Pronuncuation: GROE-mull JUNN (rhymes with NO-bull FUN)
Lover of Lady Venovel (aka Winnowill in human form)
Father of Gifa and Angrif
Grohmul Djun (“Djun” is an honorific, like “Khan” in “Genghis Khan,” meaning “supreme one.”) was a human of obsessions. Quick to anger and enormously strong, his natural intelligence could not overcome a relentless need to dominate and rule all that he saw. When disturbed, someone’s life was forfeit; he considered his subjects nothing more than cattle. One of the “wonders and mysteries” he was most obsessed with was the magic contained in the shards of the shattered Palace of the High Ones. Determined to possess this rare treasure, he ordered his men to collect every last sliver, using the fragments to build four crystal chambers in his Citadel.
Like many rulers on the World of Two Moons, of whatever origin, the Djun was subject to the machinations of Two-Edge. The half-mad half-troll led Grohmul Djun to construct steam-powered logging machines to help his men flush out the Wolfriders, neither caring how much damage to the woodland they caused.
Grohmul Djun met his match in “Lady Venovel” — Winnowill shapeshifted into human form. He was consumed by desire for her, but too smart to let her control him. This impasse, and the tensions it ignited, led the Djun to behead her when the Wolfriders and Shuna‘s rebels overwhelmed his fortress. He was shaken to the core when Cutter finally confronted him, but his final encounter with the elves left the Djun dethroned, horribly scarred and in precarious health.
Years later, an aging Djun sought to regain his empire, raising his children to be as ruthless and heartless as he. His son, Angrif, murdered the old man as soon as he got the chance.
