Tomrelle Brynhold

Summary
An ancient conquerer who famously walked to his own death. King Brynhold is often used as an example of the dangers of not knowing how to differentiate reality from fiction, and lies from truth. Its often the go to story to justify the merits of Bogzhads teachings, showing the dangers of lacking basic critical thinking.

Legend
The story goes that a warlord conquered a patron town of Bogzhad. Disgusted with their religion, which he believed to be evil, he called forth a priest of each race, and asked them to justify their religion.

The halfling spoke first, trying to appeal to the king with jokes. Showing the light heartedness and joy of Boghzads teachings. when the king was startled by the halflings squirting flower he felled him where he stood.

The human tried to play off the king's shock, claiming that a good lie can lead to surprising ones enemy, giving a tactical edge. The king scoffed, and slayed the human priest, calling him an honorless coward.

When he turned to the elf, the priest offered to the king a more intellectual answer. "Consider if you will, that without teaching ourselves about lies, that we can never know the truth. If ignore learning about lies, we cannot defend ourselves from the tricks of others.

"What if I were to tell you of immortality and limitless power awaits you, should you just continue walking north until you reach it.." the elf famously states

And with that the king stood from his chair and began to walk. The elf, confused, tried to explain the fact that he was only using an example, but the king would not hear it. The people of the city, both invaders and captives alike watched in awe as the king wandered into the cold, shouting that immortality would be his.

Having proved himself, the elven priest was made chief of the barbarian invaders, and ruler of the small village.