The Kings of the Underworld

General Lore
The four underworld kings, along with the spawn king, still persist in the stories told around the fires and dinner tables of the citizens of Underworld. Many different stories have circulated, but the elements common to them have been recorded here for posterity and so our future generations can learn of our history. No single person is considered an authority of these kings; those that served with them are long since dead.

King Jerimar - Northosisct
Insanity can make people do some very... scary things. What would drive a person to cut out their very own heart fully and completely? King Jerimar was believed to have been cursed, or possessed... After cutting out his own heart, Jerimar displayed it to his subjects and took a bite out of it. As the heart slowly stopped beating, Jerimar also began to fade, his skin turning a pale white, then almost translucent, until he collapsed into a heap of death. His burial chamber is rumored to contain nothing but his heart in an ornate jar.

King Aberonis - Eastern Kingdom
Some people still regard King Aberonis' untimely death as an act of murder. Even though insanity had all but taken his mind, the king was still well-regarded, even if he was not technically in charge. His staff discovered him, dead upon his throne, his golden goblet fallen to the ground, a white powdery residue remaining from the liquid that had since evaporated.

King Duntanae - Westminster
The many stories of vicious kings wouldn't do King Duntanae justice. His rule was far harsher. A misstep or an ill word would see a citizen's head on a post in the middle of the town square. His attacks on other towns were equally as gnarly; necklaces made of severed fingers. Potions made from the eye jelly of the killed enemy. This warmongering and continued slaying of his own people ended up causing his own people to rise up against him. They brutally murdered the king, putting his head atop a post on the highest enbattlement. A 30 day celebration commenced...

King Faraquentine - Southestin
Once regarded by his people as fair, his later years saw King Faraquentine begin to rule with an iron fist. His subjects ended up rising up against him, feeding him to the wolves. It is said that the king became a wolf himself, who preyed on townsfolk who went outside of the town walls. When not preying on townsfolk, the wolf is said to be resting in its egg.

The King of the Spawn World - Spawn
Very little is known of the King of Spawn. His name is not even known. What is known, however, is that this king brought the underworld kings together to ascend the spire to the overworld. While the other kings returned to the underworld, the king of the spawn world did not. Did he die up there? Or did something worse happen...?