Sekever

The Demonic Emperor of Kralorela

Kralori Mythology

• He was the ruler of Chern Durel
• He marched in with an army of demons and corpses.
• He caused the Minister of Fire to hide himself to make the land dark and cold.
• He then made the Black Sun rise up into the sky raining blood.
• He then warred against Teshnos and Vormain
• He made waste the lands west of the Shan Shan
• His army fled at the approach of Daruda
• He learned the forbidden arts of the Sky Tyrant
• He challenged Emperor Vayobi to a contest and threw him into the ocean.
• He oppressed Kralorela once again before being driven off by a returned Vayobi.

Tanyen Mythology

• He was son of the Black Sun.
• He learned from Herespur.
• He was active during the Avanapdur War.

Teshnan Mythology

• He invaded Teshnos
• Chal and Somash drive him back to Kralorela

Comment

• The two reigns are most unusual. The Kralori explain it by saying that Daruda had blasted him into the Underworld and he came back.
• However we know from other sources that Uz migrated into Chern Durel and we know their leaders were Dozaki and Basko
• It seems that Sekever's second reign was actually an Uz empire that invaded Kralorela, Vormain and Teshnos with Sekever's name being recycled from the earlier reign.
• If true, Sekever was the ruler of Blood Sun era Chern Durel whose reign was sufficiently horrendous even during the Storm Age to be reused as the supposed ruler of the Uz.
• Following this, details from the second reign get transposed onto the first and vice versa.

Source

• Revealed Mythologies
• Guide to Glorantha