| “ | Ride forth, mighty warrior, beyond the crystalline gates of the Land of Unicorns, into the great plaguelands of Caithness... There you must seek your true destiny. Many perils await you on your journey, but victorious you will return with the power to defeat Zargothrax for all eternity! |
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| ~ Ralathor sends Angus McFife XIII on his quest for the Jetpack |
Ralathor was a mysterious hermit that assisted the Forces of Justice.
Biography[]
Terrorvortex 505 A.D.[]
Ralathor is born, and begins to take interest in submarines.[1]
Terrorvortex 992 A.D.[]
In his native dimension Ralathor has become a leader of the Hootsforce, a resistance against Zargothrax, and the commander of the D.S.S. Hootsforce. Along with the allied forces, he hides in the Land of Unicorns. He is in possession of a scroll saying about the location of a Legendary Enchanted Jetpack. Ralathor also possesses knowledge of how to recharge the Hammer of Glory .
At the battle in Cowdenbeath, he fires his final defense - Missiles of Nuclear Justice, vaporizing the Deathknights of Crail along with Proletius. In doing so, he helped Angus and The Hootsman to finally kill Zargothrax and save the entire galaxy.
Terrorvortex 1035 A.D.[]
Ralathor vanishes suddenly, and is never seen in this dimension again.[1]
700 A.D., Prime Universe[]
Ralathor Prime, having travelled across dimensions, lands in 700 AD in the Prime Universe, he would hide in a cave beneath Cowdenbeath for 307 years.[1]
1022 A.D.[]
Universe-38B diverges from Prime Universe with awakening of Zargothrax Clone Alpha-1, creating Ralathor-38B.[1]
1042 A.D., Universe-38B[]
Ralathor-38B was summoned to assist Angus McFife II in his quest to locate the Sword Lord of the Goblin Horde and subsequently retrieve the Vorpal Laserblaster of Pittenweem. He entered behind Angus into the Sword Lord's tunnels, following the other Heroes but the party was faced with the issue of traversing the Dwarven Caverns, so Angus defeated the Sword Lord of The Goblin Horde in single combat to gain the knowledge needed to travel the caves. However, this information came with the Caveat that the 4 mighty heroes must take the knowledge to their graves. Ralathor, knowing that he would be vaporized instantly should he have revealed this information to anyone, so he traveled through a rift in spacetime to the past, to the Prime Universe declaring to other heroes "You must complete this quest without me, I have a much more important mission to undertake!" taking the knowledge of the sword to the past.[1]
992 A.D., Prime Universe[]
Ralathor-38B guides Angus McFife I and his party through the tunnels of the Dwarves into Zargothrax's Citadel using the knowledge he gained from the Universe-38B.[1]
1007 A.D., Prime Universe[]
Ralathor-38B agrees to be vaporized by Ralathor Prime to preserve continuity. Ralathor Prime then goes on to become a teacher at the College of Wizards in Dundee.[1]
1992 A.D., Prime Universe[]
When Zargothrax is nearly finished with the spell to open the portal to hell and awaking Kor-Virliath, Ralathor flies to Mars to warn Angus McFife XIII and The Hootsman about it.
Ambiguous Origins of Ralathor Finally Revealed[]
As confirmed by Chris Bowes in a reddit post, there is no Ralathor in the Prime Universe, Ralathor Prime as we know him comes from the Terrorvortex, and the Ralathor we see in The Epic Rage of Furious Thunder is Ralathor 38B, who narrowly avoided being obliterated from existence by the starlords due to him escaping to a nearby timeline.
The "Secret to Betray" was of course, knowledge of the path through the dwarven caverns, which Ralathor-38B learned from the Sword Lord of the Goblin Horde, and he was supposed to take it to his grave, but because he was in another dimension, he was able to guide Angus without being vaporized.
These two Ralathors were seemingly aware of each other, as they knew that one of them had to be vaporized to preserve the prime timeline; Ralathor-38B agreed to be the one to get vaporized. It is as of yet unknown why Ralathor-38B needed to be vaporized to preserve continuity.
Trivia[]
- In a 2013 interview, it was stated that Ralathor "was once in the service of the sorcerer Zargothrax", explaining how he knew the way into the citadel through the tunnels.[2] This explanation has since been retconned by the official timeline.
- Ralathor's name was originally just a placeholder name before a majority of lyrics and plot was layed out. It stuck.[3]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Bowes, Christopher. “Dive into Anything.” Reddit, 2 June 2023, www.reddit.com/r/Gloryhammer/comments/13ykurx/gloryhammer_full_timeline/.
- ↑ Seb Di Gatto's 2013 interview with the band.
- ↑ As confirmed by Chris in this reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gloryhammer/comments/14bym48/gloryhammer_character_name_origins/