Kristen Trachtenberg

Kristen Trachtenberg
Story Role
POV Role	None
Appears In	Lucerne Series Valley of Lucerne End of Darkness The Rise of Lucerne End of House Gripper
Naming Conventions
Title	Official Titles Hofdame of Catherine Bell Former Titles Kameister of Jaina Schwartz Eredeme of Jaina Schwartz Eredeme of Catherine Bell
Nickname	None
Vital Statistics
Born	5099
Religion	Dragonoph
Status	Alive
Allegiance	Family Loyalties House Kane Marriage Loyalties House Shephard
Racial Statistics
Maternal	Vandal German
Paternal	Vandal German
Family
Parents
Father	Frank Trachtenberg
Mother	Placeholder
Siblings
Siblings	Placeholder
Internal Family
Spouse	Jack Shephard
Children	Placeholder

“I refused to be defined by my losses. Every time someone failed me I just looked at it as an opportunity.”

— Kristen Trachtenburg

Kristen Trachtenberg is the daughter of Kate Lovie, and Frank Trachtenberg which makes her a member of the Lovie Family. Kristen Trachtenburg has one sibling in the form of Michelle Trachtenburg who is a troubled girl that while being influencial in the Kingdom is not as beloved as Kristen is. Kristen is married to Loras Tyrell who is a very loved figure in House Tyrell, and this marriage has politically joined the two houses of House Tyrell, and House Lovie. With Loras Tyrell she has one child in the form of James Tyrell of whom is only a baby at the time of Westros but was named after her House Lovie relative.

Through the work of Jaina Schwartz husband Kieth Schwarts its Kristen Trachtenburg a member of the wider House Lovie through her mother that is recruited into Jaina's Malatine. In a further attempt to gain favor with Kate Lovie its Kieth that convinces Jaina to promote Kristen Trachtenburg to Eredeme in the Malatine and despite her best attempts at this new role she struggles with the responsibility. She is close with her cousin William Lovie III. and it was through this relationship that she met Jasper Hale, who would be a huge change in her life. Through Jasper she would find her first love, and in the end her first heartbreak. Following this debacle she became involved with Loras Tyrell, but this would end for many years as he was stuck in the city during the siege. Since the lifting of the siege she and Loras have renewed their relationship, and Kristen is finally happy. Only a month after this she and Loras married and she now accompanies him on his tournaments. At the end of the Rise of Lucerne she has discovered she is pregnant with Loras's child and is preparing to tell him this wonderful news of which she tells him upon his return from the northern lands. Now the mother of James Tyrell she would watch as her once loving husband became withdrawn and sullen for reasons that he would not reveal to her. This sad household would lead to two things happening with the first being Loras volunteering to lead the Tyrell forces that were being sent to the east in order to bolster the forces there, and this caused the second thing which was Kristen taking James and moving to Lucerne where the two stayed in the House Lovie estate within Lucerne Hold. Upon her return to Lucerne she and Jasper would begin seeing eachother once again, and as old feelings begin to grow again it was clear that Jasper was interested to the point that he was willing to put his relationship with Alice in jeoperdy over it.

History

Early History

Jaina Thalmer's Malatine

Through the work of Jaina Schwartz husband Kieth Schwarts its Kristen Trachtenburg a member of the wider House Lovie through her mother that is recruited into Jaina's Malatine.

Promotion to Eredeme

In a further attempt to gain favor with Kate Lovie its Kieth that convinces Jaina to promote Kristen Trachtenburg to Eredeme in the Malatine and despite her best attempts at this new role she struggles with the responsibility.

Nortburg Tournament of 5120

Main Article : Nortburg Tournament of 5120

The Nortburg Tournament of 5120 This tournament is for all of you. Its time you started building your own family now William.

“You are my son, and more then that you are the heir to this kingdom. That does not require me to keep you aware of everything that is going on at all times.” — James Lovie II. Its while sitting in the gardens outside the Skytower kissing Rosalie Hale when the two are interrupted by the arrival of Carlisle Cullen, and Kieth Schwartz. The two attempt to send Rosalie away but William resists this and she stays with him as they tell him about the coming Nortburg Tournament. It’s revealed that following the wedding it was William that was shuttled back to Lucerne and has been locked away inside the Tower of Clouds estate with only his friends able to visit him inside. William demands to know where Alice is and as the group is arguing about this its James that comes out of the front gate. William looks to his father and is shocked at his appearance. The last time he saw his father was only a few weeks ago but seeing him again he looks like he’s aged twenty years. The whole group is quiet as James is helped to get over to them with the assistance of two guards under each arm. Alongside the guards he is followed by Aelfwynn Turnidlon, Fabian Klauseburg, who all have an aura of nervousness as they reach William. Carlisle attempts to have James returned to the tower, but James ignores him and tells the guards to sit him down on the bench. After sitting down, he sends everyone away except for Kieth, and William. As Rosalie goes to leave, she gives him a kiss on the cheek, and it makes William feel a sense of safety. The discussion between the three of them does not go well as James reveals several hard truths for William. The first being the fact that Alice has indeed been betrothed to Paulus Yernese and nothing William does will change this fact. The next is that he would not be accompanying them to Nortburg and that Kieth would be his guardian while he was outside of Lucerne. Williams attempts to resist the words of his father lack any real aggression as he is thrown off by how sickly his father appears and having never seen his father looking so close to death, he is unable to quickly adjust. James discusses that at the tournament there will be many girls sent to the tournament as he has made it known that he wants to decide on William’s future bridge and will decide at the tournament based on Kieth’s negotiations. James begins coughing which again puts William in a state of panic as he watches his father break down. The coughing gets bad causing the return of Aelfwynn and Fabian who joined by several guards pick him up and bring him back to the Cloud Tower leaving a shaken William behind. “Your father is a good person. I have spent my whole life near him. My life’s mission is to protect and serve him. There are moments when I think back to the boy he used to be, and I can barely recognize the man I see now. The truth is that’s how life goes. People change. People have flaws and as the days go by these flaws become more apparent. Listen to me when I say this, William. Once you love someone. Once you have given someone your word. Loyalty doesn’t have an exit door.” — Kieth Schwartz Following this its Kieth that stays behind and talks with William and the two show themselves to be close as despite everything happening William looks at him in a father like way. Kieth tells William to have the servants pack some things for the trip, and he does this following Kieth onto the lift of the Cloud Tower. Kieth commands two servants to accompany them up the lift to assist William and two girls quickly shuffle on to the lift in response. The two go up the lift but Kieth gets off on the fifth floor leaving William to travel further up with only two of his servants with him in the form of Adolfa and Helmgarda. Going up the next fifteen floors on the lift he looks on the two girls who keep their head bowed the entire time up the lift, and William begins to ponder who he is as a person. Thinking back to the peasants on the mountain he realizes that he has been detatched from the common man of Lucerne and decides to be better. William sparks a conversation with the two but only Adolfa pushes past her nerves to speak with William and the two share a laugh as the lift arrives at his floor. Going onto the floor they move past two guards towards his room where Adolfa follows him, while Helmgarda does the same but trails further behind. While discussing the trip to Nortburg its Adolfa that tells William that she overheard discussions to have his friends not accompany him on the trip to Nortburg and hearing this news he thanks her with a kiss and rushes to the lift. Leaving behind Helmgarda, and Adolfa to pack his things he goes back to the lift and prepares to find his friends to bring them back to the tower. “You didn't think you could get rid of me that easily did you?” — Leven Martell Lying to the guards that he is just going to the garden he can escape the tower and get into the garden. Inside the garden he hops the wall and sneaks onto the walls where he uses a rope to climb himself down thinking how this gets easier the taller, he gets. As he reaches the bottom, he pulls the rope with him and then sees Leven sitting down across from him smiling at him. Revealing that she knew he would escape sooner or later she had come here to meet him. Pulling her into a hug he explains what has happened and attempts to take her hand and go and gather the Shadow Council, but she stops him. Telling him that she had been with Aria when guards had come and commanded that she begin packing for the trip. She had then tried to see Jasper and Rosalie but saw guards there as well revealing her attempts to find the Shadow Council had all ended in failure leaving just her not taken away. At Leven’s words he prepares to sneak her inside so that she is not sent away with the rest of his friends. Using the rope, he pulls himself back up and then helps Leven do the same. Going back to the tower he goes inside where he finds the servant clothing, he has hidden for events like this and brings them back outside. Taking them to Leven he gives them to her to change and while at first, he turns away to give her privacy he sees her reflection in a vase. Seeing her body exposed he feels the desire to turn around and touch her skin but controls himself and does not turn around. With Leven pretending to be a servant they go inside returning to the lift and go back to his floor. Arriving at the floor they find his things packed and by the entrance to the lift and no sight of Helmgarda and Adolfa. The guard on duty is Erik Fahnrich who recognized Leven but doesn’t say anything just smiles and lets the two go past him. William wakes up in the morning and finds himself and Leven cuddling in bed together and feeling her skin against him he begins touching her this time unable to control himself. Leven wakes up to this and embarrassed at first to be caught she silences him with a kiss. The kiss becomes heated with the two touching each other but as it risks going somewhere further, he stops them as he becomes ashamed of betraying Rosalie. Leven looks disappointed but smiles at him, and the two get dressed as by this point they were both naked. Leaving Lucerne with only Leven, and his servants they travel by carriage towards Nortburg with Leven and William sharing the carriage together. During the ride they talk as they always have but things have changed between them as there is a chemistry now there that William resists due to his feelings for Rosalie. Leven does tell William briefly about her time on the road back to Lucerne and hints that she believes Wuldrik Toyne may be her real father. Blood of Old Atlantis “You didn't think you could get rid of me that easily did you?” — Leven Martell As James and his council begin planning for different marriage options for the prince William Lovie III. it was James that became very interested in the idea of having a Numenorian brought. James understood that the blood of Atlantis was very rare in the valley and thus they would have to find this Numenorian girl from somewhere outside of the valley. As word was sent to loyalists throughout the surrounding kingdoms it was a trader in Lorderon that passed on the information that a princess in Arnor was not back on the market. It was thus James Lovie was sent information that the young Ar-Brentey Hemsworth was now free following the death of her proposed husband in battle. James sent letters to King Jonas Hemsworth asking him if her hand was open for his young son William Lovie III., and after a series of back and forth letters Jonas would take this option to his council, and their would little debate among them. It was decided that clearly this was a top tier marriage option, and thus was one of the two eventual Numenorian betrothal options that were brought in. The second Numenorian option was discovered much closer to home in the form of Seri-Relisia Terrick of whom was a member of the Dragonoph Temple that had become increasingly attached to the Shadow Council and thus an obvious option. With Relisia an obvious option it was Aldiel that appeared before the Circle council and was told of this plan, and would give permission for the betrothal discussions stating that she had the full authority of her husband. The truth of this was the Aldiel was long dead and this was actually in fact Septemax that was acting as Aldiel and thus it was Septemax that became perhaps the last true Dovah influence in the capital. “Noone told me the distance between the two places, and for that reason it was shocking not only the distance but the complete changes that you go through in travelling from Arnor to Lucerne. The ice tipped mountains of Arnor pass through the lush Riverlands, and the hardy lands east of Stormwind, and then finally you reach the prestine valley of Lucerne.” — Brentey Hemsworth Ar-Brentey was told about the plan, and having spent the better part of two decades in isolation at the Anchorite of Fornost she was overjoyed at the chance to leave the Anchorite. During the time before she left she was left a list of things that William liked that had been sent by James Lovie but unfortunately James did not know his son half as well as he thought so the vast majority of these things were inaccurate. As she was leaving she was forced to for the first time accept life without her family of whom had been her rock for most of her life, but she was sent with her handmaiden Ilana La-Phellion of House Phellion. So it would be nothing more then Ar-Brentey her handmaiden Ilana, and a small party of men at arms to protect them when they went for a trip to a completely foreign land. Also along with her learning she begin taking the name Britt the rough translation of what her Numenorian name became in common germanic. The Journey for Brentey was extremely long, but over the time she and her best friend Ilana La-Phellion would be reading up on the history of Lucerne through several books that they had been given by James Lovie during his time in Arnor. Through this they learned the history of the Kingdom of Lucerne, but more importantly they learned all there was to know about House Lovie in book learning. During this reading she came to greatly admire her betrothed's name sake in the form of William Lovie of whom she read all about, and the relationship that he had with the dragons. She tried her very best for the situation that awaited her, and for her part was desperate to have this work not wanting to return to the anchorite but also desperately wanting a partner. “I did whatever I could to keep him interested. He was a maturing young man, but for all intesive purposes he was a child. I had to be the greatest of all the distractions he would be met by or else I would lose everything. ” — Brentey Hemsworth When Brentey arrived in Lucerne James made sure to use all of his skill to manipulate the young girl into keeping her purpose their a secret. With the element of surprise still with him, he set Brentey out on a mission to seduce William, which based on his adoration at the time of Rosalie Hale made this difficult but James told her that she was not going to have a problem with Rosalie who he planned on removing from the equation. The Tournament Starts Royal Betrothals “Brentey Hemsworth came to the land of Lucerne with a purpose. At first I thought it was marriage, and it was for this reason that I dismissed her so quickly. It was only later that I realized she actually cared for me on a deep level.” — William Lovie III. The Joust “I did whatever I could to keep him interested. He was a maturing young man, but for all intensive purposes he was a child. I had to be the greatest of all the distractions he would be met by or else I would lose everything. ” — Brentey Hemsworth The Yellow Dragons Main Article : Meeting of Volker Yernese and the Yellow Dragons Departure of Princess Alice Ezio's New Mission “I did not have the power to stop my niece from being sent southward to danger, but I will not stand by and do nothing. I must try and keep her safe. I need you to help me with this.” — Catherine Lovie Its Ezio Ederiz that is watching as William leaves for the lands of Turnendorf and standing beside Carlisle Cullen the two discuss the next steps for Ezio. Carlisle tells Ezio that he will be traveling alongside princess Alice Lovie as she journeys back to Pomeria. While he is guarding the princess on this journey, he is also going to deliver a letter to House Yernese. Once they have arrived at Pomeria and he has confirmed the letter has been given to Caeparia Macrinus the daughter of Lord Aldo Yernese he will then attempt to contact an assassin in Pomeria named Ysabel Foucault who will take over for him in protecting Alice. Once this has taken place, he will then head directly to Turnendorf and assist William in anything that does come up for him. As he is leaving its Ezio that Is stopped by Dallia Lovie who asks to speak with him privately. Agreeing to this he commands Catherine to prepare their things to go with Alice southward which she does with a nod leaving Ezio to follow Dallia. Dallia takes him to the market where they go through a stall passing the owner with a nod and go into the shop behind. Entering the room, he finds several prominent nobles waiting inside and while he recognizes several its Catherine Lovie that gains the focus of his attention. Inside the room he is asked by Catherine and the others to kill Ysabel instead of handing over ownership of Alice to her, and then to hand over protection to Gudrun Ganzfried. Seeing this as an obvious move against Carlisle he demands to know why he would do this, and Catherine takes a risk by telling Ezio the truth of what Ysabel’s true purpose is which is to not protect Alice but to instead kill her. Ezio agrees to find out the truth of what Ysabel’s purpose is and only if murder is her purpose will Ezio stop her. The group agrees and not wanting to be discovered they tell him to go on his way but as he leaves Catherine forces him to promise that he will do what he can to protect Alice.

Conspiracy in the Dragon's Valley

Main Article : Conspiracy in the Dragon's Valley

The Conspiracy in the Dragon's Valley Tristan is the prize for them. They want to twist him into a monster. We cannot allow them to succeed at this.

The Yellow Dragon's React “I'm making a choice right now Blake. There is no going back after this.” — Alice Lovie Its Alice Lovie that at Nortburg where she is spending time with her Malatine which has been expanded since the last chapter by the introduction of Mara Lane into her Malatine. Stephen Lane arrives with a Lane man at arm and tells Alice that Catherine Bell has returned from the capital, and Alice follows him to meet with Catherine. Joined by Blake, and Adela they meet with Catherine who quickly takes them to the Nortburg keep discussing things, and Alice is scared by how nervous Catherine looks. Meeting in private in the Nortburg lord’s chambers Catherine reveals that her rivals at the capital have sent Tristan to Laakstrad as a punishment for him and to finally push him completely to their side of things and hearing this its Alice that demands they go and save Tristan from Laakstrad. After a long discussion about the situation its Catherine that requests that Alice travel to the capital to get Lauren Garrn who they believe is going to be held as a prisoner to keep Tristan from straying. Alice realizes that by doing this she is making a choice to become very openly supportive of the Yellow Dragons but already bitter over the Red Dragons attempting to kill her she sees herself as already having made a choice and agrees. The Valley of Lucerne - Conversation Incoming I have spent my entire life trying to do what was right. I have fought for a king I loved. I have fought for a friend I trusted. I have watched my family grow around me...I have watched all this and in my heart I knew everything would be okay. I knew this because I believed in you. You were the foundation of my faith. The boy I knew would have never done the things you have done. You have allowed this...this...thing to take over everything you are. Everything that happens now is up to you. You choose what path you go. I have nothing to say in my Kill me now for seeing you. Seeing what you have become makes me realized I have nothing left to believe in. Take me from this world, and free of me knowing what you have become. “They have sent Tristan to Laakstrad.” I knew Laakstrad was in the Dragon’s Valley, but I couldn’t place it in my mind. “The slave hub of the Dragon’s Valley.” “We knew they would make their move for him at some point.” “Why would they send Tristan there?” “He is being punished. What he has done this time I do not know. I couldn’t get anyone to tell me the truth of it. What I know is that they are making their move to have Tristan turned to their side of things.” If Catherine couldn’t get the truth of things, then the resistance to her must be growing. “What shall you do?” Albert spoke with a hushed tone that was unusual for him. “I cannot allow this to happen to my nephew.” She paused after saying it staring at the map on the table. “I promised my brother. I promised Lisa. I have made too many promises to allow this to happen to Tristan.” Once again, she paused staring down at the map. Watching the respect that she had to be able to just pause and think things through in a room of men who had little experience in listening to women was a sight to behold. --- “This is you making a choice Alice. Once you do this. There is no going back.” “I trusted them and what did that get me. My supposed future husband nearly leading me to my death.” Alice in the Capital Alice travels to Lucerne alongside her Malatine but in the actual carriage she rides with Blake Cullen, Erica, Eddara, and Hanna while the other girls ride in the second carriage. Arriving at the Sky Towers its Alice and her Malatine that are escorted inside by (find guy) and while the girls are escorted to the estates around the tower where they stay, its Blake, and Eddara that go up the lift with Alice to help her for bed as its already quite late in the day. Going to bed its Alice that falls quickly to sleep as despite the seriousness of the situation she is in she feels at calm with what shes doing. Alice is woken in the night by rustling in her room and discovers her father is looking through books on her wall shelves. Alice doesn’t say anything but instead closes her eyes again and pretends to be asleep. Squinting through her eyes she watches as her father reads a book at the side of her bed, and as she contemplates saying something to him, he gets up as if he heard something and leaves the room. Waking up in the morning she takes the lift to the dining hall where she finds her father already sitting down to eat alongside a woman she doesn’t recognize and two men she does in the form of (Find Men). Sitting down at her usual spot her father ignores her for a time, and as she watches him, she barely recognizes him as he appears so much older than she remembers him. Leaving the dining hall in tears she gets on the lift and heads back to her room. As the lift door opens, she sees Victor Neidermeyer waiting for her outside her room. He smiles at her, and clearly appears prepared to ignore the tears still drying on her cheek. The two sit down at a table and talk. Eventually after this long discussion she convinces him to help her getting Lauren Garrn and then fleeing the city. Alice is forced to make a deal with him (create the deal) but successfully negotiates to get his help which was the only way for her to succeed. The Valley of Lucerne - Conversation Incoming I have spent my entire life trying to do what was right. I have fought for a king I loved. I have fought for a friend I trusted. I have watched my family grow around me...I have watched all this and in my heart I knew everything would be okay. I knew this because I believed in you. You were the foundation of my faith. The boy I knew would have never done the things you have done. You have allowed this...this...thing to take over everything you are. Everything that happens now is up to you. You choose what path you go. I have nothing to say in my Kill me now for seeing you. Seeing what you have become makes me realized I have nothing left to believe in. Take me from this world, and free of me knowing what you have become. “What brings you here Alice?” “Do I need a reason to come home?” “Your brother is not here. Your sister is down south with those traitors.” What did he mean by traitors.” You have never shown me any love.” “That’s not true father.” “Did you come back to blame me for your mothers’ condition!” “What are you…” “You deny it now. You had no problem screaming it at me the last time we spoke.” “Father what are you…” He slammed his fists on the desk stopping me in my tracks. “I grow tired of these games. I shall retire to my room.” “Father…” As he went to get up though he shook violently in his chair, and both his arms went to the table for support. I heard myself let out a gasp, and the (find the women) grabbed onto his shoulders to steady him, while (the Circle Man) went into his bag searching it for something. “What is happening to him.”  I felt someone come behind me and pull me into them and away from my father, and despite my attempts to resist the figure would not be resisted and they pulled me towards the wall. As I reached the wall my father’s hand flew into the air knocking (the women) to the ground and his entire body appeared to change. He stood up straight and a crooked smile went across his face. This new smile spreading across his face scanned the room until his eyes found mine, and he begin walking towards me. (The women) attempted to slow him, but he pushed her off him, while (the guard who pulled her) attempted to summon the lift, but it was on a lower level and didn’t react. (The guard) stood between us, and my father raised his hands towards him. He waved his arms in front of him chanting something to himself. I watched the runes on (the guard) armor glow and realized that my father was using Magi against him. “Enough of this!” My father screamed it out. Everyone stopped there movements completely as the words bellowed out. “You came back here for nothing little girl.” “Father why are you acting this way?” “You are the reason you brat!” He screamed out again. Getting closer, but sort of circling around the side of (the guard) who continued to block his path. “I know your working with them. You’re trying to help them kill me aren’t you!” “I’m your daughter.” “I don’t know about that. Look at this little whore. She doesn’t look like Matilda. Doesn’t take after Sunhilda. No. No. No. I think you are someone else’s child.” Fleeing the Crownlands “I did this to him. I thought I could help him. All I did was make it worse.” — Lauren Garrn Gathering Support Time at Cera Orla would be at Cera when the Yellow Dragons traveled there during the Conspiracy in the Dragon's Valley and convinced by her elder brother Lucas she would put pressure on her husband who then forced his father to support the Yellow Dragons with both Orla and Winsten leading a large Cera force alongside the Yellow Dragons. Time at Waalstad Time at Hirshville Arriving at Hirshville they meet with Baron Thalmes Hirsh, and his family alongside several of his Landsgraves including the most prominent of his demesne in the form of the Ealdorman Albert Kahner II., and Guntbert Wagenecht. During the meeting it is made clear by Thalmes that he wants to return to the good graces of the royal family following his coup against his father having forced him to refuse to pay his fathers debts leading to him becoming a pariah of sorts. Thalmes promises all the forces he can spare and is joined by both Albert, and Guntbert in this endeavor and the support of this prominent force confirms to both Catherine and Alice that they have all options on the table when they reach Laakstrad. As a part of the arrangement several deals are cut with House Hirsh including the brining of Thalmes eldest daughter Emily Hirsh into Alice’s Malatine, and the promise of preferential treatment for betrothal of Alice and his second son. Ezio's Work in Laakstrad “How do I go home now. I'm not the person they remember.” — Tristan Lovie Ezio watches over Tristan for a week witnessing the pattern that he is being kept under. He is taken to the slave markets where he is constantly watched over by members of the different criminal groups operating in the city. Each group appears to have him for two days before passing him over to the next group. He notices that the weakest watch over him is kept by the Nightings Crime Syndicate and thus plans his move for the next swap with the Nightings. Waiting until the night he infiltrates the West Laakstrad district entering the estate that the Nightings are using and then without much difficulty gets into the room that Tristan is being kept. The Nightings do not keep a guard watching over his door, so Ezio is able to wake Tristan without worry of waking anyone. Ezio and Tristan talk things over for some time and Tristan reveals much to Ezio. Tristan is traumatized by what he did while they were in the Crannog city of Aviafush and is refusing to leave the city without a Crannogirl that he heavily implies was the girl that victimized at Aviafush and they are forcing him to continue abusing. After leaving its Ezio that returns to Catherine and Ysabel where he reveals this new wrench in their plan. Rescue of Fas-Jostey Doumra-Fi Main Article : Rescue of Fas-Jostey Doumra-Fi After reaching the barn that was being used as a holding pen for slaves it was Ezio that. Fas-Jostey Doumra-Fi Yellow Dragon's Campaign Main Article : First Battle of Vedmeyer Hold Its Alice Lovie that is on board Himrad’s flagship “The Father’s Vengeance” and talking with both Himrad and Catherine she notices that Catherine appears quite sick. Himrad notices this as well and both suggest she take a rest in the main quarters, but she refuses, and they discuss the coming landing at Vedmeyer Hold. As they are a half an hour away from Vedmeyer Hold its Catherine that cannot stay on her feet anymore and is forced by her Hofmistress Ophellia of Bell, and Eredeme Kristen Trachtenberg to lay down. Without Catherine its Alice that is placed into a position of authority in the upcoming leadership meeting. As the boats of the fleet’s commanders come together to meet aboard the Grostmen flagship its Alice that is comforted by Himrad to offers to take a lead during the planning. The Yellow Dragon fleet would approach Vedmeyer Hold with their entire force, and shocked at the size of the fleet it was House Vedmeyer that would send a ship to meet with them to negotiate terms. The negotiation for terms took a dark turn when the Hirshe forces that had landed south of Vedmeyer Hold caught scouts attempting to warn Laakstrad despite House Vedmeyer stating they had not done this. Negotiations completely broke down after an argument between Actwin Mestmen II. and Lothar of Vedmeyer led to the death of Lothar and the imprisonment of the rest of the Vedmeyer negotiating group. Following these incidents the Yellow Dragons move the fleet to land troops in a surrounding move of Vedmeyer Hold which the Vedmeyer's could not resist due to the overwhelming superiority of the Yellow Dragon's force. Siege of Laakstrad Main Article : Siege of Laakstrad Making Deals Alice, and her now most trusted commander Himrad Grostmen would meet with Victor Neidermeyer, and despite Alice having moral reservations she would be convinced to turn against Oliver Neidermeyer in exchange for the safe release of her brother as well as many other captives in Laakstrad. Following this arrangement it was Victor that moved quickly to consolidate power and with the authority of the princess of the Valley of Lucerne he was able to quickly turn most of the leadership of the town to his side leading to Oliver, and his family being placed once more in custody within the Tower of Laakstrad. Second Battle of Vedmeyer Hold Main Article : Second Battle of Vedmeyer Hold As the boats of the fleet’s commanders come together to meet aboard the Grostmen flagship its Alice that is comforted by Himrad to offers to take a lead during the planning. As they prepare to leave Vedmeyer Hold it’s Himrad’s ship that begins pulling up alongside their ship before she watches as a bridge is made between the two ships and Himrad begins crossing to their boat. Alice greets him with a smile but begins feeling uncomfortable as he appears quite down. The two go into her quarters where Himrad reveals the full extent of the Vow of Talvin that he swore to his daughter in law. Himrad explains that it was not just the Neidermeyer’s that he needed to get vengeance against to complete his vow, but it was also the Hirshe for their role in the death of his son. Alice and Himrad argue for a time, but she cannot convince him to change his mind, and then threatens to kill her entire crew and have her Malatine raped if she does not leave the area. The Valley of Lucerne - Conversation Incoming I have spent my entire life trying to do what was right. I have fought for a king I loved. I have fought for a friend I trusted. I have watched my family grow around me...I have watched all this and in my heart I knew everything would be okay. I knew this because I believed in you. You were the foundation of my faith. The boy I knew would have never done the things you have done. You have allowed this...this...thing to take over everything you are. Everything that happens now is up to you. You choose what path you go. I have nothing to say in my Kill me now for seeing you. Seeing what you have become makes me realized I have nothing left to believe in. Take me from this world, and free of me knowing what you have become. “Alice, I need you to sit down.” “What’s wrong Himrad?” “I want you to know that I am your friend in all this. I am your ally. I do not want you to doubt that.” “Whats going on?” “You know that the Neidermeyer’s killed my son. This was what made Catherine so confident to come and get my assistance. I appreciate that you have allowed me to close that part of my Vow to Talvin.” “But that wasn’t the only part of the vow…” “It was not. When my son died. When my second son was captured and held like a dog. It was the Hirshe that became nearly as complicit as the Neidermeyers. You see the Neidermeyers may have plotted, and been the actual hand in everything that happened, but it was the Hirshe that could have stepped in. They could have but raised a single hand and stopped it. They did not. So, when my daughter in law made me swear the Oath to Talvin, she placed the Hirshe in as much guilt as the Neidermeyers.” “You may leave Lady Alice.” “I will not leave my allies here to die. I have led them to this betrayal.” “You brought them here, but you are not responsible for this betrayal. You could not have known I had already been offered a better deal then the one you gave me.” “Please Himrad...” “I wish that I could have been on your side today.” “Then just be on my side. I am a princess. I can offer you a better deal then they can.” “I am sorry princess.” Himrad stepped towards the bridge connecting our two boats. “Captain, I command you to take this boat back towards Cera. Do this or you shall be killed.” “You would not fire on me.” “I will not. I will send a boat back to this boat. I will have this boat boarded. I will have every single person on board outside of you executed.” Himrad would finally show his true allegiances when he betrayed the deal he made with Catherine Lovie at the Second Battle of Vedmeyer Hold and launched the ambush against the Hirshe and Ross forces and while the Ross force escaped the Hirshe forces were crushed leaving him open to attack into Southern Brill.

The Seven Knights Rebellion of 5123

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The Seven Knights Rebellion It was those seven knights that showed me just how imperfect the Kingdom was. I had always understood to a certain degree that there was bad feelings among the people of our kingdom but seeing the support the seven got showed me the reality of this feeling. I had do do something. They were the final straw in showing me that.

“Things are a foot in the land. Those who moved against Tree Hill are once again stirring. It is time we struck back.” — Brandon Floren The Seven Knights of Aerene would first be formed in response to the work of James Nighting of whom as a member of the Circle of Magi wanted to assist his only family above all things and saw opportunity for his family to expand into the lands of Eastern Lucerne and specifically the lands of House Ongrill, and in this way he begin planning the idea of starting a banditry conflict in Eastern Lucerne to extend this plan. James Nighting would conspire with Circle of Magi operatives in the area to find individuals who they knew would work alongside them, and in this way they planned to have these leaders form individual knightly orders that would control swathes of land in Eastern Lucerne. While originally told that they were doing this in order to end corruption and greed in the area, but while the leadership was doing this the Circle of Magi would commit atrocities in the area sparking the coming of the Kingdom of Lucerne and through this they hoped the land would be ravaged leaving it more open for invasion. The Circle of Magi would send Kieth Schwartz of whom approached Alester Floren to become the leader of what they saw as the banditry force and Kieth would convince him that James was unable to send troops for fear of reprisals from the other nobles and thus needed Alester to save the land. As the Circle of Magi sent correspondence back to King James Lovie it would be Catherine Bell that would intercept one of these letters and discovered that the rebellion would be happening but also to her horror she discovered through reading the writing that James was not simply aware but was in fact orchestrating these movements. Realizing what she had discovered she knew that this was the moment where she could finally find out whether or not William had what it took to take control of the situation. “I don't care what happens to me Cuthwin. I won't be a part of this anymore.” — Werner Schinkel While Catherine busied herself with planning what would become the first part of the eventual Journey it was an exhausted James Lovie II. that would be completely possessed by Vhloraz who was able to sneak a command past Kieth and to Cuthwin Mountain. This command would order Cuthwin to have James Nighting II. send Alice to Dunten where he wrote a letter to Lord Maeger Duneria telling him to capture Alice on the road and then execute her. When Cuthwin left to deliver this message he was accompanied by Werner Schinkel his personal lower enchanter. While Cuthwin had lost himself to the darkness following their actions in the Ambush on the Eyes it was Werner that felt shame over what had happened and vowed to never allow such evil to happen again. Having remained at the tower for his time since the ambush on the eyes it was Werner who only left for the first time for this event and thus realizing that the plan Cuthwin was doing was evil it was Werner that prepared to turn on him. Traveling northward to Dunten after meeting with James Nighting II. it was Werner who's hatred of his long time best friend reached its peak but despite this he lacked the courage to act and they arrived and met with Maeger Duneria and told him of his command to capture Alice. The Lies of Ghelen “I was in the Temple praying my prince. I come out and my men tell me my betrothed and his family are in pieces. While I'm burying them and trying to get to the bottom of what happened Lord Ghelen is at the walls with an army accusing me of the crime. What was I to do?” — Elsa Hosk As the forces of James Nighting moved against the Province of Eastern Lucerne they would come to target Arryk Ghelen of whom was an honorable man who had fought with the Lucernian army at Lyons and lost his father there, and it was in this connection to the king that James Nighting would arrive at the town of Ghelen and would meet with Arryk. The goal in the area was to cause a conflict between House Ghelen and their vassal House Hosk and thus open up House Hosk's lands for being free to be taken over by someone loyal to the Circle of Magi. James knew that in order to move forward with that he would have to convince Arryk with more then just a letter telling him to rebel and so he would send his knight Tristin of Nighting to Castle Hosk where the brother of Arryk was staying with his family while they prepared to leave there young son there with his eventual betrothed the also young landsgrave Elsa Hosk. Tristin of Nighting would arrive at Castle Hosk and discovered that Elsa was close with her future betrothed and thus it was going to take more then he thought to turn perception towards her being the eventual killer of the Ghelen at Castle Hosk. Tristin would travel to the farming estate of House Poskentrin a vassal of House Hosk nearby and arriving there he would blackmail Conrad Pokentrin into assisting him and in this Conrad and Tristin would be joined by Conrad's baseborn son Alwin Snow of whom was also brought along but Conrad did not reveal that Alwin was his son instead convinced Tristin that Alwin was a training Maester. “I just need someone of nobility to give proof that I was here. Its a very simple thing your going to do here. Just tell my truth.” — Tristin of Nighting The group would arrive at Castle Hosk where Conrad and Alwin were made to believe that they were only needed to act as proof that Tristin was actually in Castle Hosk and not somewhere elce and after they did this Tristin would release there family and everything would go back to normal. While Alwin and Conrad waited in the tavern for Tristin to return it was Tristin that into the home that Ellion Ghelen II., Alice Ghelen, and Ellion Ghelen III. were staying and he would kill the one guard they had from House Ghelen and then entering the home he would brutally kill the three while they were eating lunch together. Desecrating the bodies he would leave them where they lay and then returned to the tavern where he quickly forced Conrad and Alwin into the alleyway. In the alley of the Tavern he told them the truth of what they would need to do when he revealed they needed to say that they had seen Elsa Hosk covered in blood leaving the house of Ellion and his family. Horrified at what had happened and what they were going to have to do they quickly fled the castle and moving down the road they would travel several hours to reach Ghelen where they would meet with Lord Arryk Ghelen and tell their story causing Arryk to raise an army to bring Elsa to justice. Arrival of William Lovie III. “You may not have faith in Glaurung my prince. You may not believe he exists. All you need to remember is that whatever you believe. Whatever your faith is. Glaurung believes in you.” — Elsa Hosk William Lovie III. and the Lucernian army would arrive outside of Castle Hosk several weeks into the siege of Castle Hosk and arrived just before the increasingly enraged Arryk Ghelen was preparing to launch an all out siege against Castle Hosk and Elsa Hosk who was refusing to admit guilt in the deaths of the Ghelen family members. While they waited for the Maester witness for Elsa it was William and Elsa that would have sex in chambers of Elsa and following giving into to having sex with Elsa the two would talk over many things and even discussed how Elsa hoped their sex resulted in a child of which if it did she revealed she would not ask anything other then legitimization for the child from William. The Floren Movement “Your father is a monster Brandon. He's got your beloved Erica locked up in the temple. He's sponsering bandits all over the area. He needs to be stopped.” — Tobin Aven If House Trachtenburg was the most powerful house of the area it was House Floren that was the second most powerful and in this importance they were seen as a very important group to turn to the Knights of Aerene and in this way it was Tobin Aven that was sent to Brightwater to convert them. Tobin would convinse Brandon Floren that his beloved Erica Steinmare had been imprisoned by rebels in the Great Temple of Brightwater and that these rebels had been aided by his family, and while he didn't believe Tobin at first it was Tobin that showed him a letter written by James Lovie the king which said that he was to take control of Brightwater through the imprisonment of everyone involved in the rebellion. Brandon would confront his father on Erica Steinmare and not knowing what was going on behind the scenes it was Wendel Floren that made mistakes when he refused to let Brandon see Erica - he had been asked to keep the two apart while Erica was in Brightwater as she had been asked to pray for three days before seeing him - and in this mistake it was Brandon that left his father and swore himself as a Knight of Aerene. With Brandon Floren as their man it was Tobin Aven that provided him with several dozen mercenaries and alongside this Brandon was able to gain the support of almost half the forces of House Floren when he was able to convince his uncle Alester Floren to support him. As the coup was in its final moments it was Tobin that further sparked the fire within Brandon when he showed him evidence - evidence that he had created - that showed that not only was Wendel dead set against allowing Erica and Brandon to marry but was planning to murder Erica after she left the church where Brandon was convinsed she was imprisoned within. The Coup of Brightwater “At the start we were told we were fighting to take these lands from the corupt nobles who controlled them. I honestly believed we were doing good.” — Brandon Floren It would be Eddara Floren that would be within the walls of Brightwater when her brother and uncle took control of the town in the name of the Seven Knights of Aerene and she would be the only person who Brandon would admit to his involvement as the entire time the members of the knights of Aerene would wear masks covering their identity. With Wendel imprisoned and unable to defend himself it was Eddara that came to believe her brother and came to support him in his campaign to control House Floren, and it was in this effort that they found a lot of success as the loyalty that Wendel had showed to Bill Lovie had left him very unpopular among the people and it was only the escape of Benfred Floren from Brightwater that gave them any sort of pause in their celebration. Benfred Floren would escape Brightwater supported by Adelar Eichler and his son Janik Eichler of whom as vassals of House Floren controlled Castle Floren and would bring Benfred there to plan for the resistence against what they believed was the madness of Brandon Floren. Having gained control of the city it was Brandon Floren that attempted to enter the Great Temple of Brightwater but was barred entrance due to Erica being still at prayer and the priests refused to let him in and with his strong faith he placed guards on the temple to make sure no one tried to kill Erica which is what he believed was going to happen and then went about finishing his move to gain complete control of Brightwater. Realizing that Benfred Floren had escaped the city it was Benfred that summoned all the House Floren vassals to Brightwater and was surprised when most did not answer the call and from those who did he learned that Benfred had gathered to him almost all the vassals to his side at Castle Floren where he was preparing to lead his forces against Brightwater. The Taking of Castle Ongrill “We are here to not harm you. We are here not to steal your food or gold. We are here to show these nobles that there is a different way to rule. Remain calm, and do what we say and I guarentee you that not a single person will be harmed.” — Robert Snow In Castle Ongrill the Seven Knights of Aerene would send Robert Snow of whom as the bastard of the former heir to Castle Ongrill and House Ongrill was extremely bitter over his treatment following the death of his father Robert Ongrill at the Battle of Lyons. Robert Snow's desire to rise within the realm and his loyalty to the crown were manipulated against him by James Nighting of whom begin using the seals of House Clegane, House Morgill, and House Lovie to make Robert Snow believe that the crown wanted him to gather a force and take control of Castle Ongrill, and that once this was done to hold it no matter what happened and then wait for the arrival of more orders. Daryn Ongrill the Lord of House Ongrill and baron of Castle Ongrill would travel to the Riverlands with his wife Tamyra leaving his son Morgan as the acting lord of House Ongrill while he was away and unfortunately while he was away the Seven Knights of Aerene rebellion would be sparked but while this was happening he and his wife were visiting her family in the Riverlands. At the time of the rise of the Seven Knights of Aerene it would be the wedding between Candice Anthor, and Morgon Ongrill that would lead to the Knights having there opening in the town, as having spent nearly three months and significant gold gathering to him nearly two hundred men at arms Robert Snow would begin infiltrating Castle Ongrill using the wedding as shield to his movements. Robert Snow would begin to have a relationship of sorts with Candice Anthor at this time as she was growing quite frustrated with her husband over his lack of physical time with her, and in this way Robert Snow was able to menipulate Candice Anthor into joining the Seven Knights of Aerene and using her only assisted him more. Candice Anthor now effectively having an affair with Robert Snow would become the central figure of the Knights of Aerene in Ongrill as she recruited another fifty plus men while travelling north of Castle Ongrill with Robert Snow, but also at this time Morgon would depart Castle Ongrill as with their wedding only a month away he traveled to a temple nearby where he would pray at for the final month before their wedding. The forces of House Clegane, and House Morgill would arrive at the outskirts of Castle Ongrill, and realizing that he had been betrayed Robert Snow would prepare the castle for a siege, but now realized that the letters he had been receiving all along had been a lie and he was now effectively a traitor to the realm. The Duel “Whatever happens from this day forward that you will never touch me. You will forever have nothing but bastards if that is what you want. I will never give you a thing.” — Candice Anthor Completely surrounded and having come to the conclusion that he had been betrayed it was Robert Snow alongside the other knight in the form of Candice Anthor that put up a white flag and would engage in negotiations with the besiegers in the form of Hedrik Clegane III. and these negotiations went slowly but were coming to fruition of having Robert Snow surrender the castle and the safety of his men. As the negotiations were reaching a conclusion the arrival of Morgon Ongrill at the walls with his forces having returned from his month long prayer would cause major problems as Morgon Ongrill would at first want to continue the arrangement and have Robert surrender peacefully with no punishment but this changed when Robert refused to give up Candice Anthor during one of their meetings horribly embarresing his brother Morgon. Reacting very badly to this embaressment it was Morgon Ongrill that Robert Snow would engage in a duel against his half brother Morgon Ongrill and to the suprise of everyone Morgon would defeat Robert and the religious fanatic would not wait for any decisions to be sent to him instead executing Robert on the spot causing the destruction of his marriage to Candice who had fallen in love with Robert. Tristan Arrives in Ongrill Main Article : Tristan's Attack on Rachel Wood “I had gone to the streets trying to survive hundreds of times. It was each day of my life, but something about that day felt different. If it wasn't for the fact that I would have died without food there is no way that I would have ever gone out that day. The entire time that I was handed bread over the day, I felt this aching in my heart that didn't stop until I felt his hand grab me from behind.” — Rachel Wood It was following the end of the siege that Rachel was out in the streets of Ongrill attempting to beg for food, when she was approached by a man who appeared to her in very expensive robes. This man was Tristan Lovie, and he would proceed to brutally attack and rape Rachel. Tristan Lovie had entered Ongrill with a group of his men and used the chaos of the siege to commit atrocities as he had done elsewhere, and it was while he was raping another young women, that he had felt a pull towards Rachel. Tristan would believe this was because of her hair but in fact it was the work of Lornax to bring her to his eye. With his eye fixated on her he begin to formulate plans in his mind of what he would do to her when he finally caught up to her. Tristan by this point had completely lost himself after his corruption by James had basically turning him into a serial rapist that had been traveling across the Lucerne valley raping and killing any women that struck his eye. The brutality of the attack was what was truly the worst part for Rachel, as before this she knew of emotional neglect, and cruelty from the head lady at the orphanage, but after this she lost all faith in what humanity was capable of. Tristan on top of raping her for some time would also severely burn her hands after he placed them into a bucket of scalding water that he had brought into the alley for the purpose of the attack. The attack and rape then were followed by Tristan attempting to strangle her to death. He would have succeeded if it wasn't for the work of Glorinex of whom could not accept what Lornax was planning to do and warned a group of nearby soldiers led by Hedrik Clegane III. about what was happening. Hedrik, Meinolf, and several of his men were walking back to the fort they had constructed from the Ongrill Keep when he is stopped on the road by Glorinex who tells him that he needs to go down an alley and save someone, and before he can stop the woman she disappears back into another alley. Moving to the alley she had told him to go he and his men find several men guarding the entrance to the alley but he is able to see past the men and realizes a woman is being raped by a man they are clearly guarding. No words are spoken instead a fight breaks out with Hedrik charging past the men leaving his men to handle the guards and he barrels into the raper knocking him off the girl. The two groups would briefly scuffle in the back alley, but Tristan would throw dirt in Hedrik's face in a very cowardly manner and this would allow Tristan the time he needed to make his escape. With Tristan gone the remaining men were either killed or ran with him leaving Hedrik and his men to turn to the girl to see the mess that the man had left her in, and was shocked at this amount of brutality. Her clothes were all ripped apart and her body was nearly completely exposed, and despite the circumstances he couldn't help but have his eyes linger as this was the first time he had ever seen a naked women. He checked her for a pulse and when he found it he knew she was alive so he wrapped his cloak around her and carried her back to the fort. “Carrying her back to my room was a reckless move that was so outside of everything I had ever done before that. I knew that since we were in Forks I would be able to get away without my parents finding out, at least until I was forced to return to Lole. I just wanted for some unknown reason to help her. Maybe I loved her even then.” — Hedrik Clegane III. he brings the girl inside the Fort where he takes her to his lodgings which are on the top level of the tower they had constructed. When he put her down on his bed to rest she became hysterical and only when he raised his hands in submission and then left the room did she calm down. While she begin to calm down it was only the start of her problems as Lornax, and Telemerix arrived at the fort and attempted to continue their next moves despite the fact that she had not died. Hedrik waited outside the room for a time as she screamed at the top of her lungs, and whether her screaming was due to the heavy burns on her hands that she had kept hidden, or the brutal rape wasn't clear to Hedrik, but she continued to scream which caused Hedrik to panic fearing she might die or attempt to escape. Hedrik went to the outside of the room on the roof and was able to secure the lock on his window so that she couldn't escape through the window but he was unable to see in as she had apparently closed the blinds to the room. After a good hour she stopped screaming so he returned into his room and he didn't see her so he quickly ran to his window but it remained locked so she couldn't have escaped that way. Feeling hopeless he was given her location when he heard sobs coming from his study. He opened his study and found her cowering in the corner crying wrapped in what he thought was one of his blankets. Saving Rachel “She seemed to be comforted by my presence but I just couldn't manage a way to get her to talk to me. I would listen to anything she had to say, I just didn't want her to cry anymore. It broke my heart, and warmed me at the same time that every time I entered my room, she immediately opened her arms for me to hug her, but then she would break down into tears.” — Hedrik Clegane III. The Dunten Rebellion “If you actually look at what happened in Dunten. How close we came to violence. It was entirely about your father trying to kill Alice. He moved all the pieces on the board towards that simple goal.” — Edward Cullen With the Seven Knight Rebellion spreading in its scope it was the Knight Maeger Duneria that would become involved in an added layer of the workings of James Lovie II. when James Nighting arrived in Dunten. Arriving in Dunten it was James that told him that soon a commoner girl named Alice was meant to be arriving in Dunten where she would have been executed but instead she had been rescued by rebels in House Vuneria. Maeger would be commanded to send an army to Castle Vuneria and capture this girl by any means necessary and to capture the city before the arrival of more rebels to the area. With Maegar still injured from battle it was his child son Taegar Duneria II. that would be sent with the main Duneria army against Castle Vuneria. Accompanying Taeger was Alexander Hesnel a Circle of Magi Senior Enchanter who having been sworn to the service of James Nighting was ordered to make sure that the Duneria attacked Castle Vuneria or he would be killed. Alexander did not know who Alice truly was but was told by James that if the girl survived then the whole kingdom might fall, so an already fearful Alexander was desperate to make sure this girl died. Arrival of Edward Cullen “The distance between me and the rest of my friends was more then I could even fathom. I was riding right beside them but I wasn't really there. Jasper, and Leven despised me. Emmett, and Will seemed too uncomfortable to even talk to me. This was rock bottom.” — Edward Cullen As they march Edward can't ignore the distance between himself and the Shadow Council and this is only made more clear when he William, Leven, Christopher, and Catherine are riding together and he listens as they discuss that he will be joining Christopher in meeting with the forces of House Shephard and joining that army. Edward is screaming inside to resist this but refuses to embarrass himself and also wants to show he is loyal to William and thus agrees without disagreement to go with Christopher Bell. As Christopher says goodbye to Catherine its Edward that tries to talk to William but he is blocked by Leven and although he watches William attempt to let Edward talk he almost starts crying out of embarrassment and decides to leave saying a quick goodbye and following Christopher. Arriving at the meeting point with House Shephard it is Edward that is shocked by the size of their forces, but has little time to think on it as a small group of cavalry break off from the main Shephard forces and ride towards them. The group arrives and Christopher greets several of them revealing Jack Shephard, Evangeline Shephard, Reginald Kane, Sargon Gurse, and as the group talks one girl who had been in the back gets off her horse and greets Edward who recognizes her as Eura Clune a girl who he had went to the Lucernian Academy with. Edward has a long conversation with Eura while the nobles talk and during this conversation he quickly realizes that Eura is obsessed with William following a sexual relationship they shared while Edward was away in Hogwarts and while Edward attempts to tell her that the chances of them getting together are slim she refuses to hear this and hints that she plans to seduce William when she sees him. The conversation ends and the group leads the force led by Edward towards the main Gulltown army and the now combined forces begin marching towards Castle Vuneria where the castle is held by loyalists under Edrik Vuneria but is under siege by rebels under the command of Taegar Duneria II. Arriving at Castle Vuneria the group sees the large force from House Duneria placing the castle under siege and discusses what strategy they want to do with most under the lead of Sargon Gurse, and Evangeline Shephard wanting to just destroy the rebel force without discussion, and Edward argues for negotiation but Edward is unable to convince the group and it appears this will be the strategy until Eura steps in and is able to convince them to allow her to go and speak with Taegar Duneria. “None of this is as it seems Lord Shephard. If I am wrong. If the Dunerians are actually traitors then why not find that out. You lose nothing by letting me and Lord Cullen go in there and get answers.” — Eura Clune Eura Clune after gaining the permission of Jack Shephard to meet with Taegar walk towards the Duneria forces carrying a white flag, and while walking Edward is scared but is calmed down by Eura who is driven by her desire to impress William to feel no fear. Entering the camp of the Duneria force they are restrained and taken before Taegar of whom when they see they are shocked that he is a young man maybe thirteen years old. As the talk starts Taegar is not the one who does the talking but instead a man comes from the main tent and as soon as Edward sees him he feels the Magi coming from him, and the man introduces himself as Alexander Krutzwalder an advisor to the king. Surrender of Dunten “I went to the prince's eighth name day. The King was kind to me then. He has sent me letters for years continuing our friendship. Why would I betray him now?” — Maeger Duneria The Trachtenburgs “Where the hell is my mother?” — Sasha Snow House Trachtenburg as the main power of the area would become a focal point of the rebels and Bill Lovie knowing that Frank Trachtenberg was a coward who had already allowed his wife to be imprisoned without a fight realized that House Trachtenburg was ripe for rebellion. Seen as a coward and a failure Frank was not approached but instead it was James Nighting that would approach the bastard children of Frank Trachtenburg in the form of Sasha Snow of whom had been unofficially adopted by Katia Lovie several months before her imprisonment and because of this it was known that the bastard children were extremely loyal to Katia. The girls had been told like everyone else that Katia Lovie was in Lucerne visiting with her family but when the letters had stopped coming there was a lot of worry about her safety but it had been Frank that had lied and told them he saw her weekly and that she was fine. It was this lie that Jamie would play on when he revealed that Katia had been imprisoned and lied stating that she was imprisoned beneath the walls of Castle Trachtenburg by Frank himself and that only if they took control of the house themselves could they get Katia released. Battle of Castle Trachtenburg “I don't care what the reason. I don't care that her death was an accident. I don't care who you say her real mother was. She was my cousin.” — William Lovie III. Sasha Snow would be killed while defending the gatehouse of Castle Trachtenburg alongside her fellow defenders and her shocking death would become a major point of contention as shortly after this William Lovie III. would arrive ending the conflict for fear of the deaths of his other two baseborn cousins in House Trachtenburg.

Returning Home

Now the mother of James Tyrell she would watch as her once loving husband became withdrawn and sullen for reasons that he would not reveal to her. This sad household would lead to two things happening with the first being Loras volunteering to lead the Tyrell forces that were being sent to the east in order to bolster the forces there, and this caused the second thing which was Kristen taking James and moving to Lucerne where the two stayed in the House Lovie estate within Lucerne Hold.

Jasper

Upon her return to Lucerne she and Jasper would begin seeing eachother once again, and as old feelings begin to grow again it was clear that Jasper was interested to the point that he was willing to put his relationship with Alice in jeoperdy over it.

Death of Bella Swan

Death of Bella Swan She was the queen. You murdered the queen of the Kingdom. What am I to do with you?

“I have loved her since the first time I laid eyes on her sweet sister. But the truth is. The truth of the matter is that I love others. It took me a long time to understand that doesn't diminish what I feel for my wife. It doesn't diminish what I had with Amber, or Britney. It doesn't take a thing from what exists between you and I. Its really quite simple sister. I love them all.” — William Lovie III. William Lovie III. would first be warned of the danger to Bella Swan early in her pregnancy after she became very sick and would have died had not Edward Cullen been able to intervene, but this was believed by William to be an attempt on her life by assassins of the Order of the Raven so he put his energy into stopping them believing he knew who was at fault. Bella Dies “We have another child soon my sweet king. This child will be a beacon of hope for the people of this land, and I love you so much Will for loving me this much.” — Bella Swan With the pregnancy coming quickly Bella would be taken into the birthing room, and while she was in the birthing room Riley would make his last visit to her. While William, and the others were briefly out of the room meeting with her father Bella would ask Riley to give her some water and when he obliged he would put more poison into her water and with noone in the birthing room she would drink the poison not knowing the consequences of drinking. Confronting the Truth Coming to the realization that Riley murdered Bella he is forced to confront his son alongside Alice and the two are shocked when Riley admits to the murder right away. Conversation Incoming When I was a young man I thought everything in my life would go a certain way. I would squire for a great knight, and he would put his sword to my shoulder one day and tell me I was now a true dragon knight. I would marry a beautiful girl that loved me, and together we would have a happier family then the one I remembered most days. I would rule the kingdom as a fair king, and the land would prosper. I was never squired because my father kept me in Lucerne for my childhood. I married a beautiful girl and had children with not only her but three other girls of which ultimately led to her death. My rule had definetly prospered the kingdom, but as the tally of my actions grew I begin to question how fair I am. I walked with William and he held my hand as we moved down the hallway. Moving my hand to the door I looked back to see Will had followed me and it took only a small nod of the head from me to make him turn back. In my heart I didn't want to believe what was being said. I didn't believe it but just in the tiniest bit of reality that it was true I didn't want Will to have to stand there and watch his brother become a monster. My own brother had tried to rape me. Tried to kill me. My own brother had done that and William had still yet to recover from the damage of knowing what Sean was capable of. I couldn't let junior carry around that pain the way my poor William had too. I must have been staring at the door handle longer then I thought because William's hand reached down gently holding my hand and moving it out of the way before turning the handle and opening the door to whatever this would turn to be. Walking down the hall I had this terrible feeling already, but the moment I saw Riley sitting at a chair reading something in me just knew. "Son I need to ask you something." Riley must have been so enthralled in his book that William speaking caused him to jump a bit before a smile crossed his face at seeing William, and he turned to his father. "I need you to promise me son, that when I ask you that you will be honest. You will be true. And you will not be offended by the question." There was no hesitation in Riley in answering William. "Of course father." William pulled a chair up from behind Riley and sat beside him before placing his arm to Riley's shoulder. I was well back, but I honestly felt in the moment this calm wash over me. Riley was so peaceful that this must just be some mistake. "Do you know anything about what happened to Bella?" "Of couse I do father." "Riley tell us what you know." Riley looked so confused as he stared at William. He looked briefly to me as if I would provide him some anwser to whatever was causing him confusion, but now I knew the truth and I was horrified. "I thought you already knew." "Knew what son?" "I made her go away." "Made her go away?" "I made it as pain free as I could." I could feel it all fall apart as I just lunged at him. I felt my hand connect with his face, but before I could strike him a second time William was on me holding me close to himself. I was screaming. I don't really know what, but I was screaming. But as everything fell apart and I felt William's arms tighten around me holding me still I caught a look of Riley. He was so confused. He just didn't have anything on his face that said that he knew what he did. The New Queen Following this he is forced to banish his son Riley to Lorderon and following this he discovers Leven is pregnent with his child causing him to marry Leven in order to not father a bastard child, and the two are married shortly afterwards only weeks following Bella Swan's death. Return of the Dragons During the weeks following his marriage to Leven Martell Lornax the White Dovah arrives in the city and gives him one dragon egg for each of his children although there are two extra which confuses even William of whom does not know these two children and becomes fanatical about finding them.

Family Members

Katia Lovie - Mother

Michelle Trachtenberg - Sister

Katia Trachtenberg II. - Sister

Relationships

Flinter Deoloce - - - - - Enemy/Victim - - - - - Thorald and Flinter had known eachother for years with Flinter being the main merchant for the goods that Thorald sold and over the years the rich merchant Flinter constantly took advantage of the desperation of Thorald leading to a burning hatred from Thorald which eventually culminated in Thorald torturing and then executing him during the sack of Loutiville and taking his daughters as wives for his sons.

Jaina Thalmer

See Also : Jaina Thalmer

Jasper Hale

See Also : Jasper Hale

Kristen Trachtenberg had a secret relationship with Jasper, and it was what happened with her that caused Jasper to change the way he was living his life. She became pregnant and then soon after she began showing she unfortunatly miscarried.

The miscariage was way to much for the young couple to handle and they split finally for good. The split was not friendly and even to this day the two do not speak or have any kind of relationship with eachother.

"He was a spoiled brat back then. I'm not sure what happened to make him like he is now, but I wish I had known this Jasper back then."

-Kristen Trachtenburg