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Help[Games] Re: LaRe's Royal Congrats: Round 1
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King Cadfael Aneurin Llyr Geraint
Queen Consort Naiara Josune Maialen
Cadfael's son: Ieuan Calder Medraut
of the illustrious Royal House of Argall-Jasso
in the Kingdom of Egremont
Mere weeks after Cadfael and Naiara were wed, a man appeared at court with a young child in tow. The stranger was called Glynn, though he was more commonly known as Glynn the Crow owing to his jet black hair. On this day, Glynn stood before the throne and proclaimed the child who accompanied him to be Cadfael's illegitimate son. The king and his court scoffed at this outrageous assertion, until Glynn drew back the boy's hood to reveal a head of flaming red hair. The court fell silent, as there was no question the toddler did not descend from the Crow's line -- he was the spitting image of Cadfael.
Glynn explained that his daughter Angharad, a barmaid, had fallen pregnant by (as she had told him) a young foot soldier passing through their village. That same daughter now lay on her deathbed, having been stricken with the wasting fever that claimed her brothers' lives after they returned home from war. In her weakened state, she had divulged a secret to her father: that wee Ieuan was the result of a night spent with Cadfael, then merely a knight, at the inn where he and his men had quartered.
Cadfael remembered Angharad well, for the day after their tryst he had ridden to meet the Jasso peace delegation, where he encountered Naiara for the first time. With just one look at the boy, Cadfael could no more deny Ieuan's paternity than he could stop the sun from rising and setting each day.
He inquired of Glynn what he expected to come from this revelation. The old man shook his head and sadly said he could not continue to care for Ieuan, as he was merely a bondservant to Lord Meirion of House Gwyther. What's more, the Gwythers were notorious for being the last noble House to choose a side during the war, declaring for Argall only when it became apparent who would emerge victorious. Glynn feared that the offspring of the king would not be safe in the presence of the unreliable Lord Meirion.
It was Naiara who stood on the dais and declared that young Ieuan would be adopted into House Argall as the natural son of the king, to be raised alongside his legitimate brothers and sisters. Arrangements were quickly made for suitable quarters within the Royal Keep, where Cadfael ordered Angharad be brought so that she could spend her last days with her son.
King Cadfael Aneurin Llyr Geraint
Queen Consort Naiara Josune Maialen
Cadfael's son: Ieuan Calder Medraut
of the illustrious Royal House of Argall-Jasso
in the Kingdom of Egremont
Mere weeks after Cadfael and Naiara were wed, a man appeared at court with a young child in tow. The stranger was called Glynn, though he was more commonly known as Glynn the Crow owing to his jet black hair. On this day, Glynn stood before the throne and proclaimed the child who accompanied him to be Cadfael's illegitimate son. The king and his court scoffed at this outrageous assertion, until Glynn drew back the boy's hood to reveal a head of flaming red hair. The court fell silent, as there was no question the toddler did not descend from the Crow's line -- he was the spitting image of Cadfael.
Glynn explained that his daughter Angharad, a barmaid, had fallen pregnant by (as she had told him) a young foot soldier passing through their village. That same daughter now lay on her deathbed, having been stricken with the wasting fever that claimed her brothers' lives after they returned home from war. In her weakened state, she had divulged a secret to her father: that wee Ieuan was the result of a night spent with Cadfael, then merely a knight, at the inn where he and his men had quartered.
Cadfael remembered Angharad well, for the day after their tryst he had ridden to meet the Jasso peace delegation, where he encountered Naiara for the first time. With just one look at the boy, Cadfael could no more deny Ieuan's paternity than he could stop the sun from rising and setting each day.
He inquired of Glynn what he expected to come from this revelation. The old man shook his head and sadly said he could not continue to care for Ieuan, as he was merely a bondservant to Lord Meirion of House Gwyther. What's more, the Gwythers were notorious for being the last noble House to choose a side during the war, declaring for Argall only when it became apparent who would emerge victorious. Glynn feared that the offspring of the king would not be safe in the presence of the unreliable Lord Meirion.
It was Naiara who stood on the dais and declared that young Ieuan would be adopted into House Argall as the natural son of the king, to be raised alongside his legitimate brothers and sisters. Arrangements were quickly made for suitable quarters within the Royal Keep, where Cadfael ordered Angharad be brought so that she could spend her last days with her son.
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