Doran Whitewood V. is the son of two members of House Whitewood, and thus is a member of and the current Lord of House Whitewood. Doran Whitewood would marry Gylenna Cassel of whom he was bethrothed to at the age of fourteen, and they have lived happily ever since that point. With Gylenna Cassel he has three children in the form of Quentin, Trystane, and Arianne Whitewood of which his son Quentin is his heir and a very well respected knight in the Forests of Dustin, his son Trystane is a troublesome young man of whom is a known brigand and only his highborne status leaves him immune from execution, his daugther Arianne is very beautiful and was once bethrothed to Domeric Bolten and the two loved eachother deeply.
Doran Whitewood was born the third child of his father the previous Lord of House Whitewood, and in this way his older brother was meant to rule, but at the age of six he became the new heir after his older brother attempted to assasinate a local Dustin loyalist and was killed by the Green Gaurd of Dustin. Following this Doran Whitewood became extremely mistrustful of the ruling Dustin family, and begin to make a long term attempt to take control of the Green Gaurd of Dustin, of which he would spend considerable amount of money doing. When he was nineteen he finally married his long time bethrothed of Gylenna Cassel, after his father and the Cassel's had gotten into a disagreement over the dowry, and he and Gylenna got along very well and their first child was born shortly into their marriage.
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Early History[]
Doran Whitewood was born the third child of his father the previous Lord of House Whitewood, and in this way his older brother was meant to rule, but at the age of six he became the new heir after his older brother attempted to assasinate a local Dustin loyalist and was killed by the Green Gaurd of Dustin. Following this Doran Whitewood became extremely mistrustful of the ruling Dustin family, and begin to make a long term attempt to take control of the Green Gaurd of Dustin, of which he would spend considerable amount of money doing. When he was nineteen he finally married his long time bethrothed of Gylenna Cassel, after his father and the Cassel's had gotten into a disagreement over the dowry, and he and Gylenna got along very well and their first child was born shortly into their marriage.
Dusseldorf's Tournament of 5130[]
See Also : Dusseldorf's Tournament of 5130
- “I was getting tired in Dustenvale with all the things I was doing. It was exhausting constantly trying to improve things, and take control, but I felt like I had to in order to get respect. I went to Dusseldorf not looking for love, or power. I went to Dusseldorf wanting to rest.”
- — Mary Dustin
Mary Dustin would be growing her influence in the capital, and as she was constantly working at this her father would talk to her about how exhausted she looked some nights, and she took this to heart. Realizing she was still young she would jump at the oppurtunity to accompany her father, and half brother Peter Dustin as they travelled westward for the Dusseldorf Tournament of 5130. The tournament was being hosted by the Whitewood's in order to show that their next generation was very proud of being a part of the Kingdom of Dustin. Each major house of Dustin would send a young noble to the tournament, and the jousting was fought over by the young heirs of all the noble houses and many of the more minor houses. At some point during the tournament Owain Brightmyre would overhear Quentin Brightwood talking with his uncle about how stupid the Dustin's were, and Owain confronted him on what he said but Quentin denied ever saying it, and this caused a great deal of resentment and anger between the two nobles. The two's rivalry only increased when the younger Owain Brightmyre defeated Quentin Whitewood during the final match of the jousting and was made the victor of the tournament by Quentin's father. In a further slap to the face Owain would name Mary Dustin the Queen of Love and Beauty and it was during this moment that Quentin first truly came to meet Mary as she fled the main tent into the forests after all the attention exhausted her. Quentin and Mary would talk for some time and during this talking they both discovered that while they loved their family they both found the role of a young noble exhausting some times and they were only seperated when she was found by her guards and brought back to her family.
- “You understand son it was all planned. We brought all the nobles here, and showed them how much valor and honor you had. We showered them with the image of you as the perfect young knight. And then we showed them Trystane and made sure that everyone of those Dust nobles knew what kind of young man he was.”
- — Doran Whitewood to Quentin Whitewood
Following this Quentin returned to the camp with Mary and the two discovered a large commotion as apparently Quentin's younger brother Trystane had been caught by the Hornwood's attempting to raid a farm on Hornwood land. Captured at the site the Hornwood's had sent a large force to hold him, and it was in this situation that Mary Dustin would acompany her father and brother alongside the Whitewood's to the site where they negotiated with the Hornwood's to release Trystane. The negotiations didn't go well at first but Mary Dustin would be able to convinse them to release Trystane back to them after promicing to begin increased trading with the Hornwood's. Returning to Dusseldorf Mary was unable to see Quentin again but was stopped by Owain Brightmyre who commended her bravery and told her that he was proud to have such a noble, and beautiful lady at the capital. Following this Mary, and the Dustin's left Dusseldorf alongside all of the non-Gothic nobles and with their departure it was revealed to Quentin that Trystane's attack was a planned affair meant to show how rebellious Trystane was and how honorable Quentin was.
Arianne's Vengeance[]
- “It was monsterous to think that he was allowed to walk around this earth living while somoene as good and decent as Domeric was ended in such a dishonest way. I couldn't stand by and watch as evil men did what they wanted, and good men were betrayed. It was time to act. It was time for revenge.”
- — Arianna Whitewood
Following the death of Domeric Bolten it would be Arianne Whitewood that lost herself to vengeance more then perhaps anyone else, and she immediatly went to her father and demanded they move against the Boltens and join with Lucerne. Despite being told that the Dustin's wouldn't have it she stormed off in a rage, and unknown to her family was the fact that following this she begin to corespond with Lucernian agents in order to move the loyalty of House Whitewood herself. She would be unaware of her families true leanings and thus kept it all very secret, and despite these attempts she was discovered by her brother Quentin of whom knowing the true motivations of House Whitewood would help his sister in her quest. The plan would continue, although Arianne begin to believe that Quentin was slowing in his assistence due to his growing love for Mary Dustin, and this caused Arianne to begin to hate Mary Dustin even going as far as to begin to play to poison her to remove her from the scenario.
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Trystane Whitewood[]
See Also : Trystane Whitewood
- “My father told me something many years ago. Some might have lost their devotion after all these years in the forest, but I have never buckled.”
- — Trystane Whitewood