Wamgwu, Prince of Ath

Wamgwu, Prince of Ath (ཨུལཽཉ ཨཱཋརུ ཝཱམགཝུ; Ulāwņ Āthru Wamgwū, 14 June 935) was a Citrang imperial prince, poet and writer and grandson of Emperor Roshwe. He was the first and only child of Prince Imperial Lowu, third son of Emperor Roshwe with his consort Empress Gowi. As a child and a teenager he was a close friend of his cousin, the Crown Prince Teshung. After Teshung's death in 955, Wamgwu severed ties with the Imperial Family and left the Empire for Ghur alongside his wife. His poems, writings and memoirs were published posthumously and have become popular literary works in the Ghur Republic and his native Crescent Empire.

Early life
Prince Wamgwu was born on 14 June, 935 in the Swol Cu Imperial Residence in the city of Pawle, in the Reshan Province. At the time the palace belonged to Prince Imperial Lowu, Emperor Roshwe's second son. His mother was Princess Gwung, Prince Lowu's wife. He was the first of Emperor Roshwe's grandchildren to be born, and his name translates to "first grace".

Although he would have traditionally resided in Pawle with his parents, Wamgwu was chosen by the Empress Qawng to be educated by the imperial scribes of the Emperor's Court in Bagwa. Thus from a young age Wamgwu was exposed to the environment of the Crescent King's court and the inner workings of the Du'yani high aristocracy.

Works
Much of Prince Wamgwu's literary work consisted of poems, which he wrote mainly in the Bagwa dialect of Citrang but also in Ghur and, to a lesser extent, in Vahay, which he learnt while staying in Nominor. The Prince was an avid language learner and a linguistics enthusiast, and he was fluent in four languages: Citrang, Ghur, Vahay and Nahiiri.

Perhaps his most popular work is the Itumghur Thoughts Compilation, which consists of 62 poems in both Ghur and Citrang that he wrote while staying in the Ghur capital. Many of the passages speak of the city itself, while some others dealt with his personal feelings of depression, home-sickness and guilt, and with the effects of the Ghur–Tadhir War on the Republic's population as seen from a foreigner's point of view.