The line of Monarch's througout the Succession Wars.
King Daldon:
Daldon and Essandra are twins. An almost unwilling participant in the civil war, the worst that could be said for him was he may have been too weak to stop it.
He was assassinated in 233AE, almost certainly by a family member.
Neither of Daldon’s children survived childhood.
Daldon’s sibling (younger) – a gifted leader in times of war, Kennod personally led some remarkable victories during his 27-year reign. He survived what is recorded as the final battle of the war of succession, and true to history this was the last major battle. The survivors returning to their homes though mostly had to fight at least half the distance home. Kingdom’s history records that for Kennod the Succession War did not end, his journey home torturously difficult. He fought for 10 more years after the apparent final war. He died in the field in 260AE aged 53, axe and shield in hand.
The line of succession gets complicated.
records show that four monarchs reigned. Their names are recorded as King Esrel, Queen Caisgain, Queen Mergo, and Queen Asfarie… What order they were in is unknown for certain also how they are related is unrecorded. No achievements are recorded either, it can only be speculated that they led quiet reigns without much achievement.
Barage was believed to be the youngest son of the last of the previous four monarchs. Queen Asfarie is tipped as the most likely generally. He sired 17 children with 4 wives (many rumoured concubines and unknown bastards) during relatively peaceful times – this led to them all surviving to adult hood.
The beginning of a time of unrest and poor record keeping. So many conflicting views on what took place from “fragile’s” rule until around 1000 AE.
There are records of an agricultural boom in 880 AE – this would indicate a reasonable chance of a period of stability around this time. First records of the Monarch Rose also appear in records texts.
Around 1000 AE documents record a King Allarch reigned during some of the time up until 1048 AE, if not the entire time.
Poor Queen Elyen is the first “reliably” recorded monarch, previous to her reign, records are far too unreliable to present with any degree of confidence. Elyen was a Monarch Rose selection, if the records are correctly interpreted; however, she was deeply unpopular and was poisoned after a brief reign. No significant achievements recorded. No Children recorded.
A gap of five years, most likely civil war before the next monarch drank the tea unscathed. It is said three of the other candidates were not so lucky, fatally so.
Montangue the younger, Montangue the elder (his sibling) had been killed in one of the many assassinations attempts on his father.
Despite skirmishes, some civil unrest and other difficulties, overall, Ostel's reign began a period of growth and recovery.
Ostel was, among a myriad other things, fascinated with the Monarch rose. Particularly the occasional fatalities caught her attention. Upon looking into the stories surrounding these deaths, Ostel surmised that, for the main part, the deaths were caused by misadventure. Many were falling deaths, some drownings and several could be characterised as accidents almost, even despite knowledge of the ingested drug.
Between 1153 and 1154 there were no less than seven Monarch Tea rituals performed. No fatalities recorded, however, an unlikely “monarch” turned up from the backwaters of Dry Mire. Dale, first King of his name (as far as records go) drank half a tankard of the tea and showed not a single sign of being “effected”. Two days later, he was crowned as the God’s chosen King.
Egar had been injured in a fall from a horse as a child. Despite his lame leg, he was known as a skilled fighter, tactician and negotiator.
"In the year 1198 AE, his most Royal Highness Kelto the first ascended the throne and took the crown, long may his reign bless and protect us."
Scribe Hadrigan's Royal Line of Succession.
Kelto died falling from a horse after an otherwise quiet reign.
Campaign battles and full pitched war has erupted again between the Hadovean and Geldheim forces.
There are conflicting time frames around when Allard (Called Strongback in some friendly tribal regions) ascended the throne (another Monarch tea selected King), depending on who by and where the story is told, Allard either ascended in 1226 or 1230.
Formerly Warden from the Forest of Needles, in the vicinity of Hemlock Vale. A Ranger by training, quite recently though Benlay and his family took up residency in Bannockthorpe for him to take part in the Monarch Rose Tea ceremony.
