Wund was an mountain orc shaman and priest of Yurtrus from the tribes of the Sword Mountains in Northwest Faerûn during the 10th century DR.[1][2] He was the founder of the Brotherhood of the Scarlet Scourge and creator of the orc realm of Uruth Ukrypt.[1]
History[]
Wund prophesied that on the eve of the Feast of the Moon in the Year of the Red Rain, 927 DR, red clouds would appear over the mountains. On the date in question, this event actually occurred, and blood flowed down the mountains for three days, causing plagues to spread to the surrounding areas, and causing high casualties, in what was known as the Blood Plagues or the "White Hand of Yutrus."[1][3] All of the tribal chieftains were wiped out, leaving a power vacuum for Wund to fill. It was after this event that Wund founded the Brotherhood of the Scarlet Scourge, a monastic order dedicated to spiritually uniting the orcs of the Sword Mountains. Wund crowned Uruth as a king and the orcs began driving the trolls out of the mountains.[1]
Wund regarded Uruth as a figurehead, and manipulated the king for his own selfish ends. Disturbed by this, the orc wizard Nath gifted the mighty Ettin Axe to Uruth and lobbied him to disregard Wund's advice and to rule as a wiser king. Wund responded by killing Nath's family with unique and terrible poisons that only he knew how to brew. Following this, Nath dedicated himself to studying how to cure Wund's poisons, thus removing him from the struggle for influence over Uruth Ukrypt. Nath's research about Wund's poisons were compiled in The Nathlum.[2]
Under Wund's direction, the orcs of Uruth Ukrypt attacked the city of Waterdeep (then called Nimoar's Hold) in the Year of the Sky Riders, 936 DR, beginning the Orcfastings War. This war only ended after several defeats and the death of Wund himself, leading the orcs to retreat back to the Sword Mountains.[1][4]
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The Lost Library of Lethchauntos
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Eric L. Boyd (June 2005). City of Splendors: Waterdeep. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 8. ISBN 0-7869-3693-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jason Tondro et al. (2025-11-11). “The Lost Library of Lethchauntos”. Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 227–228. ISBN 0786969954.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 111. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.