When King Morglin Ironfist passed away, the seer had to choose between his sons, Roland and Archibald Ironfist. Unwilling to risk losing to his brother, Archibald had the seer, as well as his successors, killed. The first royal seer died when a lightning bolt struck his ship. His successor Frederick fell out of a window, and the third seer, Robert, was slain by a dragon. The fourth seer, Johann, drank from a poisoned goblet.