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The Royal Family

The House Mawr sports a golden lion on a crimson field as their banner, and their words are "Ever Onward!"


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[hider=King Aedin II Mawr (Deceased)]
[b]Name:[/b] Aedin Mawr

[b]Gender:[/b] Male

[b]Age:[/b] Died at the age of 42 in 963 AC

[b]Occupation/Title:[/b] King of Brythunnia

[b]Appearance:[/b] He had auburn hair and strong facial features. He was a tall and muscular man, but not bulky. He had dark green eyes, and he didn't grow a beard.

[b]Personality:[/b] He was a natural warrior and could inspire loyalty and dread alike in men. He often followed his passions and instincts, spending most of his time pursuing his physical limits and enjoying being a king. Aedin hadn't much interest in governing the realm, but he was eager to defend it when the Rivanians attacked. On the battlefield, he led by example, often charging against the enemy with his men and lords. This proved fatal in the Siege of Oxford in the Southern Marches, when Aedin led his men to lift the siege. Aedin led a daring charge against a Rivanian flank, and he was hit by a crossbow bolt to his chest. He survived the charge, but his wounds infected, and he died two days later. The battle was a victory for Brythunnia, but it had cost them a king.

[b]History:[/b] Born in 921 to King Lewyn and Queen Alys in Lundine, Aedin was their firstborn. King Lewyn fathered three sons and a daughter in the coming years, but two of the sons died in infancy. Aedin was groomed to be an heir to his father from early childhood, and was taught by the best teachers and knights of the realm. He grew close with his siblings, Rickard and Mathilde, often sparring with his brother with wooden swords and playing with Mathilde.

In his youth, Aedin fancied a young courtier named Luciena Cain, whose brother had been a high ranking and talented soldier in King Lewyn's army. Their relationship produced a son named Jaden, who is unaware of his background. When Aedin married Lenore of Laketown, the relationship was ended and Luciena moved to the Dragon Mountains. Aedin helped Luciena with donations to keep her silent and to provide a future for his bastard.

In 940, the royal family faced a tragedy when King Lewyn and Queen Alys died at sea after their ship, [i]The Wyvern[/i], sank. Aedin rose to the throne, and two years later married Lenore Badon of Laketown. The Badons are an old family and Laketown is their main fiefdom with the lands adjacent. It is said that the marriage wasn't a happy one, as the king chased skirts quite often, and Lenore endured until 958, when she died after a period of illness. She always was a woman of frail health, and she contracted a bad case of pneumonia. King Aedin didn't remarry, but had a few paramours before his death.

In 959, the Northern War erupted, when a Rivanian army led by Count Albert l'Ermont crossed the Panther River to the Southern Marches and captured a lot of territory. The attack ran out of steam, though, and King Aedin launched a counterattack to reconquer the lost lands. The king levied the troops of the Crownlands, the Dragon Mountains and the Highlands, leading them from victory to victory. Most of the Haertlander troops were bogged down in a campaign against bandits and guerrillas in the Heartlands.

The war took a few turns and twists, but in the end, King Aedin's army broke the Rivanian invasion and drove them back. During the last months of the war, Aedin came to know the talented assassin and spy the Lady Night, and hired her. Aedin gave her the lands of the late Count de Aren, who had died not too long ago, creating a cover story of a wealthy and enigmatic noblewoman. The Lady Night was sent to the court to keep tabs on those who didn't like Aedin ruling.

In one of last battles, the Siege of Osfred, Aedin led his army to lift the siege near the important crossing of Oxford. His army won the battle, but he took a mortal wound and died after the battle. The war ended three months later after both sides signed a peace treaty. This treaty has caused animosity in Rivania, and it might spark another invasion.
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[hider=Lord Rickard Mawr of Stonehold]
[b]Name:[/b] Rickard Mawr

[b]Gender:[/b] Male

[b]Age:[/b] 39

[b]Occupation/Title:[/b] Lord of Stonehold, royal adviser

[b]Appearance:[/b] Lord Rickard is a tall man and dark haired. He is similar to his brother, but is described being more bulky and robust, and he's not very handsome. He has blue eyes and strong facial features.

[b]Personality:[/b] Rickard is more thoughtful and mature than his brother the late King Aedin ever was. He sometimes makes pointy remarks, in conversation often goes straight to business, saying directly what he thinks of it.

[b]History:[/b] Born in 925, four years later than Aedin, Rickard was always the second son of the family. Aedin always got what he he wanted, and Rickard was often left to the sidelines by their parents. Aedin and Rickard still had a warm relationship between them, although they were like night and day. Aedin was a man who got angry fast, but also calmed fast. Rickard was more gloomy and thoughtful, who spend his time indoors studying and often sparred with Aedin.

After their parents died, the house's old castle of Stonehold was given to Rickard, and he was given the title of lord. Rickard has spent most of his adulthood trying to repair some of the damage the castle has endured during the centuries. He also has spent some time in Lundine, working as an adviser for his brother.

There has been rumours of an affair between Rickard and Queen Lenore, but both of them dismissed such rumours as false, although Rickard mourned deeply the passing of the queen. They had been close friends, and the queen's death still sometimes saddens him.

During the Northern War, Rickard took part in some of the battles in the Southern Marches, leading a cavalry detachment against Rivanian scavengers and looters. He was wounded a few times, but he didn't get injured badly like his brother did. After the war, he has spent time in Lundine advising his nephew, King Duncan the Second. He still hasn't married, despite the insistence from his close family.

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[hider=High Lady Mathilde Mawr]
[b]Name:[/b] Mathilde Mawr

[b]Gender:[/b] Female

[b]Age:[/b] 36

[b]Occupation/Title:[/b] High Lady of the Highlands

[b]Appearance:[/b] Mathilde has a thick dark brown hair, a long face and green eyes. She is the shortest of King Lewyn's offspring, but is still taller than most Brythunnians. She never has been beautiful in a traditional womanly way, but she has had high birth in her favor. She is a lean lady.

[b]Personality:[/b] Mathilde, or Matty to her siblings, spent much time playing with boys and grew up with them, and she has defied the set norms and habits of Brythunnia for not just being a silent housewife. She has taken much more active part in Brythunnian politics. Like Rickard, she often says what's on her mind and can be straight about something that bugs her. She believes that a man or a woman needs to earn their places in the world.

Lately, she has been taking some time off from kingdom's policy making and spent more time with her husband and children in Kaer Camlainn. She is protective of her family, but isn't too restrictive, remembering often her youth when she was much wilder than now.

[b]History:[/b] Mathilde was born in 928, seven years after Aedin's birth and was the only daughter of King Lewyn's to reach adulthood. She mostly spent her time playing with boys and disliking any activities she believed "too womanly". Mathilde even insisted even having lessons in swordplay, besting his older brothers a couple times when they underestimated her prowess.

To strengthen the Mawrs' ties to the Highlands, Mathilde was promised to the High Lord of the region. She didn't enjoy her part, mostly she didn't have much to say about the match. At the age of sixteen, Mathilde was married to the High Lord Rodrik Hausland. She has given birth to three children since then, to two sons and a daughter.

She has used her position has the King Aedin's sister to influence some of the Highlands' politics. For example, she brokered a truce between two noble families who had been locked in a blood feud for generations.

During the Northern War, her lord husband Rodrik rode to war and taking most of the Highlander soldiers with him. Rodrik became one of the king's most trusted vassals and friends, as they saw eye to eye on many things. Mathilde stayed back in the Highlands to take care of their children and manage the Highlands.
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[hider=King Duncan II Mawr]
[b]Name:[/b] Duncan Mawr

[b]Gender:[/b] Male

[b]Age:[/b] 19

[b]Occupation/Title[/b] King of Brythunnia

[b]Appearance:[/b] Duncan has auburn hair and strong facial features of his father. He is shorter than Aedin, and not very muscular. He is a thin young man.

[b]Personality:[/b] Duncan the Second is an intelligent young man, who has lived most of his life in the Crownlands. Born in 945, he is the only legitimate son of King Aedin. He seems to be a careful and thoughtful leader. Inside, he is slightly cynical and Machiavellian politician, often thinking the pros and cons of his actions and weighing his words and deeds.

[b]History:[/b] Duncan was born officially in 945 to the royal couple, but there has been some rumours concerning his parentage. The royal family has dismissed such rumours, but for years they have persisted. Nonetheless, Duncan was raised and groomed to become the next king of Brythunnia. At the age of nineteen, he is still not married.

During the Northern War, Duncan spent his time in the capital and came acquainted with the Lady Night, one of his father's secrets. After Aedin's death, Duncan recruited the assassin to work both as a spy and an assassin. He is about to send her to find a young man called Jaden Cain, one of Aedin's bastards and his half-brother. He learned of his existence and general location by reading a letter his father left him and by asking his siblings.
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