Wild Edric and Lady Godda: A Promise Broken

Lord Edric the Wild once loved nothing more than drinking, feasting, hunting, drinking, and hunting more. Day after day, Long Mynd and the Forest of Clun thundered with the hoofbeats of his hunting parties, and all wild creatures knew to run from the sound of his horn.

But one day out riding in the forest, he would find something he loved more than hunting or feasting. Lady Godda, the Queen of the Faeries, sister to Morgan Le Fay and The Morrigan.

It was love at first sight - and the very day they met, he carried her back to his feast hall and proposed marriage.

Lady Godda, all-too-aware of humanity's tendency to judge and fear fairy kind, accepted him under one condition - that Edric never speak badly of her fairy roots, reproached her past or spoke ill of her sisters.

Like any man in love, Edric swore to his lady that he loved all of her and would never speak ill of her kind or her family.

It didn't last.

Though they had a beautiful son - Alned - and Godda did all she could to make Edric happy, it wasn't enough. He was a selfish and tempestuous lord, and when Godda was a few minutes late with his breakfast one morning, he broke his promise by casting the blame on her fairy family.

Faeries are known to take promises very seriously. The moment the words left her husband's mouth, Lady Godda vanished from his sight, never to be seen again.

Heartbroken and remorseful, Edric rode day and night for weeks in search of his lost lady - eventually, he rode himself, his horses and his hounds ragged, and died of a broken heart.

Now, he rides eternally with the Wild Hunt, forever searching for his lost love.