The Dekàlyn, Patron of Paladins

Īrul is the Dekàli god of war, but among the Dekàlyr perhaps slightly less famous than his favored servant Rûn, the patron of Dekàli warriors. Though worship of Īrul-Rûn is unknown in Oð, his Rûnyr still remain in large numbers within other Dekàli cities. Rûn is the embodiment of the unquestioningly loyal and devoted soldier; the same qualities that described the Dekàli armies in ages past.

A holy warrior, Rûn the Dekàlyn and his army so impressed Īrul, that he was granted immortality and become an aspect of the God of War.

Rûn was a ðard-general who served the High King Mordun II in the first century HK. His army survived numerous battles against impossible odds, each time bringing great glory and honor back to the Dragul Throne. Mordun II is described as having been reckless (others prefer the epithet “the Mad”), often issuing dangerous or impossible orders. Toward the end of Mordun the Mad’s reign, Rûn returned from a long campaign with a weary army behind him. After years of conquest his soldiers needed rest and wished to visit their families. The High King however had other plans and ordered Rûn to raise another army and march into the mountains beyond Kændal to secure lands beyond the Snaking Pass. His soldiers were outraged and pleaded with Rûn to defy the High King’s command. The knight-general would hear nothing of disloyalty to the crown, a quality that would forever shape the warriors of the Dekàli Empire. He turned to his army, the latest of ten that had stood before the High King since his coronation, and told them that on the next morning they would sail for Kændal and that there they would face the world, and the world would crumble beneath their feet. The story continues that when the army’s roar rose from Kryr Trèmendūm, a great doom seized the sea-distant priest-king of the Krûlln, and he knew then that the sun was setting on his ancient crown.

The accounts of the battles that followed are now sacred passages and scripts among all orders of Īrul. It is said that upon Rûn’s acceptance of the High King’s final command, that Īrul came to dwell within the warrior’s heart and gave him the strength to lead his army across the sea, and fulfill the promise made to his liege. It is believed that until that time, Īrul’s blessing had been with the Krûlln, but that Īrul was so enamored by the valiant knight-general that he could not bear to see him, or his loyal army, die under the command of the mad High King. Rûn’s career, including the campaign to follow, would come to be known as the First Expansion.

Rûn is the patron of honor, loyalty, and all paladins, regardless of cult. He is believed to be Īrul’s favored aspect; having been given the right-hand position that once belonged to Endon the Unseated.

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Nomenclature: Irul Dekàlic: Īrul (deity), Īruli (pertaining to), Īrulyn (follower), Īrulyr (followers), Pryn Īrul (priest), Pryr Īrul (priests), Īrulic (battlefield cant)