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H [32] King Julius Cadogan of Blackwood
W [23] Queen Xanthe Dido of Foxland
Julius & Xanthe || Prosper and Ezra
S1 [5] Crown Prince Prosper Cosimo of Blackwood
S2 [5] Prince Ezra Dionysius of Blackwood
The Foxlands were an old, aristocratic dynasty, fallen on hard times. Their debts accrued interest in foreign banks and gnawed at their finances as well as their reputation - rumour had it that the most recent Lord and Lady Foxland desperately hoped to pawn off their only daughter to any man of sufficient rank and income, much to her despair. When Julius II was crowned king of Albion, he made it his duty to tour the noble estates of the country. When it was time to visit the Foxlands, what he saw was not the fine estate it was once was, but a derelict ruin overgrown with ivy, its peripheries engulfed by an impenetrable forest.
As was customary, the noble hosts organised a hunt for the new king. Foxland Forest was not well suited for hunting - it housed more wolves than deer or foxes, and the trees formed so thick a canopy that even at noon, the forest was engulfed in darkness. Maybe it was a wolf that startled the skittish horse the newly-minted Julius II rode on. Either way, the mare bucked, threw her rider off, and gave him a nasty concussion.
As soon as they realised the king was not dead, and merely unconscious, Lord and Lady Foxland were elated, and seized their opportunity. They made sure that when he woke up in the evening, it would be their beautiful daughter Xanthe dabbing at his forehead demurely with her handkerchief. Their scheming proved successful - the king was so besmitten by the girl that he made her his bride. And Xanthe was much happier to marry the new king of Albion - still young, ambitious, and good-natured - than to be pawned off to a lecherous drunk of a baron.
A year after their marriage, the queen gave birth to fraternal twins - princes Prosper and Ezra. The boys are starkly different in appearance and temperament: Prosper is cheerful and foolhardy boy, with a mane of golden curls to rival his father's, while withdrawn, levelheaded Ezra is the spitting image of his pale, dark-haired mother. Despite their differences, they are inseparable. Hopefully, the realization that only one of them is destined to become king will not drive a wedge between them.
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W [23] Queen Xanthe Dido of Foxland
Julius & Xanthe || Prosper and Ezra
S1 [5] Crown Prince Prosper Cosimo of Blackwood
S2 [5] Prince Ezra Dionysius of Blackwood
The Foxlands were an old, aristocratic dynasty, fallen on hard times. Their debts accrued interest in foreign banks and gnawed at their finances as well as their reputation - rumour had it that the most recent Lord and Lady Foxland desperately hoped to pawn off their only daughter to any man of sufficient rank and income, much to her despair. When Julius II was crowned king of Albion, he made it his duty to tour the noble estates of the country. When it was time to visit the Foxlands, what he saw was not the fine estate it was once was, but a derelict ruin overgrown with ivy, its peripheries engulfed by an impenetrable forest.
As was customary, the noble hosts organised a hunt for the new king. Foxland Forest was not well suited for hunting - it housed more wolves than deer or foxes, and the trees formed so thick a canopy that even at noon, the forest was engulfed in darkness. Maybe it was a wolf that startled the skittish horse the newly-minted Julius II rode on. Either way, the mare bucked, threw her rider off, and gave him a nasty concussion.
As soon as they realised the king was not dead, and merely unconscious, Lord and Lady Foxland were elated, and seized their opportunity. They made sure that when he woke up in the evening, it would be their beautiful daughter Xanthe dabbing at his forehead demurely with her handkerchief. Their scheming proved successful - the king was so besmitten by the girl that he made her his bride. And Xanthe was much happier to marry the new king of Albion - still young, ambitious, and good-natured - than to be pawned off to a lecherous drunk of a baron.
A year after their marriage, the queen gave birth to fraternal twins - princes Prosper and Ezra. The boys are starkly different in appearance and temperament: Prosper is cheerful and foolhardy boy, with a mane of golden curls to rival his father's, while withdrawn, levelheaded Ezra is the spitting image of his pale, dark-haired mother. Despite their differences, they are inseparable. Hopefully, the realization that only one of them is destined to become king will not drive a wedge between them.
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
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