Gromden was delivered in 591. He became the tenth King of Human Xanth in 623, succeeding Nero. His talent was the ability to divine the history of objects he touched. He wife was a curse fiend. He is the father of Threnody, delivered in 658, from an affair with Demoness Metria. Gromden became sickly and frail during his last years. He died in 677 and was succeeded by Yin-Yang. Gromden was the last King to rule from Castle Roogna until Trent.