Thrar Lorken II

Thrar Lorken II (also Emperor Thrar II) is the head of the Lorken household and is the current leader of the Angharad Empire. He ascended the Imperial throne after a power struggle with his younger brother, Kalahn, in 3A87. This example of political instability is fairly common in the empire during peacetime. Thrar has since kept an iron grip on his country, stopping insurrections before they gain momentum and adhering to orthodox Angharad traditions. His wife took sick and died in 3A110 but she produced one son, Gavron, who is heir to House Lorken.

Early Life
Thrar II was born 3A68 in the city of Istelba into the Noble Caste. He spent his youth learning how to hunt in the surrounding White Forest. Although he preferred the outside, the young noble recieved the best education a young man could get in Heidrhûn: a curriculum of both military and cultural history, Angharadian literature, and geography. However, the childhood of Thrar did not last. The following story has been embellished over the years into a sort of legend. In 3A85 Asmodeus, the Lord of the Nine Hells, unleashed his lieutenant, the Pit Fiend Malech, upon Istelba. Thrar, who was just 17, returned one day with his brother and friends to a smoking ruin of a city. Citizens who had escaped the initial slaughter were being led away in chains through a potal to the realm of Asmodeus. Thrar and his companions rushed into the city and freed the people. He then went alone through the portal to exact revenge upon Malech. He returned moments later with the noble signet ring of the fiend himself and told a tale of battle and heroism, but he had aged five years in just moments.

Gaining the Imperial Throne and Reign as Emperor


After his expedition to the Nine Hells, Thrar became a living legend among the Angharadian people. He and Kalahn had lost their parents in the Sack of Istelba, Thrar used this opportunity to his advantage. Being the eldest brother, he was now the head of House Lorken. Futhermore, he had overwhelming support from the Angharadian people and he had come to possess the signet ring of Malech, an artifact that caused his enemies to cower in battle. At a moot of the five noble houses in 3A87, he was crowned the Angharadian Emperor. Kalahn, however, was embittered and later that very year staged a coup in an attepmt to take the throne from his brother. Thrar ruthlessly put down this rebellion and shipped his brother off to Feratûm and the Shalak-hel prison for life. Since then, Thrar's dominance has been unchallenged. He personally led the Imperial Army several times agaisnt groups of Dwarven rebels in the mountains of Elinhir and fought on the front lines each time, using his magic ring to great effect.