Fyruss was the ruler of Starkhaven who waged a war across the Free Marches and Antiva during the Glory Age.
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Fyruss's reign began late in the Divine Age.[1] He was the leader of the city-state of Starkhaven in the Free Marches, but he wanted to unite all the Marcher states under his rule.[2] Starkhaven was the largest and most prosperous city-state at the time, leading Fyruss to believe that other cities should fall under its authority.[3] Fyruss started out as the Prince of Starkhaven[4] but at some point he declared himself to be King.[5]
After the final battle of the Second Blight took place at Starkhaven in 1:95 Divine, Fyruss ordered his men to search the battlefield for weapons of the fallen Grey Wardens, with which he would arm his forces in the planned conquest.[6]
In 2:15 Glory, Fyruss started a war to conquer the Free Marches and found a new empire. Fyruss had allies in the Tevinter Imperium who backed the war effort.[7][8][9] His desire for expansion also caused him to send forces north, to the lands of Antiva.[2] In 2:33, the Antivan cities banded together under a common banner to form a more effective defense against Fyruss.[9][10] Moreover, the united Antiva also made an alliance with the Marcher city-states to thwart Fyruss' plans. As a result, King Fyruss failed on both fronts,[2] despite launching multiple campaigns. Finally in 2:45, the war came to a definitive end as Fyruss got betrayed by his Tevinter allies and removed from power, and the Imperium annexed Starkhaven.[3][7][9][11]
Fyruss wielded an axe called the Siege's End. The weapon was taken by Tevinters after Fyruss got killed in a battle. Prince Artesian Vael negotiated the axe's return from Tevinter during the Exalted Age, but the weapon was lost amidst the Qunari invasion in the Steel Age and was never seen again.[12]
Other accounts claim that Fyruss wasn't killed in a battle but rather exiled from Starkhaven. Soon after, he drowned himself in the Minanter River, jumping off the riverbank directly across from Starkhaven "so that his last sight would be of his beloved city".[3]
There wasn't another king in the Free Marches since Fyruss.[5]
Fyruss' name became synonymous with "prideful folly".[9]
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