Post by Darylene on Oct 21, 2007 9:13:06 GMT -5
In the Realm of Methar many of the old bloodlines were lost in the End’var War of 576 T.Y. (Tellan’s Years), when the line of the old king came to an end and the great families of the realm scrambled to claim the throne, cutting down countless members of the nobility in order to raise up their likelihood of gaining the crown.
At the end of it the House Craen won the throne, and it was a bloody victory. The House left a trail of bodies in its wake, and some of them were closer than mere friends. But there was no need to despair, for in the many years that followed the Kings and Queens of House Craen proved themselves exceptional rulers and the realm was plunged into an era of bliss and prosperity. However, there were places where enmity still harbored amongst the nobility.
The Houses of Beldevier and Vathaer were all that remained of the old bloodlines, with the exception of the Royal House. Both had supported different families in the End’var War, and though neither had been vying for the throne their secret competition for the Regency had compelled members from both Houses to commit grave acts against each other.
The year is 1123, more than 500 years since the End’var War, and the troubled waters between House Beldevier and House Vathaer are as strong as ever. Stronger, even, for the Heir to House Beldevier has just been slain, and the Beldeviers are calling for blood.
Officially Heir Garion vy Beldevier’s death is labeled as a hunting accident, but his family knows better. The offending arrow that took his life was no crude shaft of a forester, nor was it of the slender yew used by the Beldeviers’ armorer. It was black ash, used only by the House Vathaer.
Garion’s death served as the spark to set alight the blaze between the two Houses, and the situation has grown tense in recent months. None will go about without a guard, for the risk is too great.
And for the first time in nearly half a millennium there is war upon the horizon. King Welfram IV can no longer control his nobles, and his failing health is more of a hindrance than ever before. There is even talk of a coup, something that frightens the King down to the marrow of his bones. He never married, and with no heir, no close relatives, and dissatisfied nobles, it seems likely that the long reign of the House Craen is finally coming to an end.
And in the midst of this remains the feud between the two oldest and most renowned Houses in the realm, a feud that promises no easy end.
Enter Duplicity
At the end of it the House Craen won the throne, and it was a bloody victory. The House left a trail of bodies in its wake, and some of them were closer than mere friends. But there was no need to despair, for in the many years that followed the Kings and Queens of House Craen proved themselves exceptional rulers and the realm was plunged into an era of bliss and prosperity. However, there were places where enmity still harbored amongst the nobility.
The Houses of Beldevier and Vathaer were all that remained of the old bloodlines, with the exception of the Royal House. Both had supported different families in the End’var War, and though neither had been vying for the throne their secret competition for the Regency had compelled members from both Houses to commit grave acts against each other.
The year is 1123, more than 500 years since the End’var War, and the troubled waters between House Beldevier and House Vathaer are as strong as ever. Stronger, even, for the Heir to House Beldevier has just been slain, and the Beldeviers are calling for blood.
Officially Heir Garion vy Beldevier’s death is labeled as a hunting accident, but his family knows better. The offending arrow that took his life was no crude shaft of a forester, nor was it of the slender yew used by the Beldeviers’ armorer. It was black ash, used only by the House Vathaer.
Garion’s death served as the spark to set alight the blaze between the two Houses, and the situation has grown tense in recent months. None will go about without a guard, for the risk is too great.
And for the first time in nearly half a millennium there is war upon the horizon. King Welfram IV can no longer control his nobles, and his failing health is more of a hindrance than ever before. There is even talk of a coup, something that frightens the King down to the marrow of his bones. He never married, and with no heir, no close relatives, and dissatisfied nobles, it seems likely that the long reign of the House Craen is finally coming to an end.
And in the midst of this remains the feud between the two oldest and most renowned Houses in the realm, a feud that promises no easy end.
Enter Duplicity