Kingdom of Lucerne

The Kingdom of Lucerne is a large human kingdom that extends south from the Mountains of Lucerne, and has come to dominte the Valley of Lucerne of which is a region that even the legendary Empire of Numeron came to find to be to difficult a land to tame.

The Kingdom is ruled by an hereditary family called the Lovie Family, of whome travelled southward towards the Valley of Lucerne during the days of the Great Migration. House Lovie has ruled through the use of a feudalistic system where they have placed for the most part loyal and powerful houses in positions of power over the towns while they themselves hold the control of the central town of Lucerne. The next level of power beneath the power of the Kingship is the role of the Arch Lords of whom dominate specific areas of the Kingdom of Lucerne. These Arch Lords rule over the most powerful of the houses of Lucerne, and are the most influencial members of the Kingdom of Lucerne's goverment outside of the King himself.

The Kingdom of Lucerne is a major producer of raw materials for trade, and it is this export based economy that has defined them for much of their history. They are rich in nearly every kind of metal, and natural resources due to the excistence and domination they hold over the very rich veins of the Mountains of Lucerne.

The Kingdom of Lucerne is dominated by Germans throughout seventy percent of the lands, but in the other areas it has a sizeable proportion of Italians. The Kingdom from the foundation of the land was overcome by the Italians, and the Atlantians but following the collapse of the Empire of Numeron the Atlantians retreated eastward into the lands of Gondor. The Italians would become slowly pushed out as the Vandals, and other Germanic Tribes slowly pushed into the Valley of Lucerne. The Gemans are mainly adopting of the Vandals and this is the highest proportion of Vandals that live in any area of Europe outside of Norway and other smaller kingdoms of northern Westbridge.

Founded following the Human Dwarf victory at the end of the Driving Tide, the Kingdom of Lucerne has founded a relatively large Kingdom in the Lucernian valley of Central Europe. Usually the Kingdom of Lucerne is relatively peacefull on the homefront but their stability has been threatened by the madness of two of the Lovie Kings in the form of John Lovie, who killed the heir to the throne then turned to the service of Sauron. And to the madness of Bill Lovie who lost his mind following the destruction of the Human army during the Battle of Lyons, and was only ousted after a determine campaign by his son the current King William Lovie III. Most recently the Kingdom of Lucerne has engaged in a brutal campaign for survival in their south after King Bill Lovie set a trap for the city of Tree Hill and brought in Orcs in secret of whome nearly wiped the city out. After eight years of siege the city was primed to fall but the efforts of William Lovie III. during The Journey resulted in the saving of Tree Hill, and following his rise to King the city has begun to regrow. Under William Lovie III. the Kingdom has underwent massive expansion in all directions. The annexation of the Riverlands, Lorderon, and Westbridge, alongside the contruction and expansion of many cities throughout the Valley have changed the landscape of Lucerne and put them close to being the new competition to The Empire.

History
The history of Lucerne has on each occasion been driven by the capabilities and often times mental sanity of the ruling member of the Lovie family. It could be said quite easily that which ever way the Lovie Family goes so to does the Kingdom of Lucerne.

Early History
See Also: Driving Tide

The Driving Tide burst onto the scene when William Lovie returned to Forks on the back of a dragon, and following this a group of Dwarves entered Forks begging for assistence against the goblins. As the Dwarves left the council of Forks met, and their was fierce debate about what should be done with William Lovie leading the charge alongside House Tyrell, House Targaryan, and House Swan in assisting the Dwarves in exchange for the Dwarves assisting them. There support was countered by the opposition of House Cash, House Arryn, and House Clegane who believed it wasn't their problem so it should be ignored. With the Forks council at a complete stalemate, the auxillary house Hale who was one of the richest houses in Forks became interested in gaining more influence and with William Lovie now having a dragon they decided that his wagon was the one they wanted to hitch themselves to. To show their support of William Lovie and his House Lovie they went to William and offered to suplly him with all the armor, and weapons that his house as well as House Swan, and Targaryan. With this advantage to them it became clear that the Lovie alliance was going to choose the way Forks would go in the Driving Tide.

In this way House Hale The decision of House Hale to assist the effort of William Lovie, and House Lovie meant that House Tyrell had no choice but to ignore the wishes of the House Arryn alliance and force their involvement in the Driving Tide. With noone left to resist the forces of Forks and the nearbye regions begin massing north of the city for the campaign that would from this point on be called the Driving Tide.

Founding of the Kingdom of Lucerne
The Kingdom of Lucerne was founded following the events of the Driving Tide in 5 A.D. Fresh from their victory in the war, the Dwarves of Karak Izor wished to repay their debt, and William asked them to build them a city worthy of being a capital. The Dwarves agreed to this deal, and said that they would build a city that would not be able to be destroyed by anyone but themselves. It took the Dwarves over 7 years to finish building the city, and upon seeing the city William tasked his people with building a tower in the back of the city with which to house his Dragon. Following the building of the original city, William Lovie cametopowerinthecityandbeganplansofannexationofForks. With William riding on the back of his dragon, Forks submitted to its rule without any bloodshed. The same would be true for the entire Valley of Lucerne, and before anyone knew what had happened William had conquered a kingdom that was nearly equal size as Gondor.

The Fall
See Also : John Lovie, William Lovie II. The Kingdom would continue to gain in power very steadily until the rise of John Lovie. This period was extremely hectic for the Kingdom of Lucerne, and with the main center of attention on Arnor and its war, it was easy for the nobles of Lucerne to miss the subtle decline in the mental stability of John Lovie.

The War in Arnor
Main Article : The War in Arnor




 * "The Empire believed they could do anything they wanted to. They believed that their god would somehow protect them from the vengeance of a continent long tired of its behavior. We had to show them the truth of what they had become throughout the years."


 * -William Lovie II.

The Kingdom of Lucerne was at the time under friendly terms with Arnor, and they had no contact with The Empire, and in fact the Lucernians and The Empire were religiously apposed to eachother's existence. This situation meant that it wasn't a difficult decision about whose side they were going to be on. The only problem was that the Casi Belle was with The Empire, and if Lucerne declared war it might be by themselves, and if Arnor fell then they could be fighting The Empire by themselves. Because of all this Lucerne along with Arnor's other allies stayed out of the early conflict.


 * "It would be the last moments of the old regime. The War in Arnor was the last time that William Lovie the founder of everything in the valley would be in charge. Watching as he declared war was both awe inspiring and sad. On one hand the control he still weilded was amazing to watch, but on the other hand he couldn't even get out of bed most days during that time and that made you painfully aware of what he was going to become soon."


 * -John Lovie

The Lucernian declaration of war would eventually come due to the forces of Valeria attacking the western front of Arnor. Since Valeria had never declared war this gave the allies of Arnor their Casi Belle, and in came the forces of Gondor, Lorderon, and Lucerne. The Lucernian Army was led by William Lovie II. who was riding Klaranax on the journey there. When the army arrived in Arnor, they were suprised by the devestation that they found. William brought the army and met up with the Arnor forces around the city of Talheim. It was here where the Lucernians would make their mark.

The War
The Empire was attacking throughout the entire Arnor border, but the region around Talheim was being especially targeted for attacks. This meant that the 10,000 strong Lucerne army was involved in a conflict with hundreds of thousands. If William knew how outnumbered he was he never showed it, and in fact he was raising the moral of the whole war with his famous flights across the border.

The Empire was at a lull in the war

End of the War
Eventually the tide began to turn against the Empire and because of this they began talks for peace. While under this pretence they moved the majority of their armies secretly to the outskirts of the vvery important Arnor city of Gallheim, and prepared to launch a sneak attack on the city. With most of the commanders of the Arnor and assembled allies armies meeting with the delegates for the Empire, the commanders left in Gallheim were completely unprepared for the coming attack.

The attack would quickly capture the city of Gallheim and force the remaining troops of the Alliance to leave Arnor, or face the risk of being stuck there. This didn't sit well with all present but they had no real choice in the matter.

The Bloody Supper
Main Article : Bloody Supper




 * "Noone understood that the prince's return wasn't a great thing in the minds of everyone. While everyone had watched the change in John noone could have ever imagined that his madness would ever reach the levels that it had gotten too."


 * -Jacob

With the return of much of the upper echolons of the Lucernian Kingdom, and the heir to the throne in William Lovie II. the Kingdom was awash with the proudness they felt for the young Prince and his army. All of this love was too much for John and instead of moving closer to sanity he lost it completely.


 * "He moved and shifted like a controllable wind. Everything he did was exactly what I had requested of him, and yet he still to that point believed himself free of the controlling influence that washed over him."


 * -Sauron

He fashioned himself a quick acting poison, and then he invited William to a dinner honoring his feats during the War in Arnor. It's said that so strong in power was William that the poison had no effect on him. When John saw that the poison wasn't killing him he broke into madness and charged at William with his dagger before stabbing him over and over again. The assembled nobles were in shock, and then like nothing had happened John pushed William's body to the ground and walked back to his seat covered in blood and continued eating.? Following this death, the assembled members of John Lovie's loyalists began attacking the undefended nobles assembled. The ensueing massacre would be almost complete and was a devestating moment. When William died Klaranax felt his death and flew through the roof of the dining hall landing right infront of John. The two fought for what many describe as hours, until eventually John's magical powers which were being aided by Sauron killed Klaranax.



Reign of John Lovie
See Also : John Lovie

Following the massacre that was Bloody Supper the now completely mentally unhinged became the Second King of Lucerne. His coronation was a strange and bloody event which during he killed three slaves which had been brought in only for his coronation. Following this madness he begin making outlandish commands which whether he knew could not be followed or not didn't matter since he found with each passing day the people turned more and more against him. At first he had the support of several houses of which the main ones were House Lannister, House Jestife, and House Ordos. Following his ordering the murder of several prominent members of House Scarlet he lost the support of House Ordos, and following House Ordos pulling out House Lannister begin to shuffle many of its members out of the city of Lucerne. With his supporters dwindling he was unable to stop a rebellion from growing within the Kingdom which was led by House Swan, House Starke, and House Scarlet. As riots spread into the cities John Lovie ordered several houses that he thought were loyal to him to take control of the centers of the major cities. These commands were supported heavily by the military of House Lovie that was spread very thin in these endevors. Of all the commands he sent out though only House Gretter actually followed through, and they took control of the port of Forks but were unable to enter the city as crowds of citizens of the city blocked their way, and House Swan and its vassal houses manned the walls. These houses grouped together and were able to persuade the vast majority of the population to the idea of placing John's young son James on the thrown in place of John and quickly went about retaking the Kingdom.



Civil War
Those loyal to John Lovie were approached and given a choice to either die beside John, or to accept the rebellion's valitity, and to this end they begin assasinating the members of House Gretter who were the only John Lovie loyalists still operating outside of Lucerne. The Battle at the port of Forks was a complete massacre as the House Lovie forces that were there to maintain the peace turned against House Gretter causing the annihilation of the entire house. With the Kingdom completely lost to John Lovie he ordered House Lannister to hold the pathway into Lucerne and make sure that noone was able to get in. When he made this order House Jestife strongly objected as they believed (correctly) that House Lannister were not in the struggle for the long run. As the rebels approached the city House Lannister did betray John Lovie and allowed the rebels to enter without a fight. With his rule about to end John Lovie ordered House Jestife to hold the palace while he spent the last hours of his rule in Lucerne torchering and murdering the members of House Lannister that had remained in the palace as collateral.



Picking up the ashes
See Also : James Lovie, Jacob

Jacob Saves the Kingdom
Following the disapearance of John Lovie the rule of the KIngdom of Lucerne was prepared to be handed over to James Lovie who was the only surviving male in House Lovie after the Bloody Supper and events following had led to the complete annihilation of House Lovie. In a cermonial moment William's best friend Jacob arrived in Lucerne where the advisors of House Lovie in House Scarlet, House Swan, and House Targaryan advised that a council should be set up to maintain the Kingdom until such a point that James reached the age of sixteen or maturity to rule the Kingdom. It was also deemed that James Lovie should have a steward that would act as the King during the time the council was in place, and it was decided that Jacob from House Jacobwould be the perfect person for this task.

Learning
With Jacob pulling the strings he went about a process of healing the wounds that had been caused by the madness of John Lovie. In this way he gave titles, and lands to certain houses and individuals that were deemed to be the most damaged by the conflict, and at the same time he heavily rewarded those that had been loyal members to James Lovie, and in that regard to House Lovie. During this time James got older and more mature with every year and Jacob was truly thankful that this was the case as he was being resisted more and more strenuosly as the years went by and the House Lovie loyalists believed that Jacob was attempting to takeover.



Hunting of Tavlian
Following the banishment of John Lovie from Lucerne, he came to hear that William Lovie II., had indeed actually fathered a son, and that the son was in Lucerne still. John Lovie was vindictive about William, as in his madness he truly believed he was right. John rode on his black horse, and in his now Nazgul state, through the towns and villages of Lucerne. Never able to enter the houses for fear of his own death, he searched the Kingdom, while at the same time terrorizing it.

Eventually he discovered that William Lovie's son was hiding in the small village of Patria, so he rode immediatly there. When he arrived there Tavlian Lovie was standing in the middle of the center square waiting for him.

"This stops now monster. You try and take me here and now and whatever happens after this duel you stop harrasing the people of this Kingdom."

-Tavlian Lovie

After this John Lovie agreed because he knew this was his chance to end Tavlian and the line of William Lovie II. He also knew eventually Tavlian would leave the Kingdom and then it would be nearly impossible to find him. The two of them dueled for a few minutes but Tavlian was no match for the powerful Nazgul and he was eventually sliced across the neck and killed. John silently walked over and picked up the body of his nephew and placed him on the back of the horse before riding away.

James Lovie
When James reached the point where Jacob and the others believed he was ready to take over, Jacob immediatly went about handing over the mantle of power to his best friends nephew.

Fall of House Targaryan
See Also : House Targaryan



Aryes Targaryan II. would be the Lord of Tree hill following the death of his father Aryes Targaryan I. and he would oversee the complete embaressment of his House from Lucerne. His reign started simply enough but it took a dramatic and horrifying turn when there was a hostage situation caused by two vassal houses in house June against house Cash. When Aryes went to the estate of house June in order to solve the problem he was accudently taken hostage by the house June honor guard and during the early part of the captivity he was tortured using a fire pick against his arms. Eventually a member of house June entered the honor gaurd station and discovered the beaten body of Aryes targaryan. The honor gaurd attempted to torture Aryes into not telling anyone about what had happened but as time went on they knew they were going to be caught so they left him there and moved on. House June immediately let him go but the damage was done. While physically everyone who took him in from House Targaryan could see the scars all over his body from the torture it was the hidden emotional scarring that would be the most costly.

Destruction of House June
See Also : House June

When Aryes targaryan returned to tree hill he withdrew himself into the keep of tree hill and basically disappeared from the public eye for almost a year. When he finally came out he was completed unkeped and he had nails that were insanely long. He had dropped an immense weight due to the fact that he had eaten so little over the time he was hidden. But on top of the physical change he was emotionally changed as well. The once quiet peacemaker ordered the tree hill army to march on the house June estate and kill everyone inside.

When the massacre was complete the city was shocked at the near complete destruction of a large noble house (with only the youngest son, and his sister surviving the massacre), but in this instance the city felt that since house June had started it perhaps this action was necessary. The next retaliation of Aryes targaryan was far beyond the acceptable scenario of tree hill though



Destruction of House Cash
House cash was the other house involved in what Aryes came to believe was a plot to capture and embarrass him, so Aryes once again ordered the tree hill army to do his bidding through the destruction of house cash. Unfortunately for Aryes the army wasn't willing to destroy house cash so Aryes was forced to turn to the house targaryan honor gaurd who moved quickly in the massacre.

The honor gaurd moved throughout the house cash home and murdered nearly the entire house in a three hour battle that spilled into the street and ended up leading to the deaths of almost 200 people. With this kind of death count the people of Tree Hill turned swiftly against House Targaryan and their started to be open resisting against their movements. As this rebellion continued the ire of House Lovie was brought in through the involvement of James Lovie who left Lucerne in a convoy to Tree Hill and would arrive in a week.



The Week
"I don't blame anyone for what happened to us back in Lucerne, because I understand what happened. To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge for conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation."

-Rhaegar Targaryan House Targaryan was now in open revolt amongst themselves as well, as the members were being verbally attacked in the street after the massacre which caused them to have to hide themselves into their estate within the city. In only two days following James Lovie getting the letter and leaving Lucerne the House Targaryan estate became under siege by the citizens of Tree Hill along with House Scott, and House Tyrell. The siege continued for three more days before the gate of the estate was finnally breached, and the city waited with held breath for what the people would do as punishment to House Targaryan.

The siegers entered the estate and begin gathering together all of House Targaryn and before House Scott - who didn't want violence done before James Lovie arrived - could stop it the House was marched to the center of Tree Hill where House Tyrell had erected a temporary executioners square. Over the course of three hours the members of House Targaryan were brought to stand before the city of Tree Hill, and depending on the wishes of the city they were exectuted. The last to be judged was Aryes Targaryan, and before he could say a word Kraven June the eleven year old surviving member of House June stepped forward and stabbed Aryes Targaryan through the neck killing him. With the trials all done the surviving members of House Targaryan retreated back to their estate where there was full scale looting underway. House Scott moved into the estate and offered House Targaryan protection, and it was this act that basically saved what remained of House Targaryan.

In the end in the four hour trial of House Targaryan thirty two members of the House were dead including its patriarch in Aryes Targaryan II.

James Lovie Arrives
See Also : James Lovie

When James Lovie arrived he had already been alerted by his scouts of what had occured in the city, and while he wished to uphold the law of the land, he understood that the public was so against House Targaryan that he could not condemn what House Tyrell did or elce risk a backlash against House Lovie.

Falling again
See Also : Bill Lovie

Battle of Lyons
Main Article : Battle of Lyons

Conflict with Gondor
Main Article : Gondor War with Stormwind


 * "Bill Lovie forced us to invade a realm we knew next to nothing about militarily, and beyond that they were our most important trading partners."


 * -Eddard Starke

The Stormwind war against Gondor begin after Bill Lovie ordered the forces of House Starke and House Lannister to make conflict with the western side of Gondor. This conflict escaled very quickly when despite the conflicts on the eastern half of their Kingdom the forces of Gondor moved significant forces to the western half against the forces of Stormwind. During this escalation the forces of House Lannister, and House Starke moved increasingly to the front, with both sides employing different strategies. House Lannister and its forces moved against the large Gondor town of Langstrand which they quickly surrounded with forces, and moved a smaller force of more elite irregular troops led by many of their more elite forces to harass the lands around the Gondor town of Adrahil where the main thrust of House Starke was moving against. The strategy of House Starke though was for their forces to thrust against the large town of Adrahil, while there forces then moved against the villages north of Adrahil in an attempt to draw the Gondor soldiers into pitched battles that worked agains them. They would be led by Eddard Starke, and Brandon Starke of which the two brothers would lead the siege of Adrahil. This strategy worked with both the forces assisted by a small detatchment sent from House Ordos. House Ordos sent an elite force of siege experts that assisted with both the siege of Langstrand, and Adrahil with both logistics and leadership for goals of the sieges. On the other side of the conflict was the defenders of Gondor of whom were led by Eldarion Elessar, his brother Ildarion, and their uncle Halbaard Elessar. The forces of Gondor were obviously relying mainly on defenders made up of the forces of the two major towns Adrahil, and Langstrand and because of this they were in a lot of troulbe when it came to the massive forces being brought to bear by Stormwind, and House Ordos. The northern town of Adrahil was led by the two sons of the King, while Lanstrand was held by Halbaard Elessar making for serious leadership in the two towns.

House Lannister



 * "I looked at the conflict in two different lenses. The first was my belief that Bill Lovie was increasingly moving in the direction of a mad King and this decision wreaked of a lack of foresight. On the other hand control of Lanstrand would be a great addition to the power of House Lannister."


 * -Tywin Lannister

House Lannister moved their main army straight out of Lannistane alongside all of their vassals, and other houses and moved directly towards Langstrand. The Lannisters were led by Tywin Lannister of whom took complete charge of the siege of Langstrand, and then he sent his family members to take control of the various villages, and castles nearbye. When he was given word that Ildarion Elessar had fled Adrahil and was moving north he sent his most trusted commander in his son Jaime Lannister north to chase him down with most of the heavy cavalry and the entire force of House Brent that had come with House Lannister. Jaime Lannister would move quickly north, but was very careful to move his large force out of sight of any force that they saw and through this strategy he moved undetected through Gondor and begin stalking Ildarion Elessar and his force so that he could capture the prince before the Starke's got him. Jaime got close to Ildarion Elessar twice but both times Ildarion was able to meneaver himself away from the forces of Jaime Lannister, and escape. Either way the forces of Ildarion were basically reduced to running around for nearly a month as they were chased by Jaime Lannister and this left them unable to take part in any actual fighting.

"My father may not have noticed but while Jaime was running about chasing around Ildarion Elessar, I was taking control of an entire province of Gondor."

-Tyrion Lannister

While Jaime was searching for Ildarion Elessar his brother in Tyrion Lannister moved throughout the region between Adrahil, and Langstrand with a largely weakly equipped ground force and begin capturing the various castles, and forts that dotted this region. These forts, and castles were far weaker then they had ever been because the west was seen by Gondor as the area that they least needed to be worried about. Despite this though Tyrion had to deal with each of these defences of which the largest was the fort of Amon Hen of which was defended by six hundred men of Gondor and was perched on a cliff overlooking the valley around it. Tyrion would use great skill in traversing the valley around the fort which allowed him to sneak his forces to the depths surrounding the fort.



House Starke

 * "I knew I had to take control of the situation before the Lannisters got their brand of victory. The only problem was that I knew Halbaard very well and I didn't have any violent quarrel with the city."


 * -Eddard Starke

Theon Greyjoy joined Robb Starke in a raiding party that was basically meant to harass, and capture large tracts of land in the hopes of getting the Gondorians to leave their fortifications and walk into traps north of Adrahil. While they did this Jon Snow led a smaller group of heavy cavalry against the villages of this area, and he slowly but surely became a sort of vangaurd for the larger cavalry force of Theon, and Robb. At this point with fighting breaking out all over the region the main army of Eddard Starke supported by House Blackwood and some logistics sent by House Ordos moved against the town of Adrahil and put the town completely under siege. Before they could get the entire town under siege though one of the brothers in Ildarion left the city from the west with a large force of heavy, and light cavalry and made his way north to defend the villages. With Adrahil under siege and the objective of starving the town out until it surrendered Eddard gave the command to begin the heavy harrasment in the north.




 * "My father gave me strict orders that I wasn't to die."


 * -Robb Starke

Theon and Robb worked this brilliantly and after raiding the village of Meadow's Grove they noticed a rather large group of Gondor soilders marching eastward and they immediatly begin following the group. After a full day of marching the Gondor forces set up camp inside a forest and they believed they had the night to rest before marching again. This was a large mistake, and the forces of Theon and Robb moved quickly to surround the camp. While they surrounded the camp the forces of Jon Snow moved against the only real chance of the Gondor force to be saved when they moved against a cavalry force led by one of the local commanders.

Raid on Groiline



 * "My success in the capture of Groiline would allow me to get out of the shadow of being a bastard son of the Lord of Stormwind, but it also sent me to the north."


 * -Jon Snow

During the days of the war with Gondor, Jon Snow was tasked with a small unit of troops that he was tasked with raiding the northern farmlands in order to draw out the outstretched Gondor forces into the trap of the army of House Lannister, and House Starke. In Jon's role he would become aware of how outstretched the Gondor forces were when he chased a force of Gondor cavalry through the night and as he passed by the village of Groiline his scouts reported no defenders. Seeing this as an oppurtunity he would stop chasing the cavalry and would instead move his force to Groiline and capture the village.



Ambush at Meadow's Grove

 * "The culmination of everything over the past months was finally coming together, and the closeness of it gave me slight pause. I moved into that camp with the belief that I would either be sealing his coffin, or walking into the trap that sealed mine."


 * -Robb Starke

Before Jon Snow had moved against the village of Goiline he had sent a raven scout northwest towards where he believed his brother to be with the information that he had Ildarion surrounded from the north, while Jaime Lannister was in the south blocking that route, and a force of cavalry was coming from the west to alert the Ildarion force of their predicament. Realizing they had to stop the cavalry force Robb Starke ordered a bold move when he moved his entire force south west into the path of the cavalry. His force would get off their horses and quickly prepare and ambush for the force of maybe fifteen cavalry, and when the force arrived they quickly saw they were in a lot of trouble so they surrendered with only two casualties of whom had attempted to flee. Robb's force would quickly gain the information from the cavalry about where the prince was precisley located, and with this information they were sent to the rear lines by some of the men, and the rest of the force moved towards the force of Ildarion. With no hope of relief, or any new information they knew they had Ildarion this night if they worked this well. Theon, and Robb's forces moved silently in the night and proceeded to take out the scouts that had been posted to watch for just this event. With the scouts taken out the forces moved into the camp, and went tent to tent killing the nearly 300 strong Gondor force. Quickly into the attack the Gondorians woke up on mass after a large death scream, and combat raged across the camp with the House Starke force vastly outnumbering the Gondorians and completely surrounded and without their equipment on. After only a few minutes the Gondorians begin to surrender, and it was during this end of the fighting that Robb Starke noticed that one of the fighters who had remained fighting was Ildarion Elessar the son of the King of Gondor.


 * Robb_Starke_Greywind_Gif.jpg"Seeing him like this was exactly what I thought it would look like. He was unarmored due to the fact that he was probably catching the first true sleep he'd had in over a month, and this was how it turned out for him. He killed two of my men before I was able to intervene, and fighting him made me realize how much training I still needed to do. If he wasn't half asleep, and ragged from being worn down for two months I would have never won that fight, but he was and I won."


 * -Robb Starke

Robb immediatly engaged him in combat and on his own velition was able to defeat him only because he could tell that Ildarion was half dead from fatigue, and being unequipped with armor, or a shield. When Ildarion fell defeated the rest of the Gondor force was swiftly throwing down their weapons and surrendering leaving the full Starke force with a nearly complete victory. With Ildarion defeated Robb was egged on by Theon to kill him, and for a moment Robb contimplated listening to his friend but he then thought strategically and realized that if they had the prince they could basically ransom whatever they wanted from the Gondorians. With this in mind Robb decided instead of killing him he would instead take him in as a prisoner, and ordered the force to pull back to their original position with their now sixty prisoners along with the prince of Gondor.



Prisoner

 * "The King was coming to kill the prisoner that stood between me and a lot of power. I couldn't let his stupidity and blatent attempts at war to stand between me and all that. Luckily for me Eddard Starke was able to ignore his honor for a second and do exactly what had to be done."


 * -Tywin Lannister

Robb Starke would pull his force back behind the lines, and there would set up a camp for all the prisoners they had captured and then sent word to his father about the capture of Ildarion, which would then spread like wildfire. When Eddard heard of this news he sent word to Eldarion in Adrahil of whom then sent word to Aragorn of this change in events. Aragorn had two options in front of him. The first option was to engage the Lucernians in a full pitched battle which he might lose, and if he didn't lose he would most likely lose on the east because of all the causualites. Or he surrendered most of the Gondor lands west of the River Rhine. In the end he would send word to Eldarion that their forces were going to surrender under the terms that all Gondor citizens, and forces be allowed free pass into Gondor, along with the return of Ildarion, and all prisoners. Bill Lovie would send word to Eddard that he was incoming to the camp that Eddard and Tywin Lannister were meeting, but when the letter came the servent that brought it told them that Bill planned to execute Ildarion on the spot. Both commanders understood that if they did this it would mean all out war which was stupid since they could have all of this land with no bloodshed. Because of this they hid the note, and told the scout that the prisoners were already in transfer back to Gondor. With this information Bill Lovie would return to Lucerne instead of seeing the two Lords, and they both knew they had made an enemy that day. When this happened Ildarion was given word by Robb Starke that he was to be released along with all of his men. The two would discuss the coming world that they both lived in, and Robb Starke would gain a lot of respect for Ildarion, and the same would be true of Ildarion for Robb Starke.

The Journey
Main Article : The Journey

Return of Andrew
Janos Flynt was in a position that was only a step beneath his brother Tavin Flynt of whom was running the city watch as the commander. On the days following the liberation of Tree Hill news begin to filter into the city that William was on his way to Lucerne and was planning on removing his father from power. While during this time Bill Lovie made no effort to control the city watch so that they would defend the city, his young son Sean Lovie did attempt to stop his entry. The liberation of Tree Hill was the moment that Sean understood that Andrew would return to Lucerne and attempt to remove his father, and most likely kill him. This wasn't something Sean could allow so he begin ordering the gaurds of the city to stop Andrew from entering the city. He mainly was giving these orders to Tavin Flynt of whom had always retained the belief that he was loyal to House Lovie first and then the Kingdom thus he made the choice to stand beside Sean Lovie, and Bill Lovie. This decision was met with rumblings throughout the city watch as most wanted William to be victorious but his control over the top echolons was powerful, and most believed he had the support of his brother Janos Flynt of whom was the most influencial member of the city watch. As William was one day away from Lucerne Janos Flynt would approach his brother and attempt to talk him out of his decision.



City Watch Coup

 * "I had the commanders in my ear. I had the men on my side. I thought I knew who my brother was. I guess that was the only part of the equation that I had wrong."


 * -Janos Flynt

Janos Flynt had the support of the vast majority of the city watch when he approached his brother with the idea of doing what was right and allowing William Lovie into the city. Janos expected that his brother would listen to his advise and everything would be fine but instead Tavin called on men of his gaurd to arrest Janos for treason, and when he did this Janos realized that there wasn't going to be any convinsing him, so before he was put under arrest from the gaurds he unsheathed his sword and slashed his brother across the neck killing him almost instantly. At the death of Tavin the gaurds stood down and basically switched loyalties almost immediatly. Following this Janos would go throughout the various city watch commanders and make sure everyone was with him, and when he was sure they were he gave the command for William to be allowed into the city. William would enter through the vast gates of Lucerne alongside his force, and Sean Lovie would watch from the first gate as his brother approached a position he believed was blocked to him. Sean ran to the city watch command and demanded to see Tavin, but found information that Tavin had been murdered and Janos was now in charge of the city watch. Realizing he had failed to resist the entry of William Lovie he fled to the Sky Towers where he planned to use the Sky Tower forces to hold off William while he hoped his father would gather supporters.



Entering the Sky Tower

 * "I knew William my whole life, and I had known Sean Lovie my whole life. Both of them were who they were, and the problem for Sean was that he was a terrible human being. The time for honor was later, I needed to protect William."


 * -Barrett Ahren

As William Lovie attempted to enter the Sky Towers Sean Lovie gave the House Lovie forces the command to stop him at all costs but by this point noone was listening to him, and the order wasn't accepted by the head of the House Lovie Sky Tower gaurds in Barrett Ahren. Sean discovered that they too were unwilling to stop the prince from coming, and begged his father to tell him how they were going to get out of this but his father just sat at his desk waiting for William to enter the room. When William entered the room he did so flanked by Edward, Jasper, and Emmett and they found his father sitting at his desk writing on papers, while Sean stood in the corner of the room looking very uncomfortable. William would acuse Bill Lovie of treason and make him very much aware that he was now the King in everything but name, to which Bill Lovie stood up and responded with the following.

"I’ve seen horrors. Horrors that you’ve seen. But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that, but you have no right to judge me…It’s impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror. Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies…"

-Bill Lovie

Andrew rejected this logic, and prepared to arrest Bill and place him in jail, when all of a sudden Bill broke out into histerical crying. After litterly crying for nearly a minute Bill finally begin blabbering about different things of which none appeared to make sense until finally Bill begin discussing the Battle of Lyons. Bill told Andrew of how there were piles upon piles of bodies, and he knew that the Orcs were greater then he was.

William Lovie III.
Main Article : William Lovie III.

Lucerne Civil War
Main Article : Lucerne Civil War

Lucerne Civil War
Main Article : Lucerne Civil War




 * "The True Sons were the anchor by which all of my violence, and malice shall be unleashed. I could give two shits about what the hell my brother does in Lucerne as long as I get to see the fear in peoples eyes before they fall."


 * -Sean Lovie

As the leader of the True Sons of Lucerne Sean went about furthering the control of himself over the people of Berne. It didn't matter to him that they believed him King, and this alone would have made him untouchable, he just secretly wanted the violence. He cared nothing about the actual war, or winning it. He simply wanted to destory the world that he felt had ruined him. With Sean's arrival in the city, Berne was no longer under the control of House Arryn but was now under the control of the newly created goverment of Sean Lovie self-entitled the True Sons of Lucerne. The rule of the True Sons of Lucerne was pure madness, and the peaceful and growth oreanted nature of House Arryn was replaced by a madness enduced chaotic nature which led to violence in the streets. Murderes all around. Sean Lovie is said to have exectuted a person a day towards the later days of his reign in Berne, and if murder was all he did then that was one thing but he in fact made a sport of trying new things and his raping, and sexual deviancy became out of control while in Berne.


 * Allison_Arryn2.jpg"They all thought I was after something. They thought I had some great plan to unite the Valley of Lucerne and spread peace like a Man God. In the end it was about the pain I could inflict on a women. It was about finding out how much damage I could do before finally the city just died. Before there was noone left to commit these crimes on. On one hand I wanted to escape the constant anger, and hate I felt, but a darker and a real powerful side of me just wanted more. More of it all, and it didn't care about the end game."


 * -Sean Lovie

It was during this dark time where Byron's rule had been taken over by Sean Lovie that the social climbing member of House Arryn in Allison Arryn rose to prominance as she allowed Sean to act out many of his sexual desires on her. This gave her a growing amount of power, and for a time she came to believe that she was even controlling Sean. Allison Arryn during this period where she believed she was in control would put in place a system that would allow Sean Lovie to regain control of what was nearing collapse. Allison Arryn used her menipulative nature, and the influence of Ella Arryn to trick House Arryn, along with many other high ranking commanders to continue supporting Sean Lovie because she spread the rumor that he had promised her the throne of Lucerne once he was the King. Allison Arryn bided her time day after day as Sean Lovie butchered people in the streets, and raped women all over the city to the point that the only thing that she could do to slow him down was to continue to surrender her body to him. As she surrendered herself to him she fell into a spell of her own making where she came to believe the lies that she was telling people. She forgot for a time that he was a monster, and she came to believe that this was all a game and he truly loved her. In this madness she would come to find that she was pregnant, and with Sean Lovie being her only sexual partner she was overjoyed to believe that she had given him a heir. When she learned she was pregnant with his child she came to understand how little she controlled when she told him the news. The best description of the events was by Ezio Ederiz who was in the room when it all went down.

Murder of Allison Arryn



 * "I watched as Allison entered the room with a skip to her step. Her smile was always one that she had manuphactured in her mind, but today as she entered I noticed a genuine nature to her eyes. As she approached the mad prince he barely even moved his eyes from the poor women that was on her knees pleasing him. It was moments like this that made me want to walk over and kill him. Looking back I could have done it. The room had maybe four people that would defend him and I could have killed them with ease. Perhaps it was cowerdess. Perhaps it was something elce entirely, but before I could further examine the situation she blurted out to Sean who was still being assisted by the poor women I might add. She blurted out to him that she was pregnant with his child. As she waited with that extatic look on her face the entire room went silent. Everyone stopped what they were doing which included the women with Sean. Perhaps it was that she had stopped that caused the rage. Maybe it was the fact that deep down he understood that he shouldn't father anything. Whatever it was he simply got up walked over to Allison who still had a look of pure happiness and pushed her to the ground before taking out his knife and stabbing her repeatadly in the stomach. The look in her eyes as the knife went in will surely haunt me for the remainder of my days."


 * -Ezio Ederiz

As the assembled nobles and Ezio watched as Sean Lovie stabbed Allison Arryn over and over again the silence of the room was broken by the sceams of Ella Arryn of whom walked into the room as Sean stood there defiling her body. Ella Arryn attempted to run to the girl that had become her daughter when she was stopped by several of the gaurds in the room, and upon hearing the commotion Sean got up from her body and walked over to the distraught Ella Arryn of whom was searching the room for anyone who might help. As Sean walked over to her Byron Arryn stood completely frozen, and when his vassal in Benjamin Krinner whispered to him that this was the time to intervene, Byron thought for a moment before seeing the body of Allison and becoming frightened. Instead of telling Benjamin Krinner that yes they should intervene he just allowed Sean Lovie to walk over to his wife with a dagger covered in the blood of his niece. Sean walked up to her and pushed her to the ground before he stabbed her in the arm with the dagger. Everyone in the room just stood there completely shocked, but once again Benjamin attempted to get his lord to do something, and when he didn't Benjamin prepared to but was stopped by Byron.



''"That's the same dagger I just killed her with. You see I've given you a piece of her. Who elce in this entire world would be so giving that they would be able to give you the gift that I just gave you. Now your going to get up, and leave this room. Your going to leave this room, and hang yourself. Your going to hang yourself outside the doors of your room, and your going to make sure that noone moves you. Your eyes question me why you would do something like this? Well Ella Arryn your going to do this because I'm going to give you one last gift. I'm going to stop ignoring the fact that my brother's heir is in the hands of that half noble niece of yours. I'm going to rip that baby from her arms and I'm going to bash it apart with a rock. When I'm done with that I'm going to kill Hanna. I'm going to kill Spencer. I'm going to kill them All. I will give them the peace that you want for them. I do it all for you. I'm a very generous King."''

-Sean Lovie

Sean Lovie then stood back up, and still covered in blood walked himself over to his throne, and gestered at the girl before to continue what she was doing. He just remained staring at the dead body of Allison Arryn with a look that many in the room saw as some sort of regret. What Sean felt for Allison would never be known, but one could be quite sure that after this moment there was no turning back for him, as he had just killed a member of his ruling House in front of the entire nobility, and since she was the one keeping everything from falling apart her death would resonate throughout Berne.



Death of Ella Arryn

 * "I saw her walk in with nothing more then a casual glance at first. I mean you see your mother, and you just assume she's here to get your clothes to clean or something. You never immediatly see your mother and think, hey she's going to take out a knife and try and kill my sister. That just isn't the first thing that pops into your mind."


 * -Aria Arryn

Following all of this Ella Arryn was picked up Byron Arryn her husband who attempted to take her back to her room so he could fix her arm, but she ran away from him towards the location of Aria Arryn's room. Ella Arryn ran into her room to find her sitting on the bed with Hanna, and Amber Heard also in the room. The discust that Ella Arryn felt in that moment for Hanna Arryn was so much that even covered in blood and losing the ability to even move her arm she roared at her step-daughter. All the girls in the room had at first though the was there to see Aria, but now they looked at her and saw the blood stemming from her arm, and the crazed look in her eyes. As Aria, and Amber rushed to her to see what had happened to her arm she tried to charge through them so that she could get to Hanna, and in this moment she took out a dagger and rushed at Hanna. Hanna dodged the knife by only a little before falling off the backside of the bed. After this attempt Amber, and Aria were able to get ahold of her just enough that they pushed her back away from Hanna, but she wasn't going to stop this time, and rushed once more at Hanna. This time the girls got infront of her, and just as she raised her dagger to charge again they watched as a sword punched itself through her chest. Before she fell forward and arm reached around her front and held her up, and the girls saw Trailen Dorin behind her holding her up with the saddest look on his face. In this moment she coughed out blood before saying her last words on the Earth.


 * Taiven_Dolin.gif"Aria, Amber you girls need to leave now. Hide yourself now. The Mad King...The Mad King comes for you...and he knows of...he knows of the child. Save yourselves. The family must not die out with the rest of this city."


 * -Ella Arryn

With those last words Trailen gently rested her down on the ground, and she slowly bled out. Before she finally succumbed she asked to speak to Hanna Arryn of whom walked to her, and in this moment everyone assembled expected her to apologize or to atleast see some of the errors of her ways, but instead she looked up at Hanna and spit blood in her face before finally dying. With this Trailen quickly got up and made the girls perfectly aware that they needed to get the hell out of her. The girls told him that this was the Arryn estate in Berne and they had no where to go, and as the group panicked Benjamin Krinner walked in behind them and told the group that they would come stay with him in the Krinner Estate. The girls quickly followed behind him, but Amber stopped them and said she had to get Thomas. Benjamin went to her and told her that Sean had already sent someone to her room to get the child and that it was too late. Amber didn't accept this and ran off from the group towards her room where she prayed that she wasn't too late.



Amber Captured

 * "I ran to that room faster then I had ever run anywhere elce in my life. I knew in that moment that everything in my life had led me to this place. To this moment. I had to save our son."


 * -Amber Heard

When she opened the door to the room she found a body laying face down on the ground coughing and bleeding out, and she stepped past the body to the room where Thomas should have been, and when she walked in his room she found the body of her maid lying dead beside his bed, and beside her another man's body, but no signs of little Thomas. She fell to her knees and cried, but before she could cry for long a man wrapped his hand around her and covered her mouth at the same time before pulling her into the closet. As he did this he whispered for her to be quiet, before she heard other men enter the room all armed from what she could see through the door. These men begin screaming out to try and lure her out, and in this moment she looked at the man and whispered to him whether he had saved Thomas. When the man nodded his head, she told him to keep him safe from harm and the put her hand to the door. Before she opened the door she asked the man what the name was of the man that had saved her son, and he quietly told her that it was Ezio Ederiz. And with that Amber Heard said one last thank you before she pulled the handle and opened the door and walked into the room thus allowing the men to take her. The men would harshly pull her through the hallways that made up the Heard Estate, and from here they took her to the throne room of Sean Lovie where he was at that moment stabbing his knife into the body of Allison Arryn. Seeing this she cried out, and this caused Sean to notice her, and he looked over at her with a look of pure enjoyment. He cleared out the room including his gaurds of whom he ordered to place her in a cage to the right of his throne, which he had brought in. With Amber now in a cage he sat himself beside the cage, and stared at her, before speaking to her for the first time in years.


 * "Do you remember me Amber? Does your mind remember the stories they told of me there back in Lucerne. Do you quiver in fear knowing that what I just did to your cousin is going to be the same thing that I do to you. My men tell me that your child, and my young nephew was not in your room. Did you kill those men who came to steal your child? I doubt this. I want to know who was helping you. I want to know a name. Speak now. Speak now or I shall do things to you so henious. So painful that you will wish for the cold embrace of death. You will beg me for the oppurtunity to sell your son away just so that your pain may cease. Speak now. Noone comes for you Amber. This isn't like Lucerne where you can hope that William is coming for you. He can't get inside. He's been sitting outside these walls for months trying to get in. But the trick is. The great lie is that he can never get in. No matter how much he tries to free this city he will never sucede. So I say again, speak now."


 * -Sean Lovie

Amber looked into the horribly evil eyes of Sean Lovie and for the first time in her life since she had allowed herself to be intimidated by Bill Lovie she understood exactly what she had to do. She spit in Sean's face before retreating the opposite end of the cage away from him. Sean Lovie just laughed and told her that they had lots of time left, and then he got up and walked over to the body of Allison and proceeded to violate her in front of Amber. Amber turned away and covered her ears as Sean continued to violate her, and it went this way for longer then she could count. After however long he stopped and ordered his gaurds to bring her out of the cage where he then proceeded to have her stripped and as she stood there naked, he walked around her and ran his hand across her body before finally brining in a suit that he forced her to put on before putting her back in the cage. Each day Sean would attempt to get her to tell him, and each day he would do something terrible to someone in an attempt to make her speak.

Saving Thomas Lovie

 * Thomas_Lovie.jpg"The child was completely innocent. Whatever crimes the world may make up for the adults of the world these just shouldn't be true for this child. Everything he might be. Everything he should be was what they wanted to take away from him, and this was exactly what I refused to allow to happen."


 * -Ezio Ederiz

With Amber Heard now taken in by Sean Lovie, Ezio made his way out of the closet and went to the window and proceeded to raise young Thomas Heard from the basket that he had him sitting in outside the window. Ezio picked up the young boy and told the young boy that he needed to be strong for his mother, as Thomas had heard everything that had happened to his mother but couldn't speak or help because Ezio had roped his mouth shut so that he wouldn't scream. Thomas blamed himself and Ezio took the moment to make sure that Thomas understood that nothing he could have done would have saved his mother from being taken. But that didn't meant that he couldn't help, because she wasn't dead and thus there was always hope. He gave the child one last pat on the shoulder before strapping the child to his back and then jumping out the window and climbing across the roof towards the only safe place he knew of in this hell hole. Ezio made his way to the home of Alistair, and it was here that he hid Thomas while he prepared to save the city. Thomas would remain hidden with Alistair's men inside his small enclave of the city, and through this Thomas would become a member of the rebellion as he sharpened swords, and did whatever elce he could do to help the men of the rebellion in doing what he hoped would free his mother from Sean Lovie.

Invasion of Westbridge
Main Article : Invasion of Westbridge

The invasion of Westrbridge was a plan that Andrew followed his meetings with Karl Franz. The meeting had started with a lot of promise but following the intial talks it became clear to both of them that they shared some serious ideological problems, and on top of that where Andrew had believed there would be talk about the survival of Arnor when Arnor was brought up it was as if it was a forgone conclusion and that wasn't acceptable for Lucerne.

"I understood that Karl was far more hawkish then I could have imagined. In my view the only way to deal with a hawk is to take out everything around it, and watch it flop around."

-Andrew Lovie

In order to do this Andrew went about planning the invasion of Westbridge which he believed would create the defence position which even with the fall of Arnor which he now believed was a certainty Lucerne could hold on against The Empire.



Conflict in Westros
See Also : Westros, Kingdom of Bolten

With the taking of Westbrige the region of Bolten became more interested in its own growth and in particular they really wanted to get the Lucernian army involved in pitch battles which they had the numbers to survive. In order to do this they begin threatening several allies of Lucerne in western Westros in the form of Koenisburg, and the town of Jeutenburg. While these threats rancheted up the Kingdom of Lucerne did exactly what the Boltens hoped they would do when they brought huge forces to bear on the defences of the Westros river crossing of Levin. The Lucernians also made it known that any action taken against their allies in Koenisburg, or Jeutenburg would be deemed a decleration of war against Lucerne itself. This promice to defend meant a lot to the two towns, and most believed that with that the conflict would be ended before any blood was spilled. This idea changed quickly when the Kingdom of Bolten sacked Jeutenburg in a massive siege that took place in the guise of a peace mission.

Following this takeover the army of the Boltens moved very quickly to camp itself outside the walls of Koenisburg thereby threatening the survival of the city for the first time in its history.

Siege of Koenisburg

With Jeutenburg fallen this was a huge indicator that the diplomatic message wasn't going to be enough so William ordered House Starke, as well as House Clegane to send their forces to assist in the defence of Koenisburg if it came to it. At the same time as this was going to happen William sent one of his greatest generals in Jamie Lannister to the small town of Grandlen where if the Boltens besieged the city of Koenisburg Jamie was to move southwards from Grandlen and hit them from behind and destroy the Boltens before this got out of hand.

Geography
Main Article : Valley of Lucerne, Westros, Riverlands

The Kingdom of Lucerne is based in Central Europe and dominates itself inside the Valley of Lucerne. It borders in the south the italian Penisela, in the east it borders both Gondor, and Westros, while in the north it borders the Kingdom of Alcase, and many of the central independants, while in the west it borders France as well as parts of Weerhousen in the northern part of the kingdom. The wide breathe that is the Kingdom of Lucerne means they border completely different kinds of peoples, kingdoms, and even species in the case of France which is dominated by the Orcs.

Rivers in Lucerne
Main Article : Rhine River, Greenhave River

Rhine River
The vast river Rhine runs parrelel to the eastern border of the Kingdom, and it is a major lifeblood of the Kingdom of Lucerne in the east. Running along the entire eastern border it has become even more important as the control of Lucerne expanded into lorderon, the Riverlands, and Lorderon. The Rhine River contains many settlements that are of exceptional importance to the Kingdom of Lucerne in the form of : Along the Rhine River are two major tributaries in the form of the Brhine River, and the Trhine River of which flow outward from the Rhine and form two other very important rivers in the Valley of Lucerne. The Brhine River flows westward from Westbridge and makes its way westward towards both Paris, and in the north the Lowlands. The Trhine River flows eastward from the Lorderon flux, towards the crater of Westros.
 * Port of Stormwind
 * Riverrun
 * Lorderon
 * Westbridge
 * Yerness

Greenhave River
The other major river of the Valley of Lucerne is the Greenhave river which flows from the depths of the Mountain of Lucerne, and southward all the way to the Italian Peninsela. The Greenhave river is perhaps even more important then the actual Rhine River and it is definetly more populated as along the Greenhave river sits the majority of the population of the Kingdom of Lucerne. From the northern end of the Greenhave the port of Grisons to the southern port of Tamins the river is the main route of the trade that passes throughout the Valley of Lucerne. The Greenhave has many tributaries but the main two are the Redhave, and the Tranhave rivers of which the Tranhave river splits off westerward around Forks and moves towards Hillsbrad and then out of the Valley into France, while the Redhave moves eastward towards the Rhine River where it connects around the Island of Frey.

Locations of Importance
Throughout Lucerne there are many sites of importance. These sites include the Major cities of the Kingdom, military bases, and Unique spots.

Lucerne
See Also : Lucerne

Lucerne is the capital of the Kingdom Of Lucerne and is situated at the southern tip of the Lucerne Mountains. The city is built in the center of what was once a mighty Mountain of the Lucernian Mountains, but the center was destroyed in massive explosions caused by the conflict between the Dwarves and Goblins.

Lucerne is built into a ruined Mountain Peak of which was destroyed during an ancient conflict that is now lost to time. The fact that it is within the mountain and their is an opening means that it is brighter, and with less weakenesses then a mountain hold but it also has none of the weakenesses of a normal town in that it can barely be sieged due to its location. To enter the town an army would have to travel down a killing field where in they must make three directional changes while the entire time they are being fired upon from three massive towers, and levels of ramparts built into the walls that conciele the huge number of troops defending the pass.

Founded by humans from Forks, its construction was the debt the dwarfs of Karak Izor paid in order to gain their assistence in the Driving Tides. The construction took many years and its completetion would springload the creation of the Kingdom of Lucerne. From this point the entire growth of the Kingdom of Lucerne and the growth of the valley all brought a massive amount of wealth to the city itself facilitating a growth into being the most populated city in the Valley of Lucerne. Lucerne would be the site of the Bloody Supper, and following this a series of massacres which would culminate in the first and only siege of Lucerne of which loyalists would betray the defenders and let the attacking army through the pass into the mountain fortress. Inside the fortress they would force their way deep into the city and force the exit of John Lovie, and the rise of James Lovie. Under James Lovie the construction of the Sky Towers would happen of which would forever change the foundation of the city of Lucerne. The Sky Towers are like skyscrapers except for that they are made in medieval style, and these towers form the living space of the richest and most powerful amongst the city with the largest of the towers the home of House Lovie.

Lucerne is the administrative head of the Kingdom of Lucerne, and because of this much of the ruling class, and aristocrats of the Kingdom do either live in Lucerne, or send their children to the Academy of Lucerne. The Lucernian Academy is the springboard for any child who wants to be anything more then a lesser noble, and admitense into the academy is reserved for the brightest of the Lucernian children.



Stormwind
See Also : Stormwind

Stormwind is a major city situated in the far east end of the Lucerne Mountains. It is built in a style similar to Minus Tirith, except that since the competition between House Starke and House Lannister it has expanded significantly.

The city the first city constructed under the reign of William Lovie, and because of this a lot of its architecture is built on the ideals of what William Lovie felt a city should look like.

The city of Stormwind is a city that sits near the river Rhine River and because of this in one of Andrew Lovie's first moves became the site for the Port of Stormwind, which is a newly constructed and not completed port that will control all northword trade.

Berne
See Also : Berne

Berne is a secretive fortress city built into the west side of the Lucerne Mountains. It has always been technically a member of the Kingdom Of Lucerne, but for a long period of time it was under the control of Sean Lovie's side of the rebelion and under the control of the True Sons of Lucerne. Following the capture of the city in the Fall of Berne it has become a Lord city in the Kingdom of Lucerne and is close to being connected by tunnel to Lucerne.

Berne is populated by Vandals due to the fact that when it was being populated this was mainly done by House Arryn of whome brought much of their servents, and all of their vassal houses when they left. Because of this it is the most homeogenuous of the Valley of Lucerne cities and for this reason a center of the Vandal culture in Lucerne. The population suffered some serious losses during the time it was under the control of the True Sons of Lucerne and from here their population was cut somewhat.

House Arryn is the Lord House of House Arryn, and from here they have established their major source of power. House Arryn has established much of their vassals, and Knightly houses in the fortress, and from here they have become increasingly powerful, and rich from the minerals of the city, and the power it has become. Byron Arryn is the Lord of House Arryn and because of this he is the lord of Berne but he is increasingly unpopular following the poor behaviour and leadership he showed during the occupation by the True Sons of Lucerne.

The city was constructed by Bill Lovie for being the basic last stand spot for the Kingdom of Lucerne, and its construction was placed in high regard due to Bill's growing belief that the Kingdom was going to be destroyed and they had to flee to the mountains. Bill Lovie would make a costly mistake when he sent the non-loyalist House Arryn to take control of Berne as their were other houses that owed him a lot more and had he of picked someone other then House Arryn he may have held the city far longer then he did. The city was a well run city for a time until Sean Lovie would arrive in Berne and take control of the city under the banner of the True Sons of Lucerne, and he would turn it into a nightmarish city where he commited violence on an unspeakable level. This changed when Andrew took control of it after the Lucerne Civil War, and since then it has expanded to be the center of the western trade with the Elves.

Forks
See Also : Forks

Forks is a major city in the Valley of Lucerne. It is situated along the Greenhave River, and is the major transit points for goods coming from Lucerne , as well as all internal trade done by the Kingdom Of Lucerne. Forks was once a vastly Italian city, but over time the Germans have come to outnumber them and slowly the only reminder remains the power in the town which is still held primarily by Italian Houses.

The city is ruled by House Swan since the days following the Driving Tide which drove away House Tyrell. House Swan maintains control of all houses in Forks through their being vassals houses and the houses within Forks are mandated to being loyal to House Swan over pain of death. The current Lord of the town is Charlie Swan of whome has ruled the town since his father died of old age.

Forks is the center of the Italian population of Lucerne and while the Valley became overrun with Germans the immigration of Italians stalled meaning the majority they held slowly dwindled away. The Italians continued to control the town though when House Swan took control and has held power despite the fact that Italians have dwindled to some thirty percent of the population of the town.

Forks was the first and only true city built in the Valley of Lucerne, and because of this most houses, and people in the Kingdom of Lucerne can tie there heritage at some point back to Forks. Originally founded by Italians fleeing northward from the horrible fall of the Roman Empire, the town was slowly dominated by House Tyrell who used their superior numbers to bring a large amount of Germans into the town which furthered their power. Forks would become the centerpiece of the Tyrell Empire which was a imaginary Empire that came to exist in everything but name during the years before the Driving Tide. Following the Driving Tide Forks became the second most important city in the Valley of Lucerne behind only the new capital of the Valley in the form of Lucerne. House Tyrell continued to maintain power over the town, until House Lovie transplanted them out of Forks into a vassal role in Tree Hill and placed their loyalists in House Swan in control of the town.



Tree Hill
See Also : Tree Hill

Tree Hill was at one point the largest city in Lucerne. Tree was the centerpoint of most industrious behavior in the Kingdom, and the center of the the intellectual movement in Lucerne.

This all came to an end after the First Battle of Tree Hill. This battle would destroy the majority of the city, and leave the remainder under siege for the better part of a decade. This siege would destory the vast majority of the population of Tree Hill with almost 80% of the original population either dead or fled.

Following the liberation of Tree Hill in the Second battle of Tree Hill, the city is once again a center of industry in Lucerne, but on top of this Andrew has made Tree Hill a major source of defence for the southern sections of Lucerne.



Westbridge
See Also : Westbridge

Westbridge or "Tully" is a town and Kingdom directly north of Stormwind, and north west of Lorderon. It sits at the apex of the disection between theRhine, and Basberus rivers. It is the only reasonable way across without going days marches either west or east.

The city has grown extensively in importance as the trade flow between North Europe, and central Europe has meant that in order to facilitate this trade you have to go through the toll gates of Westbridge. Controlled for generations by House Hartrian the city was taken control of by House Malfoy following their victory in the Battle of Westbridge. Following this the conditions in the city deteriated until finally the city was invaded by the Kingdom Of Lucerne who took control in the brilliant Invasion of Westbridge.

Since the takeover of Westbridge by Lucerne the city is controlled through House Labeouf who are the lord house of the city.

Surdenfane
See Also : Surdenfane

Surdenfane is the capital of the Vale of Mallister, and is the largest city in the Vale in terms of population. Surdenfane is the home of the palace of Mallister which is the home of House Mallister the ruling house of the entire Vale, and the palace is visited by anyone in the Vale that wishes for anything of House Mallister.

Surdenfane was the first city founded in the Vale of Mallister and the current location of the palace of Mallister was the spot that the first members of House Mallister would make their home. Over time as the members of House Mallister grew powerful they turned Surdenfane into their own personal paradise where crime, poverty, and death were basically unheard of. This was accomplished through the brutal repression of criminals in the town of whom came to reside in the far more nefarious Vurdenfane west of Surdenfane, and the rivalry between these two towns has become legendary because of this fact. Surdenfane would become a member of the Kingdom of Lucerne following the alliance between House Mallister, and House Lovie, and under this agreement nothing has changed, but the coming changes may change the foundations of the entire Vale alongside Surdenfane.

Highgarden
See Also : Highgarden

Highgarden is a large port city located in the southern Valley of Lucerne and is one of the main cities of the Kingdom of Lucerne. Highgarden is the center and the headquarters of House Tyrell, and it is through the city that dominates the region around it, and controls much of the southern river trade. Highgarden is the most populous Goth House located outside of Westros, and thus it is one of the centers of the Gothic culture in Europe.

Highgarden was founded in the ancient days of the entry of the northern Italians into the Valley of Lucerne and formed one of the largest towns in the area. Following the War with Carthage the Italians fled the area after Hannibal entered the region, and following this the town was nearly deserted. As the Germans entered the area they settled in the area of Highgarden, but it wasn't until the coming of House Tyrell that Highgarden begin go grow to the levels it once was at. House Tyrell was reeling from the loss of power they had during the aftermath of the Driving Tide and because of this they were pouring all their money in Highgarden so that they would have a place of their own. The new Highgarden was founded around the old Gardiner Keep that they had been forced to take the city from. As House Tyrell took House Gardiner as their vassal they took complete control of the city. From the port they would form a small fleet which was made of smaller ships but could travel north to Lole, and then east to the Rhine River and eventually to Westros and other places leaving it with a lot of power potentially.

Brill
See Also : Brill



Brill is a small town east of Lucerne and north west of Stormwind.

Its main purpose in its history has been the supply, and sources of trade for the farmers of the agricultural lands in North eastern Lucerne. But in this role many in Brill felt it was badly underappreciated due to the percieved strength of Forks in relation to Brill. This has led to a lot of disputes between those from Brill, against those from Forks.

The ruling family was for many years was House Jestife but with their destruction and the rebuild of Brill, House Swift has taken Lordship of the town. Under House Swift the town of Brill is growing rapidly, and is growing as a center of Dragon Worship in Lucerne.



Hillsbrad
See Also : Hillsbrad

Hillsbrad is a town in Lucerne which is a major producer of agricultural goods for the Kingdom. Located South west of Tree Hill, it is heavily defended by Hillsbrad Keep due to it's location near the border with France.

The Actual town of Hillsbrad is one of many new towns constructed under Andrew Lovie. It is very similar in appearance to these towns, as Andrew has centralized construction.

The ruling house of Hillsbrad is House Greymane.

Hearthglen
See Also : Hearthglen



Hearthglen is a city in Lucerne, it is being planned as a new Lords city to be led by House Scarlet. The city controls the approach towards Stormwind and the Valley of Lucerne by any force coming from the North. The cities location is in the extreme southwest of the Westros region, and its location is only a days march from Lorderon, and Stormwind.

Hearthglen was founded during the early reign of the Kingdom of Lucerne, and its founding was meant to facilitate House Scarlet into a Lords House, and to expand the control of the kingdom into the Riverlands. Hearthglen was created during the actual attempt to take control of the Riverlands, and the threat that there was going to be a Lucernian City in the backyard of the Riverlords led to many of the Riverlands houses to give into the annexation by the Kingdom of Lucerne. With the Riverlands dominated by the Lucernians the city of Hearthglen became the closest ambassador to the Lucernians when it came to Riverrun, and because of this it became increasingly powerful.

Braedin
See Also : Braedin



Braedin is a town south of Westbridge that is dominated by House Curtley, and centered around twin villages defended from Castle Curtley. Braedin is the third largest town of the region of Westbridge, and as such it has always been of vital importance to anyone who wished to take control of the region and the larger town of Westbridge. Braedin has changed hands many times but the first time in many generations that it was actually taken in a siege was during the Invasion of Westbridge where the members of House Scott sacked it.

Braedin was founded after the ancient members of House Curtley were travelling south during the Great Migration and discovered a perculiar bridge built into the side of a cliff. From this bridge they were able to enter three different platueas which all were connected by bridges, and at the extreme south of these bridges was a single temple type structure which they couldn't identify. Either way House Curtley begin using this location to dominate the region which they did effectively for generations until they were taken for the first time by ancient Vandals who were moving south. They didn't hold long as they were taken by House Labeof who held them for many generations of peaceful rule. Under House Labeouf Braedin and House Curtley grew quite strong and it was during this time that they heavily fortified the bridge crossings, and also constructed castle Curtley to be the center of their control. House Malfoy would sack Westbridge bringing about their control over the region, and they decided quickly to simply stay silent during this reign and wait out their next master. This came when they were invaded by the Kingdom of Lucerne under the leadership of House Scott who used brilliant suprise, as well as siege machines to bypass much of their defences and capture the town.



Drinlin
See Also : Drinlin

Drinlin is a town located northwest of Stormwind and is one of the most ancient of the towns dotted throughout the Valley of Lucerne. Drinlin is larger in population then many other towns and in overall rankings it is tenth largest town within the Valley of Lucerne, and unlike some of the other towns this is perhaps the most homogeneneous town in the valley with basically only Vandals living within the town. Drinlin was the ancestoral home of House Estermont but they lost total control when House Starke, and House Baratheon conquered the town and added it to the lands of House Starke, of which the town remains the control of House Estermont.

Marburg
See Also : Marburg

Marburg is a large village in the western half of the Lucernian Valley. With a population of 1,300 people it is one of the larger villages in Lucerne.

Located only a few days east of the western Lucerne border it became rich due to be a center of the trade route for Bretonians wishing to trade their goods in the Kingdom of Lucerne. With the destruction of Bretonia the village has become somewhat depressed economically, but has made a resergence under Andrew Lovie who has placed the main headquarters of the western Agricultural administration in the town. This headquarters has meant that Marburg is now the center of the collection of farming goods in the western half of Lucerne before their eventual transfer elsewhere.

Marburg has for its history been the center of power for the major House Ordos, and their existence in the village has brought many nobles to the city who are bannermen of House Ordos or just rich merchants.

Raerin.jpgn
See Also : Raerin

Raerin is a village located inside the Kingdom of Lucerne northwest ofStormwind, and west of the town of Drinlin. Rearin is of similar size but of much lower importance to the village of Marburg and its population of over 1000 have meant that the village has been pushing for growth into a town which would have happened if not for the resistence of Drinlin's leadership recently. Raerin was founded by House Plaup but it only lasted independantly for a short time before House Starke, and their vassal House Baratheon conquered the village and made it apart of the Kingdom of Lucerne, but despite this the control of the village is left to House Plaup.

Patria
See Also : Patria

Patria is a small fishing village that sits on Lake Bresklo. The village is the home of the Scott Estate, and it was once deemed a simple estate of Tree Hill, but Keith Scott has turned it into its own village.

Patria is one of many of the fishing villages spread out throughout Lucerne that operate the Aquacultural farms that have become famous in Lucerne. These farms grow the fish in nests that allow for the mass production and then fishing of the various species of fish.

Bedroogen
See Also : Bedroogen

Bredgooden is a village to the south east of Lucerne. Despite its extremely small size, Bredgooden has been the site and birth of a number of important moments and people within the Kingdom of Lucerne.

Most known for being the center of House Jackson, and in some ways their own personal village for a time, the village's role changed dramatically when House Jackson was nearly wiped out during the Plague. Following the Plague the village was deprived of its most important members and this led the village into a steep decline which has only reveresed with the return of Joshua Jackson, and his House's wealth returning.

Dragonboon
See Also : Dragonboon

White Hill
See Also : White Hill

White Hill is a large Lucernian Fortress that sits south-west of Forks, and West of Tree Hill.

The Fortress was contructed to protect the gap between the mountains and it gaurds the northern approach into the Valley. The fortress itself works alongside its command center in Castle Stragnarax and governs three of the Eyes to its west.

The control of White Hill is held by House Ordos, who lost the attempt to control Castle Stragnarax and was able to gain White Hill in a compromise.

Dragonhorn
See Also : Dragonhorn

Dragonhorn is a fortress in Western Lucerne, that defends the mountains to the south-west of Tree Hill.

The Fortress was built as a measure of increased security for the most dangerous western region of the Kingdom. It holds the gap in the mountains alongside Castle Stragnarax, Hillsbrad Keep, White Hill, and the Eyes.

The Castle itself is the main base now of the large House Ordos, and they gaurd it with the steeley resolve they have become known for in their history.

Hillsbrad Keep
See Also : Hillsbrad Keep

Hillsbrad Keep is the fort that protects Hillsbrad. The fortress sits on a hill West of Hillsbrad and is administered by House Greymane who also runs the city of Hillsbrad.

The current commander of the fort is James Ashbury a member of the House Greymane Honor Gaurd. Through him the fort has slowly grown, to the point now that Hillsbrad is in some circles being discussed as a competitor to the large city of Tree Hill.

The Eyes
See Also : The Eyes

The eyes are the defensive scout towers that are built on the borders of Lucerne territory to alert of incoming attacks.

Castle Stragnarax
See Also : Castle Stragnarax



Castle Stragnarax is a mighty fortress of Lucerne built on the extreme western border of the Kingdom. Its purpose is to be the first line of defence against the Orcs of France and because of this is heavily gaurded and fortified.

Castle Stragnarax was constructed and is now controlled by House Brent, a minor House in Lucerne, who through this endevor has become quite wealthy. The fortress is also the home of the Order of the Violet Dragon who make their home within the tower of the Violet Dragon.

The castle was named after the deceased dragon of William Lovie II, and in this way is a testimony to the remaining devotion to the Dragon in Lucerne.

Runestone
See Also : Runestone

Runestone is a large castle located south of Lucerne, and north of the town of Gulltown and is dominated by House Royce who hold a heriditary domination of it. Runestone is built onto a raised peak and can only be reached by a long bridge that can obviously be destroyed by the defenders thus making it unreachable. Within the depths of Runestone is a large underground lake that has a large amount of both available water, and fish for the garrison and population of the castle.

Runestone was first constructed by two brothers of the original members of House Royce of whom discovered the mountain peak while they were climbing the peak. At first they constructed nothing more then a ladder down the mountain so that they could more easily get up and down. Runestone would become even more influencial when the father of Yohn Runestone would delve into the caverns beneath the keep and discovered a large underground lake that spread for nearly a mile under before meeting up with a larger river nearbye. This created both a hidden escape path for the garrison and denizens of the castle, and at the same time created an abiility to create a source of food and water for the castle even if it became under siege.

Unique Sites

 * The Temple of the Dragon
 * Temple of Stragnarax
 * Tower of Magi
 * Tower of the Violet Dragon

Goverment
Main Article : Goverment in Lucerne

The Kingdom of Lucerne is a monarchy that rules through hereditary transfer of power. The leader at the top then assigns Lords to look after the cities within Lucerne.

The goverment is having dramatic changes under Andrew Lovie, whose political ideology is making for even greater centralization of power towards the goverment. In this way he has been founding numerous Orders and Organizations all responsible for specific tasks or areas within the Kingdom.

King of Lucerne
Main Article : King of Lucerne

The kingdom is ruled by hereditary kings from the Lovie family. The king has absolute power, but must under mandate meet on a semi-annual basis with the Lords of Lucerne. There have been 5 Kings of Lucerne and 1 interim leader in its history, and it unique to know that of those 2 have been lost to madness and brought extreme shame to the Kingdom

Kings of Lucerne
 * 1) William Lovie
 * 2) John Lovie
 * 3) Jacob as interim King while James reached maturity
 * 4) James Lovie
 * 5) Bill Lovie
 * 6) Andrew Lovie

The current king of Lucerne is Andrew Lovie.

Queen of Lucerne
Main Article : Queen of Lucerne

The Queen of Lucerne is a position of great honor, and importance in the Kingdom of Lucerne, and for this reason their is usually a lot of discussion about the wives of the incoming Kings. For instance the wife of James Lovie was Queen of Lucerne and she is widely recegnized for her rebuilding of the Eye's after they had fallen into serious state of disrepair.

One can look at the Queen as a lobbiest for causes that the King may not be politically motivated, or able to assist in. The current queen of Lucerne is Bella Swan. Bella Swan was raised from an early age to be kind and generous and this has translated well into the Kingdom, as she is one of Andrew's top ears when the issue of public wealfare is discussed.
 * 1) Flavia Scarlet
 * 2) Jeane Arryn
 * 3) Maegerie Ordos
 * 4) Lisa Tyrell
 * 5) Bella Swan

Heir of Lucerne
The current heir to the throne of Lucerne is the young Andrew Lovie II. Behind Andrew Lovie II. is Andrew's oldest son William III. who is illegitimate due to the mother being Amber Heard II. Also there is Riley Scott, who is another illegitimate

Kings Advisor
The Kings advisor is the right hand man of the King. This position is usually held by one person for the entire time of the reign but there have been instances where there have been more then one during the reign of a King.

Arch Lord of Lucerne
Main Article : Arch Lord of Lucerne

See Also : King's Council

The Arch Lords of Lucerne are the absolute top tier of the realm of Lucerne, and their power is the only one below perhaps the Kings Advisor, and of course the King himself. The Lords of Lucerne are chosen from the ruling house of what are deemed the Lord Cities, of which are the most powerful and important cities in the Kingdom of Lucerne. This is true in all cases except for the city of Stormwind where the city contains two Lords, but most basically say that House Lannister is the Lord of Lannistane while House Starke rules over Stormwind.

The King's Advisor is a special Lord of whom is appointed by the King of Lucerne and is basically the man that is taken in order to do the bidding of the King. The King's Advisor was created because there were four Lords and thus they needed one more to break the deadlock if one should appear amongst the Lords at the Council.

The Lords of Lucerne rule over their individual lands with the control that one might deem a King to have, but there true power lies with their excistence on the King's Council where they all have a seat. The King's Council is the place where the major decisions of the Kingdom of Lucerne are sorted out, and in this way they are all required to go to every meeting unless a suitable reason can be found.

1. House Lannister. Co-Lords of Stormwind alongside House Starke.

2. House Starke. Co-Lords of Stormwind alongside House Lannister

3. House Swan. Lord of Forks

4. House Scott. Lord of Tree Hill

5. Kings Advisor. Currently Carlisle Cullen

6. House Menathil. Lord of Lorderon

7. House Greymane Lord of Hillsbrad

8. House Scarlet. Lord of Hearthglen

9. House Swift. Lord of Brill

The Lords Council was for most of the history of Lucerne only a five person council, and under Andrew it has increased dramatically to nine. The main reason for this expansion was the growth in the cities and towns of Lucerne following the construction craze in Andrew's early tenure. During this time Brill, and Hillsbrad became proper cities in Lucerne, and the city of Hearthglen was constructed. As well as this Lorderon was annexed by Lucerne and its size dictated a Lord's seat.

It is important to note that all the Lords of Lucerne Lord over a council of their own, which is made up of the Thanes, and Yarls of their region of control. So in this way the Thanes, and Yarls of Lucerne are also represented.

The Shadow Council

 * Andrew Lovie
 * Emmett McCarty
 * Edward Cullen
 * Jasper Hale

Dragon Orders
Main Article : Dragon Orders of Lucerne

Under Andrew the organization and centralization of the Kingdom was the main process and in this way he went about creating a number of new organizations and orders that would centralize the different aspects of the Kingdom.

The Order's are lumped into four categores and each Category except for the other's has an overall leader that leads all the orders within that specific category.

Military Orders
The first of the four categories of the Dragon orders are the military dragon orders. These dragon orders are responsible for their specific aspect of war and defence.

The Current King of Lucerne is William Lovie III.

The Grand Thane is the second in command behind the King, and when it comes to the actual day to day running of the different Orders he is the main facilitator. His main action is to make sure that the orders within his control are running smoothly.

The Current Grand Thane is

Order of the Red Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Red Dragon

The Order of the Red Dragon is the dragon order that oversees the training, recruitment, and deployment of the Red Dragon Army of Lucerne which is basically the standing army in the Kingdom. The King is still the overall head of the red dragon army and at any point can alter or change any order given to anyone in the army, but for practical day to day purposes the army is led and controlled through a simple command hierarchy.

The King is still the overall head of the red dragon army and at any point can alter or change any order given to anyone in the army, but for practical day to day purposes the army is led and controlled through a simple command hierarchy. The command hierarchy though broken into three branches is tasked and required to always commicate and assist all branches of the overall order, and any sence that their is devision is mandated to be stopped immediatly upon its discovery. The Waffen are the second most powerful element of the Order of the Red Dragon and they control the ground based troops of the Kingdom of Lucerne, and it is located and controlled inside the capital of Lucerne where it has a sprawling castle located deep within Lucerne Hold and inside the King's Keep.

The order is relatively new considering it was created under Andrew Lovie, but its size is considerable and only approached in size by the armies of the Noble Houses of Lucerne of whom control massive forces. The real place where the Order of the Red Dragon has excelled is in the build up of the Kriegs Marine of which now controls dramatically more ships then any of the houses in the entire Kingdom of Lucerne outside of Kul Tiras, and the Riverlands but even they are approaching levels that rival the two major navies.

The Order of the Red Dragon was founded alongside many of the other Dragon Orders of Lucerne, and the main purpose of the Order of the Red Dragon was to act as a fast support military army, and to be the main force in terms of campaigns. It was also to become the main controller of the ships of the Kingdom of Lucerne, alongside the griphons, and other flying troops. William desired a centralized army as to take away some of the control of the Noble Houses of the Kingdom of Lucerne as they in many cases controlled more forces then some Kingdoms did, and thus if they ever chose to rebel the Kingdom would need a loyalist force outside of House Lovie and allies to act in accordance to what the Kingdom needed. The Order of the Red Dragon would first be deployed in the Battle of Berne where it was a major source of the army that was to attack the actual fortress while the houses infiltrated inside the mountain. The Order of the Red Dragon would thus remain very important during the Civil War as it was present in Lucerne Hold in heavy numbers and fought on the loyalists side as the rebels attempted to assasinate members of the House Lovie loyalists. Following this the Order of the Red Dragon would move to the Riverlands where it was responsible for frightening many of the Riverlands into easier negotiations. The deployment of thousands of royal troops of the Order of the Red Dragon which didn't have to be sent back and could remain on the field indefinetly meant that most of the Riverlands was scared into submission. In the few cases where they were forced to move forward there large numbers were able to easily overwhelm the few sources of defiance found throughout the Riverlands. After the capture of the Riverlands the Order would be a massive force during the Invasion of Westbrige, and it would both transport the seaborne forces, and at the same time lead large numbers alongside House Lovie.

Order of the Golden Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Golden Dragon

The Order of the Golden Dragon is the Lucernian order that controls and operates the military units responsible for the protection of Lucernian officials, and many escort or bodygaurd roles. The Order of the Golden Dragon has become split into two seperate organizations between the Praetorian Gaurd, and the overall order of which the leadership have become distant.

The current leader of the Order of the Golden Dragon is Bernd Von Yernese, but his close second in command is the very powerful Jasper Hale of whom leads the Praetorian Gaurd. The position of leader of the Mernese Gaurd is distinctly more powerful, but the influence that Jasper Hale has within the court of Lucerne has meant that he has been able to grow his section to the point that the Mernese Gaurd. The order is the smallest of the Military Dragon orders of Lucerne, but the elite elements of the Order are some of the most elite troops that exist in Lucerne. This has meant that they have become a percieved role that is only given to the most honorable of knights, and because of this it is heavily built with the ranks of nobles, and aristocrats children.

The Current leader of the Golden Dragon is Bernd Von Yernese

Order of the Blue Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Blue Dragon

The Order of the Blue Dragon is the Dragon order that controls the Magi users in the Kingdom of Lucerne, and this way does the recruiting, training, and commanding of all those Magi within the order. The Order operates out of the old circle of Magi tower, but also controls the valley of Tarnboot and several small locations throughout the Kingdom of Lucerne. The Leadership of the Order of the Blue Dragon starts with the Azure Lord in the form of the powerful mage Khadgar, and below him lie the six Azure Lords.

The Order of the Blue Dragon has taken control of the old Circle of Magi tower called the Tower of Magi, and it is here that they maintain their headquarters. From the Tower of Magi the Order of the Blue Dragon has set up stepping stones in all the major towns throughout the Kingdom of Lucerne, and this allows them to quickly transport themselves to these locations in a matter of a second. Alongside this they control the valley that the Tower is located in, and inside this valley the two houses in the form of House Mandelay, and House Burgen are the Vassals of the Order of the Blue Dragon, and provide most of the physical non-Magi support for the Order of the Blue Dragon.

The Leadership of the Order of the Blue Dragon starts with the Azure Lord in the form of the powerful mage Khadgar, and below him lie the six Azure Lords. Khadgar in his role as Azure's Hand is obviously the overall leader, but each sect of the Order of the Blue Dragon (Illusion, Destruction, Restoration, Myctism, and Conjuration) all have their own leaders that control the manner in which their respective sects are moving.

The begginings of the Order of the Blue Dragon were formed when Khadgar begin to fear that his master in Bill Lovie had lost himself into Chaos. In this way he took little part in the affairs of the Circle of Magi, and begin to form ideas of creating a new Order if the opportunity should ever arise. He would at first begin finding members, and it was during this attempted recruiting that he would become an enemy of the state after he did not assist the Circle of Magi in their mission to destroy the city of Tree Hill. He watched as Bill grew more powerful and felt hopeless but his selvation would arrive when William Lovie III. rose to power, and gave him permission to create the Order of the Blue Dragon. From the old Tower of Magi the order has grown to much larger levels then I think even Khadgar believed they could, and with this increase comes a growth in importance. The Order has become quite popular following their succesful role in the Invasion of Westbridge where they basically by themselves managed to take control of the weakened northern gatehouse of the castle. Alongside this they were the main force used to deflect the incoming Lord Voldermorte of whom many said if he became involved could single handedly defeat the siege. Following this they have become increasingly used by the reigning king William Lovie III., and during the ending events of the Rise of Lucerne they would construct a massive series of Magi pylons along the border of the Kingdom of Lucerne's Valley of Lucerne so that noone could freely enter the valley using Magi teleportion.

Order of the Violet Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Violet Dragon



The Order of the Violet Dragon is a dragon order of Lucerne that directs all assassinations inside and outside of Lucerne. The order is housed in the Tower of the Violet Dragon within the walls of Castle Stragnarax. The Order has grown quickly from its early begginings and was used as one of the main elements of the Invasion of Westbridge, and their success their opens up the Order for a major step forward in the coming years. This stepforward appears to be the incoming war in Westros where William Lovie has placed a top level importance on the role being played by the Order of the Violet Dragon. The Order is organized through a dictorial system in which their is the leader, and then flowing beneath him are the secondary leaders, and then beneath them flow the rest of the order. The head of the order is Ezio Ederiz, and he is basically solely responsible for the immigration of so many previously Ravenholdt assasins who respect him so much that they are prepared to follow him to this new kingdom they know nothing about. The Lord Assasins are the 5 most powerful assassins within the order, and are at this point made up of the greatest assassins that followed Ezio from Ravenholdt. The Cloaks of the Dragon are the trainers and leaders of the Whelpings. Each cloak is in charge of exactly 7 Whelpins, and will accompany them on their first 5 missions. Some Cloaks are without trainees, and this is mainly due to the increasingly experianced group of assasins that are rising within the Order.

The head of the order is Ezio Ederiz, and he is basically solely responsible for the immigration of so many previously Ravenholdt assasins who respect him so much that they are prepared to follow him to this new kingdom they know nothing about. The Current Dragon's Knife is Ezio Ederiz

Economic Orders
The economic dragon orders are responsible for the internal, and external economic movements of the Kingdom of Lucerne.

Order of the Grey Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Grey Dragon



The Order of the Grey Dragon is the dragon order that is responsible for the construction, upgrading, and other tasks involved in infrustructure and building projects. The Order of the Grey Dragon has gained fame through its quick and simple construction of many of the new structures that mark the new reign of Andrew Lovie including Hearthglen, and the port of Stormwind. This centralization is unpresadented in Europe and basically means that in order to build anything of any size or scale you are required to go through a Kingdom organization in the form of the Order of the Grey Dragon. The Order of the Grey Dragon organize themselves into locations called Lodges, of which are located all across the Kingdom of Lucerne with the largest called the Grand Lodge located in Lucerne Hold.

The Order of the Grey Dragon organize themselves into locations called Lodges, of which are located all across the Kingdom of Lucerne with the largest called the Grand Lodge located in Lucerne Hold. The other Lodges are founded and located in the central part of their specific area of control, and this usually is coresponding with the largest town in the region, but their are lodges located in small villages or castles in some examples.

The Organization is ruled ideologically by Andrew Lovie, who is the only one who can order a construction project, but in the actual running of each construction project the order itself and its heirchy are responsible. The Head of the Order was the leader of the order, and it was his responsibility to place the proper foreman in place, and to make sure that not only were projects were going on pace, but were exceeding estimates. This head of the Order in the form of Leonardo Mevinlo will then disignate to the leadership of the Order of the Grey Dragon of which is made up of a council of twelve Masons called the Grand Masters. Each of these Grand Masters will be responsible for the control of a certain geographical region, and they must staff themselves and control themselves from a location called a Lodge.

The Current Leader of the Grey Dragons is Leonardo Mevinlo

Order of the Black Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Black Dragon



The Order of the Black Dragon is the Dragon Order of Lucerne that runs, and regulates the economics of the Kingdom of Lucerne. Founded by Andrew Lovie as a counter balance to the extreme control held by the many houses of Lucerne, the Order was at first very unpopular but has grown to be so wealthy that its popularity has slowly grown. The Order of the Black Dragon holds its headquarters with Lucerne Hold within the Tower of the Black, which is one of the newer Sky Towers that were constructed. From here the different offices are administered over by the Chief Officer who controls the overall direction of the Order, while he delegates commands to his different Vice Officers that are his hands out in the field.

Founded as one of the later Dragon orders the order itself was meant to take control of the major businesses, and industries from the various houses of Lucerne as things expanded. While the majority of houses would notice little change there were specific industries such as trade, that the Order of the Black Dragon would be completely taking over. This order was also tasked with constantly being vigiliant about houses that were failing to provide adequet growth in their businesses, and in this task they would first analyze the failings and then if this continued they would take over the business. It was believed that this would eventually lead to the entire economy being run by the Order of the Black Dragon, which was the overall goal of the regime of Andrew Lovie.

The Leader of the Order of the Black Dragon is Matthew Hale of House Hale.

Order of the Green Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Green Dragon



The Order of the Green Dragon is the dragon order that controls and regulates the diplomats and the diplomatic missions that exist in relation to the Kingdom of Lucerne.

The Order is quite large, in that it contains the dozens of diplomats that must travel around Europe, as well as maintaining the gaurds that will escort and protect the diplomats when they leave the Kingdom. In some cases such as the embassy in Gondor, Arnor and Hogwarts , these are permanent missions that exist in foreign soil.

The Order plans to rely more on embassies as time goes forward, as the actual costs are comparable to travelling, and it is much more personal and immediate.

The Current Consular Thane is Nicoli Machiavelli

The Order of the Dragon
The Order of the Dragon is the order that organizes and controls the administration and duties of Dragon Worship in the Kingdom of Lucerne. An all female order it's an extremely influencial order that contains the daughters of many of the great houses and families within the Kingdom.

The Order of the Steel Dragon

The Order of the Steel Dragon is an order that uses the brightest minds within the Kingdom of Lucerne to advance the technology of the Kingdom.

Demographics
See Also : Nobility of Lucerne

The Kingdom of Lucerne is dominated by Germans throughout seventy percent of the lands, but in the other areas it has a sizeable proportion of Italians. The Kingdom from the foundation of the land was overcome by the Italians, and the Atlantians but following the collapse of the Empire of Numeron the Atlantians retreated eastward into the lands of Gondor. The Italians would become slowly pushed out as the Vandals, and other Germanic Tribes slowly pushed into the Valley of Lucerne. The Gemans are mainly adopting of the Vandals and this is the highest proportion of Vandals that live in any area of Europe outside of Norway and other smaller kingdoms of northern Westbridge.

86 A.D. Kingdom of Lucerne Census
In 86 A.D. Andrew placed a Kingdom wide census order, and with this the population of the Kingdom became clear.

Religion
The Kingdom of Lucerne is a free practising State, where people are free to choose their religion. There are no penalties placed on religions other then Emperor worship, which was a decision made after the Arnor War. This is a fact of great contention between Lucere, and The Empire who is the main believer in Emperor worship.

Now while there is no outright penelty it is known that because the ruling regime in the Lovie Family is Dragon followers and that they are more supportive of people who are Dragon followers as well.

Major Religions
There are three major religions that exist in Lucerne in any significant number. Each of three religions can be defined greatly by their numbers within the Kingdom and within the major cities.

Demographics of the Kingdom
83% Dragon Worship

7% Athiest

6% Christianity. (Down significantly following the destruction of Tree Hill)

3% Animal Religions

1% Emperor Worship

Dragon Worship in Lucerne
See Also : Dragon Worship Dragon Worship is the religion of the Lovie family, and for this reason is the prodominent religion in the Kingdom. The Lovie Family has pushed the worship of the Dragon greatly throughout all of their kings, except for Bill. This includes being the primary supplier of funds for the construction of new temples, as well as providing the supplies required for the Dragon Priests to work full time at their craft.

The site for royal weddings is at the major Dragon Worship church in the kingdom, and Dragon worship maintains temples in every town, and in most of the small villages in Lucerne.



Christianity in Lucerne
See Also : Christianity Since the birth of the Man god Jesus, the spread of his religion has been strong throughout Araby and into the Roman Empire. This spread has had difficulty merging into Central Europe where the Dragon worship of Lucerme, and Gondor have halted the spread. Even with this Christianity is the second largest religion in the Kingdom, its man area is centered in Tree Hill of which was predominetly Christian. The destruction of Tree Hill has significantly reduced the number of christians in the Kingdom, as well as halting the inroad of Christianity into other areas. All major families hailing from Tree Hill are Christian.

Since the rebuilding of Tree Hill, the new Order of the Dragon has come along with it, and brought a taste of a well organized Dragon movement which is stifling all attempts to regrow Christianity in Tree Hill.

Athiest
The lack of religon is a sizeable number of citizens within the Kingdom. Athiesm is noteable for not having any practising major families, a fact that has made it's number continuesly decline.

Dragon Knight
Main Article : Dragon Knight

Dragon Knights are members of a select group of Dragon worshippers that have been inducted into the Knighthood by a felllow Knight. While obstensivly a religious organization, and title the Dragon Knights of the recent years have become like minor nobles as they can gain land, and hold a higher position that has mainly been one of military action.Dragon Knights occupy a social standing between that of lords and smallfolk, and it is in this position that they truly make their names. Contrary to the nobility, this rank is not hereditary, and it is possible for the baseborn to become knights. Dragon Knights are referred to with the title "Ser", which donates a certain amount of respect for everything that the knight is believed to have accomplished.

Law and Justice
Main Article : Kingdom of Lucerne Justice System

Lords have judicial power in cases arising in their domains, while landed knights are sometimes Lords in all but name, only the Lords are given the right to administer the high justice for capital penalty. It is a lords duty to keep the peace, hear petitions, and meet out justice and punishments, all in the name of his lord, and ultimately, in the name of the king. The lords may entrust task to their sworn lords, Landed knights, and bailiffs. To help them keep the peace, local judgement s and overseeing hangings. If the lord is unable to give sentencing, it's up to the lord of the great house holding dominion in that area and eventually the king to give sentencing, as the final authority.

The Lord or his officers, would hold local courts, listens to petitions and accusations and rules based on the evidence and law. Although the Kingdom of Lucerne has a Master of Laws, which suggest some form of Statutory law, it's largely based on local custom and wisdom rather than justice. as such it's sometimes wise to look the other way to keep the peace. This has changed dramatically under the rule of William Lovie III. of whom has turned the lawyer of the Master of Laws against those that do not heed the tradition of the realm.

Gondor
See Also : Gondor

Stormwind
See Also : Stormwind war with Gondor {C}{C}{C {C}The City of Stormwind had under the direction of Bill Lovie been under a policy of open hostility towards Gondor. This meant that the two kingdoms were in a non-declared state of war for the period of Bill Lovie's reign.

Recent History
See Also : The Journey

When Andrew took his journey he met with the King of Gondor in King Aragorn Elessar and the two had a meeting of the minds, which led to them coming to a tenative agreement. Aragorn had very little faith that Andrew would actually return with an army in the goal of helping Gondor. In fact Andrew did return with the Lucernian army and assisted Gondor in the Battle of Minus Ithil, which repaired a lot of the damage between the two sides. Following this they they went together and liberated Tree Hill.

Following this King Aragorn and Andrew would meet again during the crowning of Andrew as King, where King Aragorn would be there to show the support of Gondor for the new King.

Rome
The Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Lucerne have shared a border for generations, but unlike all the other neighbors of Lucerne the two have never reallly gotten to a point where they were close. Trade flows heavily between the city of Ravenna and the Kingdom of Lucerne, but the two leaderships have never really spoken in length.

Lorderon
See Also : Lorderon

The Kingdom of Lorderon was always a very close ally of the Kingdom of Lucerne, and in this way they fought together in almost every war the two sides have been involved in.

When the Kingdom of Lorderon planned on becoming a client state of someone elce, the Kingdom of Lucerne was one of the three Kingdoms that Lorderon seriously considered joining with. This consideration ended when Lorderon became a part of the Kingdom of Lucerne, and now the two are one in the same.

Arnor
See Also : Arnor Once their was an incredibly high amount of goodwill between the two nations. This only increased with the Lucernian involvement in the Arnor War. All was growing very nicely until the coming of Bill Lovie. Bill's isolationist policies heavily damaged the goodwill built up between the two.

The Empire
See Also : The Empire {C}{C}{C {C}Having fought in a war against eachother, the two sides are as close to enemies as there gets. Lucerne has banned Emperor worship in its kingdom, a fact that has led the Empire to promice to convert the backward kingdom at the earlies oppurtunity.



Kingdom of Bretonia
See Also : Kingdom of Bretonia {C}{C}{C {C}The Kingdom of Bretonia and Lucerne once shared a significant border, and through this border the relationship grew very strong. When the war in France reached its pinnicle the forces of Lucerne went to their aid and were destroyed in the same field as everyone else.

With a border no longer the relationship deteriated over night.

When Andrew came to be king the relationship was somewhat reastablished with Andrew and Jesse Eisenburg sending letters back and forth over the years of Andrew's reign.