His mother was a seer and her grandmother a Fey. His father was a brutal lord who gladly served Corwin. He was raised in a dark castle during the reign of the witch-king. His father had little use ofr a son whose fey heritage made him lithe and frail, but gifted with the Sight. He hated and abused the child. Fortunately, he made an enemy of Duke Ganelon and was slain while Paramurd was still a lad. Corwin then took Paramurd's mother as his own and brought her and the child to Castle Avalon. The demon lord soon tired of his mistress devoting attention to young Paramurd and ordered the boy back to his family estate. There, the Fey came to him an raised him.
Paramurd's mother was returned to her family some short years later. Corwin had grown tired of her and only noticed her when it pleased him to abuse her. When he grew bored with that and other depredations no longer pleased him, it amused him to send her broken and mad to her son. Paramurd and his kin swore revenge.
When he was of thirteen years, a Fey known as the Lady in the Mountain had Paramurd brought to her. She kept him in her kingdom for ten years and trained him to slay the witch-king and claim the throne of Avalon. Paramurd emerged with a golden bow in hand and an unseen Fey court at his side.
Paramurd claimed the leadership of his father's house Deval and entered Corwin's court. There, he encountered Pendruic the Blessed and Prince Justin of Brightwood as well as the beautiful Lady Siofra, the treacherous Sir Agravaine, and the evil Duke Ganelon. Paramurd became friends with Prince Justin and Pendruic the Blessed. When Pendruic was murdered by Corwin, Paramurd and Prince Justin left Castle Avalon and openly rebelled against the witch-king.
Paramurd led the war against the demon lord. He made alliance with Renard the Red who he charged to laying siege to Castle Avalon. Some say he made peace with the Witch of Wolf Woods and had her sorecerous aid in the battle. Paramurd and his brave and noble allies personally confronted Corwin and his most evil and loyal knights in the throne room of Castle Avalon. When the battle was done, Corwin was no more. Some say Paramurd's Fey allies imprisoned the witch-king. Some claim the Witch of Wolf Wood banished him to hell. Some say Sir Agravaine betrayed him. It is said that as Corwin fell he pronounced a terrible curse that has laid a doom upon the Land. "The King is the Land and the Land is the King and Avalon shall have no King save Corwin. No other King shall rule Avalon wisely, well, or long. All who would be King shall be betrayed and see their works fall into Shadow."
With the end of Corwin's reign, Paramurd became High-King of Avalon. He ruled for only a brief time before he was betrayed and slain as Corwin prophesized. Some claim he did not truly die, but is merely sleeping within the Fey realm of the Lady in the Mountain. After his defeat, the witch-king was never more seen in Avalon.
(Thanks to Doug Graham of ACN 2001's "The Witch-King of Avalon")
Posted by hduyker at March 18, 2004 12:17 AM