Mayor Glaumadiach

The Spore Baron | The Child-Eater's Keeper | Deceased

Overview

Former mayor of Aoilgetchbaiough and minor High Elf noble, Glaumadiach is infamous throughout elven legal circles for orchestrating one of the most brazen miscarriages of justice in recent history. Charged with trafficking prohibited substances before the High Court, he paid his fine directly to Queen Lucial the Mad in pure Spore - making her complicit in his crimes and walking free with all titles intact. What the legal scholars didn't know was far worse: for over a decade, he fed the children of Aoilgetchbaiough to Xalaxxus, a monstrous plant-like aberration, while expanding his spore trade throughout High Elf nobility. His public opposition to Imperial occupation made him a folk hero to some, even as he committed atrocities in secret. The Imperials eventually discovered his crimes and executed him without trial, hanging him in the same square where he'd once hanged their soldiers.

Early Life & Rise

Glaumadiach came from a declining minor noble house, possessed of considerable charm and political skill but little moral foundation. His appointment as mayor of Aoilgetchbaiough was effectively a comfortable exile - a backwater posting for a troublesome noble the High Elf court wanted removed from their circles without openly disgracing.

In Aoilgetchbaiough, he established trade connections with the Beti Merchant Republic and discovered Spore. What began as personal use evolved into addiction, and his entrepreneurial mind recognized the profit potential. He became the primary conduit for Spore entering High Elf territories, building a network of noble addicts and creating dependencies that would protect him for years to come.

The Trial That Made Him Famous

Approximately 15 years before his death, Glaumadiach was charged before the High Court with trafficking prohibited substances. The evidence was overwhelming: intercepted shipments, testimony from Beti merchants, detailed ledgers. Queen Lucial the Mad personally presided over the case. The expected outcome was exile, stripping of titles, possibly execution.

Instead, Glaumadiach offered to pay his fine in pure Spore - an astronomical amount that had never been proposed as legal tender before. Queen Lucial accepted immediately.

He walked free with all titles intact and returned to Aoilgetchbaiough in triumph.

The Glaumadiach Precedent, as it became known in legal circles, marked a turning point in High Elf judicial corruption. Legal scholars and reformists were outraged, but the very nobles who might have enacted reforms were increasingly part of Glaumadiach's spore network. Some historians believe Queen Lucial's "madness" dates from this period, her mind degraded by Spore addiction. Others claim Glaumadiach had evidence of her existing addiction and used it as leverage.

The case is now taught as an example of how corruption at the highest levels can make a mockery of justice.

The Keeper of Xalaxxus

Emboldened by his legal victory and believing himself untouchable with royal protection, Glaumadiach expanded his operations. It was during this period that he discovered Xalaxxus - a massive, immobile plant-like aberration of terrible hunger dwelling beneath or near Aoilgetchbaiough.

His spore-addled mind found a twisted solution to multiple problems: he began feeding children to the creature.

Over the next 12-15 years:

• Orphans, street children, and the offspring of those who opposed him or couldn't pay debts disappeared
• He justified the feedings as "keeping the town safe" - if Xalaxxus wasn't fed, it would rampage
• Children of families who discovered his spore trade were silenced permanently
• He gathered a small inner circle of associates - some true believers who worshipped Xalaxxus, others blackmailed accomplices kept compliant with Spore
• Mock "religious ceremonies" gave the feedings a veneer of ancient tradition
• He kept meticulous records in hidden ledgers, his paranoid and obsessive nature amplified by drug use

Dozens of children vanished. Some estimates suggest over a hundred across his tenure as mayor.

The Anti-Imperial Hero

When the Imperial Empire occupied the region, Glaumadiach publicly opposed them, positioning himself as a defender of elven sovereignty. This made him genuinely popular with common folk who knew nothing of his crimes. The hanging of two Imperial soldiers was calculated theater - it made him a folk hero while distracting from his other activities.

This duality - beloved liberator and secret monster - would define his final years.

Physical Decline

In his youth, Glaumadiach was tall and beautiful even by High Elf standards. Twenty-three years of Spore addiction ravaged him:

• Silver hair gone brittle and thin
• Yellowing eyes, lesions on exposed skin
• Constant tremors he hid with gloves
• Erratic mood swings and increasing paranoia
• Moments of lucidity where he seemed almost aware of what he'd become
• Elaborate robes to conceal his deteriorating body
• Never removed his silver mayoral chain of office

His journals from this period grow increasingly incoherent, though disturbingly detailed about the feedings.

Downfall & Execution

The Imperial Empire eventually discovered either the child murders, his spore network, or both. They arrested Glaumadiach and his inner circle. There was no trial - summary execution as an example.

He was hanged in the town square where he'd once hanged Imperial soldiers. His associates were butchered. Some reports claim they were fed to something, though this may be rumor.

The Imperials discovered evidence of his crimes when they raided his estate. The full truth about the feedings only emerged after his death, devastating Aoilgetchbaiough.