the fabled Fruit of Life, a magical apple capable of bringing entire lands or armies back from the dead. The Ixshasans had anticipated her move however and did not leave the apple unguarded. The undead form of her lover, Dundareel, waited at the Tree, tempting her to abandon Holden and use the apple on him instead.[3]
Myriad took Dundareel hostage and returned to Holden in time to find the Ixhasan Empire storming the castle. With great daring Myriad raised the Ixhasan army from the dead, creating an army of confused, purposeless mortals. After driving them from Holden most of the army starved to death in Ixhasan lands due to lack of food and rejoined the undead army. However, Myriad's action gave King Hammerdoom of Malchior the time he needed to seize the God Head Seat.[4]
After her marriage to Prince Rannon of Malchior the beloved Holden hero disappeared.[4]
Trivia
Buxtehude is the name of a town in northern Germany and is little known in middle and southern Germany. Because of that, the name of the town is often used in an german expression, which translates to "to go to Buxtehude" and can be compared with the English expression "to go to the back of beyond".[5]
References
- ↑ Vancil, Matt, et al. The Gamers: Hands of Fate Extended e10. YouTube, Dead Gentlemen Productions, 09 Oct. 2013, youtu.be/iS7lLuSOW1Q.
- ↑ Vancil, Matt, et al. The Gamers: Hands of Fate Extended e13. YouTube, Dead Gentlemen Productions, 09 Oct. 2013, youtu.be/v3UIXWVh55o.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vancil, Matt, et al. The Gamers: Hands of Fate Extended e14. YouTube, Dead Gentlemen Productions, 09 Oct. 2013, youtu.be/b6cfEhkwjbM.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vancil, Matt, et al. The Gamers: Hands of Fate Extended e15. YouTube, Dead Gentlemen Productions, 09 Oct. 2013, youtu.be/x3aanSaDCnI.
- ↑ Gellinek, Else. “How Culture Can Sometimes Be Distilled into a Single Word.” Sprachrausch, 20 Oct. 2019, www.sprachrausch.com/culture-distilled-single-word/.