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The World of Teréth End - Supplements - Peerages |
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The Peerage of Amáelde The Fifth Kandàlan Dynasty (House Amáelde) The Amáelde family was in good favor with the Temple at the time of selection for a new monarch. Séala's father, Lord Laéran Amáelde, was the chief architect and sponsor of a new temple in Lirthun Rith. The old temple had burned following an earthquake in 864 HK that had started fires which burned most of that city to the ground. Lord Amáelde helped the city return to its feet, draining his personal coffers to rebuild. The Amáelde Temple was not completed until 1133 HK but was considered one of the most beautiful structures of the Fertile Coast until its destruction by Acentran forces in 2 DR. Legend explains that Lord Amáelde was told to build the temple by his (until that day) mute infant daughter Seála who emerged from the family gardens at the age of three and spoke her first words, "Rebuild the temple". When asked who had told her those words, she pointed back into the flowers and foliage and answered, "The lady". There was no one in the garden to be found. Priests brought to the Amáelde household divined strong magics within the garden and upon the young girl and explained that the goddess had spoken through her. It is said that from that morning, young Seála spoke fluent Dekàlan and several other languages (a hallmark of those that are touched by the gods). The Family Lineage from Seála Amáelde 1. Queen Seála Amáelde the First of Kandal. She was born circa 870 HK in Kandal. She was named Queen in 886 HK. She married Lord Aáned Reqar in 890 HK. They had one child. She died in 937 HK. The Living Crown passed to her only daughter... 2. Queen Waránea the First of Kandal. She was born 891 HK in Kandal. She was named Queen in the winter of 937 HK. She married Lord Haréan Montòlaínen in 910 HK. They had five children. She died in 942 HK. The Living Crown passed to her eldest son... 3. King Salóndor the Fourth of Kandal. He was born 911 HK in Kandal. He was named King in the spring of 942 HK. He married several women during his lifetime, but each was unable to give him an heir, and died in some tragic manner. He died in 949 HK. The Living Crown passed to his brother... 4. King Jakan the Second of Kandal. He was born a misshappen "monster" child in 913 HK in Kandal. He was named King in the autumn of 949 HK. No-one was permitted to talk directly to the King except for a handful of advisors. It was told that he wheezed horribly when he spoke so people had to stand quietly without disruptions to hear his words. Despite his handicaps, he was thought to be a good ruler. He never married. He died in 962 HK. The Living Crown passed to his cousin... 5. Queen Keráed the Third of Kandal. She was born circa 920 HK in Fveher. She was named Queen in 962 HK at Kandal. She married Lord Waran Pontìrael in 938 HK. They had one daughter. She died in 963 HK, less than one year after being crowned. Many believed that Queen Keráed had no heir and were surprised to see a daughter named for coronation. The Living Crown passed to her daughter... 6. Queen Keráed the Fourth of Kandal. Keráed Merdun. She was born circa 940 HK and isolated from all but Lady Keráed's closet servants. The child beared a mark above her left eye that indicated to the midwives that this child would bring great evil with it. When the Lady learned of this she had all of the nursery staff rounded-up and exiled to the island of Korósos (near Danárul) so that rumors would not spread. She was named Queen in the summer of 963 HK. She married Lord Idlor Nesrùen of Jergorrith in 966 HK, but he died in their second year of marriage, fighting Ortor near the Snaking Pass. Several things happened near this time. Word returned to the Crown that her husband had been in fact killed by a faction that did not want to see her have an heir (thus ending the Fifth Dynasty). Reports of her birthmark had circulated, for which she had her handmaidens and other confidants rounded-up and executed. The Queen then assembled a wide-reaching military tribunal to find all those responsible for her husband's death and to return them to Kandal, that they may pay for their deeds. It was understood by members of this tribunal that returning no-one would imperil themselves and so for the remainder of the Queen's reign, military persons of all ranks were sent before Keráed Merdun to be executed (in the end over forty-three persons were executed in connection with his death). Seeing the mounting evidence of corruption within the government, Queen Keráed embraced a relatively new, conservative form of Kandlanism offered by a country priest named Hambrus (i.e. Hambrùderín). To aid in the Temple's adoption of these new tenets, the Queen soon embarked on a crusade of executing and exiling heretic priests. Fear of Keráed Merdun gave her great control over a wide-ranging kingdom. Her downfall began in 978 HK when the Queen proclaimed that with Kandlan's blessing and the spiritual assistance of Ildûni priests she had conceived a child by her dead husband, Lord Idlor. Following this, several of the Kandalan provinces withdrew support for the Queen and raised arms against those that tried to open their borders. The territory of Pastar would never be fully reunited again. The Queen launched many attacks against the rogue provinces but few were successful. Some commanders defected to the stronger provinces to escape the continued witchhunt for Lord Idlor's murderers. Despite the disarray of her kingdom, Queen Keráed would accept no military support from Kryr Tremèndum (most of the Empire's military might was at the time concentrated in the Tasseri Campaigns). She died in 990 HK, stabbed to death by her trusted inner circle, who seeing the potential to heal the kingdom in her daughter sought to end her bloody reign. The Living Crown passed to her daughter... 7. Queen Laéra the Sixth of Kandal. She was born circa 978 HK at Kandal. She was named Queen in the winter of 990 HK. She married Lord Heúran Tadúrsiran of Horkòral (a divided province) in 996 HK. They had two children. Starting with her marriage to the heir of the Horkòral lordship, Queen Laéra's reign was devoted to unifying the divided kingdom left by her mother. The first few years of her reign were plagued with questions of legitimacy due to her unnatural conception. At the end of her reign all of Kandal was reunited except Pastar. She died in 1019 HK. The Living Crown passed to her daughter... 8. Queen Laéra the Seventh of Kandal. She was born 997 HK at Horkòral. She was named Queen in 1019 HK at Kandal. She never married, instead involving herself with a lifelong relationship with her brother Jakan. Queen Laéra initiated the first of many "civil wars" against Pastar. She died in 1032 HK. The Living Crown passed to her brother... 9. King Jakan the Third of Kandal. The Despondent King. He was born 999 HK at Horkòral. He was named King in 1032 HK at Kandal. King Jakan was devastated by the loss of his lover-sister in 1032 HK. He died without heir in 1036 HK. The Living Crown passed from the Amáelde to the Landar family in 1041 HK.
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