| Forks | |
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| Type of Goverment | Lord |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Lucerne |
| Ruling House | House Swan |
| Population | 292,000 |
| Location | Central Valley of Lucerne |
| Language | Vast Majority Speak German, with Italian spoken in private by many in the city. |
| Religion | Dragon Worship is the majority with extremely small population of Christians |
| Races, and Ethnicity | Germans are the majority but Italians consist of some thirty percent |
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. Forks stands as the largest city, and center of political power in the Grand State of Forks marking it as one of the most important cities in the Kingdom.
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 whom 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.
History[]
Early History[]
Founding[]
The Valley of Lucerne was never truly settled by the Numerons. The reason for this is unknown but it is believed that a great battle took place at the current site of Tree Hill, and after this the Numenor believed the region to be haunted and thus didn't continue to expand in this direction.
The Great Migration[]
Forks was the site that most incoming migrants arrived at during the Great Migration, and their arrival swelled the city to a much larger population. The city can be counted as the original residency of most of the major houses in the Kingdom, and it was from here that everything can be traced.
The Driving Tide[]
Main Article : Driving Tide
| The Mountain War We can let the Dwarves fight on there own. There is no question that option will save the most of our children and family. For now. But what happens when we abandon the Dwarves and the Goblins take the Mountains...We lose everything. |
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 House Tyrell was leading over the Realm of Forks at the time, and there had been a growing alliance among several other houses including House Swan, House Lovie and House Targaryan which would come to the front of issues during the negotiations in Forks.
The Driving Tide burst onto the scene when William Lovie returned to Forks on the back of a dragon, and and to say it caused a stir would be a vast underestamet. He was greeted quickly by the members of his Companions along with the rest of their houses but overall the attitude was very anxious as the people didn't know what William planned to do with this unimaginable power. Following this a group of Dwarves entered Forks begging for assistance 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 auxiliary 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 supply 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.
With House Lovie, House Targaryan, and House Swan now militarily very strong it would be William that would come to the home of Mace Tyrell of whom was still for all intensive purposes still William's king, and would basically apologize to him for having to make him so much smaller then he had been. The two would eventually come to an understanding and in this understanding Mace Tyrell would join him on the battlefield where before he had planned to sit aside while House Lovie's alliance he now decided to move the entire strength of House Tyrell with him. 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 no one left to resist the forces of Forks and the nearby regions begin massing north of the city for the campaign that would from this point on be called the Driving Tide. The First Battle of the Gate[]  House Lovie
The First Battle of the Gate was the battle fought as the Goblins attempted to defeat the Humans before they could gain enough strength to effectively assist the Dwarves. As the forces of Forks moved forward William Lovie on Stragnarax rode far ahead and scouted out the mountains. When William arrived at the mountains they could see the massive number of Goblins that were hiding amongst the stones of the mountain, and thus it was clear they were going to attempt to ambush the Forks army. He was told by Stranganarx that the Goblins of the mountains had been building their strength for many years and what he saw there was nothing more then a small fraction of their total force. Realizing that even a victory on that field wouldn't completely mean victory in the war he knew he would need to eventually meet with the forces of the Dwarves so that their combined armies could completely defeat the Goblins. Stragnarax would take him back to Forks and during the trip he asked Stragnarax whether any dragons could come to their aid, and while Stragnarax wanted to help the Lucernians and his friend in William Lovie he still did not trust the humans enough to intervene on that scale. Upon his return to Forks he called all the Nobles that were there to a meeting where he would make everyone understand how dire the situation was, and the consequences if they did not deal with the Goblins now. When he returned to the army William took the lead in planning and devised a strategy where they would set up camp in front of the mountain making it appear that they were going to sleep but when the Goblins charged forward they would be ready for them and would massacre them in the open.  
House Tyrell for the first time saw their power truly slipping away and attempted to argue against the plan but at this point even House Tyrell's allies were not supporting them and this led to William's plan being followed. In a huge coup the members of House Lovie gained the upper hand in the city of Forks in a way that had never occured before. Mace Tyrell would try and storm out of the meeting but he was stopped by his bannermen of whom warned him that the momentum had shifted and that he might be killed if they didn't side with the alliance of House Lovie. So everyone including House Arryn would join the massive army that was preparing to march to the valley beneath the mountains to ambush the goblin army. The Prelude[]  The Night Goblins had sent scouts to follow all of the dwarf messengers, and were aware that the Forks army was on its way to assist. The moment they became aware, the Night Goblin leader sent his luitenant Greshak to ambush them at the gate. This ambush would have been completely disasterous for the entire war had it not been for the stupidity of the goblin liutenant Greshak. The Goblin commander decided that since the Lucernians camped at the outside of the gateway in then he would be able to attack them while they slept. This would mean even fewer casualties and a complete destruction of Lucernes army. The reason that he had been told to ambush the humans was that the Lucernians were waiting for the Dwarves to arrive, and had been warned that they should not sit idle while sitting out front the gate. For this reason the Lucernians had barricaded their camp completely, and were 100% ready for any attack. To further complicate matters for the goblins the Humans now had the service of Stragnarax, and he was flying in the sky. While flying he noticed the goblins hiding in the hills of the entrance. With this knowledge he telepathically contacted William Lovie, and further warned him. With this warning the forces of Lucerne prepared for nightfall and the eventual attack that was coming. The First Battle of the Gate[]  When darkness descended on the hills the Goblin army charged out of their hiding spots, and encircled the Human camp. The human defenders had been prepared for this so when the first goblin got near, the human archers begin unloading arrows on them. In their current position the goblins were completely exposed, and took huge casualties before they even reached the human camp. When they did reach the camp they found the entrances to the camp heavily barricaded, and the few entrances were extremely well gaurded. The Goblins found themselves completely under fire and unable to break through into the camp. It was at this low point in the battle that a massacre was about to take place. Stragnarax and William Lovie rode to the center of the Goblin army, and engaged the goblin commander. The two fought very briefly before William killed him, and Stragnarax rained fire on the goblins. The center of the goblins was gone, and now they broke completely. When the goblins broke and ran, the humans chased behind, and fewer then 5% of the massive goblin army survived to make it back to the gate. Goblin Counter Attack[]While the loss of the army at the Gate wasn't good for the Goblins they had nearly unlimated forces at this point and thus they wanted to keep up the pressure so they hastily re-launched their attack on Karak Mulger which was still attempting to repair the damage to their defences. The Battle was a tough fight but again the Goblins were pushed back by the determined Dwarves who were at this point beggining to recieve reinforcements from Karak Izor as the situation out front the gate had somewhat stabalized the hole warzone. Second Battle of Karak Izor[] 
After the disasterous First battle of the Gate, and the following defeat they suffered during the Karak Mulger, the Night Goblins became even more aggressive in their attacks. The Goblins moved many of their forces to the far back of the conflict where they launched a series of raids against the unprepared Karak Izor who didn't think they could be hit. In this lack of preperation the Goblins had found a series of mines that were abandoned and through them they were able to sneak there way inside the Hold itself where once inside a series of desperate battles were fought which together are called the First Battle of Karak Izor. The Dwarves were able to keep the goblins out of the main hold itself but as they defeated the advances they found the goblins had hunkered down into the shadows and were now launching constant geurilla raids against Karak Izor. While these attacks were of little actual consequence they forced a large amount of their forces to move into the tunnels attempting to rid them of goblins instead of moving towards Karak Izor. Fall of Karak Mulger[]  As the Night Goblins attacked the Dwarf Hold of Karak Izor their main thrust came out when their huge forces attacked the recovering fortress of Karak Mulger. The Dwarves had still been working on the repairs to the Hold, and because of the swiftness of the attack the Goblins were able to mass themselves at all entrances to the Hold, and had it completely surrounded. As the Dwarves prepared to accept the charge of the endless Goblins they were all shocked as the Goblins burst through tunnels in the deepest core of Karak Mulger. With these breaches the Dwarves were forced to pull forces from their strong points, and this was exactly what the Goblins had wanted them to do. The moment the Dwarves moved from the fortress the Goblins begin overruning the defences at every entrance. The moment of the fall of the Hold was at hand, and everyone involved knew what was happening as the entrances, and the Dwarves were pushed back completely. The Dwarves that had went to react to the burrowing Goblins now discovered their fellow Dwarves retreating into the core of the Hold, and with this the thousands of Dwarves left prepared for their last stand. The Nigh Goblins massed their thousands and then charged the beligured Dwarves before the forces of Karak Izor could once again intervene and possibly save what little remained of the hold. The Dwarves held the gateways into the core for more then two hours before the last Gate Gaurd was pulled apart, and with this the Goblins were inside the walls, and they proceeded to massacre the remaining Dwarves inside the Hold. The Final Battles[]  With Karak Mulger overrun the goblins believed themselves to have the upper hand. In this high for the Night Goblins their scouts reported that the human army had regrouped and was now on its way to the gate with the obvious intentions of retaking Karak Mulgar. The Night Goblin leader knew he didn't have the hold neccessary to be able to maintain control of Karak Mulgar, and if the humans did enter the mountains and team up with the Dwarves, the Night Goblins could possbily lose the war. With this in mind the Goblin commander pulled his forces from the siege of Karak Izor, and left a large force their to hold the Dwarves in place. He then took the entire Night Goblin army and headed to the gates of Lucerne. When William Lovie, and the Lucernian army arrived at the gate they saw the massive Goblin Army arrayed in front of them. In this moment the two armies just stared eachother down. Each side wanting to be the ones with initative this caused the two armies to charge eachother. Third Battle of Karak Izor[]While the Goblin army was leaving to attack the humans at the gate, the Dwarven King of Karak Izor, and Karak Mulger gathered their entire army and launched a shock attack at the goblin army that had remained to hold them in place. So much hate was on the side of the Dwarves, and so sudden was the attack, the goblin army barely even got out of their beds before the Dwarves had completely wiped them out. With this victory the Dwarves moved themselves behind the army of the Nigh Goblins. Second Battle at the Gates[]The Goblins had been prepared to meet the forces of the Humans, and at the final days before the Battle they knew there would also be Dwarves from the more western Holds but what they did not understand was that in the days before the Second Battle of the Gates Stragnarax would travel into the Mountains and gather his entire White Dovah and command they following him into the Battle which would bring thousands of Draknoids, and hundreds of full Drakes into the Mountains just north of Lucerne awaiting the arrival of the Goblins. |
Joining the Kingdom Of lucerne[]
Main Article : Kingdom Of Lucerne
With William Lovie's victory during the Driving Tide he began the expansion of his city of Lucerne. His first stop was his old home of Forks, where simply flying by the town on his Dragon was enough to make the nobles of Forks decide better then resisting the growing Kingdom of Lucerne. Under the reign of Andrew the immediate change was made where Andrew placed House Swan in charge of the city over the old Lords House Tyrell. Along with actually changing the Lord of the city many other houses were placed in charge of other lands and thus Forks had a large emmigration of its houses. This emmigration gave a lot of oppurtunities to some of the smaller houses which had before the Driving Tide been unimportant but found they were now growing more important.
Fall of Tree Hill[]
While 80% of the Orc army attacked Tree Hill, the other 20% split off and attempted to stage the same sort of ambush on Forks. The only difference was Tree Hill relied on the Western Scout towers because its western side was a mountainy area where it was difficult to see movement, while Forks had a near 360 degree view of attackers. Gaurds on the wall noticed the attacking Orcs long before they closed in, and thus managed to sound the alarm and shut the gate.
The Journey[]
Main Article : The Journey
As the center of the Kingdom of Lucerne, and the city, that has had the longest to build itself Forks has become the largest city within the Kingdom of Lucerne. Still led by Charlie Swan, the city has gained even more power after Charlie Swan's daughter Bella Swan became the Queen of Lucerne.
Layout[]
The city of Forks is split into three major sections. The first section is the port of Forks which stretches along the eastern bank of the river Lucerne towards the Forks bridge Castle. The second section is the actual city itself and it lies east of Lucerne river and stretches around the Forks Mountain. The third and final section is Forks Keep and it lies within the gap inside the Mountain of Forks and it contains the majority of the houses in Forks along with Swan Keep.
Forks Port[]
The port of Forks is two main sections. The first is the docklands where the ships are constructed along with the means for trading boats, both offloading and onloading to be docked with the city. The second section is the Forks bridge which is a very long bridge across the river Forks which is high enough that boats with high masts can pass under it, and at the same time on the west side of the river the bridge is gaurded by a castle which is the first site that is attacked if Forks is attacked from this side.
Forks City[]
Forks city is the actual city itself. The city is extremely vast as their are more then 50,000 people living within the walls of Forks. The outer walls are basically the same positions they were during the Driving Tide and this is depsite the fact that the city has increased from 30,000 to its current population. This fact means that the city is very densly populated and much of the poorer slums are taller buildings that house large number of families. This gives the eastern section of Forks a strange look of having a serious amount of high towers which are actualy high rise homes.
Forks Keep[]
Built within the opening in the mountain of Forks the Forks keep section of the city is sloping upwards, and lies on three different tiers and levels. The bottom tier has become the home of the middling houses of Forks, and the residence of the Palace Gaurd. The second tier of the keep is for the more elite houses and also for the vast Swan estate where their personal stables, and smith are located. The third and final tier is the keep itself which lies along the mountain edge and is the last line of defence for the city. Within the third tier is the inner cave where a cave river means that the city is supplied internally by this river.
Demographics[]
Ethnicity[]
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.
The town is split into sections, and each section has a dominent ethnic group. The primary ethnic group of the city is German, but the city contains a high proportion of Italians, and small minorities. 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.
| Ethnicity | Share of City |
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| German | 54% |
| Italian | 27% |
| Frankish | 14% |
| Atlantian | 3% |
| Other (Mainly Brann, with some Slavics) | 2% |
Religion[]
| Religion | Share of City |
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| Dragonoph | 86% |
| Christianity | 12% |
| Other | 2% |
Houses of Forks[]
Despite the dramatic decline in the Italian population of the city of Forks due to the mass immigration of the Vandals and Franks into the city the nobility of Forks continues to remain dominated by the Italians, but elements of the Franks, and Vandals have seeped into this area as well.
| Name | Power Level | Liege Lord | Leader |
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| House Yernese | Grand Baron of Forks | House Swan | Volker Yernese |
| House Faraday | Grand Baron of Forks | House Lovie | Charles Faraday II. |
| House Swayn | Grand Lord of Southern Forks | House Swan | Imry Swayn |
| House Black | Grand Baron of Forks | House Swan | Billy Black |
| House Vindale | Grand Lord of Western Forks | House Swan | Maryn Vindale |
| House Crakehall | Baron of Forks | House Yernese | Jonas Crakehall |
| House Mannover | |||
| Arch Duke of Forks | House Lovie | Charles Swan | |
| House Censius | Baron of Forks | House Swan | |
| House Velius | Baron of Forks | House Yernese | |
| House Tanica | Grand Baron of Forks | House Swan | |
| House Wienbrum | Baron of Forks | House Black | |
| House Sorenson | Baron of Forks | House Swan |
Governance[]
The City of Forks is governed by its Lord House of whom at the end of the Rise of Lucerne remains House Swan, of whom have held this position since taking over Lordship of Forks from House Tyrell following the events of the Driving Tide.
Arch Duke of Forks[]
The Lord is the overall leader of the town, and although he can be overruled by the King of Lucerne, he is usually left to his own devises. A Lord is a hereditary position and is passed down through the controlling House. Although this hereditary pass on is true the cases of Houses being removed from their position as Lord by the King are numerous, and mean that all Lords should be watchful of their progress.
See Also : Charlie Swan
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| Title | Arch Lord of Forks
Port Lord of Forks |
| Alias | Charlie |
| Race | Italian |
| Status | Alive |
| Allegiance |  House Swan
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| Father | † Barnan Swan
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| Mother | † Curcie Swan
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| Siblings | † Phil Swan
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| Spouse | Renee Swan
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| Children | True Born
Son in Law
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Charlie Swan is the son of Barnan, and Curcie Swan making him the Arch Lord of House Swan. Charlie has two siblings in the form of Phil, and Mathew Swan of whome Phil died when he was nine years old, and Mathew Swan had severe problems as a young man and left his wife and two children in Forks and left without a word. Charlie Swan is married to Renesmee Swan of whome he was married to when he was seventeen and she was fourteen, and this formed a connection with House Yernese. With Renee Swan he has two children in the form of Isabella Swan, and Jacob Swan of which Jacob was the heir to House Swan but was killed during the Fall of Tree Hill, and his daughter Bella has married the King of Lucerne and has become the most powerful women in the Kingdom outside of Alice Lovie. Since the death of Jacob Swan he has basically come to adopt his nephew Brody Swan of whom is the new heir to House Swan.
He is the current Lord of Forks , and a very influencial member of the Kings Council. All of this is despite the fact that he spent the majority of his life preparing to be a Yarl in Forks while his older brother Phil Swan became Lord of Forks. As fate had it his brother would die to plague at the age of 9 and Charlie would be placed in the heir spot for Lordship.
Charlie Swan was born the second son of his father Barnan of whom was the current Lord of Forks and was a man that he was especially close to as a child. In this position he was very well prepared to be the future second behind his brother Phil of whom he came to love very deeply, and he went into the north where he squired for Jacob Vorn alongside Bill Lovie, and Draco Highmore where they would become close friends. He would spend much time in Lucerne squiring for Jacob Vorn, but he would return when his father became sickly, and in an attempt to increase his popularity his older brother Phil would decide to attempt a Dragon's Dream. His brother left and his sickly father would convinse him that the Dragon would keep Phil safe, and Charlie of whom was devoutly Dragonoph in belief would find his faith deeply shaken when his older brother would die leaving him to be the one to take over as the future Lord of Forks, which happened sooner then he might have liked when his father died only days after his brother's body was found by peasents. As Lord he attempted to change the things that were wrong with Forks but found that so much of the problems were the fault of the King in Lucerne not having the effect that he should. He would campaign under the early reign of Bill Lovie to improve the power of the King, but this changed as he was forced to watch his King fall into darkness following the Battle of Lyons. Charlie Swan would stay somewhat removed from the rebellion that sprouted from House Jackson and he would go to Lucerne as everything was collapsing and he would attempt to convinse Bill to stop murdering the nobles but was unable to, and returned to Forks to raise his children and vowing basically to be isolated from the Kingdom as long as Bill Lovie was still nearly insane in his mindset. Charlie Swan would be devestated when the sudden destruction of Tree Hill led to the death of his heir and only son Jacob Swan, and he would petition heavily for a force to be raised in order to take back control of Tree Hill, but Bill Lovie sent word to him that if he made any moves then he could be certain that Bella Swan would be dead before the army was raised. Charlie Swan spent years in silence and attempted the best he could for Forks, but this changed with the arrival of William Lovie III. of whom convinsed Charlie Swan to join him in his attempt to fix the wrongs of Lucerne, and Charlie Swan became enamored by the conviction and intelligence of William, and this made Charlie into one of the most steadfast followers of William.
Yarl[]
The Yarl of the city is the most powerful military position of the city. The position is appointed by the Lord of the city, and the individual serves 3 year terms but can be removed if a serious infraction is commited.
The current Yarl of the city is (Find One) who is a member of the House Swan honor gaurd.
Thanes[]
The Thanes are individuals who have a specific task to accomplish in the city. Each Thane is responsible for the role they have been placed, and like Yarls they are appointed by the Lord.