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King: Henry Philip Arthur James (HRH Henry I of Angleterra) (26)
Queen: Morgana Roslindis Briar Jane (Queen Consort of Angleterra) (19)
-S: Tristan Leopold Arthur Charles (HRH Prince Tristan) (1)
-S: Philip Beowulf Frederick James (d. 6 days after birth)
As the plot to overthrow King Henry thickened, Queen Morgana announced her pregnancy merely a few months after the birth of Prince Tristan. Henry, increasingly worried about his crown and Queen, was growing impatient at the very slow turning of events, for he could not hide the truth from Morgana for much longer. The fact that the subjects in his Kingdom would dare question his divine right angered him, was he not a good king? Was the land not prospering? In fact, life in Angelterra had never been better for all who lived there, yet traitors were still among him, and Henry sensed they were growing in numbers. He decided he had two options; he could either ‘whoo’ the nobility with his charms, bribing and buying their love. Or, Henry could do it ‘the hard way’ and inflict fear upon the people so they would not dare to so much as think of betraying him. On this, he remained undecided on, but mercy on his behalf, at this point, could not be counted on – after all, he was the one and rightful King.
Confiding to Lord Bartholomew, Henry decided the best course of action was to first determine where allegiances laid. On Henry’s orders, Bartholomew was to travel the land and visit all nobility to assess and determine whom could and could not be trusted. Upon return from his mission, Bartholomew assured Henry that his mission was a success and that Henry could be positive that Baron FitzGilbert, Barons Hiram and Bronomir and Duke Francis were loyal to the crown. However, the foreign Count and Countess were less forthwright with their position of loyalty, and would need some convincing. Duke Elijah and his wife, Bartholomew noted, “were sickly-sweet to him”, and he sensed that perhaps they had a hand in the plot. As a reward for Lord Bartholomew’s service, Henry allowed his son Geoffrey to become a knight in his service, knighting him the Sir Geoffrey of Cartwright. He was put under the tutelage of John Spencer.
Meanwhile, Jester Renato and his wife Verena had been released from prison with full apologies from the King. But Henry, weary of all, made sue that Lord Bartholomew appoint food tasters to double check for poison. Henry’s inner circle is put on high alert, and stress is ever present on all. Everyone at this stage is a suspect bar those who Lord Bartholomew found to be alleged with the King.
Out for her nightly stroll with her ladies in attendance, as well as two of Henry’s knights, an attempt was made on Morgana’s life not long before she was set to give birth. A masked assailant managed to temporarily get past Morgana’s guards after a brief dual, pushing Morgana into the icy moat. Before the guards managed to regain their feet, the masked assassin had fled. Morgana was rescued, but developed pneumonia at being exposed to such cold extremes.
The Kingdom was in shock at the turn of events, Henry could no longer hide the truth from Morgana. With her pneumonia, as well as the added stress of finding out about the plot to overthrow Henry, Morgana went into early labor, delivering a son, Prince Philip. Unfortunately, the young prince would only survive barely a week. Rumors abounded that little Prince Philips milk had been poisoned. Henry became isolated, his once lively, charming attitude replace by a cold, distant and temperamental (more so than usual), attitude. Morgana, meanwhile, was acting increasingly erratic; many thought she had been possessed by the devil. While she used to be calm and collected, there was no telling what her attitude would be like from day to day. One minute, she would be laughing, the next, hystericaly sobbing. As the months passed, however, the two found solitude in each other, and they slowly returned to sanity.
Henry, however, had made his decision. He was adamant that the death of his infant son was cold, calculated murder, for had Morgana not been pushed into the icy moat, he would never had been forced to tell her of the plot, therefore no stress would have been placed upon her, and she would have carried Prince Philip to full term. This was no longer about Henry keeping his crown, this was revenge. Henry made sure he went out of his way to be loved by those who were loyal to him, he did not want to alienate them. For all who opposed him, he deducted it was better to be feared then loved, and they should prepare to sign their death warrants.
Raids were carried out on houses where suspicion was high, many were arrested, tortured and stripped of their titles and possessions. Most confessed to their crimes of treason, but insisted they had nothing to do with the assassination attempts. Those who were found guilty of treason were merely opposed to the King, but had no idea who the true traitors where. The inner circle of the traitors was yet to be penetrated, and Henry could sense their increasing fear.
King: Henry Philip Arthur James (HRH Henry I of Angleterra) (26)
Queen: Morgana Roslindis Briar Jane (Queen Consort of Angleterra) (19)
-S: Tristan Leopold Arthur Charles (HRH Prince Tristan) (1)
-S: Philip Beowulf Frederick James (d. 6 days after birth)
As the plot to overthrow King Henry thickened, Queen Morgana announced her pregnancy merely a few months after the birth of Prince Tristan. Henry, increasingly worried about his crown and Queen, was growing impatient at the very slow turning of events, for he could not hide the truth from Morgana for much longer. The fact that the subjects in his Kingdom would dare question his divine right angered him, was he not a good king? Was the land not prospering? In fact, life in Angelterra had never been better for all who lived there, yet traitors were still among him, and Henry sensed they were growing in numbers. He decided he had two options; he could either ‘whoo’ the nobility with his charms, bribing and buying their love. Or, Henry could do it ‘the hard way’ and inflict fear upon the people so they would not dare to so much as think of betraying him. On this, he remained undecided on, but mercy on his behalf, at this point, could not be counted on – after all, he was the one and rightful King.
Confiding to Lord Bartholomew, Henry decided the best course of action was to first determine where allegiances laid. On Henry’s orders, Bartholomew was to travel the land and visit all nobility to assess and determine whom could and could not be trusted. Upon return from his mission, Bartholomew assured Henry that his mission was a success and that Henry could be positive that Baron FitzGilbert, Barons Hiram and Bronomir and Duke Francis were loyal to the crown. However, the foreign Count and Countess were less forthwright with their position of loyalty, and would need some convincing. Duke Elijah and his wife, Bartholomew noted, “were sickly-sweet to him”, and he sensed that perhaps they had a hand in the plot. As a reward for Lord Bartholomew’s service, Henry allowed his son Geoffrey to become a knight in his service, knighting him the Sir Geoffrey of Cartwright. He was put under the tutelage of John Spencer.
Meanwhile, Jester Renato and his wife Verena had been released from prison with full apologies from the King. But Henry, weary of all, made sue that Lord Bartholomew appoint food tasters to double check for poison. Henry’s inner circle is put on high alert, and stress is ever present on all. Everyone at this stage is a suspect bar those who Lord Bartholomew found to be alleged with the King.
Out for her nightly stroll with her ladies in attendance, as well as two of Henry’s knights, an attempt was made on Morgana’s life not long before she was set to give birth. A masked assailant managed to temporarily get past Morgana’s guards after a brief dual, pushing Morgana into the icy moat. Before the guards managed to regain their feet, the masked assassin had fled. Morgana was rescued, but developed pneumonia at being exposed to such cold extremes.
The Kingdom was in shock at the turn of events, Henry could no longer hide the truth from Morgana. With her pneumonia, as well as the added stress of finding out about the plot to overthrow Henry, Morgana went into early labor, delivering a son, Prince Philip. Unfortunately, the young prince would only survive barely a week. Rumors abounded that little Prince Philips milk had been poisoned. Henry became isolated, his once lively, charming attitude replace by a cold, distant and temperamental (more so than usual), attitude. Morgana, meanwhile, was acting increasingly erratic; many thought she had been possessed by the devil. While she used to be calm and collected, there was no telling what her attitude would be like from day to day. One minute, she would be laughing, the next, hystericaly sobbing. As the months passed, however, the two found solitude in each other, and they slowly returned to sanity.
Henry, however, had made his decision. He was adamant that the death of his infant son was cold, calculated murder, for had Morgana not been pushed into the icy moat, he would never had been forced to tell her of the plot, therefore no stress would have been placed upon her, and she would have carried Prince Philip to full term. This was no longer about Henry keeping his crown, this was revenge. Henry made sure he went out of his way to be loved by those who were loyal to him, he did not want to alienate them. For all who opposed him, he deducted it was better to be feared then loved, and they should prepare to sign their death warrants.
Raids were carried out on houses where suspicion was high, many were arrested, tortured and stripped of their titles and possessions. Most confessed to their crimes of treason, but insisted they had nothing to do with the assassination attempts. Those who were found guilty of treason were merely opposed to the King, but had no idea who the true traitors where. The inner circle of the traitors was yet to be penetrated, and Henry could sense their increasing fear.
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