All previous rulers assembled in the forge. From Gaiseric's father, Odoacer di Uriah, going back to the first Blood-Smelting King, the Blood Dynasts who preceded him but ruled an incomparably larger empire, all the way to the founder of that illustrious empire.
In his time, humanity obtained the qualifications to meet the Superior Beings on equal footing. The Blood Aristocracy formed around him, ending the widespread belief that the dragon race's rule would last for an eternity. The dragons themselves dared not challenge him, starting the divide between the Purple Dawn and the Holy Continent that carried on to this day.
He was the strongest warrior in human history, Fylkir Hadubrangr, the Great Blood Emperor.
A series of interconnected blood rays linked one monarch to the next, going from Hadubrangr all the way down to Gaiseric. But here, the situation took a turn that the late king hadn't seen coming.
