The Unworthy King

A hero falls; a darkness returns...

King Ealdris, the great elven king of old. 'Unworthy' he came to be known, and the histories have recorded him thus.
His was quite a tale.
Xeb had first heard it during his early days at the Asarlai monastery.
He could not remember who had told him the story of Ealdris the Unworthy.
What he could remember, however, was the tale itself,
and a most curious tale it was...