The History of Marten I

This is the history of Marten the Good, also called the Pauper King.

Marten Rigel was King of Rath until he was sentenced to the Throne. He ascended to the High Throne in 4850ey, succeeding Milytus II. It is said that his great popularity was due not only to his own benevolence but in surrounding himself with lords and generals of great ability and benevolence of their own.

While his reign was long it was financially strained by the prosecution of two wars -- one against the Northrun clans and another against Goblin Hordes. Marten is credited with healing the rift that had separated Balduren from the other realms and by enlisting the help of the Lances to his aid. He also gave aid and succor to the Rangers of the Fraternity and was able to bring them into the cause of the High Throne.

Marten is also sometimes called Marten the Mason, for he commissioned the Great Wall which began to be built on the Northern frontiers of Collonia and was to stretch to the Narrow Sea.

He died, old and infirmed, just one year into his sixth sentence in 4901ey and was succeeded by Favian III.