King Oswalt I

King Oswalt I was the ruler of much of southern Yent about a century again. He was the grandfather of King Oswalt III and the great-grandfather of King Oswalt IV.

He was not the dynastic heir to the throne, but a knight who had distinguished himself and been appointed heir by the childless king. This was controversial, and led to the secession of the northeast when the ancestor of King Godfry - a cousin who would have inherited if not for Oswalt - refused to recognise the appointment and declared himself the king's lawful successor.

As a knight, he killed Jack Brundle in his sleep after paying off a lackey to lead him to him. Hearing that Brundle had tried to turn himself into a lich, he entered the Brundleplane with a company of knights intending to destroy his phylactery, but retreated after losing many knights to the plane's dangers. He instead had his men undermine the ruined city of Stelistos where the gateway was until it collapsed in on itself.

The party was permitted by King Oswalt IV to unseal his tomb to search for Jack Brundle's ring, but found it had already been broken into. His confessions led the party to the Brunleplane

Oswalt I remains a culture hero in the south, where he's thought of as the biggest, toughest, noblest king there ever was.