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HelpRe: Aeronwy's Medieval/Royal Cogratulations ~ Round The Second
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La Reina
Count: Ezio Alessandro [Auditore] da Firenze (26)
Countess: Rosa Maddalena [de Magianis] da Firenze (24)
-S: Federico Antonio "Fede" (1)
-D: Maria Caterina (nb)
Just before Fede's first birthday, Rosa found herself pregnant again. The pregnancy was, as before, a relatively easy one, and after the full term was carried an Auditore daughter was born, Maria Caterina. Rosa and Ezio are getting more busy now, with one baby boy and a newborn girl in tow.
When Maria is about three months old, a surprise visitor came to the Villa Auditore, Lord Bartholomew. Ezio and Rosa are certainly not expecting a guest, and it took a while for Rosa to usher Fede and bring Maria to the upper room and get the servants quiet down while Ezio receives his guest. While Lord Bartholomew did not do much more besides talking and general chatting, Ezio could sense what it was he was heading to: the Auditore's loyalties. By the time Lord Bartholomew left, Ezio made sure he had received the impression that the Auditore will not choose hastily.
In a while, Rosa overheard one of the servants talking about Lord Bartholomew returning to report to King Henry, and she in turn expressed this news to her husband. Ezio accepted the information and left for the castle, disguised as a monk with hooded robes, and managed to sneak inside under his disguise. By remaining in the shadows and in complete silence, Ezio managed to glean what little he could from Henry and Bartholomew's conversation. The latter had assured the king that most prospective threats have proved their loyalties to Henry, with the exception of the "shrewd and unconvinced" Auditore family and the "sickeningly sweet" Duke Elijah and Duchess Adina.
However, upon his return to the Villa Auditore, Ezio was greeted with an unpleasant surprise. The Villa was being stormed by a group of guards, with his wife, children, and servants ordered to stand in the courtyard while their house is being raided. Enraged, Ezio demanded the cause for such unnecessary atrocities from the guards' leader, who replied that it was the king's orders that all the nobles' houses be searched for. In a while the ransack was completed, the guards finding nothing to incriminate the household, but with the previously sitting-on-the-fence Ezio and Rosa now actually contemplating joining the rebels. The king's attitude, they find, is much too suspicious and arrogant, and Ezio apparently has extra resentment after the storming of his house, added to Henry's reminiscence to Ezio's old adversary in his homeland. Both have determined to set their ears and eyes on the rumours, find out as many as they can about both factions, and when enough is known, decide which to join. While both Ezio and Rosa would prefer to have a new king, they do not want to support a replacement who would turn out to be no better.
Count: Ezio Alessandro [Auditore] da Firenze (26)
Countess: Rosa Maddalena [de Magianis] da Firenze (24)
-S: Federico Antonio "Fede" (1)
-D: Maria Caterina (nb)
Just before Fede's first birthday, Rosa found herself pregnant again. The pregnancy was, as before, a relatively easy one, and after the full term was carried an Auditore daughter was born, Maria Caterina. Rosa and Ezio are getting more busy now, with one baby boy and a newborn girl in tow.
When Maria is about three months old, a surprise visitor came to the Villa Auditore, Lord Bartholomew. Ezio and Rosa are certainly not expecting a guest, and it took a while for Rosa to usher Fede and bring Maria to the upper room and get the servants quiet down while Ezio receives his guest. While Lord Bartholomew did not do much more besides talking and general chatting, Ezio could sense what it was he was heading to: the Auditore's loyalties. By the time Lord Bartholomew left, Ezio made sure he had received the impression that the Auditore will not choose hastily.
In a while, Rosa overheard one of the servants talking about Lord Bartholomew returning to report to King Henry, and she in turn expressed this news to her husband. Ezio accepted the information and left for the castle, disguised as a monk with hooded robes, and managed to sneak inside under his disguise. By remaining in the shadows and in complete silence, Ezio managed to glean what little he could from Henry and Bartholomew's conversation. The latter had assured the king that most prospective threats have proved their loyalties to Henry, with the exception of the "shrewd and unconvinced" Auditore family and the "sickeningly sweet" Duke Elijah and Duchess Adina.
However, upon his return to the Villa Auditore, Ezio was greeted with an unpleasant surprise. The Villa was being stormed by a group of guards, with his wife, children, and servants ordered to stand in the courtyard while their house is being raided. Enraged, Ezio demanded the cause for such unnecessary atrocities from the guards' leader, who replied that it was the king's orders that all the nobles' houses be searched for. In a while the ransack was completed, the guards finding nothing to incriminate the household, but with the previously sitting-on-the-fence Ezio and Rosa now actually contemplating joining the rebels. The king's attitude, they find, is much too suspicious and arrogant, and Ezio apparently has extra resentment after the storming of his house, added to Henry's reminiscence to Ezio's old adversary in his homeland. Both have determined to set their ears and eyes on the rumours, find out as many as they can about both factions, and when enough is known, decide which to join. While both Ezio and Rosa would prefer to have a new king, they do not want to support a replacement who would turn out to be no better.
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