<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"> &lt;---- 1568 --|-- <strong>1569</strong> --|-- 1570 --|-- 1571 ----&gt;</span><br/></div><br/><br/><hr/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">1569 A.D.</span>  </div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">January</span><br/><strong>11th</strong><br/>Tehr's father, the Lord Richard ir'Wynt, dies of illness<br/><br/><strong>14th</strong><br/>After their father's funeral, Tehr and his brother James reconcile for the fight they'd had several months earlier.  James praises Tehr on the knowledge he has learned, Tehr tells James that he will be an excellent leader of the house. Tehr surprises James with his knowledge of courtly ways, Tehr admits that he hopes some day when James is leading House Wynt, that Tehr will be able to assist him as a loving brother.  All is forgiven as the brothers mourn.<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">March</span><br/><strong>19th</strong><br/>Tehr's brother, Master James ir'Wynt, dies from a fall in the woods after a bad spring storm changed the landscape while out surveying wild areas of their land.<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">April</span><br/><strong>20th</strong><br/>Lady d'Wynt hires a pair of rangers to scout the wilds around the area where her son James died, just to make sure the death was a natural one<br/><br/><strong>26th</strong><br/>The rangers report that James's death was because of shifting landscape, but also because of a natural, underground tunnel system that had caved in with spring rains.  In exploring it, they found hints of a mithril vein on Wynt lands.<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">June</span><br/><strong>20th</strong><br/>A further survey team confirms that a large vein of Mithril sits under land that is controlled by House Wynt.  Lady d'Wynt realizes that house Wynt, still reeling from the deaths of it's Lord and eldest child, does not have the resources or experience to mine it, and realizes that the rights to mine it could be quite valuable.<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">July</span><br/><strong>19th</strong><br/>Frustrated with the lack of progress in trying to secure a deal with any of the other major houses to mine the minerals from her lands, Lady d'Wynt realizes that the only way to take advantage of this, she will not be able to accomplish.  As a woman, and a foreigner, as well as a recent widow in deep mourning, she knows she can not go to Londinium to try to make contacts.  She writes Tehr asking him to finish his studies and come home, his family needs him.<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">August</span><br/><strong>3rd</strong><br/>Tehr's returns from Oxford to the Wynt family estates to begin planning the house's next move in light of the death of the two eldest males as well as the discovery of the ore vein.<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">September</span><br/><br/><strong>6th</strong><br/>A four day long celebration of the Queen's birthday begins on this day friday, culminating with a great hunt celebration on monday.<br/><br/><strong>7th</strong><br/><strong>The game officially begins with Tehr in Londinium</strong>(http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5288763#msg5288763)   ↔   Queen Elizabeth turns 24 years old.<br/><br/><strong>8th</strong><br/><br/><strong>9th</strong><br/>The Great hunt (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5301614#msg5301614) - Tehr takes 1st place   ↔   Met the Queen<br/><br/><strong>10th</strong><br/>Met Joranth (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5311565#msg5311565)  ↔  Found 'blue magic' spellbook (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5312869#msg5312869)   ↔   Visited by Joanne d'Dale (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5313315#msg5313315)<br/><br/><strong>11th</strong><br/>Haggled with gnome (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5323874#msg5323874)   ↔   Foiled a mugging   ↔   Received letters   ↔   Visited by Tera<br/><br/><strong>12th</strong><br/>Invitation to the ball (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5365958#msg5365958)   ↔   Meeting with Emily d'Ravos   ↔   Invited her to ball   ↔   Learn of Dale's port control (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5421655#msg5421655)   ↔   Met the Queen's Knight<br/><br/><strong>13th</strong><br/>Met the Master Mage (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5471599#msg5471599)   ↔   2nd meeting with Queen (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5471599#msg5471599)   ↔   Home was broken into<br/><br/><strong>14th</strong><br/>Found thief's body in ally   ↔   Returned spellbook   ↔   Met with House Saari   ↔   3rd meeting with queen (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5818131#msg5818131)   ↔   Met Brother Mical (zealot) and Brother Matt (moderate)   ↔   Met Queen's captain - Lilian   ↔   Hired Tera (temporary)   ↔   Hired Heidi to work for sister   ↔   Had 4some - Tera, Heidi, Angelique (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5890178#msg5890178)<br/><br/><strong>15th</strong><br/>Hunt for components   ↔   Met "Mother Dryad"  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg5969098#msg5969098)   ↔   Sang for the nymph, Riversong  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6012114#msg6012114)   ↔   Met Ironna, dwarven butcher (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6028394#msg6028394)   ↔   Gave Archmage components   ↔   Told him long term plans (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6066114#msg6066114)   ↔   Dinner and flirting with Ironna<br/><br/><strong>16th</strong><br/>3 way with Heidi and Tera   (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6146502#msg6146502)   ↔   Christina moving in   ↔   Hired Tera full time   ↔   Sent Liam (the urchin) to Ironna   ↔   Emily's 'ultimatum'  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6183756#msg6183756)   ↔   The Ball (finally!)   (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6184124#msg6184124)   ↔   Conversation with Samuel ir'Staro   ↔   Find the 'understreet'   (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6225969#msg6225969)   ↔   Dale lost Staro's shipment of silks   ↔   Danced... very poorly   ↔   Met Tren ir'Forgefist   ↔   Confronted Johr ir'Dale   (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6230968#msg6230968)   ↔   Left ball with queen  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6234546#msg6234546)   ↔   3some with Queen and Moira (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6276428#msg6276428)<br/><br/><strong>17th</strong><br/>AM meeting with House Saari (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6335098#msg6335098)   ↔   Mercs bothering Ironna (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6427697#msg6427697)   ↔   Reassured Heidi, then bedded her   ↔   Made a member of court (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6802421#msg6802421)   ↔   Christina arrives (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6870065#msg6870065)   ↔   Tehr's plan for Tina/Anne/Mical (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6919417#msg6919417)   ↔   Invite Emily for Tea (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg6989967#msg6989967)   ↔   Ironna invites Tehr over (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7203615#msg7203615)   ↔   Give Tina her ring (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7253504#msg7253504)   ↔   Informs queen of trip (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7359210#msg7359210)   ↔   Warn d'Saari of Dale's plans (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7506758#msg7506758)   ↔   3way - Heidi / Angelique (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7630529#msg7630529)<br/><br/><strong>18th</strong><br/>Angelique's problem with Daus (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7681073#msg7681073)   ↔   Bathroom shennanigans (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7688107#msg7688107)   ↔   Angelique on the understreet (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7710906#msg7710906)   ↔   Met Lucas the elven builder (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7711708#msg7711708)   ↔   Emily cums for high tea (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7711708#msg7711708)   ↔   Incestuous speech (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7777642#msg7777642)   ↔   Tehr & Christina hire Lucas   ↔   Dale makes moves   ↔   Mask invites Tehr to study   ↔   Ask Tera to contact understreet   ↔   Drank from 'dreamwine'   ↔   sexual '<em>dreams</em>'? (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7790690#msg7790690)<br/><br/><strong>19th</strong><br/>Tina confesses desire (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7792209#msg7792209)   ↔   Refresh infertility spell   ↔   Tehr boards Ravos carriage   ↔   Ravos history (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7795885#msg7795885)   ↔   Wynt history   ↔   Emily's explanation (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7803353#msg7803353)   ↔   a fun carriage ride   ↔   House alliance proposal (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7834436#msg7834436)   ↔   Meeting Eeva d'Ravos (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7840701#msg7840701)   ↔   arousing Eeva (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7882429#msg7882429)   ↔   Gushy! (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7894244#msg7894244)   ↔   Eeva goes for a ride (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7910496#msg7910496)   ↔   Assassin battle   ↔   Assassin speaks out (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg7977403#msg7977403)   ↔   Arrival at Ravos home (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8118165#msg8118165)   ↔   Chat with J. Tielwater ir'Ravos (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8225644#msg8225644)   ↔   Ladies bath (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8262071#msg8262071)   ↔   Releasing steam with Emily (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8273507#msg8273507)   ↔   dinner (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8308338#msg8308338)   ↔   Eternity garden (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8358580#msg8358580)   ↔   Tehr introduces himself to Sarah Applemane (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8414720#msg8414720)   ↔   Tehr's dream justifies incest with Christina (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8430773#msg8430773)<br/><br/><strong>20th</strong><br/>Tehr prepares for a mage duel (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8455666#msg8455666)   ↔   Tehr wins his duel, then watches Duke Caelor of the Elves fight Kayna the halforc (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8457206#msg8457206)   ↔   Emily privately congratulates Tehr after the duel (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8466986#msg8466986)   ↔   Matron d'Ravos joins Tehr in the bath (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8500319#msg8500319)   ↔   Tehr hears Tielwater comforting Charlotte (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8521769#msg8521769)<br/>Sarah gushes for Tiel's education (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8590911#msg8590911)   ↔   Tehr meets Duke Caelor and Rosalyn d'Caelor (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8623846#msg8623846)   ↔   Tehr meets halforc monk Kayna Bloodthorn (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8629997#msg8629997)   ↔   Convices Kayna to travel to Wynt lands to deal with bandits   ↔   Tehr and the d'Ravos sisters & twin cousins play 'topple the giant' (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8849691#msg8849691)<br/><br/><strong>21st-25th</strong><br/>Time spent with House Ravos<br/><br/><strong>26th</strong><br/>Tehr mentally recaps his week vacation with the halflings (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg8957910#msg8957910)   ↔   Tehr returns to Londinium and to his new home at Hewthorne Hall   ↔   Sarah Applemane joins the house staff   ↔   Tera informs Tehr of house Dale's ploys and the invite to the White Room   ↔   Tehr and Christina Bathe (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg9053113#msg9053113)   ↔   Christina admits that Tehr's incest dream on the 18th was real   ↔   Tehr reassures Heidi that she is not being replaced by Sarah (fucks her unconscious)   ↔   Angelique welcomes Tehr home, next to sleeping Heidi<br/><br/><strong>27th</strong><br/>Tehr attends court in the morning, to find Duke Caelor and Rosalyn d'Caelor in attendance (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg9415861#msg9415861)   ↔   The Queen offers House Wynt a large section of land, for their advantage, and also for them to protect and repair more trade roads   ↔   Tehr invites the Duke and Rosalyn to his home for a visit and lunch   ↔   Spanish diplomat complains about the Queen sheltering refugees from the Spanish Civil War in Britania   ↔   Tehr suggests an alliance between House Wynt and Clan Caelor   ↔   The Duke tells a story (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg9643565#msg9643565)   ↔   Christina and Rosalyn go to visit Anne d'Wellington, Tehr escorts the duke to the White Room   ↔   Tehr stopps a mugging   ↔   Tehr comes up with the idea for a school (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg9714204#msg9714204)   ↔   The queen offers Tehr position as official Prince Consort   ↔   Church aligned nobles stir trouble   ↔   Lilian is poisoned after drinking wine meant for the Queen (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg9793806#msg9793806)   ↔   Tehr rushes for help, meets one eyed guard, Lieutenant Maria Whitestone   ↔   Tehr has kitchen staff held   ↔   Healer 'Helen' 'saves' Lilian   ↔   Detect thoughts / interrogation of kitchen staff   ↔   Johr ir'Dale behind the poison   ↔   Tehr suggests public trial for House Dale on treason   ↔   Rough sex with the queen<br/><br/><strong>27th</strong><br/>Tehr returns to Hewthorne hall for a bit more sleep   ↔   Sarah wakes and fucks him, Christina watches from open doorway (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg9831160#msg9831160)   ↔   Emily sends along Luis, halfling monk, for the house   ↔   Christina shares the info that Rosalyn has never had a male lover   ↔   Tehr works on the easy clean pins   ↔   Tera approves of Luis the monk   ↔   Tera is the first to experience Tehr's new magical statue (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg9844477#msg9844477)   ↔   Janne d'Dale trying to bribe the Archmage's apprentice to steal something   ↔   Tehr sees the archmage unmasked   ↔   The archmage presents Tehr with three items of primal nature   ↔   The queen wonders if the princess of Spain will be safe around Tehr   ↔   Tehr spells out to the queen, plainly, that while he is honored to be the prince consort, he can never be monogamous to her (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg9857491#msg9857491)   ↔   Tehr visits the recovering Lilian   ↔   Tehr locks the 3 items in his study, then goes to the White Room   ↔   Met Celeste, french ex pat   ↔   Met mysterious owner of the White Room   ↔   Invited Duke and Rosalyn Caleor to stay at Hewthorne Hall   ↔   Met Rafael Estefan ir'Faran   ↔   Entertained offer of trade with ir'Forefist to Spain with house Wynt as the backer   ↔   Assassins strike! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10150795#msg10150795)   ↔   Tera wounded, but not killed   ↔   interrogation of an assassin, with mixed results   ↔   Valeria, farstrider appears (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10333658#msg10333658)   ↔   Tehr calls off a hasty plan after remembering a painful lesson from his youth (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10379803#msg10379803)   ↔   Valeria arrests the assassin's captain, who turns on house Dale<br/><br/><div align="center">↔   <strong>NOTE</strong>: Most of what happens from this point until december is expositionary writing as can be read in this post where events are recapped. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10422660#msg10422660)  ↔</div><br/><strong>28th</strong><br/>Interrogation of the assassins reveals that they were hired by Johr Faudin ir'Dale   ↔   Johr Faudin ir'Dale is arrested, he resists and several of his personal guard are killed, along with two guardsmen   ↔   The church of the One God begins screaming that the Queen is a tyrant and manipulating 'good' people like house Dale<br/><br/><strong>29th</strong><br/>During Interrogation of Johr Faudin ir'Dale, he attempts to reduce his guilt by revealing the conspiracy his house undertook to overthrow the Queen   ↔   Johr's father, Lord Lefferin ir'Dale, and sister, Janne d'Dale, are arrested   ↔   The church of the One God continues it's support, vocally and vehemently, of house Dale, slandering the Queen and calling for the people of Londinium to take action   ↔<br/><br/><strong>30th</strong><br/>Following an off color remark that worried Duke Caleor towards his daughter Rosalyn by the hosts of the home they were staying at, the duke and Rosalyn d'Caleor move into Hewthorne Hall.  The duke admits that he wishes to see the home for some days before he is forced to travel back to Wales, and will only allow his daughter to stay in Londinium if he decides it is safe.<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">October</span><br/><br/><strong>2nd</strong><br/>The house Dale trial begins   ↔   Queen Elizabeth allows the trial to be held in the grand public hall, where hundreds of witnesses attend every day, and thousands wait outside for any news   ↔   A team of three wizards of various disciplines, and five priests of various faiths are brought on to enact truth spells that show a black ring about a speaker's head when they tell a lie during the trial   ↔   Almost immediately the three noble members of house dale turn on each other, exposing a greater and greater web of corruption and conspiracy   ↔   The church of the One God quietly withdraws it's support of House Dale, other allies withdraw their support much more vocally, crying they had no hand in Dale's actions.<br/><br/><strong>3rd</strong><br/>As continued information comes out during the trial of Johr d'Dale and his house, the church attempts to distance itself, rather unsuccessfully   ↔   Almost immediately afterwards, house Dale turns on the church, exposing that they too had a hand in the conspiracy for treason   ↔   No solid proof is offered other than testimony and magical confirmation that they are not lying, but the backlash against the Church begins in earnest at these revelations.<br/><br/><strong>4th</strong><br/>A guardsman is killed by a follower of the church, in a misguided and bungled 'jailbreak' that leaves all six criminals dead in the attempt   ↔   New staff begins arriving at Hewthorne Hall and working for house Wynt<br/><br/><strong>5th</strong><br/>After an extensive trial lasting for three and a half days, while magically monitored for truth and witnessed by almost a thousand different people over the course of the trial, the court of queens bench is packed beyond capacity as a judge returns a verdict of guilty for house Dale.  Johr ir'Dale is sentenced for the crimes of sedition, attempted rebellion, conspiracy, and high treason.  Lord Lefferin ir'Dale and his daughter Janne d'Dale are both sentenced for the crimes of conspiracy and high treason.  House Dale is immediately disbanded, and the family is stripped of all titles, possessions, status, and land.  Lefferin and Janne are given the choice between life imprisonment and exile.  The elder chooses exile, the daughter chooses imprisonment. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10422660#msg10422660)<br/><br/><strong>6th</strong><br/>Johr the villian, known previously as Johr ir'Dale is executed.  The execution is held on a Sunday, despite protests for leniency and requests that it not be held on their holy day of the week.  The method of execution hearkens back to the rule of Bloody Queen Mary, and is the first time given out since Elizabeth took the crown from Mary.  Johr is tied to royal guard's horses by his wrists and dragged from the tower of Londonium through the streets to the courtyard before St. Paul's Church, the church of the one god who he named as his allies.  The crowd of people is a living beast calling for his death.  There he is hung until nearly dead.  Then taken down and disemboweled and dismembered, these parts of him then thrown into a fire before his eyes.  Finally his four limbs hacked from his body before his head cut from it.  His gruesome corpse is then collected and hung in a cage from the Londoninium bridge, proclaimed not to be taken down until one year and one day has passed.  The blood thirsty crowd cheers.  The priests of the church of the one god lock their doors and do not hold service for one week, claiming the brutality a direct insult to their faith.  Rumors circulate that is exactly what it was meant to be.<br/><br/><strong>9th</strong><br/>Duke ir'Caleor leaves for his home in Wales for a pressing matter.  He leaves Tehr in charge of his daughter Rosalyn's saftey, as she does not wish to go but stay in Londinium.  Tehr swears to see her safe and likewise that he will respect her honor as a gentleman.<br/><br/><strong>16th</strong><br/>Anne d'Wellington, with the magical assistance of Tehr, enacts her plan to get revenge on the church.  Brother Mical after chasing a 'terrified' young woman down the street, half naked, with a visible erection, is greatly shamed and discredited before being arrested on the Queen's own order.<br/><br/><strong>20th</strong><br/>Another high profile trial takes place less than three weeks after the trial of the Dale family.  Church agents from Rome try to insist that the priest Brother Mical be allowed to be recalled to Rome to be judged by his peers, but Queen Elizabeth firmly blocks all attempts at a diplomatic recall for the priest.  During the trial a teary eyed Anne d'Wellington tells the story of how agents of the church like Brother Mical forced themselves upon her, stealing her chastity.  She claims the church elders when confronted about it did nothing to see it made right, but instead began spreading rumors of her actions making her the subject of rumor, appearing a wanton harlot in order to weaken her house's political clout.<br/><br/><strong>21th</strong><br/>Overnight Anne d'Wellington's reputation as a slut is replaced by one as a brave victim, as her side of the story is believed in light of the priest chasing her naked through the streets of Londinium.  Christina d'Wynt is praised as a true friend for sticking by someone who had no other friends and helping her through that difficult time.  Compounding Anne's story is the priest's unwillingness to submit to a truth spell, which under the law is his right to refuse, but makes him seem far guiltier in the eyes of the public.  Speculation is high that it is not because of Anne, but because of the church's involvement with the plot to assassinate the queen.  Anne on the other hand does submit to the truth spell, and with skillful manipulation of the questions and the answers she gives, is seen as an innocent who was wronged by the church.<br/><br/><strong>22nd</strong><br/>Emboldened by the story of Anne d'Wellington, several others, mostly commoners come forwards to tell stories that are shockingly similar.  Reports of abuse, rape, sexual molestation, and blackmail begin to flood the court from dozens of people in Londinium, all pointing towards the church.  Each tale, many told under the veil of a truth spell, adds another nail to the coffin of the church's once nearly unassailable powerbase in Brittania.<br/><br/><strong>25th</strong><br/>After three days of non stop testimony of citizens of Britannia, some having traveled from other towns and villiages, all pointing to repeated abuse of power by the church of the one god, the judge calls an end to such testimony.  His reasoning is that the priests and priestesses are exhausted from repeated castings of truth spells, and that the list of those wishing to come forwards to testify is growing by the day, not shrinking.  Others whisper that it was the testimony of a young female street urchin, aged only ten, who pointed at Brother Mical before breaking down in tears was the final straw, that the judge could take no more.<br/><br/><strong>26th</strong><br/>Out of respect for the wishes of the church on sunday, their day of rest, the trial is suspended while the judge and jury are given a full day to deliberate.<br/><br/><strong>27th</strong><br/>On the morning of Monday the 27th Brother Mical is found guilty of a litany of crimes, most damning the multiple charges of Pedophilia and sentenced to death by hanging.  The Queen releases a statement that she will be in touch with Rome over the coming weeks to try to mend relations with the church of the one god, and also working with them to root out any unsavory elements that might still remain in the church.  In the mean time dozens of other members of the church are arrested on charges similar to those levied against brother Mical and their own smaller trials begin.  Tensions against the church of the one god are great all across the land, and even the church's most staunch defenders are saying little or beginning to distance themselves.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">November</span><br/><br/><strong>2nd</strong><br/>After three weeks away, Duke ir'Caleor returns to Hewthorne Hall.  His mood is tense and he speaks little.  Though he is friendly enough and repeatedly states he is glad of the Wynt household's service to him in protecting and housing his daughter.  However he seems very withdrawn and worried, he does not share his concerns with anyone and spends much of his time in Tehr's office / library, pouring over any books on France and on the history of Britannia's involvement with the elven mainlanders.  The only people he seems to speak to very much are his daughter and also the elven mercenary Tera.  Tehr suspected that the Duke was bedding the elven mercenary but never asked either, respecting both of their privacy.<br/><br/><strong>3rd</strong><br/>A crazed assailant attacks Anne d'Wellington in public on a street while she is walking with three friends, one of which is Christina d'Wynt.  The mad man screams that he is 'touched by the one god' and brutally murdered Anne, stabbing her to death in public, while screaming that she was a whore and that God would punish her.  The resulting chaos, including some who rushed to try to stop the assailant and others who rushed to join in, the last bastions of the faithful perhaps, created a bloody and violent riot in the streets of Londinium.  The riot that ensued made it impossible to fetch magical healing for the noblewoman Anne d'Wellington who died there in the streets as Christina watched with horror.  Tehr spends much time at the palace during these events, advising the queen and reminding her of her sister's infamous rule as 'bloody mary' when she pushed for religious exclusion.  While he would rather see the church wiped from the nation, he advises her that she must appear as a fair and just queen and to show restraint in dealing with the rioters as well as the clergy of the church.  Already Tehr had been spending at least one or two nights a week at the Palace in the queen's bedchambers, and she suggests making it a more permanent arrangement, with the promise of something to come soon.<br/><br/><strong>6th</strong><br/>What became known later as the "Riots of the One God," an obvious play on the name of the church, finally died out after three days of violence in the streets of Londinium.  Shops and homes of the high profile practicioners of that faith were robbed.  More than one church was burned to the ground, and the wave of anti church sentiment spread like wildfire across the nation of Britannia.  With Anne d'Wellington now a martyr for the population, a face to put with the anti-church sentiment, the population struck against the church hard.  In the country side outside of the major cities of Britannia some of the most violent acts were committed, entire churches burned to the ground, often with pedophile priests locked inside at the time.  By the end of the day on the 6th, the queen had declared a sundown curfew and anyone on the streets at night would be jailed.  This stopped the "Riots of the One God" inside Londinium.<br/><br/><strong>7th</strong><br/>Tehr is un-officially the title of prince consort, a mostly honorary title, though one that recognizes his importance to the queen and the possibility of marriage in the future.  With his new position, the queen insists that Hewthorne Hall be protected at all times by the royal guard.  Tehr, worrying for Christina's safety, agrees.  The Queen issues a proclamation that she will continue to try to work with the church peacefully, but that a thorough accounting of all members of the Clergy must submit to questioning and reckoning under a truth spell in front of their local mayor, lord, or other official.  Any who have not done so within one week or who have not left the country, will be immediately jailed as seditious agents and put on trial for treason.  This proclamation calms most of the populace and the wave of violence slows to a trickle as the majority of Britannia holds it's breath and waits to see what the next week will hold.<br/><br/><strong>12th</strong><br/>The Duke announces over dinner that he must leave Hewthorne Hall again.  He has been called to command elven forces in France and could not resist the call.  Notably at that dinner he cast a questioning glance at the elf mercenary Tera, who remained silent.  The duke, again gained a promise to protect his daughter from Tehr.  But this time he approached the depressed and somber Christina, who had been in mourning for over a week over the death of her friend Anne.  He took Christina's face in her hands and kissed her forehead and asked her if she would please look after Christina as one sister might for another.  He told her that Rosalyn needed her, needed a friend, now more than ever.  Tehr understood that it was his sister Christina who needed Rosalyn, but by begging Christina to look after Rosalyn, the proud human would not feel as if she were being doted after.  In any regard, the Duke left that very night.<br/><br/><strong>14th</strong><br/>On the date given by the Queen, there are literally no members of the church of the one god left in the country who have not submitted to questioning under a truth spell and found innocent of crimes.  However the previous week saw a vast exodus of priests and nuns out of the country.  Rome decries the "air of menace" that the Queen put on the members of their church.  They likewise decry the uprising in Brittania as being instigated by<em>"Betrayers of the Light"</em>but otherwise takes no actions other than a promise to the faithful that they will send holy men and women to re-fill abandoned churches when it is safe for them to do so.  The power that once was wielded by the church has been devastated, and Sunday masses in the grand cathedral in Londinum that once held hundreds now say their prayers with but a few dozen of the brave and faithful members of that church.  Over the coming weeks abandoned churches are looted and vandalized across the nation and the church pulls in it's remaining clergy to only major cities where there is safety in numbers.<br/><br/><strong>16th</strong><br/>In a somewhat shocking turn of events, the dwarven nation states in Sweden announce that they stand behind the actions of the people of Brittania and her Queen.  They re-open long closed halls, sealed away from the eyes of any non-dwarf for several hundred years after they were persecuted by mostly human agents of the church of the one god.  Emmisaries from the Sweedish dwarven nations are sent to Britania to re-establish ties with the human world.  In secret the Queen admits that she knows of Tehr's involvement in crippling the church of the one god, but suggests for the safety of his family and friends, he should keep secret the ploy used to expose the corruption in the church.  Tehr, pleased with the results and not wanting the fame or infamy that would come with exposure of his involvement, quickly agrees.<br/><br/><strong>18th</strong><br/>Christina and Rosalyn grew to become very close, and it seemed that the elf maiden was helping Christina fight her way through the horror she had witnessed, and break through the depression.  However she approached Tehr and asked him if it would be possible for the three of them to visit the ancestral Wynt Manse.  She noted that it would be good for Christina to see her mother, and admitted curiosity at the great forested lands that they held domain over.<br/><br/><strong>19th</strong><br/>Perhaps following the lead of the dwarven nations of Sweden, several secret elven and even fey enclaves that had remained hidden in Britannia's remote regions come forwards, seeking to rejoin the nation openly and to help the country transition back to the polytheistic worship of the old gods.<br/><br/><strong>20th</strong><br/>After a long meeting with the Queen and discussion on why he needed to see to his sister's needs, she understood Tehr's need to leave Londinium for a few weeks and gave him her blessing.  She offered to have his journey guarded by soldiers, but he declined, trusting that a small contingent would be safe enough now that the violence from earlier weeks had died down.  She does however state that he is expected to be at the palace, by her side, for the end of the year ball, and any other occasion should it arise.  He agrees vowing that he can be back in Londinium within two days should he receive her summons.<br/><br/><strong>21st</strong><br/>Reports come from Wales of the appearance of one of the great Welsh dragons.  Over the next few days it becomes apparent that the reports are true and that the gargantuan guardian dragons of the isles have awoken, and are beginning to take an interest in the lands of Britannia for the first time in centuries.  They had slumbered for centuries, deep underground, since the time of George the Dragonslayer, one of the original 'saints' who brought the church of the one god to the british isles.  Most notably is the comment from one elder dragon who claims that "Humanity had finally begun to cast off the shackles of ignorance locked on them by an oppressive church, and they would help guide the mortals if so desired."<br/><br/><strong>24th</strong><br/>As the nobles of Hewthorne Hall prepare to journey east to the Wynt family estates, Tehr is approached by Tera.  She announces that she will be leaving his employment.  Stating elven wanderlust as her primary motivation for doing so, Tehr wonders how much has to do with reports of fighting to the south in France.  Fighting where the noble Duke Caleor is leading elven troops.  However she declares that the new head guardsman of Hewthorne Hall will be Luis, a diamondfist monk halfling that she assures him is very trustworthy and capable.  He along with five other halfling guards would be able to protect Hewthorne hall, even if it were not also watched by at least one royal guardsman at all times.<br/><br/><strong>26th</strong><br/>Tehr, Christina, Rosalyn, Angelique, and Heidi arrive at the Wynt family estates, greeted by the matron of the house, Tehr and Christina's mother, the Lady Carina Paola d'Montacello d'Wynt.  Tehr's lovelife takes a significant drop over the next two weeks as the women who share his bed at night drops to only Heidi and Angelique, and once a local lass from the nearby village.  Still his ability to quench his lusts dropping to once every few days is a minor annoyance when compared to how he notices Christina starting to recover from her trauma.  Being surrounded by her home, her mother, and having the support of family and friends like Rosalyn acts like a balm on Christina.<br/><br/><div align="center">↔   <strong>NOTE</strong>: The long period of exposition ends at this point as the game picks up after a time skip.  ↔</div><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">December</span><br/><br/><strong>12</strong><br/>An ordinary and rather dull day at the Wynt family estates is broken by the arrival of a snow dusted strange (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10422660#msg10422660)r.  The effeminate white haired man identifies himself as a young<em>(18 years old)</em>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10477274#msg10477274) nobleman Alex ir'Hesfal.  Alex offers his sword to Tehr and begs to be accepted as Tehr's apprentice.  He admitted that he was only a fledgling mage, having only the basics, as well as trained in some skills with the blade and stealth.  His further reveal that it was in fact he who caught a House Dale funded thief (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10433454#msg10433454) and potential assassin breaking into the Wynt home mid September.  He tracked and killed the thief, as he believed that house Wynt could help him, as he had a personal vendetta against House Dale.  Tehr takes the young man into a private study where he can question him at greater length.  During this questioning, Alex ir'Hesfal reveals that he is in fact a changeling, a shapeshifter, and is in fact actually a woman named Alexandria d'Hesfal, though she most often prefers her guise as a human male.  She further reveals that she and her twin sister are products of brother / sister incest.  She reveals that she knows about Tehr and Christina's relationship and does not judge.  She also reveals that she had in the past taken Christina's form and fucked Tehr already (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10454975#msg10454975), at some unspecified time in the past.  Alexandria ir'Hesfal takes the form of Rosalyn d'Caleor, whom Tehr has lusted after, and seduces him.  After which Tehr agrees to take in the changeling rogue mage as his apprentice.  Tehr slips up (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10525484#msg10525484) and refers to "Alex ir'Hesfal" with the wrong gendered appellation in front of his family and Rosalyn, calling Alex "d'Hesfal" which gives away Alex's true feminine nature to his quick witted family and the lady d'Caleor.  Alex relates how his true form is female, and begs those assembled to keep it a secret.  The truth of the matter is that House Hesfal while old and gloried is on the verge of collapse, in more dire straits than House Wynt was at the beginning of the story.  Due to a long period of absence from the courts, and little personal wealth, though control of the lands around dover, the house has little to trade on.  Alex originally came to Londinium to try to find allies, and believes that Wynt is the ally that house Hesfal needs.  Likewise Christina announces that House Wynt and the Caleor clan elves have come to an agreement regarding trade between the Wynt family estates and the elven lands to the west, with the elves helping to patrol and pay for the roads, with unrestricted trade use of the roads in exchange.<br/><br/><strong>25th</strong><br/>Tehr, Christina, Rosalyn, Alex, Angelique, and Heidi return to Londinium after their time at the Wynt Family estates.  Tehr's mother is with them, but does not stay in Londinium, having made arangements to continue on southwards towards Dover to meet with the nobles of the House Hesfal, formalizing an alliance between the two houses.  The two weeks since Alex's arrival have gone a long way to 'healing' Christina's trauma, and she has taken the changeling as a frequent lover.  Tehr's return to Londinium is greeted with a large show of respect from those on the streets, many of whom are now embracing older pagan carols.  Due to his status as prince consort, his role in saving the queen's life, or his aid in bringing down the oppressive nature of the church is unclear, but likely a mixture of both.  Upon return to Hewthorne hall, Tehr informs Alex that one of their first tasks is to begin converting open space in the attic into a useable workshop.  Tehr spends time with his mother before she continues south towards Dover.  Tehr then continues on to the palace, to inform the Queen of his return.  At court however he finds that war has broken out across the channel in spain, adding to the chaos on the mainland in France.  In contrast however Guard captain Lilian tells him that the roads in Brittania have been safer than ever since the riots, due in large part to house Wynt taking charge of the roads to the west of Londinium and house Ravos to the north.  ↔  Tehr addresses the court (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10545961#msg10545961)  ↔  His speech calls for an end to the religious quibbling and for members of the church and the old gods to work together, under the queen, and is very well received.  In private the Queen asks if the winter ball would be a good time to officially announce his status as prince consort.<br/><br/><strong>30th</strong><br/>Tehr officially named Prince Consort of the Realm (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=120879.msg10557102#msg10557102)<br/><br/><br/>