Heindrich Kaelvyrn | Mad King of Kaedrith
“The throne drinks deeper than the veins will bear.”
Keywords: Madness, bloodline obsession, kingship, fire, betrayal, sacrifice
Aspect: The Mad Flame of Kaedrith | Father of Tyrants | The Lineage Breaker
Drawn Upright: Ruthless vision, bloodline strength, absolute will
Drawn Reversed: Sacrifice of children, world-burner, embodiment of cursed prophecy
Associated with: House Kaelvyrn, Ashwake Era, Vaulted Flame cults, Allan Kaelvyrn, Maesa’ka line
❖ NAME: Heindrich Kaelvyrn
❖ AGE: Deceased (lived ~773 years)
❖ SPECIES: Veydrathi (demon-elf noble blood)
❖ TITLES: Mad King of Kaedrith, Flamefather, Bloodwright of the Vault
❖ REALM: Kaedrith (Varethuun continent)
❖ HAIR: Black streaked with silver, worn long and unkempt in later years
❖ EYES: Pale crimson, often described as molten or glowing in his final days
❖ BODY: Tall and gaunt; ritual scars, flame-drake tattoos along arms and spine; wore the fused Molten Crown
❖ CLOTHING STYLE: Heavy regal robes, bone and gold adornments, crowned always
❖ SKILLS: Blood magic, fire mastery, prophecy interpretation, statesmanship (early life), ritual leadership
❖ COMBAT AND MAGIC: High ritual fire magic, blood rites, aura of command; not a battlefield warrior but feared regardless
❖ ARCHETYPE: The Mad Patriarch / Flamebound Prophet
❖ PERSONALITY: Visionary, grandiose, obsessive, increasingly erratic
❖ LIKES: Prophecy texts, dragon-blood legends, bloodline records, ritual fire
❖ DISLIKES: Weak heirs, defiance, the Void, Maesa myths in their true form
❖ FAMILY: Allan Kaelvyrn (daughter), unnamed Maesa’ka incarnation (slain), many unnamed consorts
❖ RELATIONSHIPS: Feared by court, idolized by early Vaulted Flame cultists, despised by surviving family
❖ SECRETS: Believed he could resurrect the First Dragon through his line; kept private prophecies claiming Maesa would “devour his sun”
❖ WORLDVIEW: The Kaelvyrn line must rule — even the gods must bow to their blood
❖ REPUTATION: Revered by fanatics, reviled by sane historians; cautionary myth
❖ FEARS: That his line would fade or be twisted; feared the Void returning through his own blood
❖ MOTIVATION: To birth a son who would fulfill the Kaelvyrn Prophecy and reforge the world in flame
Heindrich Kaelvyrn | The Blood-Bound King
✦ Tyrant King | Mad Flamebearer ✦ POV | DARK CONTENT
CONTENT WARNINGS: Madness, child sacrifice, blood magic, cult manipulation, obsessive patriarchal control
QUOTES
"The line must burn brighter than the stars."
"Daughters are shadows. Sons are flame. The throne will not be claimed by ash."
