Melisande Antic

Melisande Antic
Story Role
POV Role	Will of Valhalla
Appears In	None
Naming Conventions
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Vital statistics
Born	Placeholder
Religion	Flemethian
Status	Alive
Allegiance	Family Loyalties Empire of Korcani
Racial Statistics
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Family
Parents
Father	† Theoderic Antic III.
Mother	† Marja Antic
Siblings
Siblings	Full Siblings † Gundolf Antic II. † Theoderic Antic IV. † Heilburga Antic † Hunfried Antic † Humbert Antic
Internal Family
Spouse	None
Children	Baseborn With Manfred Bootsma III. Thusnelda Bootsma With Ottfried Steensma Ottfried Antic Merlind Antic Lutwinda Antic † Unborn Child

“I betrayed a brother I loved, so that I could save my people. I was raped, and beaten for five years. I have spent the last two years fighting a war I knew from the start I could not win, just for a chance at something better. Do not question my resolve to save my people.”

— Melisande Antic

Melisande Antic is the daughter of Theoderic, and Marja Antic making her a member of and the current lord and matriarch of House Antic.

During the Fourth Korcani Gepid Rebellion it was Melisande who was captured and held as a prisoner during the Killing of House Antic as she had unknowingly given information to Flemethian cultist Manfred Bootsma who had then launched the massacre of her family leaving only her elder brother alive. Manfred would hold his pregnant lover Melisande Antic prisoner throughout the course of the Fourth Korcani Gepid Rebellion, and during this time as prisoner the two rebuilt themselves to a certain extent with Manfred coming close to turning against his family to protect Melisande. Following Melisande once again being tricked by a conflicted Manfred her brother was killed at the Fourth Battle of Troplitz and with this she became the sole remaining member of her family left alive as her betrayal of her remaining brother purchased her survival, and thus she was named by the Korcani garrison as the new Lord of House Antic. Following rising to the position of Dutchess of Gepidia she would become a target of Ottfried Steensma of whom was the Lord Commander of Gepidia, and this would eventually lead to Ottfried raping Melisande following her attempting to improve the lot of the Gepid of the capital. Melisande would suffer a miscarriage following a beating from Ottfried and this broke her emotionally leading to her murdering Ottfried and bringing her forces to join the rebellion of Manfred Alberda. Following defeat in the Fifth Korcani-Gepid Rebellion it was Melisande who led the Gepid into a near full scale retreat from Gepidia and southward where they were followed by the forces of Bosnia, and the Korcani Wilds. Melisande would be the sole survivor of the Gepid Rebel Council following the Battle of Bogatic, but was unable to join her people in crossing into the Thunderlands of Valhalla instead she was captured by Milik Vladic of the Serbian Kingdom and brought behind the walls of Bogatic alongside her honor guard and hundreds of also trapped Gepid.

History

Fourth Korcani-Gepid Rebellion

Main Article : Fourth Korcani-Gepid Rebellion

During the Fourth Korcani Gepid Rebellion it was Melisande who was captured and held as a prisoner during the Killing of House Antic as she had unknowingly given information to a Flemethian cultist who had then launched the massacre of her family leaving only her elder brother alive.

Prisoner

Manfred would hold his pregnant lover Melisande Antic prisoner throughout the course of the Fourth Korcani Gepid Rebellion, and during this time as prisoner the two rebuilt themselves to a certain extent with Manfred coming close to turning against his family to protect Melisande.

Final Betrayal

Gundolf would meet with his sister Melisande who had been tricked by her lover Manfred Bootsma that Manfred's forces had turned to the rebel side and thus she would convince Gundolf to join with them during the Fourth Battle of Troplitz but it was a trick as the Bootsma forces remained loyal to Korcani and betrayed the Gepid during the battle leading to a decisive defeat and the death of Gundolf.

Consequences

Following Melisande once again being tricked by a conflicted Manfred her brother was killed at the Second Battle of Troplitz and with this she became the sole remaining member of her family left alive as her betrayal of her remaining brother purchased her survival, and thus she was named by the Korcani garrison as the new Lord of House Antic.

Duchess of Gepidia

Following rising to the position of Dutchess of Gepidia she would become a target of Ottfried Steensma of whom was the Lord Commander of Gepidia, and this would eventually lead to Ottfried raping Melisande following her attempting to improve the lot of the Gepid of the capital.

Fifth Korcani-Gepid Rebellion

Main Article : Fifth Korcani-Gepid Rebellion

Melisande would suffer a miscarriage following a beating from Ottfried and this broke her emotionally leading to her murdering Ottfried and bringing her forces to join the rebellion of Manfred Alberda.

Defeat

Following defeat in the Fifth Korcani-Gepid Rebellion it was Melisande who led the Gepid into a near full scale retreat from Gepidia and southward where they were followed by the forces of Bosnia, and the Korcani Wilds.

Battle of Bogatic

Melisande would be the sole survivor of the Gepid Rebel Council following the Battle of Bogatic, but was unable to join her people in crossing into the Thunderlands of Valhalla instead she was captured by Milik Vladic of the Serbian Kingdom and brought behind the walls of Bogatic alongside her honor guard and hundreds of also trapped Gepid.

Family Members

Gundolf Antic II. - Brother

Relationships

Milic Vladic - - - Lover/Ally - - - Melisande and Milik would first come to meet when she was captured by the army of Milik following the Battle of Bogatic and while at first the two were confrontational they grew in affectiion eventually engaging in a romantic relationship.

Manfred Bootsma III. - - Lover/Enemy - - Melisande and Manfred would first meet when Manfred entered the lands of House Antic and menipulated Melisande into revealing traitorous things about her family and then turned on her instigating the Massacre of her family. Melisande had become pregant from this encounter with Manfred and this led Manfred to protect her during the killing, but following the birth of their daughter he took the little girl back to his estate abandoning her again.

Gundolf Antic II. - - - Family - - - Melisande and Gundolf would be close before the Killing of House Antic brought them a great distance, but this youthful closeness led to Gundolf trusting her words and joining with the forces of House Bootsma which would lead to his death.

Fuh-Zhellia Theirin II. - - Enemy - - Zhellia and Melisande would first meet as Melisande became the leader of the Gepid people in Korcani and Zhellia and she had a conversation where Zhellia instilled great fear on Melisande before returning to Sundermount. The two would become bitter enemies during the fifth rebellion when Zhellia begin commiting attrocities on civilian populations leading to the Battle of Troplitz where Zhellia decisively defeated the rebellion, and then enacted the Gepid Legislation making them no longer citizens of Korcani.