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Spin Offs | Full Stories
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Preceded By | Valley of Chaos |
Followed By | Guardian of the Valley |
Narration | POV Character Narration, Unreliable |
The End of Darkness is the second book of the New World series, and is the second longest of the series. The end of darkness begins during the days following the Fall of Tree Hill, and tells the events that lead to William Lovie III embarking on the journey, and then the eventual overthrow of James Lovie. The story of the end of darkness ends with the events of the Battle of Berne and throughout the story many main characters are killed. The End of Darkness would be the most heavily Lucernian of the stories so far, and it made sure to point to the fact that William Lovie III. was the main character of the series.
The End of Darkness would give a lot of information of several conflicts from the point of view of Bill Lovie reading stories to his young sonWilliam Lovie III. These stories were told throughout the three chapters with James Lovie as the POV, and during this the Driving Tide would be discussed, the Arnor War, the Bloody Supper, and several other important events were foreshadowed or told in their entirety.
The End of Darkness begins with the Kingdom of Lucerne in a terrible position as the King currently in Bill Lovie has lost his mind due to fear, and madness and has alienated most of his vassals into hating him. The prince in William Lovie III. is at this point suffering from depression caused by missing a girl that he has seemingly no memory of, but sees each night in a dream, and this brings him to eventually leave the mountain capital with a group of his friends and a small military force. Traveling throughout the kingdom he comes to learn that his father has committed atrocities on a scale that no one could have ever thought possible, and he makes the decision to turn against his father's rule and lead the kingdom himself, of which he will do after he has relieved the nearly destroyed city of Tree Hill. Meeting with the king of the neighboring kingdom of Gondor he creates an alliance of which leads to the two working together to clear Gondor's besieged city of Orcs, and then together they fight and clear the city of Tree Hill of Orcs. Following this he discovers the Orcs had been allowed to enter Lucerne with the assistance of his father and after falling in love with a lady of House Scott he travels northward and reluctantly marries Bella Swan before traveling back to the capital to confront his father. Meeting his father and brother in their home he is unable to get vengeance when both use Magi to teleport away from Lucerne, but despite this he is crowned king and begins changing the situation that his father had got them into. The story ends with the final conflict between WIlliam Lovie III. and Sean Lovie and after a long argument between the two Sean kills Amber Heard II. and then is in tern killed by William of whom is devastated by her death but learns of his son and promises to care for him. The prologue is the first glimpse into the White Dragons of Lucerne and Lornax shows a desire to assist but the reasoning behind why they wont is explained when Stragnarax the ancient White Dovah details the last time the White Dovah went to the valley and helped a Lovie.
Contents
- 1 POV Characters
- 2 Births and Deaths
- 3 Plot Summary
- 3.1 Prologue
- 3.2 Chapter One
- 3.3 Chapter Two
- 3.4 Chapter 3
- 3.5 Chapter Three
- 3.6 Chapter Four
- 3.7 Chapter Five
- 3.8 Chapter 6
- 3.9 Chapter 7
- 3.10 Chapter 8
- 3.11 Chapter 9
- 3.12 Chapter 10
- 3.13 Chapter 11
- 3.14 Chapter 12
- 3.15 Chapter 13
- 3.16 Chapter 14
- 3.17 Chapter 15
- 3.18 Chapter 16
- 3.19 Chapter 17
- 3.20 Chapter 18
- 3.21 Chapter 19
- 3.22 Chapter 20
- 3.23 Chapter 21
- 3.24 Chapter 22
- 3.25 Chapter 22
- 3.26 Chapter 23
- 3.27 Chapter 24
- 3.28 Chapter 25
- 3.29 Chapter 26
- 3.30 Chapter 27
- 3.31 Chapter 28
- 3.32 Chapter 29
- 3.33 Chapter 30
- 3.34 Chapter 31
- 3.35 Chapter 32
- 3.36 Chapter 33
- 3.37 Chapter 31
- 3.38 Chapter 35
- 3.39 Chapter 36
- 3.40 Chapter 37
- 3.41 Chapter 38
- 3.42 Chapter 39
- 3.43 Chapter 40
- 3.44 Chapter 41
- 3.45 Chapter 42
- 3.46 Chapter 43
- 3.47 Chapter 44
- 3.48 Chapter 45
- 3.49 Chapter 46
POV Characters
The end of darkness contains several POV characters in the form of many of the characters that will continue to be the main characters throughout the New World series.
POV Character | Chapters |
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William Lovie III. |
1, 7, 11, 16, 23, 26, 30, 33, 36, 51 |
Alice Lovie | 2, 12, 27, 40, 44 |
Jon Snow | 8, 14, 28, 50 |
Edward Cullen |
6, 9, 18, 29, 34, 42 |
Lucas Scott | 4, 20, 49 |
Hedrik Clegane III. | 3, 10, 15, 41 |
Leven Martell | 12, 31, 35, 38 |
Franklin Brent IV. | 5, 16, 24, 37, 48 |
Brooke Scott |
17, 46 |
Ezio Ederiz | Prologue, 19, 21, 39, 47 |
Lornax | Epilogue |
Births and Deaths
Plot Summary
Prologue
Lornax
Chapter Details
Chapter One
William Lovie III.
Chapter Details
- An overarching part of the chapter is William's constant dreams of a girl of whom he does not know but feels he does. This foreshadows Alice Lovie of whom during this time Alice Lovie was stuck in Forks and knew nothing of her life previously there were constant references in William`s chapter to trying to remember something in his dreams and becoming increasingly close to remembering who the girl is.
Chapter Two
Alice Lovie
Chapter Details
Alice Lovie is the POV Character during this chapter and during this chapter she stands on the balcony of the tavern where she lives and details her life in Forks and the fact that she too dreams constantly of a strange blurred boy that she knows but doesn't know. Alice just like William is finding herself remembering the parts of her life with William to a larger and larger extent, and while once the dreams were all blurry now only William himself is blurry while everyone else appears perfectly. During this time she has a dream about this where she dreams of going to a tournament with the boy who held her hand walking there and then dawned armor with his friends to take part in the tournament. The dream begins with her and the boy alongside Amber, and Jasper watching Franklin Brent bully Meera Reed but before William can step in they watch Lyanna Starke move forward and defend the girl. The tournament would be heavily covered by her and detailed the growing relationship between the boy and Amber Heard II. alongside her relationship with Jasper Cullen. The Tournament named the Nortburg Tournament of 5120 would become a very important moment among the group. Waking up from her day dreams she goes downstairs where she is working as a bar maid at The White Ferret Inn a large tavern in the central district of the large city of Forks. She is happy to be distracted by the arrival of her friend Bella Swan of whom arrives at the tavern with her cousin Brody Swan and several Swan Guards, and at the arrival of Bella the tavern owner allows her to leave for a break and she goes outside with Bella where accompanied by one of the Swan Guards the two girls talk about their lives. Bella is horrified at the prospect of having to marry as her father has begun to discuss with her, and while no betrothals have been set yet she knows the moment grows closer that she will be forced to marry. Attempting to get her friends mind off this Alice discusses with her the breakdown of her relationship with Florius Novellius of whom she says she barely even thinks cares about her, and after talking it over for a time the two agree that she should confront Florius something that Alice says she will do after the tavern closes. Continuing to work she sees the arrival of James Nighting II. of whom she has a romantic interest in but he has never shown anything in return which caused her to begin her relationship which has now fallen apart with Florius Novellius. The two catch each other's eye and James comes to sit at the bar in front of her and the two begin talking with Alice surprised to find James flirting with her, and despite having not ended things with Florius, its Alice that finds herself flirting back, and they continue talking and flirting for some time before the tavern owner comes down half drunk and tells Rosalie to close the tavern. When the tavern closed Alice would leave the tavern escorted by James Nighting II. heading towards the Swan Estates where Florius Novellius was staying as he was a member of the House Swan guards and walking slowly as she doesn't want to leave the side of James they eventually part with a kiss to her cheek from James as he walks away leaving her to go to the Swan Keep gates alone. Alice would be allowed through the gates without really an questions as they knew Alice to be a friend of Bella and the lover of Florius she would travel into the barracks where she would enter his room and discover the horrible truth. When she arrived at Swan Keep she was greeted by the guards of whom led her into the back stables where Bella was spending her day, and the moment that she saw Bella she begin sobbing and fell to the ground where she was met by the arms of Bella surrounding her in a loving hug. Alice clung to Bella for sometime before she was finally calmed down enough to explain to Bella what had happened. She made Bella promise not to do anything about it, and Bella in a shocking move refused to let this go, and told Alice that the first chance she got she would be telling her father of whom she knew would have him removed from Forks. Alice attempted to make her change her mind but Bella was not moving in her opinion of what she had to do, so Alice simply clung to Bella and prayed that nothing would happen. Alice would fall asleep held by Bella and falling asleep she would dream of this different world with the blurred boy and this time she dreamed of her standing on the balcony of a large tower within a mountain and preparing for bed she would hear the door open and find the form of a boy who called her sister and then begin to look at her very strange before he lost his mind and attempted to rape her after she told him to leave. Fighting him off the noises would alert the boy in her dreams of whom this time she could make out his face and she watched as the two fought on the floor and the boy was unable to accept that he had hurt Alice, and thus the boy started to kill Tristan by strangling him. As he was strangling Tristan it was Alice that put her hand on his shoulder and whispered for him to stop. Every ounce of his soul wanted to kill his brother in that moment but he looked to Alice and saw tears streaming down her face, and he couldn't bear to add more pain to her, and thus grudgingly the boy of whom is now all but revealed as William Lovie III. did stop and Tristan ran out of the room. William would hold Alice tight as by this point guards had entered the situation, and James came to room feigning confusion over what had happened but quickly in order to keep the support of William he commanded Draco Highmore to put Tristan in chains and lock him in the bottom of the tower. It was in this moment that James saw his daughter in a different light then he had ever seen her before, but the voices in his head would keep him from revealing anything real to his children and he would eventually leave without honesty. Waking from the dream Alice would for the first time realize that she was dreaming about people who were her family, and she would wake to find no Bella so she left the room and went downstairs to get something to eat finding Bella's mother Renee Swan and talking with Renee she tells Renee about having a dream about a place and describing the Sky Towers Renee reveals that the place is the Sky Towers and lets Alice know that is the home of House Lovie. Pressing Renee more on the details of the royal family she learns that King James Lovie II. has two sons named William and Tristan, and upon hearing the name William she is overcome by a terrible headache and barely makes it back upstairs before passing out into another dream. Alice would in this dream
Chapter 3
Ezio Ederiz
Chapter Details
Ezio Ederiz is the POV Character during this chapter and during this chapter he
Chapter Three
Hedrik Clegane III.
Chapter Details
Hedrik Clegane III. is the POV Character of this chapter and the chapter begins with Hedrik joining his family in moving north against the spreading rebellion of a group calling itself the Seven Knights of Aerene, and in this he would lead a cavalry force heading directly towards Castle Ongrill of which they had heard had already fallen to the rebels. The chapter ends with Hedrik, Meinolf, and several of his men were walking back to the fort they had constructed from the Ongrill Keep when he is stopped on the road by a beautiful woman who tells him that he needs to go down an alley and save someone, and before he can stop the woman she disappears back into another alley. Moving to the alley she had told him to go he and his men find several men guarding the entrance to the alley but he is able to see past the men and realizes a woman is being raped by a man they are clearly guarding. No words are spoken instead a fight breaks out with Hedrik charging past the men leaving his men to handle the guards and he barrels into the raper knocking him off the girl. The two groups would briefly scuffle in the back alley, but Tristan would throw dirt in Hedrik's face in a very cowardly manner and this would allow Tristan the time he needed to make his escape. With Tristan gone the remaining men were either killed or ran with him leaving Hedrik and his men to turn to the girl to see the mess that the man had left her in, and was shocked at this amount of brutality. Her clothes were all ripped apart and her body was nearly completely exposed, and despite the circumstances he couldn't help but have his eyes linger as this was the first time he had ever seen a naked women. He checked her for a pulse and when he found it he knew she was alive so he wrapped his cloak around her and carried her back to the fort.
- During this chapter there would be a number of auxiliary characters introduced as well as more of Lucerne becomes uncovered in the form of Lole. During Chapter Three Hedrik Clegane III. made his first venture into the story, and he would introduce the characters to the idea of evil in Sean Lovie, as well as Rachel Wood and many of the nobles in Forks and Lole. This chapter would greatly branch out and become expanded on in the Short Story Evil Mind`s of which further followed the events and detailed the happenings that led to the love affair between Hedrik and Rachel as well as the corruption and madness of Sean Lovie.
- Jenny Clegane
- Mathew Clegane
- Marnia Clegane
- Rupert Clegane
- Meinolf Ostriger
- Konstantin Gaimen
- Accia Potenza
- Vopiscus Lentini
- Caius Norelli
- Rachel Wood
Chapter Four
Lucas Scott
Chapter Details
- Alongside Lucas the appearance of the Tree Hill characters happens of which especially characters such as Brooke Scott make their entrances and they described the events of Tree Hill, and a lot of hints were made about the fact that they believed they were deliberately attacked by the Orcs under the wishes of James Lovie. The Siege of Tree Hill would be particularly bloody, and it would have a distinctly dark tone to these chapters with only the growing love between Haley, and Lucas offsetting all the darkness in the chapters.
Chapter Five
Franklin Brent
Chapter Details
Chapter 6
Saiden Scarlet
Chapter Details
Saiden Scarlet is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he is standing on the wall of what is revealed to be the keep of the town of Clonvan, and is looking out over the town with Hanna. While they are spending time together at Lake Clonvan they are interrupted by the arrival of Hubert of Scarlet who tells Saiden that Lady Catherine Lovie is at Clonvan speaking with his family and he has been asked to attend this meeting. Arriving at the meeting he is shocked to be met at the door into the room by Septimia, and his brother Darion. Seeing Septimia brings Saiden back to the events of the Pantose Coup which he thinks about in pure anger as she attempts to apologize, and Darion attempts to calm him down. After several minutes of this Saiden has calmed down enough to speak to Septimia but as he berates her they are stopped by the arrival of Renault who brings them into the meeting hall. Meeting there it is not just Catherine Lovie inside but also several prominent nobles from Forks in the form of Volker Yernese, Dennis Yernese, Arthur Fordale, Edric Fordale, William Black II., and Jacob Black. As everyone sits down its Catherine that introduces a girl named Elsa Reichen. Elsa tells them about her brother Anselm Reichen who had been sent by their father to the large Rostegharion Mine to work with their uncle. While there it was Anselm that discovered the mine was using a slaves to mine, and then from the other guards there he learned it was far more widespread then that and eventually discovered the Rosenghard Slave Market which was located west of the city and contained thousands of slaves. Disgusted with what he had found it was Anselm that broke into the estate of Hunigild Raddatz where he found a letter from James Lovie II. detailing the authority of House Nighting, and House Jestife over the slavery trade as well as making it clear that slavery was now something to be sought out and not viewed as illegal. Escaping the estate of House Raddatz he was forced to hide the letter fearing it would be found on him and destroyed, and without the letter he was arrested for trespassing where he would be then visited by Elsa. With Hunigild aware that Anselm had the letter he would not allow his release and thus Elsa traveled to Hardhill where she told Edric what her brother had learned and this led to Edric traveling to Forks with her to meet with Charles Swan who then sent the group to meet with Catherine. With the story told its Catherine that the reason for Saiden being brought to them is that his marriage to Septimia will allow for him and a small force to be able to travel south without being questioned by what is an almost lock-down Rosenghard area. With Saiden unwilling to disappoint Catherine he accepts this offer but refuses to say anything to Septimia after the end of the meeting simply leaving and returning to see Hanna and Lianna. Preparing to leave for the south its Lianna that knocks on the door and greets her father with a hug which Saiden believes is a goodbye gesture but is proven wrong when she demands to come with him on the road south. After arguing with Lianna for a time about not coming she makes it clear she and her husband are coming with him whether its official or not so it would be in their best interest to just accept that. The chapter ends with Saiden arriving at Rosenghard and seeing the marketplace full to the brim with people in shackles he realizes without much doubt that the fears of Catherine have been realized.
- Hanna of Scarlet
- Lucifer Scarlet-En
- Lianna Scarlet-En
- Urmen Scarlet
- Taimen Scarlet
- Alexandra Scarlet
- Hubert of Scarlet
- Septimia Scarlet
- Darion Scarlet
- Renault Scarlet
- Volker Yernese
- Dennis Yernese
- Arthur Fordale
- Edric Fordale
- William Black II.
- Jacob Black
- Elsa Reichen
- Anselm Reichen
- Hunigild Raddatz
- Fredgar Shaab
Chapter 7
Edward Cullen
Chapter Details
Edward Cullen is the POV Character of this chapter and during the chapter Edward wakes up and from his thoughts it becomes clear that weeks have passed since the horribly awkward reunion of himself to the Shadow Council and he describes how Tanya wont speak to him, and he has really only spent time with Arnhilda, Hilary and William since his return as the others are cold to him and leave him out of whatever the group might be doing. He has grown closer to Floronius during this time as Carlisle has been so busy with his work for the king that Floronius has been left to be the father of sorts for Edward. The only positive thing other then William and Hilary in his life arrives at the door in the form of Hostella Hale who comes inside and kissing him its revealed that when Tanya refused to see him in his depression he grew close to Hostella and the two are now a couple of sorts. Instead of getting better things take a dramatic turn for the worse when Hostella drowns while following him to the water while he was swimming, and this destroys his relationship completely with Jasper, and Leven also sides against him leaving only Emmett, and William on the Shadow Council who still care for him. Emotionally destroyed Edward stays in his room for days and its several days into his self isolation that Lyanna Starke a member of the Cloud Council arrives at his room and the two have a long conversation where Lyanna is able to convince him not to give up on life preaching about the value of life through her eyes as a Dragonoph Priestess. Feeling better after the conversation he speaks with his sister of whom attacks him verbally but during this conversation she lets slip that Tanya had been coming to the estate every day trying to see him. Edward demands to know where she was now and Blake laughs that she had been sent back to the Denali Holdfast after the last attempt several days ago, and with this Edward storms out and gets on his horse and leaves Lucerne traveling towards the House Denali estates. Leaving through the gate of Lucerne he takes only his broom and heads into a small clearing outside the city range and gets on the broom taking off and heading towards the Denali Holdfast located west of Castle Cullen, and making the journey gives him lots of time to think on his feelings towards Tanya. Arriving at the Denali estates he sees Tanya walking the courtyard and they quickly notice him and he lands in front of them, and without a second thought Tanya runs into his arms giving him a hug. The two talk things out with Tanya revealing the truth that Edward had not known until now in the form of the reason everyone was so mad at him when he arrived was that they believed he had chosen to leave due to not wanting to be around them all.
Chapter 8
William Lovie III.
Chapter Details
William Lovie III. is the POV Character of this chapter and during during this chapter he wakes in a cold sweat and unwilling to let things lie he go upstairs to his fathers room and finds his father at his desk reading a book and when William asks to see the book Bill is unusually harsh and hides the book behind a painting locking it inside a chest hidden in the wall. Speaking with his father he demands to know where Amber went, and when he asks his father Bill tells him that Amber is living Forks now, and refuses to return to Lucerne, and all of this brings up memories for William of Amber. He spends time with Leven and Emma Bell during the early part of the chapter and he begins joking about how funny a girl named Alice is, and they have no idea who hes talking about, and while he is beggining to have true flashes he to doesn't know and tries to laugh it off. Emma leaves with her mother Catherine, and Leven remains behind staying in William's bed as he finds comfort in his friend. Sleeping he dreams of the events following Alice's dreams from the previous chapter and in this dream William would stay with the girl the entire night letting her sleep in his bed for the night to keep her calm, and then in the morning his aunt Catherine Bell arrived at the tower at his request and watched over her as William needed to deal with Sean. Leaving the girl crying with his aunt William told Hayden Percy to take him to Sean, and Draco would tell him that this wasn't the time and that judging from what just happened Bill wouldn't want him to do that. William would upon his failure to convince Hayden attempt to convince Draco, but despite Draco wanting to do this he was hamstrung by his honor to the king of Lucerne. William would let it rest for a night because even in his hatred and anger towards his brother he knew that the girl that he loved so deeply needed him more then his vengeance. Returning to the girl she fell into his arms as soon as she saw him, and Catherine left them to go and find her brother and try to learn more, and the rest of the day the two would talk, and Alice would tell William yet again how much she wanted their father to just reach out and say something to her. Alice was very open to revealing that even indifference would be preferable to the way he treated her now, and this feeling only made William hate his father more. William knew that Sean would just try this again so he decided that he needed to so greatly shame Sean that he would leave the city. Speaking to Jasper Hale, and Emmett McCarty about what had happened they would come up with idea of him challenging Sean and following through on this William went to the town crier the next morning and sent out a decree for Sean to duel him the next day. William never believed Sean would show up considering how skilled with a blade that William was, and the fact that Sean had little to no skill at the art of battle. But when the day did come he stood on the steps of Lucerne surrounded by a massive crowd, and saw Sean walking down the road towards him wearing the armor that he remembered had been given to Sean by Maron Scorpian as a gift on his twelfth birthday. As Sean walked towards him Alice begged William to not give Sean the gratification that this fight would give him. She knew that for Sean the hatred of William meant that he was probably willing to give up his life so that William would have to carry the title of kin slayer around with him for the rest of his life. William wanted to listen to his sister but when he saw the scarf on her neck he remembered the fear he had that his sister was dead or raped and could not. The fight went basically as everyone had assumed it would as William and his vastly superior fighting skills brutalized Sean throughout the fight. William threw his sword away towards the end of the fight and beat Sean to within an inch of death as the crowd surrounding them cheered him on. William is awoken the following morning by his aunt Catherine Lovie of whom tells him that there has been a rebellion in the lands of south-eastern central Lucerne and she is raising a force in order to take the fight to the rebels and gain control of the situation, and she is there to say goodbye but heavily hints she wants William to convince his father to let him come, and realizing this William storms into his fathers room where he finds him standing naked staring out the window talking to himself. As William is preparing to leave for the events of south-eastern Lucerne he would return to the Sky Tower to say goodbye to his brother, but on the way is stopped by Blake Cullen of whom reveals to him that she is pregnant, and William discovers to his shock that she has not slept with anyone except for him as Jasper had never taken their relationship that far. William's conversation with Blake is cut short by the arrival of Jasper who tells him that there has been a major problem at the Tower of Solice, and that his father has asked that he deal with the situation himself as he is busy at the moment. Jasper leaves the room not realizing what he had walked in on and William stays and talks with Blake promising her that he will care for her and the baby and that she need not worry and with this the two kiss before William leaves her to lead a force to the Tower of Solace. Leave the Cloud Tower he leads a force of a hundred men at arms alongside the entire Praetorian Guard towards the Tower of Solace and while marching through the streets towards the Tower of Solace he is cheered on by people who line the streets and upon reaching the walls leading into the Tower of Solace he finds bodies lining the road and the gate has been bashed in from the inside. Entering the courtyard there are more bodies as the signs of fighting are everywhere but finally survivors as he is approached by several men carrying the sigil of House Nighting and one of them introduces himself as Ludolf Nighting and tells William that they have fought off the attackers who have fled the tower, but while talking to Ludolf its Sean that comes out of the tower surrounded by many of his men and an argument begins between the two brothers. Before their is violence Carlisle Cullen arrives with several high knights of Lucerne and sends Sean away back to the Sky Towers where he has been ordered to meet with his father and discuss his new holding as the Tower of Solace has been taken from him. Carlisle and William talk for a time but this too ends when Carlisle makes it clear that William cannot enter the Tower of Solace and that while Carlisle wants to be truthful he is unwilling to betray his king James Lovie II. The chapter ends with William travelling through the gates of Lucerne alongside his aunt for the conflict against the rebels.
- During this chapter William continues to dream of a blurred face girl in much the same way that Alice was dreaming of a blurred face boy. During these dreams he remembered the events of the Duel on the Steps and the consequences of his loss in morality following the departure of Edward Cullen. More is detailed during this time about the relationship with Britney Hemsworth of whom by this point is long gone, but her memory and the relationship between the two was kept by Bill Lovie in terms of what had happened during the history he cannot rememeber.
Chapter 9
Jon Snow
Chapter Details
Jon Snow is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he is riding on the road with a group of men, and the group is very quiet with only the talking of his friends Robin Timberheart, and Tucker Jurny while Jon is lost in his thoughts over his time in the Frostfangs. Eventually the group arrives at Winterfell where Jon's younger brother Brann, and his sister Arya are playing outside the walls with some of their friends and both meet Jon with a hug. The rest of the group goes to the tavern to have a drink before going home, while Jon is joined by Bran and Arya in traveling to the Great Keep of Winterfell to meet with his father and the rest of the family. Arriving at the great keep he sees his sister Sansa talking with several of her friends and while he smiles at her she frowns and walks away with her friends. Entering the keep the guards there all nod with respect at him, and as his brother and sister bounce ahead of him nearly sprinting up the stairs to reach their father first its Jon that is overwhelmed by nerves at returning. He shares a brief conversation with Tomard of Starke before entering the throne room where he finds his father Eddard embracing his brother and sister while he tries to get them to calm down and explain what they are trying to say, but as Jon enters the room Eddard realizes what their excitement is about. Also in the throne room is his elder brother Robb, his uncles Brandon and Benjen, and his cousins Brandon, and Grace Starke two prominent bannermen in Rickar Greengood, and Danire Farman. The group all greets Jon, and he begins to feel overwhelmed, and his brother Robb must realize this because he brings the rest of the party outside of his father and uncles out of the throne room. Speaking with his father he reveals what happened at the Frostfangs in more detail than his letter previous had said, and his father comforts him as he cries over his experience there. Brandon leaves to make sure that Jon’s people are being taken care of leaving just Eddard and Benjen to discuss things. Eddard reveals that his sister Dallia has been married and travelled to her husband in Gondor alongside Catelyn which explains to Jon where his siblings’ mother is. Eddard tells him that his uncle Rodric Moseret is at Winterfell now if he wants to see him, and Jon rejects this recalling the last meeting he had with his uncle. Following this his father pats him on the shoulder and tells him they will talk again later but that Jon should get some sleep after his long time on the road, and Benjen takes him to his room. Walking to his room with his uncle he and his uncle Benjen show their closeness as they walk with Jon revealing to Benjen the relationship that he had with the Wildling Ygritte Styr and Benjen comforts him with telling him how he still misses his deceased wife Sallina. Arriving at his room the two share a hug, and Benjen reveals that Jon’s brother Robb came to Jon’s room every week making sure it was just how Jon left it and smiling at his brother its Jon that enters his room and sitting on his bed he smiles for the first time in a long time. The chapter ends with Jon joining his siblings in welcoming the return of Catelyn Starke, his brother Edric, and his sister Dallia who as she appears is visibly pregnant. Jon stays to the side and just watches as the family greets the return, but as he prepares to leave, he hears his name coming from his sister and turning around she has her arms open for a hug from him. Smiling back at her he goes to her falling into a hug with her that brings him back to happier times.
- Robin Timberheart
- Samwell Tarly
- Tucker Jurny
- Brann Starke
- Arya Starke
- Tomard of Starke
- Eddard Starke
- Robb Starke
- Brandon Starke
- Benjen Starke
- Brandon Starke II.
- Grace Starke
- Rickar Greenwood
- Danire Farman
- Rodric Moseret
- Catelyn Starke
- Dallia Starke
- Edric Starke
Chapter 10
Edward Cullen
Chapter Details
Edward Cullen is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he returns to Lucerne to discover the city is abuzz with commotion and movement and holding Tanya's hand they discover from a man on the street that William has left the city with an army in order to defeat rebels. Kissing Tanya he leaves her with a smile and travels back the way he came moving quickly to his broom in order to find William. Finding William and his forces south of the city he lands in front of the force for fear he would be shot down by archers and as they approach he is recegnized and joins the army walking though as there is no horse for him to take. As he walks beside the leadership of the Lucernian army raised by Catherine Lovie in order to aid the forces of Lucerne who are fighting a major fight against the rebels known as the Seven Knights of Aerene. As they march Edward can't ignore the distance between himself and the Shadow Council and this is only made more clear when he William, Leven, Christopher, and Catherine are riding together and he listens as they discuss that he will be joining Christopher in meeting with the forces of House Shephard and joining that army. Edward is screaming inside to resist this but refuses to embarrass himself and also wants to show he is loyal to William and thus agrees without disagreement to go with Christopher. As Christopher says goodbye to Catherine its Edward that tries to talk to William but he is blocked by Leven and although he watches William attempt to let Edward talk he almost starts crying out of embaressment and decides to leave saying a quick goodbye and following Christopher. Arriving at the meeting point with House Shephard it is Edward that is shocked by the size of their forces, but has little time to think on it as a small group of cavalry break off from the main Shephard forces and ride towards them. The group arrives and Christopher greets several of them revealing Jack Shephard, Evangeline Shephard, Reginald Kane, Sargon Gurse, and as the group talks one girl who had been in the back gets off her horse and greets Edward who recegnizes her as Eura Clune a girl who he had went to the Lucernian Academy with. Edward has a long conversation with Eura while the nobles talk and during this conversation he quickly realizes that Eura is obsessed with William following a sexual relationship they shared while Edward was away in Hogwarts and while Edward attempts to tell her that the chances of them getting together are slim she refuses to hear this and hints that she plans to seduce William when she sees him. The conversation ends and the group leads the force led by Edward towards the main Gulltown army and the now combined forces begin marching towards Castle Vuneria where the castle is held by loyalists under Edrik Vuneria but is under siege by rebels under the command of Taegar Duneria II. Arriving at Castle Vuneria the group sees the large force from House Duneria placing the castle under siege and discusses what strategy they want to do with most under the lead of Sargon Gurse, and Evangeline Shephard wanting to just destroy the rebel force without discussion, and Edward argues for negotiation but Edward is unable to convinse the group and it appears this will be the strategy until Eura steps in and is able to convince them to allow her to go and speak with Taegar Duneria.
Chapter 11
Hedrik Clegane III.
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Hedrik Clegane III. is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he brings the girl inside the Fort where he takes her to his lodgings which are on the top level of the tower they had constructed. When he put her down on his bed to rest she became hysterical and only when he raised his hands in submission and then left the room did she calm down. While she begin to calm down it was only the start of her problems as Lornax, and Telemerix arrived at the fort and attempted to continue their next moves despite the fact that she had not died. Hedrik waited outside the room for a time as she screamed at the top of her lungs, and whether her screaming was due to the heavy burns on her hands that she had kept hidden, or the brutal rape wasn't clear to Hedrik, but she continued to scream which caused Hedrik to panic fearing she might die or attempt to escape. Hedrik went to the outside of the room on the roof and was able to secure the lock on his window so that she couldn't escape through the window but he was unable to see in as she had apparently closed the blinds to the room. After a good hour she stopped screaming so he returned into his room and he didn't see her so he quickly ran to his window but it remained locked so she couldn't have escaped that way. Feeling hopeless he was given her location when he heard sobs coming from his study. He opened his study and found her cowering in the corner crying wrapped in what he thought was one of his blankets. Hedrik returns from the fighting at Ongrill to lole where he meets with his father of whom tells him that he needs to lead the Lole army southward into Southern Lole and support House Stillwood who has come under assault from bandits. At the end of the chapter he would take time away from the fighting and travel with Rachel Wood southward by boat to a small island. Traveling up the island's stone staircase they would reach the top of a cliff side where they he would show her off the side where you could see the smoking wreck of Tree Hill.
- During this chapter he would introduce many of the political behind the scenes goings on including the actual scope of the invasion of Tree Hill, and would mention for the first time the events of the Plague of which was the assasination campaign launched by Bill Lovie against Rebels in the Kingdom of Lucerne.
Chapter 12
Saiden Scarlet
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Saiden Scarlet is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he is standing on the wall of what is revealed to be the keep of the town of Clonvan, and is looking out over the town with Hanna. While they are spending time together at Lake Clonvan they are interrupted by the arrival of Hubert of Scarlet who tells Saiden that Lady Catherine Lovie is at Clonvan speaking with his family and he has been asked to attend this meeting. Arriving at the meeting he is shocked to be met at the door into the room by Septimia, and his brother Darion. Seeing Septimia brings Saiden back to the events of the Pantose Coup which he thinks about in pure anger as she attempts to apologize, and Darion attempts to calm him down. After several minutes of this Saiden has calmed down enough to speak to Septimia but as he berates her they are stopped by the arrival of Renault who brings them into the meeting hall. Preparing to leave for the south its Lianna that knocks on the door and greets her father with a hug which Saiden believes is a goodbye gesture but is proven wrong when she demands to come with him on the road south. After argueing with Lianna for a time about not coming she makes it clear she and her husband are coming with him whether its official or not so it would be in their best interest to just accept that. The chapter ends with Saiden arriving at Rosenghard and seeing the marketplace full to the brim with people in shackles he realizes without much doubt that the fears of Catherine have been realized.
Chapter 13
William Lovie III.
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William Lovie III. is the POV Character of this chapter and it would begin with William moving towards Castle Hosk where they know that House Ghelen has put the castle under siege and that battle looks to not be far off. Arriving at Castle Hosk they see the Ghelen army having surrounded the small castle and seeing this William meets with Lord Arry Ghelen who details that his brother, sister in law, and nephew were murdered within Castle Hosk by his nephews betrothed Elsa Hosk and that he wants justice. Discovering that there are three witnesses to this William sends Emmett, and Dylan to meet with the witnesses while he travels into Castle Hosk to meet with Lady Hosk under a white flag of truce. While they waited for the Maester witness for Elsa it was William and Elsa that would have sex in chambers of Elsa and following giving into to having sex with Elsa the two would talk over many things and even discussed how Elsa hoped their sex resulted in a child of which if it did she revealed she would not ask anything other then legitimization for the child from William. Brightwater where they two members of the Seven remain with their last holding. Soon after their arrival white flags fly over the walls of Brightwater and the gate opens followed by several men riding out carrying a white flag with Catherine recengizing one of the men as Wendel Floren the lord of House Floren. Meeting with Lord Wendel Floren he notices Eddara Floren is one of the other riders while Wendel introduces the other as Brandon Floren, and the group discusses the situation of Brightwater. Taking Having returned to Lucerne William, and Leven wait at the gates of Lucerne where they greet the return of Lanna Lannister to the city, and William finding her as beautiful as he remembered he talks to her after she is unable to find Jasper, and seducing her she follows him to his fathers throne room where he demands everyone to leave and then sleeps with her on the floor in front of the throne. Lanna and William have a long discussion about their respective lives and the discussion of her child comes up implying for the first time that her son Termin Jest could be Williams, but this is laughed off by William and following this the two sleep together but are stopped during this by Catherine Bell his aunt of whom he has a serious conversation with about his life. Discusted with himself for this he listens to his aunt and goes to Edward and the two come together to decide its time to truly change thus marking the begining of the Journey as William could no longer take the person hes becoming alongside the increasingly depressing dreams he suffered from each night and was forced to attempt to deal with them through finding the places in his dreams of which a common place was a tavern in Forks. Confronting his father Bill would at first completely reject any idea of him travelling outside of Lucerne, as Bill understood that he was beyond hated outside of the capital, and that worried him for what people might do to the prince. In the end though he realized that William was not going to take no for an anwser and relented by sending an elite troop of soldiers with him, including Carlisle Cullen of whom William had lost all trust in. The group would travel southward leaving Lucerne through the great tunnel of the city, and leaving by horse William would on the recomendations of Edward send Leven away to the east to eventually prepare for their arrival in Stormwind, while the rest of the group travels to Forks. While they pass Nortburg they are met by Dylan Steinmare, and Radlet Scarlet of whom join them on the further journey southward.
- Arryk Ghelen
- Magnus Ghelen
- Elsa Hosk
- Conrad Pokentrin
- Alwin Snow
- Lanna Lannister
- Dylan Steinmare
- Radlet Scarlet
Chapter 14
Leven Martell
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Leven Martell is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter Leven travels apart from the rest of the group alongside Lyanna Starke towards Stormwind on the wishing of William of whom wants one of his most trusted people to go that direction, and following the words of William she and her sisters make there way to Stormwind where they are to be met by members of House Starke. Leven alongside her sisters, Lyanna Starke and Ellia Snow would join with a group of twelve Martell men at arms of whom was sent to join them on their trip to Stormwind, as well as a group of four men at arms for House Fraizen who were led by Taelan Fraizen to also accompany them to Stormwind. The group would arrive at the tiny port of Castle Dalmatia and stayed the night there meeting briefly with Landsgrave Modius Dalmatia of whom Leven did not reveal anything she thought to be important but gave enough when she revealed that she had been sent by William. Modius was a devout loyalist to James having been at the Battle of Lyons and this loyalty led to him sending his brother Decius Dalmatia to Lucerne to find out what was happening. Leven and her party left the next morning accompanied this time by Appius Dalmatia the heir of House Dalmatia who Modius had given orders to watch everything Leven did and then come back. Arriving at the port of Littleheim south of Stormwind they would not reveal their purpose and made no attempt to meet with local leadership and instead made their way directly to the city of Stormwind. As they made their way northward it was Lyanna Starke that would be saddened by how little assistance she was able to provide for their journey as she barely remembered her former home. The chapter ends with Leven and Dorea leaving their sleeping sister Obella they went to the top deck, and while at first, they brought nothing with them it was Leven that watched Dorea grab her dagger that led Leven to also grabbing her sword. When they reached the top deck, it was completely pitch black out, and the only light was the single flame burning beside captains’ wheel. Leven would approach the captain and find him with a knife in his neck and bleeding out all over the deck. Reaching for her sword she barely got it out before a dagger narrowly missed her head and slammed into the pole behind her. Sliding to the deck she was forced to defend herself as a red masked man charged at her. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Dorea fighting against another man, and she could hear commotion as the rest of the boat clearly awoke from the fighting. Initially Losing her fight to the red masked man she would finally kill him after he tripped on one of the bodies strewn about the deck, and she would slice his head from his body before he fell into the river (The attacker would later turn out to be Franzal Nighting after Rachel Nighting revealed one of her cousins had been killed by Leven and this was the only instance that makes sense). The crew then broke through the locked door keeping them below and the other man would jump into the river to escape where two were killed by arrows fired at them but the remainder were able to swim back to their boat. Following this attack, the crew remained on heavy alert as they made their way westward and decided to stop at Castle Cerintha instead of Castle Dalmatia as they had originally planned. Arriving at Castle Cerintha she meets with lord Atrius Cerintha, his wife Lucretia Cerintha, and his son Novius Cerintha who greet her warmly and declare the castle's hospitality to her. Leven and her sisters are taken into the castle by The chapter ends with Leven Martell standing at the Tower of High Cerintha and watching as ships pull into the waters around the castle and with the army already located outside the gates she looks to Dorea and the two sisters hold hands.
- Chapter Twelve includes the meeting of Obella Martell, and Robb Starke and the growth of their love affair of which before this they knew nothing of each other. Leven meets with Jamie Lannister as well, and during their meeting she can`t help but notice the similarities between he and his sister, and then her children.
- Obella Martell
- Tyrek Lannister
- Modius Dalmatia
- Appius Dalmatia
- Atrius Cerintha
- Lucretia Cerintha
- Novius Cerintha
Chapter 15
Jon Snow
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Jon Snow is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he travels to Castle Beyne alongside his brother Robb, sister Sansa, and best friends Samwell Tarly, and Tucker Jurny of whom are visiting Castle Beyne to meet with their long time friends there.
- Tucker Jurny
- Vlu-Menagil Beyne
- Nu-Eldon Beyne
- Slu-Liana Beyne
Chapter 16
Hedrik Clegane III.
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Chapter Fifteen is the POV of Hedrik Clegane III. and he is summoned back to Lole by his father of whom says that things are happening in Forks that need their attention and despite his reluctance to leave the detiorating situation in southern Lole he leaves behind his brother Mathew in command and travels back to Lole. The meeting in Lole is attended as well by the members of House Swan towards the end of whom describe how they are going to side with William, and that they want all of their vassals to support them as they are going to be summoned by House Forks. Learning that Charles Swan has received a letter from Catherine Bell the aunt of William Lovie III. that the crown prince will be traveling southward in an effort to see the kingdom and find out the problems his father wont let him hear about, and Charles as the head of the Swan Rebellion is preparing to use this opportunity to turn William to their side. Having seen what is happening in southern Lole and to a worse extent in the Stormlands its Hedrik Clegane that speaks up loudly supporting House Swan's position and with his indorcement House Stillwood supports them as well leading Rupert with no option but to also support House Swan. House Clegane and House Swan siding together leads to a dramatic shift and basically all the houses follow their lead. Towards the end of the chapter many nobles from Highgarden and its vassals arrive in Forks where they have come to meet with the young prince of whom they also promise they are going to support in his mission. The Tyrell's arrival comes at the end of the chapter and is led by Garlan, and Loras Tyrell of whom are first cousins of William Lovie III. although niether have met William due to him never being allowed out of Lucerne.
Chapter 17
William Lovie III.
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William Lovie III. is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter the group arrives at the outskirts of Forks and taking a moment to soak in the moment they eventually enter Forks, and after word begins to spread of his arrival he is swarmed by the crowds of loving onlookers. Making their way into Swan Keep he meets with Charlie Swan of whom basically tells him that he had been told that the prince would be coming south to Forks and that he had already called many of his loyalists to Forks in order to meet him. Following his meeting with Charlie Swan he is able to meet and become enamored by Bella Swan, while the others spend time in the tavern waiting for him, and meet unknowingly with Alice Lovie, and Rosalie Hale. He spends hours with Bella Swan just talking in the Swan stables, before they eventually go to the tavern and find his friends have met her friends and the group is all in quite the romance outside of Edward of whom is married to Tanya Cullen in all but name. William leaves with Bella and the two spend hours back in the Swan stables, and then when they realize what time it is he takes Bella home to Swan Keep where her father has been so busy planning everything he doesn`t fully understand what she was doing. The following day William can barely think of anything outside of Bella Swan but he is forced to when he meets with the representatives of Highgarden, Forks, and Lole of whom all wish to know his plans, and after his discussions with Charlie Swan he on the spot decides to rally the Valley of Lucerne in order to retake Tree Hill. When it is brought up the rumors of who was at fault for the Fall of Tree Hill he tells the assembled group that if his father was responsible then his father will be brought to justice. Following this meet and during the remainder of the chapter William and Bella spend the night together before he walks her home to visit with his friends of whom are back at the tavern.
Chapter 18
Alice Lovie
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Alice Lovie is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter she The chapter ends with Alice Lovie returning to the tavern where she goes straight to bed as she doesn't have to work throughout the day due to the intervention of Bella Swan who pays the tavern owner to give Alice the day off, and sleeping in her bed she doesn't dream for the first time in a long time, but wakes in the middle of the night and goes to the balcony where she looks out and sees James Nighting II. talking with an older man.
Chapter 19
Franklin Brent
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Franklin Brent is the POV Character of this chapter and during his chapter he travels to Marburg with Karyl Reyne where he meets with the leadership of the city in the form of his father and his fathers vassals and attempts to convince them that the bandits are funded by the king James Lovie and to give him more forces so that he might attack. Franklin stays several days in Marberg waiting for the arrival of House Ordos of whom is sending delegates there at the request of his father so that House Ordos can hear of what is happening, and while waiting he continues attempting to convinse them further about his designs. Franklin's cousin Kyle Darkwood arrives in the town by chance and Franklin attempts to convinse him to come with him to Limca but Kyle is cold to the idea telling Franklin how little there is to gain by going against the king in whatever violent attept he is making. After Kyle Darkwood leaves Franklin is disapointed in his continues failures and returns to his room where he finds Karyl waiting for him and not wanting her to see him down he barks orders at her which in his head he is disgusted at himself for the way he speaks to her but he feels a growing desire to touch her which scares him. Sleeping for several hours he leaves the room to go and find his father but is stopped by lord Deitrik Greentail of whom tells him that he has had a change of heart from his earlier refusal to assist Franklin and will send his son Estmar Greentail with a force of one thousand to support Franklin's movement and at this news Franklin feels better and goes to see Kyle but before he can its his sister Fiona who tells him that House Ordos has arrived at the city. Meeting with Coyle the day after Coyle agreed to allow House Brent to intervene its Coyle that lets slip to him that Karyl Reyne has been also moving in behind him and furthering his points to those he speaks, and Kyle Darkwood insults Franklin over the fact that he hasn't actually been convinsing anyone but actually it was Karyl. Furious at Karyl he storms to find her but she remains calm and tells him that she is his wife and she will do anything to help him, and she attempts to be physically intimate with him, but we discover that he is unable to touch her due to severe distress she touches him. Karyl attempts to console him as he breaks down as he was shown to be so weak, but he won't let her and he leaves her alone, and gathers his men. Following this Franklin Brent marches at the head of the force from Marburg he has been able to gather northwards towards the town of Limca where Dexter Hill has told him the remaining forces of the Badgers have gathered under the command of Kieth Schwartz. Meeting with the force of Dexter Hill outside of Limca he discovers the army of Limca having gathered outside the walls and sends out a scout with a white flag which leads to a meeting between the forces of Franklin and the forces of House Haushka. Meeting with Lord Swen Haushka and his brother Ottkar Haushka he and Dexter are finally vindicated when they discover that Kieth Schwartz stands with them openly revealing his presence among the army of House Haushka. Following the discussion the forces of Franklin Brent place the town under siege while the forces of House Haushka launch attempts to break the siege but are repulsed through the work of Dexter Hill whose cavalry push back any attempt to break the siege. Karyl Reyne arrives at the siege camp several weeks into the siege and Franklin is surprised when he is quite excited to see her, and for a moment he wants to reach out and touch her but before he can he is overcome by his fears and pulls back. Karyl arrives alongside several Brent Knights of whom also deliver news that William Lovie III. has arrived in Forks and that the rebellion led by Charles Swan has sent word that they want people to come there and join with Williams forces. Karyl and Franklin spend time in his tent where they discuss what has happened during the weeks of the siege and Karyl gives him advise of what he should do advising him to turn Swen Haushka against Kieth Schwartz through trickery and trusting her advise Franklin raises a white flag bringing the two sides to discussion. Meeting with the leaders of the Limca rebels including Kieth Schwartz its Franklin who is prepared to use the advise given to him by Karyl but as they speak Franklin mentions in passing that William Lovie III. is at Forks and Kieth stops the entire debate immediately. Demanding more information on this Franklin says that once the Siege of Limca is over he has been asked to travel to Hillsbrad to join the meeting with House Greymane and the Grand State of the Westerlands where their decision on whether to support William will be made. Kieth without warning orders Lord Swent Haushka to stand down and surrender, but forces favorable terms for House Haushka and the Principality of Limca stating that in return for this favorable term then House Haushka will support the prince at Forks. As the terms are agreed over its Kieth who asks to speak to Franklin separately and unable to get Elsa Tollsen to not go with him she joins them for this final talk, and going far enough into the field that no one can hear them Kieth tells them the truth of the Badger Rebellion. Elsa is held back by Franklin as she tries to kill Kieth for clearly being responsible for the death of most of her family, and then without apology or any attempt at gaining forgiveness Kieth wishes them good luck and to tell the prince what he has told them, and then he pulls out a rock and disappears into nothing. Returning to the remaining rebels they accept the surrender of House Haushka on the terms agreed upon and following this Swen gives Franklin information on the location of a Badger hideout and then has his son Ottkar join with Franklin alongside several hundred Haushka troops. The Chapter ends as the forces of Franklin Brent move towards the location given to them by Swen and travelling the road he talks things over with Ottkar who does a good job at explaining why they did what they did in supporting the King.
Chapter 20
Lucas Scott
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- At the end of the chapter the Raid of 5123 occurs as the Orcs launch a massive assault on the walls and are nearly able to defeat the defenders, but even in defeat they deal immense casualties to the defenders.
Chapter 21
Jon Snow
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Chapter 22
Brooke Scott
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Chapter 22
Saiden Scarlet
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Saiden Scarlet is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he is
Chapter 23
Alice Lovie
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Alice Lovie is the POV Character of Chapter Eighteen and during this chapter she is watching James Nighting talking with an older man and listening in she hears them discuss him having to do something, but she cant make out what the details are. James enters the tavern and Alice goes downstairs and at first is very excited to see him but this changes when she sees his face and realizes that he is sad, and wanting to comfort him she goes to give him a hug which he falls into. After some time talking Alice realized that James was there with orders to kill her and realizing this the two argued over this with Alice playing to his emotions and eventually causing him to come to the realization that he would not be able to kill Alice, and with this moment his father James the Elder smashed the door down using Magi knocking down his son and leaving him unconscious. Alice would see this and rushed to the side of James the younger where after seeing that he was alive she and James the elder spoke for some time with James the elder hinting that her brother was on his way to the city but was unwilling to reveal his identity despite the fact that he was going to kill her. As James the Elder prepared to kill her with a killing curse it was james the younger that gained consciousness and stopped his father by stabbing him through the back killing him instantly and leaving James the younger emotionally broken. Alice would attempt to console him but he refused her touch and picked up his father preparing to take him away but before he left he forced Alice to promise that when the time came she would lie and say that she had killed his father after he had kidnapped her from the tavern and taken her to a forest. Alice would follow him riding on the horse with him as they took his fathers dead body out of Forks and into the forest west of Forks, and it was here at a small cabin that James would take her to stay for a few days to make the story make sense. Arriving at the cabin at night it was Alice and James that discussed everything that had happened and Alice attempted to get James to forgive himself, but she would fail and despite both describing their love for the other it was James that left her to sleep alone while he told he would be in the main room and they could talk the next day. While Alice slept that night an emotionally distraught James Nighting II. would leave her without a word riding southward towards Tree Hill where he planned to return to his family and try and find some kind of peace over what he had done, but he did leave behind a letter that detailed how much he had loved her and his involvement in what she would eventually realize was her memory loss. Alice would wake in the morning and discover he had left and after reading his letter she would ride back to Forks on the other horse where as she arrived she was stopped by a troop of cavalry led by Nerio Swann and Nerio knew her as Alice was a friend of Bella Swan and thus he revealed to her that the prince of Lucerne William Lovie III. was the leader of the group that was being surrounded by the people of Forks, and as she looked down into the group and saw him she felt a wave of memories crash over her which caused her to pass out. Alice would wake up back in the tavern where she was being held by Rosalie, and Bella while Donnel Swann stood at the doorway, and upon waking up Rosalie and Bella both started crying as they were both afraid that Alice wasn't going to wake up, and after calming down the two it was Alice that told them that she remembered who the boy from her dreams was. Before she could tell them that she knew the boy was William she was overcome with a terrible headache as the memories overwhelmed her and while she hid the severity of the pain it was Flavius Elvorix that came to the door and ordered Rosalie to return to work and despite Alice attempting to stop this he overruled her and then demanded them leave Alice's room which again they did reluctantly. has chemistry with Jasper but can`t shake the memory of the golden haired prince she saw when she was hiding in the bell tower with Bella. As the day goes on she, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, and Edward are joined by Bella and William of which the arrival of William places Alice into a near comatose state of horrible headaches and she has to hide in the back room where she is joined by Jasper. When she eventually comes out she finds the group has been joined by several others including Hedrik Clegane, and his brother Mathew. During that night Alice says goodbye to Jasper and he goes to his own room while she returns to her room in extreme pain, and finds herself unable to sleep. Unable to sleep the entire night she goes back into the tavern where she finds Jasper once again and the two walk out into Forks and she uses all the stealth she thinks she has to finds clues about the prince, and while Jasper eventually finds out shes probing for information he isn`t jealous as Alice says she feels a familiar type relation with the prince. That night she sees William once again but this time she does not suffer the same type of pain, and at the end of the night he kisses her hand, and the two look at each other but before they can say anything William is pulled away by Bella and she leaves to her room to find what she hopes is the first sleep in days. Finally falling asleep she dreams of the boy again, this time the last night she was in Lucerne is the dream she has but this time the boy turns towards her and calls her sister and she sees the face for the first time, and its William. The memories of her final conversation with her father come back to her as she remembers her father taunting her about how she was going away and there was nothing anyone could do to protect her. Immediately getting out of bed she runs to find William in his tent inside Swan Keep, and finds him running down the street towards the tavern. Stopping him the two reconcile and the beloved siblings are reunited.
Chapter 24
Ezio Ederiz
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Ezio Ederiz is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter Ezio watches from the gates of Lucerne as William Lovie III. and his party leave Lucerne and watching this he is joined by Sean Lovie of whom insults his brother speaking hateful words and then hoping that William never returns. Following his conversation with Sean its Ezio that travels back to the Keep of Lucerne where he meets with James Lovie II. alongside several prominent members of the Circle of Magi. Following the meeting Ezio follows his orders and follows Sean and while Sean spends the day sleeping its at night when Sean leaves the Sky Towers accompanied by several men at arms personally loyal to him and travels outside of the Lucerne gates using the Gate of Hale they make there way outside of Lucerne into the Valley itself and watching them for nearly an hour he watches as they approach a mine where two of the men at arms remain outside while Sean and the three others go inside. Watching the mine for hours he enters a trance like state where he is only somewhat awake but this ends with the arrival of a large group of horsemen and a carriage which has several cages on it. Approaching the mine its Ezio who sees that there are girls in the cages and the horseman are knights of House Jestife and the leader of the men introduces himself as Jeremy Jestife, and beside him a women removed her hood revealing herself as Sophia Jestife his sister and the two groups spoke with Sophia detailing that they had brought Sean six girls as detailed by the last order from his father and Sean gets upset that there were not more but eventually is promised by Sophia that more will be delivered and Sean agrees which leads to the Jestife force unpacking the cages and then preparing themselves to ride again eastward. Following Ezio seeing the group led by Ellen Page he would discuss with them the full depth of the situation and upon learning about the Tower of Solice and what Ellen had seen inside the Tower of Solice Ezio would agree to help them and then join with William Lovie III. While the group was preparing to ambush the forces of House Jestife it was one of Sean's men named Tobin of Sean who came out and begin beating one of the slaves which caused Ellen Page to break from the plan and fire and arrow killing Tobin and causing the Jestife forces to barricade themselves into the front of the mine. Sean's forces would believe that the Jestife's had killed Tobin and thus refused access to the lift which eventually after the Jestife's lost two men to archer fire from the Anti-Sean forces would cause the Jestife forces to flee from the mine entrance and instigating a fight with the Anti-Sean forces. Having betrayed his order by turning against the command of James Lovie II. its Ezio that travels southward towards Forks where he plans to assist William Lovie III. and riding there he arrives in Forks as William is making his rounds with the leaders there. Ezio is captivated by the young man and becomes a believer in what William can do as King. Benjamin Bradfoot arrives in Forks, and tells Ezio about the changes in Ravenholdt since he left. The two talk and Ezio describes the days leading up to his departure of Ravenholdt, and wonders about all those from Ravenholdt that were loyal to him, and what will happen to them. Realizing that if Benjamin is correct in the changes he knows that all those with loyalty to him will be killed, and thus he asks Benjamin to return to Ravenholdt and gather as many of the loyalists as he can and get them to come to Lucerne. He gives a handwritten letter for Benjamin to show to the people so that they know he is the one to be listening too.
- Jeremy Jestife
- Sophia Jestife
- Ellen Page
- Laurane Blount
- Tobin of Sean
Chapter 25
Leven Martell
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Leven Martell is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter she and Dorea are holding hands watching as the ships surround the port when she is joined by Lord Atrius Cerintha who invites her into the hall so that they can discuss what they shall do. Taking the advise of Appius its Leven that meets one last time with the forces of Modius and sending a messenger to the Modius forces she lies and says the meeting is where she will surrender to Modius. Leaving through the gate of Castle Cerintha with just Lord Atrius Cerintha, Dorea, and Titus Numonis she watches as Appius hides his face under a hood as he carries a white flag alongside the group as they walk towards the riders that have come from the Modius forces. Reaching the Modius group she can tell that he has brought many of his vassals to watch her surrender and realizes that Appius was right about what his reaction would be to her surrendering. The two barely speak before Appius removes his hood and calls out his fathers lies in front of the Dalmatia vassals, and the two argue for a few minutes before Clodius Cervidus the most powerful of the Dalmatia vassals voices his support of Appius. Realizing that he has lost its Modius that agrees to stand down and face the consequences of what he views as his devotion to his oaths. Following a discussion between Leven and Appius it is agreed that Modius would be placed under house arrest at Castle Dalmatia and remain there until William had made a decision on him. Appius would be given lordship of House Dalmatia by his father in front of their most prominent vassals and then while Appius commanded the vassals to prepare their forces to return home he had Juventius Ovidus who had just arrived at the meeting to take Modius to the Medee and personally take him back to Castle Dalmatia.
Chapter 26
Franklin Brent
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Franklin Brent is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he travels to Hillsbrad for a meeting there about William, and during his stay there grows close to Demi Hill, of whom also befriends his young wife Karyl Reyne of whom we see is loving towards Franklin but he remains somewhat distant. Demi Snow having been abused much of her life is easy pickings for Franklin Brent who gains her trust easily and from this is able to learn many things about Hillsbrad and the council, and among other things she reveals the Worgen problem in House Greymane as well as dealing with the violent nature of her older brother Dexter Hill.
Chapter 27
Edward Cullen
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Chapter 28
William Lovie III.
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William Lovie III. is the POV Character of Chapter 23 and as the POV Character and during this time he meets heavily with his shadow council and others among the leadership of Stormwind and comes to the complete realization of who his father is. Realizing the scope of what is happening he travels back to Lole with Emmett McCarty and Brandon Starke alongside a large guard due to the fact that they had time as they were awaiting the arrival of members of House Swift and other northern Lords in Stormwind. He uses this time to meet with Bella and when they are together again during the night he proposes to Bella Swan when they are laying together. Returning to Stormwind he finds a crying Lanna Lannister in the hallways and when he comforts her she tries to get intimate with him, and he is forced to reject her out of love for Bella. It is following this that he follows her as she talks to her cousin Tyrek Lannister of whom she tells that she slept with Jasper Hale and that he no longer will see her which breaks her heart. Going to find Jasper he finds Jasper in as horrible condition as he left Lanna and realizes in that moment that Jasper's heart may belong to Lanna.
Chapter 29
Alice Lovie
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Alice Lovie is the POV character of this chapter and during this chapter she greets the arrival of Emma, and Hanna Bell of whom are accompanied by a heavy contingent of men-at arms and knights of House Skane, and House Scarlet and she discovers that they remember her. Also among the group arriving is Adela Aven, and Erica Steinmare of whom has been brought to become the lady in waiting for Alice, and the three talk briefly with Adela showing herself as a kind girl who is clearly very happy to be a lady in waiting for the princess of Lucerne. Erica is more reserved at first but eventually opens up as Alice gently touches her arm in a flirtation manner which Erica responds to with a smile. Finding herself basically in a moment having gone from a tavern girl to the princess of Lucerne she remembers her times with the two sisters, and they spend the day together, which is joined by Fredrik Highmore of whom seems to be quite close with Emma Bell. Leaving behind Emma for a time she and Hanah go to the palace grounds where she meets with Charles Swan of whom has basically become the driving force behind the northern Lucernians joining William at Forks, and the two form a quick friendship as Charles is beyond happy with what they have agreed to join him in. Following her meeting at the Forks Palace she meets with Charles, and Daniel Faraday of whom have asked for a meeting with her, and realizing once again her power now they ask for Emma's hand in a betrothal and she sees the value in this but asks that they allow her a chance to speak with Emma about it with both of the Faraday's are very accepting of. Returning to Emma she finds her cousin all smiles and when she presses her cousin on what she believes to be a relationship with Fredrik Highmore of whom has been flirty with her throughout the day, and she tells Emma about the offers from Charles Faraday about marriage and is surprised when Emma agrees to this betrothal. While this is happening she also is flirted with by Dylan Steinmare, and when the two are alone she questions him on this and he tells her they were quite flirty before she left, and apologizes to her, but she begins to remember him and instead of accepting his apology she gently rubs his hand. While speaking on the rise of the west to Williams side due to the movement of Franklin Brent she receives a raven from William asking her to travel to Stormwind and see the city, and she takes Emma Bell with her. In the letter they are asked to be escorted by men of House Scarlet and Martell of which it is determined should be Saiden Scarlet, and Wilheim Martell. She does not realize the main reason she is recalled is the fact that William believes she will be killed if left alone in Forks after hearing so many bad things about his father. Arriving in Stormwind she is met by a detachment that includes Lanna Lannister of whom the two have a conflict over their shared affection for Jasper, and when she introduces her baby to Alice she heavily implies the child is Jasper's while rubbing her pregnant belly and implying the same about the pregnancy.
Chapter 30
Jon Snow
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Jon Snow is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter Jon Snow is woken up by his brother of whom tells him that they are going southward to meet with the Lannisters in order to see if there is any compromise that can be made in regards to the William Lovie III. issue. The issue of William has exploded following his intervention in the Knights of Aerene rebellion and following word from Charlie Swan that they are moving forward with true rebellion its Eddard Starke that agrees to join with his friend Charlie and rally eastern support for William. Joining his brother on the journey south they arrive at Lannistane where they attempt to convince the Lannisters to follow William when he arrives. During this chapter we get him beginning to discuss his mission to the northern lands. By this point in explaining the story he has reached the Wall and looks up at what is a horrifying scale. As the travel his relationship with Samwell reaches a point where Samwell finally tells him the full story of how he came to be sent to squire for Jon Snow the bastard of Stormwind.
Chapter 31
Edward Cullen
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Chapter 32
Hedrik Clegane III.
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Chapter 33
Leven Martell
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Chapter 31
Jon Snow
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Jon Snow is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter
Chapter 35
William Lovie III. is the POV Character of Chapter 33 and he arrives east of Stormwind in the city of Langstrand within Rhunian with the vast army of Lucerne where they are to wait for the arrival of the southern, and western forces of Lucerne who are to join them. William camps outside of the city itself but is visited by Teri-Deilvin Terrick the lord of House Terrick and thus the lord of Langstrad who is also accompanied by his son Teri-Jaeden Terrick and his daughter Seri-Relisia Terrick and as they meet with him alone with only Jasper, and Draco Highmore in the tent with them it becomes clear that they are attempting to offer Relisia to him. As the group awkwardly leaves the room its William who contemplates having sex with Relisia as she is very attractive and when she strips naked in front of him the two begin to kiss but he feels shame and forces her to stop. For several days they camp east of Stormwind until finally the arrival of the Hillsbrad forces and his friend Franklin Brent causes him to break camp and make the final movement towards . Arriving at Lamedon he is met by Eldarion Elessar the prince of Gondor of whom leads William and the now massive army of Lucerne over the crossing of Lamedon. Arriving at the other side Eldarion links with a force of Gondor east of the city and the two groups travel further east where they meet with the main Gondor force as well as the High Forest Army north of Osgiliath. Aragorn and William meet again on the eve of the Battle of Minus Ithil and Aragorn breifly tells him of how he was able to gain the Sindar Elves of High Forest. Meeting with the Sindari High Forest command group he gets along well with Taflarion Stormrage of whom is the son of the overall commander of High Forest. The chapter ends with William Lovie III. leading the forces of Lucerne into the Battle of Minas Ithil and the final pages greatly detail the battle itself.
Chapter 36
Saiden Scarlet
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Chapter 37
Edward Cullen
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- Konstantin Gaimen
- Brann Voil
- Er-Alann Roil
- Ottilia Hofbauer
- Fredrik Schwegler
- Wilhelm Schwegler
Chapter 38
Leven Martell
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Leven Martell is POV Character of Chapter 35 and during this chapter the fleet is moving down the Lower Greenhave River when horns begin blowing and she rushes to Williams side as it appears battle is about to be met. Going to the top deck they see a group of ships arrayed against them and with their fleet forced to go only one in front of another due to this being a very narrow part of the river they realize that this is an ambush, and as discussions begin to get William off the ship they are stopped by the sight of people flying above the ambushing fleet and the crashing into one of the ships. Seeing this William commands they move full speed towards the ship they had landed on and with the other ships now in disarray due to what looks to be a Magi above them sending tidal waves at the ships they are given the chance to move forwards without threat. massive army has arrived at the outskirts of Tree Hill where she discusses with Jacob Vorn IV. the planning going into the Second Battle of Tree Hill. William and Leven meet again, and she becomes increasingly jelous for a time as William on the route to Lole meets once again with Bella Swan, and she sees the two kissing, and wishes it was her being kissed. After being relieved by Emmett, and Jasper Leven wanders the camp and tries to find her sister Obella but discovers she is with Robb Starke of whom accompanied the army but is still recovering from the wounds he suffered during the Battle of Minas Ithil, and when she finally finds her sister Dorea and she tells Dorea a story about a boy and a girl of which she doesn`t reveal to her sister is about Leven and William. Leven would be awoken in the morning by William of whom helps her get into her armor and has a barely controlled level of happiness as he talks about the victory they will most certainly have against the Orcs. Leaving the tent at his side she is able to watch as he delivers a speech to the presented commanders alongside Aragorn Elessar of whom is increasingly responsive to the prince and the bond the two have is only increasing
Chapter 39
Franklin Brent
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Franklin Brent is the POV Character of Chapter 35 and during this chapter he arrives at Forks where he meets with his wife Karyl Reyne, of whom they share a brief few nights together while the rest of the western forces make there way to Forks and then eventually southward towards Tree Hill. Karyl during this time helps him clean a wound he recieved on his shoulder, and as this happens his problems with people touching him gets lessened with her, and she and he share a brief kiss before she lays beside him on the bed leaving a space between them before they go to sleep. Eventually Liam Greymane arrives and as the western forces have now arrived they march south towards Tree Hill where the scope of the army once again amazes Franklin of whom is overcome by belief in the prince's ability to save the kingdom.
Chapter 40
Lucas Scott
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Chapter 41
Brooke Scott
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Chapter 42
Alice Lovie
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Chapter 43
Jon Snow
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Jon Snow is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he
Chapter 44
Ezio Ederiz
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Ezio Ederiz is the POV Character of Chapter 39 and during this chapter he has returned to Lucerne where he reports to James Lovie that William basically knows everything and is planning to return to Lucerne and take back the throne. James is advised by all his loyalists to flee the city, but he decides to remain, and as Ezio watches this he cant help but notice how lucid James appears compared to his more recent behavior. Following this decision its James that sends everyone into the other room leaving just himself and Kieth to speak things over, and as this happens Ezio stands in the council chambers listening as the James loyalists make different decisions on what they will do. As the remainig nobles are either commanded away or given tasks by Kieth, its Ezio who is asked to enter the room and speak with James and realizing that with Kieth Schwartz giving the command there is no option except to listen he goes into James room. Leaving the throne room Ezio begins following Tristan around and watching him attempt to close the gateway into Lucerne, its Ezio that is forced to work against the prince of Lucerne in order to protect William.
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- Marwin Theiner
- Florian Theiner
- Lena Theiner
- Adalbert Schnabel
- Alfred Schnabel
Chapter 45
Alice Lovie
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Alice Lovie is the POV Character of Chapter 38 and during this chapter the army of Lucerne enters the capital and finding no resistance to his arrival William will enter the Sky Towers where he and Alice confront Bill and Sean Lovie in the top floor of the Sky Towers. In this final confrontation they are also accompanied into the final room by Franklin Brent, Jasper Hale, Edward Cullen, Emmett McCarty and Hedrik Clegane III. while despite wanting to be inside Draco Highmore was not allowed inside as William did not want him to see his king fallen. Following this she watches as her brother begins arrangements for his coronation to the King of Lucerne, and as he is busy with this Alice once more catches Jasper with Lanna Lannister of whom she confronts slapping in the face leading to an argument and eventually Rosalie Hale taking away Lanna leaving Jasper and Alice to fight it out. Jasper makes himself clear as he tells Alice he loves Lanna unconditionally but is unwilling to turn away from Alice as it would hurt William something Jasper makes clear he is unwilling to do.
Chapter 46
William Lovie III. is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he