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{{Character Profile|full_name=Golloch|also_known_by=High King Gollach, Golloch the Conqueror | {{Character Profile|full_name=Golloch|also_known_by=High King Gollach, Golloch the Conqueror|location=[[Caeryn Golloch]]|worship=[[Fulgria Goddess of White Fire]]|family=*[[Dorak]] (mother) | ||
*[[Rordin]] (nephew) | *[[Rordin]] (nephew) | ||
*[[Queen Rhosyn Ashtel]] (wife, Deceased) | *[[Rhosyn Ashtel|Queen Rhosyn Ashtel]] (wife, Deceased) | ||
|affiliation=[[Golloch Empire]]|race=[[Dwarf]]|status=Alive|logo1=|image1=dwarfs-icon.png|sources=*[[Dungeon Saga Origins]] | |||
*[[Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest]] | *[[Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest]] | ||
*[[Pride of a King]]}}'''High King Gollach''', also known as '''Golloch the Conqueror''', of the [[Golloch Empire]]. He is the current king of the [[Dwarfs]] | *[[Pride of a King]]|occupation=High King of [[Dwarfs]]}}'''High King Gollach''', also known as '''Golloch the Conqueror''', of the [[Golloch Empire]]. He is the current king of the [[Dwarfs]] | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Becoming King === | === Becoming King === | ||
He became king after the death of [[Odador|High King Odador the Twice Crowned]] and after many weak and failed Kings, including [[Kludis Foesweeper|King Kludis Foesweeper]] who lost [[The Twenty-Seven Boons of the Gods]] from the Royal horde. | {{3rdeditionlogo}}He became king after the death of [[Odador|High King Odador the Twice Crowned]] and after many weak and failed Kings, including [[Kludis Foesweeper|King Kludis Foesweeper]] who lost [[The Twenty-Seven Boons of the Gods]] from the Royal horde. | ||
Through this Golloch was biding his time and accumulating wealth and power by absorbing into his ranks the many sundered clans of the Winter War, till it was time for him to claim his assention to the throne. | Through this Golloch was biding his time and accumulating wealth and power by absorbing into his ranks the many sundered clans of the Winter War, till it was time for him to claim his assention to the throne. | ||
Golloch's claim was legitimate via his mother [[Dorak the Instant]], but he was crafty and did not purse his claim directly, instead he took on the debts of the impoverished clans, married off his foster daughters to favourable partners, those that could not be bought he arranged trade emargoes. Several of his rivals had accidents; landslides, cave-ins, deep pure streams becoming tainted. | Golloch's claim was legitimate via his mother [[Dorak|Dorak the Instant]], but he was crafty and did not purse his claim directly, instead he took on the debts of the impoverished clans, married off his foster daughters to favourable partners, those that could not be bought he arranged trade emargoes. Several of his rivals had accidents; landslides, cave-ins, deep pure streams becoming tainted. | ||
Golloch renamed his great hold ‘[[Caervn Gollock|Caeryn Golloch]]’, declared himself High King, and demanded all dwarfs pay their taxes to him immediately or be crushed in war. So started [[The Great Civil War]]. | Golloch renamed his great hold ‘[[Caervn Gollock|Caeryn Golloch]]’, declared himself High King, and demanded all dwarfs pay their taxes to him immediately or be crushed in war. So started [[The Great Civil War]]. | ||
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Currently he is claiming the territories of [[Basilean Hegemony|Basilea]] as his own, although he has yet to marshal any significant military forces to enforce this claim. | Currently he is claiming the territories of [[Basilean Hegemony|Basilea]] as his own, although he has yet to marshal any significant military forces to enforce this claim. | ||
=== Family | ===3865=== | ||
He is the son of [[King Grund]], whom [[ | {{honorspricelogo}} Golloch continued to refuse to give support to the [[Free Dwarfs]] reinvasion attempt until the successful recapture of [[Llyngyr Cadw]], which only Golloch appears to only have agreed to save face in the eyes of the people of the empire | ||
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== Family == | |||
He is the son of [[Grund Hammerhand|King Grund]], whom [[Mortibris]] raised as a dwarven revenant. | |||
[[Category:Legends of Pannithor]] | [[Category:Legends of Pannithor]] | ||
[[Category:Dwarfs]]{{Mantic}} | [[Category:Dwarfs]]{{Mantic}} | ||
