He was torn between conflicting vows: the Slayer Oath to seek out death and the oath of a King to protect his people. Many years ago, King Barador, Ungrim's five-time great-grandsire, suffered a terrible loss which drove him to take the Oath of the Slayers to forevermore seek death in battle at the hands of the most deadly enemy they can find. The tale of Ungrim's family is full of woe, as those in the Clan of Royal blood bear a history of calamities.