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“The Golden Prince”
As news spreads of the king’s unfortunate death, many are beginning to see that an heir, whoever it may be, may have to christen himself as the new king in the fires of civil war. Though the prospect is daunting, especially for the elderly who endured the Days of Conquering, certain pockets of society are relishing at the opportunity.
In the Red Vale, on a slither of land that struggles against the turbulent flow of the River Erryn, is the village of King’s Vigil. A small place, with barely one hundred people residing there, but its importance lies within its name, and one particular individual who was raised there.
At the end of the week, most of the village gathers around a great fire at a shrine across the river, where a man who styles himself ‘the Old Wolf’ tells the villagers stories of all kinds, from that of the Golden King to others, like the Rise of the Khan. Tonight, he tells the tale of a boy who died, but was reborn…
Old Wolf: A decade ago, the Red Vale was conquered for the second time. Many of you know of Alistair Glastelle, the rebel king, who died at the hands of Alexander of Falmir. But little know of his younger brother, Vei Glastelle. Vei was a… promiscuous young man. He was a man who enveloped his life in the passions of his manhood. But, he was also a man blessed by Hara, the Lady of the Harvest. For every conquest of passion, he gifted a woman with a child. Of course, he was a man bound by matrimony, and bastard children are not welcome in the courts of lords and ladies, so many of the children were abandoned by Vei.
However, there was one child that he could not abandon. He was the product of Vei and Anneth, a Falmiran noblewoman. Anneth was so beautiful and so delicate that Vei could not leave her, and did all in his power to divorce the woman he was forced to marry. Yet, the laws of our great land do not allow for such sacrilege, and he was to content himself with the immoral embrace of Anneth.
Anneth gave birth to a baby boy. This child and Anneth were bought to Castle Montarra, and he was acknowledged as a true son of Vei Glastelle by Alistair. Then… the War of the Winerose occurred. Vei was killed, and Anneth dragged back to her father in Falmir, but the child… the child lived. Though you know not of his name, I must tell confess to you of a great falsehood on my behalf. Before I came here, ten years ago, I was a servant of the Lady Anneth, and when Castle Montarra was sacked, I obeyed my lady and took the child away… here. To King’s Vigil. The boy that you all knew as my son, the boy I called Tybalt, is really, and truly, the only heir to House Glastelle.
At that point, a man appeared, cloaked in a brown robe. He stared into the flames, raised his head, revealing a mask of golden filigree. The people of King’s Village gasped. Women took their children into their embrace, away from the stranger with the abhorrent mask.
The Golden Prince: My beloved people…
As news spreads of the king’s unfortunate death, many are beginning to see that an heir, whoever it may be, may have to christen himself as the new king in the fires of civil war. Though the prospect is daunting, especially for the elderly who endured the Days of Conquering, certain pockets of society are relishing at the opportunity.
In the Red Vale, on a slither of land that struggles against the turbulent flow of the River Erryn, is the village of King’s Vigil. A small place, with barely one hundred people residing there, but its importance lies within its name, and one particular individual who was raised there.
At the end of the week, most of the village gathers around a great fire at a shrine across the river, where a man who styles himself ‘the Old Wolf’ tells the villagers stories of all kinds, from that of the Golden King to others, like the Rise of the Khan. Tonight, he tells the tale of a boy who died, but was reborn…
Old Wolf: A decade ago, the Red Vale was conquered for the second time. Many of you know of Alistair Glastelle, the rebel king, who died at the hands of Alexander of Falmir. But little know of his younger brother, Vei Glastelle. Vei was a… promiscuous young man. He was a man who enveloped his life in the passions of his manhood. But, he was also a man blessed by Hara, the Lady of the Harvest. For every conquest of passion, he gifted a woman with a child. Of course, he was a man bound by matrimony, and bastard children are not welcome in the courts of lords and ladies, so many of the children were abandoned by Vei.
However, there was one child that he could not abandon. He was the product of Vei and Anneth, a Falmiran noblewoman. Anneth was so beautiful and so delicate that Vei could not leave her, and did all in his power to divorce the woman he was forced to marry. Yet, the laws of our great land do not allow for such sacrilege, and he was to content himself with the immoral embrace of Anneth.
Anneth gave birth to a baby boy. This child and Anneth were bought to Castle Montarra, and he was acknowledged as a true son of Vei Glastelle by Alistair. Then… the War of the Winerose occurred. Vei was killed, and Anneth dragged back to her father in Falmir, but the child… the child lived. Though you know not of his name, I must tell confess to you of a great falsehood on my behalf. Before I came here, ten years ago, I was a servant of the Lady Anneth, and when Castle Montarra was sacked, I obeyed my lady and took the child away… here. To King’s Vigil. The boy that you all knew as my son, the boy I called Tybalt, is really, and truly, the only heir to House Glastelle.
At that point, a man appeared, cloaked in a brown robe. He stared into the flames, raised his head, revealing a mask of golden filigree. The people of King’s Village gasped. Women took their children into their embrace, away from the stranger with the abhorrent mask.
The Golden Prince: My beloved people…
