Lord Galakrond (GAL-uh-krond | / ˈgɑ lə krɒnd /)

Galakrond is healthy for his age. He's what would be called "Twiggy" but with some, not a lot, of muscle. He's only fractured one bone due to really poor choices. He also needs glasses to properly see and to be able to drive properly.

The Prince of Badgers is tall and lightly built. He has had an interest in weight training and on occasion used the 8 lbs weights that lie in his lair. Galakrond's skin, while pale, has some signs of gold tanning. His skin tans under exposure to the sun, assuming he ever sees it.

Galakrond is known for his luscious dirty blonde hair (and for how he flaunts it too.) He has a scar on his right forearm closest to the elbow where his companion, Tiny Tot, a tuxedo cat he summoned during his youth, scratched his arm. There is a faint and paper thin scratch along the inside of his forearm, also from Tiny Tot. He has several odd scars and scratches on his body.

The Void Prince is right-handed, except that he favours his left hand when playing music. He walks at a faster pace than most other people his age due to his habit of getting from classroom to classroom faster than normal.

The Prince of Badgers is perhaps the most talented conjurer of his generation; maybe the most talented conjurer in centuries. He is also an exceptionally precocious literomancer, far more advanced than is typical for someone of his age. In addition to his horrifying Literomancy Gala is able to call upon the House Totem of The Badger for assistance. When he's not practicing the art of Horrific Conjuration, he finds himself studying the Books of Death. So far he hasn't been able to crack their secrets but someday he wishes to use the power of the Books of Death to help bring back his fallen family, should that again be needed -- and he deeply fears that it will be.

Galakrond is accustomed to wearing comfort wear, which entails sweat pants and long-sleeved top wear usually of green and black. Black, however, is his wardrobe color of choice. When it comes time for battle, Galakrond dons his armored jacket and his helm.

Lord Galakrond possesses a number of significant Literomancy books. He has the Solomon's Key for binding his conjurations to the material plane as well as a Sauropoda skeleton from the first Word War that he found (though he won't say where.) He also has several components for his conjurations, including, at one point, Prince Jean 's severed foot, lost in the First Word War.   While he does have the training with personal weaponry that one might expect from a Brocktree, when it's time to fight, he uses his conjurations and spells more than he does any melee object or even firearm.   When he was younger, Lord Gala had a staff made with a branch, wire, and skulls that he deemed his "warlock" staff. He called it that before he realized that he was a literomancer and Tome Knight .

Early Life

House Meles, when Gala was born, was a house with a long and proud history as literomancers, but little personal assets. The family had been required to sell most of them off one-by-one over the centuries as Literomancy declined. Being the eldest of seven children, he saw those meagre assets dwindle further and further as he was growing up, too.   Galakrond made dark deals early in his life, having a knack for Literomancy, specifically Conjuration. He found making his own friends was nicer than dealing with the shady bits of the place he grew up in. He never really understood the knack for conjuration he had, but his father scrounged up enough coin to buy some literomantic books to supplement the remains of the moth-eaten collection from the House Meles library.   It was then that he started to study, and learned how to hone in on his conjuration. At first it was small animals, but they were twisted. They looked fine (mostly,) but he knew some Demonic and Eldritch influence of his literomancy, which focused on the Horror Genre, affected his summoned creatures. After a while he managed to control these influences, but not without first receiving numerous scars and scratches from his conjured animals.   But he doesn't like to dwell upon the past because he wants to look to the future, even if it doesn't always happen the way he'd like it to.   He found his talent for conjuration had grown and he was able to summon more than just small critters, but demons, at the age of 12? 13? He can't remember. The only thing he couldn't get right was the binding, but that was all fixed at the age of 16. It was a day he never thought would happen. The day he learned of his bi-house lineage. The day he discovered Sable Aradia to be his mother.   It was also the day he was gifted with several more Conjuration books, specifically one that could bind the demons he had been summoning.  

You like it? I understand from your dads that you have... a bit of a talent for Conjuration.

— Sable Aradia, Mother of Bunnies

Lord Galakrond was invited to travel to the Warren to study in person with the Mother of Bunnies. The Prince of Badgers took her up on her invitation, but never arrived.    

Gala seems... distant. Is something bothering him?

— Sable Aradia to Realm of Music when he came to the Warren to study magic.

  The Badger Prince disappeared off the radar for about a month. If you ask him, he'll go really quiet and not say anything, only giving partial nodding and without a doubt, trying to change the subject to something else -- anything else.   Since he woke up in a summoning circle and a destroyed room, Lord Galakrond thought he had performed a summoning that had gone horribly wrong. With some limited flashes of memory and a vague feeling of unease, he continued his journey to the Warren and took up the study of magic that he had intended, but he never said a word about the incident to anyone.  

The First Word War

Lord Galakrond survived the First Word War in 2020 and the fall of his House, although not before watching his father, King of the Badgers get turned into a being known as Lich Nikolas. This didn't help his mental fortitude any, watching the person he loved get turned into a Lich while he flew away to House Chiroptera -- another House that fell while he was there. Eventually he ended up with House Mollusca and by some miracle came up unscathed -- at least, physically.    

The Second Word War

When the Second Word War broke out, Lord Galakrond immediately volunteered for the Brocktrees, the House Meles elite guard, haunted by the thought that his father might once again be taken by the Horde. By virtue of his rank, he immediately assumed command. This turned out to be his undoing. When House Meles fell to the Undead Horde on November 15, 2021, Brocktree Stormy Geek saved the King Badger's life by throwing themself in front of the swarming Undead -- and Gala's hesitation cost him his life as well.  

I'm going to eat your brains, Bucktooth!

— Lord GalaWight to the Mother of Bunnies

 

Just because I taught you everything you know, doesn't mean I taught you everything I know.

— The Mother of Bunnies' reply

  As Lord GalaWight, the Demonic Conjurer, Lord Galakrond was a menace to the living, a conjurer and literomancer of frightening power. He was permitted to keep his intellect by the Night Monarch in order to utilize those skills; a risky move, but one that AuthorGoddess felt confident in because the young prince blamed his parents for his demise.   After the Battle of the Warren , House Lapin claimed The Iron Tome and all Undead Tome Knights were restored to life. Gala suffered nightmares, flashbacks, and other symptoms of PTSD. He was also hounded by reporters seeking to get more dirt on the family scandal, and testing whether he might want to make a claim to The Carrot Throne .  

Tourneys of Tales 2022

During the April 2022 Tourney of Tales, Lord Galakrond and his friend Princess Sunny came out to the public as Voidtouched -- people who had been changed by extended contact with an otherworldly plane called The Void. They formed a group called Voiders Anonymous. In particular, the Prince of Badgers has the most familiarity with the layers of the Void known as The Netherlayers, which is where his Conjurations come from (although all, he would be quick to tell you, are NOT demons!)   As part of that process, Galakrond started allowing the Void Polypore "mushroom" colony on his skin to visibly grow, meaning that in badger and half-badger form, he is covered in black mushroom-like growths with bioluminescent stems. While these fungus are also present in his human form, he tends to hide and protect them under layers of concealing clothing.   The assassination attempts on the Mother of Bunnies did nothing to help the Giver of Names' PTSD. Further, dreams shared by many Tome Knights indicated that his Undead alter-ego, Lord GalaWight, was a possible candidate for Night Monarch -- and a few unsettling events suggested that some form of dissociative disorder may have taken hold.    

The Third Word War

The Void Prince stole The Iron Tome from the Warren on Halloween 2022. No one knows the reasons, but the Bunny Queen seemed to think if was "an act of desperation," though she has not been more specific publicly, and neither the Brocktrees nor the Owsla have shared any information that might explain this.   Security footage from Windy Willows showed Galakrond and ECC Books in his Undead guise as ICC DeadPeople engaged in a struggle over the Tome. At the turning of midnight in that timezone, both were enveloped in some kind of necromantic explosion from the Iron Tome, and the Realm now had two Night Monarchs to contend with instead of one.   "Lord GalaWight" began collecting his family members into the Undead, starting with House Meles. By the middle of the war, three of his siblings were in his side of the Horde, and one was serving ICC (Senna Nightshade.)   The Night Monarchs had an internal power struggle, even as they successfully spread their influence over the Realm. GalaWight achieved an extraordinary victory at The Battle of Kin Beach. Only a spectacular accident saved the Woodland Family Alliance from his wrath.   GalaWight dueled the Mother of Bunnies sometime during Battle of Mount Mitchell and was resurrected by her "Kind Bear" powers.     Since the war, Galakrond has been quiet and keeping a low profile. He was constantly at his mother's side during her convalescence from critical Magic Drain following the conflict, and attended the family's Tomesmas celebrations, but said little.   The Royal Police considered charging Lord Galakrond with Grand Larceny and Assault on Prinx Tempest Kwake for his theft of the Iron Tome, but the charges were dropped without being filed.

Lord Galakrond defines himself as a Cisgendered male.

Galakrond is bisexual, often finding his eye being caught by both male and female alike.

Galakrond has the basic high school education that a student and "Smol Bean" should know, with extensive practice in literomancy on the side. He has some musical knowledge and he can often be caught absentmindedly tapping on his leg, or any nearby solid surface to a catchy rhythm, showing his talents as a drummer.

Until recently, Galakrond had only worked one job, and that was child care at the ages 14-15. He is currently providing care aid assistance to his uncle, which he is being paid for.

The Prince of Badgers is legendary for his prolific literomancy, especially considering his youth. He achieved a total of more than 50,000 words in both Word Wars.

Gala has tripped on numerous words, stumbled down stairs, stumbled going up stairs, lost several drumsticks tips while playing, stubbed his finger, toes, and possibly everything else in between. He's accidently wacked himself several times without paying attention. One time he was walking through a room and without paying attention stumbled on a Literomantic Clothes Washer (I know right?! I mean how could you even do that?)   Lord Galakrond is also haunted by the death of Stormy Geek, which he blames himself for. He is also riddled with guilt for what happened to his family as a result of his choice to steal the Iron Tome. For the time his mother was convalescent with Magic Drain, he made himself her personal nurse and care aide. Since then, he has been doing what he can to rebuild his relationship with his family and especially his siblings, and is maybe trying a bit too hard.

Let's change the subject, shall we?

Galakrond is motivated by the urge to keep his family together, and fascination, perhaps even obsession, over his failure to do so.

Likes:

Metal music

Horror genre of writing

Cheesy B movies (for the laughs and cringe factor)

Reptiles

Dogs

Cats

TTRPGs

Video Games

Dislikes: Hip hop and country music.

Galakrond is known for his ability to provide emotional support and is sometimes considered an empath. He is often called "a good listener" and "calm to be around" by his friends. He has a darker sense of humor than others may like, often being called on it with strange looks. But to his mind, "it was funny, darnit."

The Prince of Badgers, as one might expect, suffers from PTSD. He finds trusting others is extremely difficult.   Although it might not seem like it, Galakrond struggles with social anxiety. He is an introvert at heart, but will occasionally play as a extrovert.   He also struggles with who he actually is due to learning chameleon habits of blending into social groups.

Galakrond's hygiene is actually pretty good. He showers regularly in the week, and brushes his hair and teeth at least once or twice a day. His rooms at Windy Willows are even mostly tidy, especially around his books, and his fathers do not believe in exempting their children from chores, whether they are powerful royals now or not.

Darth Nikolas - father

Realm of Music - father

Sable Aradia - mother

Prince Jean - half-brother

Erin Righ - stepfather, uncle

Princess Sunny - aunt