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UN: Aeronwy
DW: Tryphine Maëlle (20)
Ex-DH: Conomor the Accursed, King of the Bretons, aka "La Barbe Bleue" (d., 40)
--DS: Trémeur Waroch (3)
DH: Judicaël Arthur (25)
--D: Urielle Enora (nb)
Rank: Wealthy and Influential (Judicaël is a very prosperous merchant)
Story: Bluebeard
At the tender age of 16, young and beautiful Tryphine's father Waroch informs her that she is to be married to his friend and ally, the Breton King Conomor, a large, frightening man with a strange blue-colored beard. Tryphine adamantly refuses: Conomor's previous three wives had all died under mysterious circumstances, and rumors had circled around the Breton court that he had murdered each other them upon them becoming pregnant due to a prophecy a witch had made when he was a young man that any son born of him would kill him and usurp the throne. Conomor gets wind of Tryphine's refusal and threatens Waroch that he will invade his vassaldom and raze his lands if Tryphine didn't obey, forcing Tryphine to relent in order to keep her family safe. A few weeks after the wedding, Tryphine explores her new chateau while Conomor is away hunting, and discovers a secret room through a false wall in one of the many empty rooms, filled with what Tryphine assumed to be possessions of her husband's departed wives: hair combs, jewelry boxes, pieces of embroidery, even a few hand-written letters. All of a sudden, as Tryphine is skimming one of the letters, a small bloodstain appears on the vellum and begins to grow. Horrified, Tryphine drops the piece of paper, and hearing a noise behind her, whirls around. The ghosts of three women have materialized out of thin air behind her--they were indeed the three murdered wives, who in turn explained to a terrified Tryphine that the rumors were indeed true and warned her to escape before she suffered the same fate. However, this is all complicated when a few weeks later, Tryphine begins to be dizzy and nauseous: she is indeed pregnant, and her days are numbered. As her pregnancy continues, Tryphine grows ever the more anguished, desperately trying to devise a plan of escape.
About a month before she is due to give birth, she is visited again by the ghosts of the three wives, who explain to her that they have put all of the inhabitants of the castle under a magical slumber and cast temporary spells of protection and invisibility over Tryphine, giving her the chance she needs to escape. Tryphine does so, running into the forest near the castle, but the stress triggers early labor and she gives birth to her son in the forest--though, thankfully, due to the wives' magic, no harm falls upon her or the baby, who is born squalling and healthy. Tryphine manages to find her way to a convent nearby, and the nuns, well aware of the rumor about Conomor, hide her and her son, who she has named Trémeur, even when an enraged Conomor nearly tears the place apart searching for her. A few months later, while still at the convent, Tryphine leans that Conomor's chateau had mysteriously collapsed and he had been crushed to death--with no known heirs and his wife presumed dead, a skirmish had immediately broken out to seize the dead king's land and riches. However, due to circumstances Tryphine could not explain to this day but suspected was the guardian influence of the departed wives, she had found under her pillow one morning a considerable sum of money--enough to support her and her son for a good number of years. Tryphine leaves the convent with her son and returns to her father's lands, who is overjoyed to see her and her child alive. However, Tryphine doesn't tell him about the money, just in case her father tried to marry her off again and she needed to be able to support herself on her own.
However, Tryphine catches the eye of a young, successful merchant that her father often did business with. They fall deeply in love, and soon marry, to the vague disappointment of her father, who thinks that she is marrying below her station but due to the trauma that she has endured, just wants to see his daughter happy. Judicaël treats Trémeur like his own son, and they are overjoyed at the birth of their own daughter. Tryphine worries about Trémeur's future, however--how will she tell him about his rightful claim to the Breton throne, and will he even want to stake it?
UN: Aeronwy
DW: Tryphine Maëlle (20)
Ex-DH: Conomor the Accursed, King of the Bretons, aka "La Barbe Bleue" (d., 40)
--DS: Trémeur Waroch (3)
DH: Judicaël Arthur (25)
--D: Urielle Enora (nb)
Rank: Wealthy and Influential (Judicaël is a very prosperous merchant)
Story: Bluebeard
At the tender age of 16, young and beautiful Tryphine's father Waroch informs her that she is to be married to his friend and ally, the Breton King Conomor, a large, frightening man with a strange blue-colored beard. Tryphine adamantly refuses: Conomor's previous three wives had all died under mysterious circumstances, and rumors had circled around the Breton court that he had murdered each other them upon them becoming pregnant due to a prophecy a witch had made when he was a young man that any son born of him would kill him and usurp the throne. Conomor gets wind of Tryphine's refusal and threatens Waroch that he will invade his vassaldom and raze his lands if Tryphine didn't obey, forcing Tryphine to relent in order to keep her family safe. A few weeks after the wedding, Tryphine explores her new chateau while Conomor is away hunting, and discovers a secret room through a false wall in one of the many empty rooms, filled with what Tryphine assumed to be possessions of her husband's departed wives: hair combs, jewelry boxes, pieces of embroidery, even a few hand-written letters. All of a sudden, as Tryphine is skimming one of the letters, a small bloodstain appears on the vellum and begins to grow. Horrified, Tryphine drops the piece of paper, and hearing a noise behind her, whirls around. The ghosts of three women have materialized out of thin air behind her--they were indeed the three murdered wives, who in turn explained to a terrified Tryphine that the rumors were indeed true and warned her to escape before she suffered the same fate. However, this is all complicated when a few weeks later, Tryphine begins to be dizzy and nauseous: she is indeed pregnant, and her days are numbered. As her pregnancy continues, Tryphine grows ever the more anguished, desperately trying to devise a plan of escape.
About a month before she is due to give birth, she is visited again by the ghosts of the three wives, who explain to her that they have put all of the inhabitants of the castle under a magical slumber and cast temporary spells of protection and invisibility over Tryphine, giving her the chance she needs to escape. Tryphine does so, running into the forest near the castle, but the stress triggers early labor and she gives birth to her son in the forest--though, thankfully, due to the wives' magic, no harm falls upon her or the baby, who is born squalling and healthy. Tryphine manages to find her way to a convent nearby, and the nuns, well aware of the rumor about Conomor, hide her and her son, who she has named Trémeur, even when an enraged Conomor nearly tears the place apart searching for her. A few months later, while still at the convent, Tryphine leans that Conomor's chateau had mysteriously collapsed and he had been crushed to death--with no known heirs and his wife presumed dead, a skirmish had immediately broken out to seize the dead king's land and riches. However, due to circumstances Tryphine could not explain to this day but suspected was the guardian influence of the departed wives, she had found under her pillow one morning a considerable sum of money--enough to support her and her son for a good number of years. Tryphine leaves the convent with her son and returns to her father's lands, who is overjoyed to see her and her child alive. However, Tryphine doesn't tell him about the money, just in case her father tried to marry her off again and she needed to be able to support herself on her own.
However, Tryphine catches the eye of a young, successful merchant that her father often did business with. They fall deeply in love, and soon marry, to the vague disappointment of her father, who thinks that she is marrying below her station but due to the trauma that she has endured, just wants to see his daughter happy. Judicaël treats Trémeur like his own son, and they are overjoyed at the birth of their own daughter. Tryphine worries about Trémeur's future, however--how will she tell him about his rightful claim to the Breton throne, and will he even want to stake it?
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