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Spin Offs | Full Stories
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Preceded By | End of Darkness |
Followed By | The Rise of Lucerne |
Narration | POV Character Narration, Unreliable |
The Guardian of the Valley is the second book of the New World series, and is the third longest of the series. The Guardian of the Valley begins following the coronation of William Lovie III. and now King of the Kingdom of Lucerne William deals with regaining control of the Valley of Lucerne as the Second Lucernian Civil War rages alongside his dreams for the nation.. The story of the Guardian of the Valley ends with the events of the Battle of Berne and throughout the story many main characters are killed.
The Guardian of the Valley begins with the Tournament of Nortburg where a now crowned William Lovie III. deals with weight of ruling over a kingdom that suffered under a decade of poor rule by his father.
Contents
- 1 POV Characters
- 2 Births and Deaths
- 3 Plot Summary
- 3.1 Chapter 1
- 3.2 Chapter 2
- 3.3 Chapter 3
- 3.4 Chapter 4
- 3.5 Chapter 5
- 3.6 Chapter 6
- 3.7 Chapter 7
- 3.8 Chapter 8
- 3.9 Chapter 9
- 3.10 Chapter 10
- 3.11 Chapter 11
- 3.12 Chapter 12
- 3.13 Chapter 13
- 3.14 Chapter 14
- 3.15 Chapter 15
- 3.16 Chapter 16
- 3.17 Chapter 17
- 3.18 Chapter 18
- 3.19 Chapter 19
- 3.20 Chapter 20
- 3.21 Chapter 21
- 3.22 Chapter 22
- 3.23 Chapter 23
- 3.24 Chapter 24
- 3.25 Chapter 25
- 3.26 Chapter 26
- 3.27 Chapter 27
- 3.28 Chapter 28
- 3.29 Chapter 29
- 3.30 Chapter 30
- 3.31 Chapter 31
- 3.32 Chapter 32
- 3.33 Chapter 33
- 3.34 Chapter 34
- 3.35 Chapter 35
- 3.36 Chapter 36
- 3.37 Chapter 37
- 3.38 Chapter 38
- 3.39 Chapter 39
- 3.40 Chapter 40
- 3.41 Chapter 41
- 3.42 Chapter 42
- 3.43 Chapter 43
- 3.44 Chapter 44
- 3.45 Chapter 45
- 3.46 Chapter 46
- 3.47 Epilogue
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
- Thomas Lovie
- Ashley Lovie
- William Lovie IV.
- Riley Scott
- Lucie Lovie
- Sean Lovie
- Amber Heard II.
Plot Summary
Chapter 1
William Lovie III.
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Chapter 2
Hedrik Clegane III. is the POV Character of Chapter 40 and during this chapter he arrives at the Tournament of Nortburg where he accompanies William as he meets with the High Elves under Elendil Finwe of whom have come to discuss an alliance with William and Lucerne. The Elves appear very honorable about their intentions and the talks go well, with Hedrik leaving but William inviting the Elves to found a small settlement in Frosthelm. The Elves like the idea and Elendil sends his sons back to Ulthuan to make the arrangements while he will accompany William for the next while. Following this Hedrik returns to Lole where he meets with Kaila Skane of whom joins him as he is forced to deal with the first of what would become a common occurance of True Sons of Lucerne attacks after a mercenary troop of soldiers ransacked the area north of Lole under the orders of Sean Lovie in Berne.
Chapter 3
Brooke Scott
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Chapter 4
Leven Martell is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter she was staying in the Cloud Tower as the acting steward of the city while William was away in Tree Hill hosting a funeral of the late Lord Scott, and while she was there she got to know Bella better and came to really the like the shy girl even though she had William. Bella Swan now Bella Lovie by this point is heavily pregnent and only two months away from giving birth so she barely leaves the tower during the time Leven is there and it is in this situation that her two sisters arrive accompanied by a force of House Martell. With this in place the Cloud Tower comes under attack by the forces of House Jestife of whom was inspired by Sean Lovie to believe that the True Sons of Lucerne were going to instigate a massive attack across Lucerne, but instead of this it was simply House Jestife and elements of the Weeping Sisters Mercenary force. The attack while numerous is discovered after several Jestife men give up the attack in return for being pardoned and this allows Leven to plan the defence of the city.
Chapter 5
Alice Lovie
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Alice Lovie is the POV Character of Chapter 44 and during this chapter she takes part in the funeral of Earl Scott along side her brother and following his rousing speech the two siblings have a confrontation on the way back from Tree Hill. The two argue over the marriage of William to Bella, the growing fact that she believes that William loves this Brooke Scott more then he loves Bella. She plans to tell William about the fact that she does not love Jasper, and Jasper does not truly love her, but he begins talking to her about how happy he is that she is with Jasper and so happy, and she doesn't want to hurt him so she keeps up the lie. Alice has grown friendly with Alais Finwe one of the leaders of the New Avelon High Elven colony and the daughter of the Atmer Empire's diplomatic mission in Elendil Finwe III., and she accompanies her to a meeting between William and Elendil where the final arrangements for the founding of New Avon are being finished. William returns quickly to Lucerne by Griffon following the news that Bella has gone into early labor and by the time she reaches Lucerne William Lovie IV. has been born and Alice is named the godmother of the child. Following this Alice travels back to Forks with William Bella, and the new heir to the throne, and while there she and William meet with the nobles of the area as well as the members of House Swan who are overjoyed. While in Forks Alice discovers that Brooke has arrived in Forks and she and William stay the night together only to be interrupted by Alice who threatens Brooke to leave, and she reluctantly does this. As she leaves she is horrified when as Brooke is leaving her handmaiden Leah Oakheart enters the tent with a baby. Discovering the identity of the baby Alice is forced to accept the gravity of the situation and storms out returning to her tent to find no Jasper and this causes her to break into tears. Jasper confronts Alice during the night and tells her he has gone to William and asked for her hand, and William said he would discuss it with Alice, but Jasper begs her to say yes and promises he will never see Lanna Lannister again.
Chapter 6
Edward Cullen
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Chapter 7
Jon Snow is the POV Character of Chapter 44 and during this chapter he joins his family in assisting House Anthor in founding the Port of Stormwind, and from there the province of North, West, and East Anthor is created from the provinces of Winterfell. As everyone is getting excited for the arrival of William Lovie III. as a part of the Port of Stormwind foundation celebrations they are suprised by the arrival of ravens heralding the fact that the Empire of Frey has reached the neck of Mormont and is preparing to come to the Port of Stormwind, but there ships are all carrying white flags so it is clearly a diplomatic mission. Following this Jon Snow attends a meeting with his brother Robb where several members of House Frey come to the growing Port offering Robb his choice of brides from the Frey. After a miscommunication the Freys leave horribly insulted, and the Starke`s are unable to get them to respond to their attempts at apologoy.
Chapter 8
Leven Martell
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Chapter 9
Alice Lovie
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Chapter 10
Edward Cullen
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Chapter 11
William Lovie III.
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Chapter 12
Jon Snow
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Jon Snow is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter Jon Snow arrives at the town of Northerbourne where he leaves his almost four hundred troops under the command of Tucker Jurny, and Robin Timberheart two members of his Knights Council for the Northern Swords of Winterfell. Entering the town alone he is met by his aunt Elisha, and his cousin Dania both of whom he remembers but both in very different ways with Elisha having been very kind to him before he left Northerbourne but Dania was a cruel person to him, but as they embrace each other he senses something different about Dania. Leaving Northerbourne with the additional three hundred troops led by Dania they make there way towards Castle Chelsted where his cousin Jacline and her husband's family have been attacked by the Druids of the Antler. Leaving Castle Chelsted they follow the path of Dorell of Chelsted who leads the scouts from House Chelsted as they search for the direction that the Druids of the Antler took to get back to their lands. Arriving at Munchenringen a village in the lands of the Antler they find the population has fled anticapting their arrival and with this they decide to camp for the night, and with the arming setting up the village as a makeshift camp Jon and his command group meet to discuss moving from Munchenringen against Antlerfalls the capital of the Druids of the Antler. Arriving at the outskirts of Antlerfalls they are shocked at the sheer size of the fortress with the waterfall quite large, and a giant tree rising from the top of the waterfall. Reaching the walls of Antlerfalls they are met by a group of horsemen who carry a white flag, and meeting with the group they are introduced to Grunduc Mervosi, and Fowe Sanros of whom are revealed to be two members of the ten strong Antler Council all serving the Lady of the Blessed Antler. Grunduc tells Jon Snow that if he enters alone and speaks with the Lady of the Blessed Antler that she will discuss ending the conflict before things start, but if he refuses then battle will be met, and they will not stop until one side is dead. Realizing how much death will result from a fight between the two and wanting to gain victory the way championed by William Lovie III. its Jon who agrees to go with Fowe Sanros to the great Antler where he will meet with the Lady of the Blessed Antler. Walking through Antlerfalls he sees how mobilized the town is for this fight and then is taken to the Antler where he walks up stairs which lead him to where a women sits in a throne and finds that she has no guards and he doesn't need to give up his weapons because they view her as being without threat. Idrena shows her power when after agreeing to meet with Eddard Starke she asks him to take her hand and then when he agrees she pulls him into a sort of dream like version of the world. Taking Jon through this world she is able to move at speeds that make Jon believe he is dreaming, but after minutes she has taken them too outside the town of Neuswil where the army of Eddard Starke has camped, and then with nothing but a short series of words she pulls them out of the dream world and back to reality. Jon is panicked once he realizes he has basically teleported across the land he is helped by Idrena of whom explains to him what happened detailing the fade to him in a detail that non-Titans simply don't have. Calming down the two share a kiss, which gets heated but stops when Idrena tells him that a group is coming on them, and before Jon can realize how much he liked kissing Idrena he sees his fathers Minister of Magi Robin Honigsman and a large group of Starke men coming up the hill on them. Meeting with his father they discuss Idrena joining with Lucerne to turn on the rest of the Druids and she tells them that she will also be able to bring
Chapter 13
Ezio Ederiz is the POV Character of Chapter 47 and during this chapter he reveals much about himself, and the Order of Raven, while he travels westward to the entrance of Berne. Detailing the recent fall of the Order of the Raven he wonders back to several of the men and women he had grown to see as family in the Order of the Raven and whether or not Benjamin Bradfoot had been able to get them out of Ravenholdt before they had been killed. When he enters Berne it is revealed this was before Sean had arrived as when he meets with the Arryns they talk about how word had just reached them that William had gained victory in the Battle of Minas Ithil and was making his way west to relieve the city of Tree Hill with a large alliance force of Gondor, High Forest, and Lucerne. The chapter shifts with Sean Lovie teleporting to the city and he leaves a very ominious feeling upon his arrival. Ezio details the dramatic fall in the city with the arrival of the mercenary force called the Stormblown of whom take control of the city through the commands of Sean Lovie and despite being outnumbered the anti-True Sons of Lucerne are demoralized by the failings of he Lord of House Arryn. The chapter ends with Ezio stealing the letter written by Tristan and being sent to Lucerne and replacing it with a new letter which he wrote himself and Ezio in this new letter reveals that Amber is in Berne as well as the existence of Thomas Lovie within the walls of Berne.
Chapter 14
Franklin Brent
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Franklin Brent is the POV Character of Chapter 48 and he goes into the scope of the growth of the politics in western Lucerne, firstly through the construction of the fortifications in the west, and then he accompanies his friend Demi Snow of whom befriends several members of House Greymane and it becomes clearer to her that the Worgen are no threat to Lucerne. Demi Snow and Franklin Brent at this point agree to always work together not matter what happens anywhere elce. After the time with Demi Snow he longs to see Karyl of whom the time apart has shown him he is in love with, and he returns to Marburg, and the two share a great time together where he holds her hand as they stay together at their home. Franklin isn't in Marburg when messengers arrive telling him that he has been summoned to Forks to meet with King William Lovie III. and Franklin sends a letter to Demi Hill telling her to meet him in Forks, and then gathers his household and leaves for Forks. After traveling the road to forks he and his forces arrive at Forks where the city shows signs of large military presence through the camps that have formed outside the walls, and accompanied by Karyl he enters Forks. Reaching Swan Keep he meets with Demi who was waiting for him there and together they enter the keep where they meet with William and his generals. The group details that they are going to move against Berne and are gathering at Forks for this work, but they also tell Franklin that he is to lead his forces ahead of them and take control of the Islands of Aveniere, Les Doneliele in preparation for the arrival of the main army. Franklin is told to meet with Maron Scorpian at Castle Haftendorf where alongside forces brought by Maron they will attack the islands. Before leaving Franklin is joined by Thadius Herdrich a Magi who will be joining the Invasion of Berne, and talking with Thadius he likes the man who speaks lovingly about his wife and children back in Gulltown. The chapter ends with Franklin arriving at the port of Castle Haftendorf, and looking at what appears to be a full fleet in the docks and a large army camped out there, and he holds Karyl's hand as he realizes the true depths of this invasion.
Chapter 15
Lucas Scott is the POV Character of Chapter 49 and during this chapter he deals with the growing problems he finds in House Scott due to the royal affair between his sister and William. Lucas intervenes when the Eastern Tree Hill Wanting for a moment to escape the madness that is enveloping his life he travels alongside House Black, and others as they travel to White Knife for the marriage of Miley Black, and Wildred Manderly. While travelling he talks with Miley Black about the love he feels for Haley, Peyton, and Morrigan. The hatred of his brother Nathan, and resentment of Dan, and through all this wanting to be the one to lead House Scott`s resurgance. Lucas Scott grows closer to Morrigan of whom tells him a story about her youth that while he believes to be a fantasy is actually the truth of her early life as she reveals silently that she is Andrea Lovie one of the children of William Lovie. Arriving at the White Knife he is there for the wedding of Miley Black, and Wildred Manderly and sees genuine happiness in their eyes, and longs to find that for himself.
Chapter 16
Alice Lovie
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Alice Lovie is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter she travels with Bella Swan to Forks where they plan to meet with William Lovie III. of whom is traveling there to meet with the forces of House Lovie and the northern forces of Hillsbrad. Alice Lovie talks with Bella on this ride about the revelation of Thomas Lovie who in Alice's mind she is worried that Bella will view as a threat to William Lovie IV. but as they talk she clearly shows that her love for William trumps any fears she has of that. William reveals to Alice by accident that Jasper went not to Highgarden but to Castamere and was planning to meet with some lords there though Alice knows he truly went to see Lanna, and after this she tells William that she is using moon tea to make sure she doesn't get pregnant, and towards the end of the conversation while continuing to press her why she is doing this she reveals that he knows exactly why she doesn't want to have his children. Revealing her fear that she will birth mad children like her mother or father she tells him she will never have a child. She and William discuss her upcoming marriage to Jasper and she promises that she will change her mind, but in truth she lies to William and plans to no longer sleep with Jasper and never have his children after hearing of his meeting with Lanna. Edric Nighting, Raginald Frightling, and Hanzal Grightling arrive in Forks where they meet with William in order to tell him that House Nighting and their vassals have joined with the True Sons of Lucerne and are planning on attacking House Scott in Tree Hill and then taking control of the city. While William makes his way towards Kiel to gather the forces of House Greymane to his side its Alice that heads northward towards Castle Steinmare where she will make things right with Dylan of whom has been hidden away at the Castle ever since she turned against him. Arriving at Castle Steinmare she waits outside as her guards go inside to tell Dylan that she is here to see him, and while waiting its Laera who comes outside and the two talk with Laera confused as to why Alice has come back considering there last conversation. Alice and Laera talk things over with Alice telling her that she has to make things right as what she did to Dylan was not right, and Laera forces her to promise to not sleep with her husband of which Alice promises, but in her mind believes that this promise means nothing. Alice enters the room looking beautiful in a flowing dress which brings Dylan back through all the anger at Alice to his infatuation of her, and after dismissing everyone else from the room she takes his hand and leads him to a chair where the two sit across from each other. Now joined by Dylan and his forces she heads towards Kiel where she will meet with William and his forces who are now gathering troops from there, and as they ride there is now a level of happiness to Alice as she spends time with Dylan and gets her mind off Jasper.
Chapter 17
Franklin Brent
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Franklin Brent IV. is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he meets with Maron Scorpian, his son Evin, and his daughter Elize Scorpian who tell him that they have some nine thousand men from the Scorpian forces. Also joining them at this meeting is Alwine Schopfer of whom has been in talks with the Knights of Doneliele for several months attempting to get them to go to the side of Lucerne and oppose the True Sons. Franklin and his men will join with the ships of House Krutzwald who led by Meinhard Krutzwald control the smaller of the two fleets that have been built in Castle Haftendorf, but with the Scorpians travelling with the ships of House Haftendorf its Franklin thats more then happy to accept Meinhard's ships as transport. Also during this meeting it is Judith Krebs, and Eleonora Scheid that arrive at Haftendorf where Judith has been assigned to Franklin Brent by the Order of the Blue Dragon while Eleonora Scheid has been assigned to the Scorpians. The fleet leaves and plans to meet with Lord Phillip Foucault's son Poncelet Foucault at a small island outside of the Island of Doneliele of whom will formally surrender to the Lucernian forces allowing them to enter the port of Les Doneliele in preparation for the battle that will surely be required to take control of Les Aveniere. While moving down the Harnene River they are met at a small island by almost fifty ships of Northern Lucerne and stopping for a time they meet with Baron Lennard Reinmann III. of whom Franklin has never met but has heard of him through his reputation. Following meeting with Poncelet the fleet arrives at Les Doneliele where they gather the Knights of Doneliele and its fleet for the move towards Aveniere. While preparing for the siege of Les Aveniere its Franklin that cannot find his voice to make the opinion that they should be more cautious in their approach as its Maron Scorpian and Lennard Reinmann that decide to move quickly against the castle instead of leading a more lengthy siege. Maron, and Lennard both want to take control of Les Aveniere before William arrives so that they can move quickly and take the remainder of the Harnene River and thus look more successful to William when he arrives, while Franklin wants to follow the doctrine of William in losing the least amount of troops possible. Following through on the plans of Maron, and Lennard the attacking forces move towards the gate with battering rams, and a small amount of catapults quickly put together by Franklin are firing on the three towers, and as they move forward outside of the archer fire the defenders make little movement leading Maron to laugh at Franklin for being so cautious. As Maron and some of the other nobles begin discussing the steps they shall take after the gate comes down its Franklin that watches as Judith begins shaking beside him, and going to her he finds her eyes completely white, and shes unresponsive to him. Before he can do anything large red bolts fire into the sky from inside Les Aveniere and turning the sky into a blood red he holds Judith as she falls to the ground her eyes though finally returning to normal. As the red sky beings raining down on them with blood the men begin to panic, and only the words of Maron Scorpian bring them back into line, but as this is happening Franklin follows Judith as she goes to find Elias and it doesnt take long to find Elias who is joined by Eleonora, and Thadius and talking with Elias Franklin learns that there is a powerful Magi inside Les Aveniere who is summoning a very powerful spell. As they are talking Maron comes to them to demand answers but before anything can be said the sky opens up and the blood begins pooling on the ground and from it demons begin forming. Maron leads the Scorpian reserves into the fighting as hundreds of demons spawn among the first wave, and while this fight is happening Franklin commands the Magi to stop the spell. Eliias leads the Magi in casting a counter spell to the one being summoned, and after several minutes the sky begins to return to normal but as the final traces of the red go away its Thadius that explodes into a bloody mess. With the summoning over its Franklin that leads his troops accompanied by Judith into the maelstorm outside the gates where the demons are still fighting against the first wave, and Marons forces. As he does this Lennard and his commanders move against the gate. As the last of the demons fell to the counter assault it was a relieved Franklin that looked to Judith who had found her father in the fighting and as the two held hands it was Judith's father Tristan that was incinerated by a Magi assault from the defenders of the city and watching this enraged Judith who lost control of her emotions and begin firing Magi bolts at the walls killing several defenders before she was pulled away by Eleonora. The chapter ends with Franklin and his forces pushing the remaining resistance forces into the keep where as they work to break through the gates its Judith Krebs that warns him that inside the gate is the Magi that has caused so much problems during the fighting. Breaking inside they find Coryander Redonnid and her remaining Senegal Knights but also they see the Magi Hartmut Ehrenfeld who is revealed to be the uncle of Judith Krebs. A fight breaks out with Judith, Eleonora and Elias fighting against Hartmut while Franklin and his men fight against Coryander. The fight is brutal but Coryander and her men are killed leaving Franklin and his men to watch as Hartmut kills Elias and then uses Magi to escape the fight.
Chapter 18
William Lovie III.
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William Lovie III. is the POV Character of Chapter 51 and during this chapter he arrives at Les Aveniere where he finds tent after tent of wounded soldiers, and from the fires still smoking themselves out he realizes that the reports of how bloody the battle was are not overreacting about the situation on the ground. Following dealing with the aftermath of Les Aveniere its William that rejoins the fleet and travels northward to the Port of Chambery where the invading forces have prepared themselves for his arrival.
Chapter 19
Leven Martell
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Leven Martell is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter she is riding beside William, Edward, Emmett, and Jasper as they reach Forks before the arrival of the rest of their forces. The conversation from the previous chapter where Jasper argues for her being sent southward is shown but this time is shown from Leven's POV. Entering the tent where they are discussing that Jasper is going south to Tree Hill to assist with the Nighting issue, but instead of this she finds that Jasper begins trying to get her to be the one to go south instead of himself, and Leven is so shocked by his behavior that she freezes and Jasper is able to convince William to send Leven southwards instead of himself. Following this Jasper excuses himself and Leven reluctantly leaves with him following him trying to get him to explain himself. Finally getting so angry she shoves him down and this causes a scene which is broken up by Peder Flom of whom leads the two to Jasper`s tent before leaving them to talk between themselves. Leven is woken up by her sister who tells her they have reached their first stop. Getting off a boat onto the southern edge of Lake Stillwood where she and her men begin riding southward towards Tree Hill. As she is riding she is enraged at what Jasper did to her, and only her sisters kind words keep her from getting back on the boat and going back to Williams side. is forced to lead the defense of the Scott estate alongside Nathan Scott. The Nightings were lied to by Sean Lovie of whom said that many other vassals were going to turn as well, and these vassals had been feeding these lies to the Nightings under the order of the Green Dragon as they wanted the Nightings to make the mistake and attack while they were horribly outnumbered. Fighting off House Nighting she takes part in their execution under the order of Dan Scott, of which she notes that Dan Scott takes far too much enjoyment from. Following this she returns to the Scott Estate and she and Brooke engage in a long conversation about things, as the two love struck girls bond over their shared love of William.
Chapter 20
Hedrik Clegane III.
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Hedrik Clegane III. is the POV Character of Chapter 53 and during this chapter he travels to Forks where he mobilizes alongside House Swan and several other forces within Lucerne who are commanded to head west to Berne for the siege of Berne. It is while they are preparing to move west that news comes to them in the form of William Swift of whom arrives nearing passing out from exhaustion to tell them that the Jestife's have taken control of Brill and are raising the flag of the True Sons of Lucerne. Forced to act his father commands Mathew continue west leading a small portion of the Clegane forces, while the majority of the forces moves against Brill to take back control of the city from the Jestife's who have taken it. The chapter ends with the Clegane forces nearing Brill to find a force led from Brill waiting for them outside the city, and Hedrik joins his father in meeting with their leadership, and following a long discussion between the Clegane's and the Jestife's the Jestife forces retreat from the battle pulling themselves within the walls of Brill.
Chapter 21
Franklin Brent
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Franklin Brent is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he
Chapter 22
Ezio Ederiz is the POV Character of Chapter 54 and he reenters Berne where he discovers the situation is increasingly deterioting and is in the Berne throne room when Allison Arryn is murdered, and this leads to the attempted murder of Amber Heard and her son with William in the form of Thomas Lovie. Ezio saves Thomas from capture but is unable to save Amber of whom is taken hostage by Sean. Ezio hides Thomas with loyalists in House Krinner, and then enters the throne room where he watches Sean with Amber.
Chapter 23
Jon Snow
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Jon Snow is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he
Chapter 24
Edward Cullen
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Edward Cullen is the POV Character of this chapter and during the chapter he
Chapter 25
Alice Lovie is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter
Chapter 26
Lucas Scott is the POV Character of Chapter 57 and during this chapter he meets with Domeric Bolten following the wedding of Miley Black, and Winfred Manderly and comes to like the prince that they both know one day will be forced to fight against eachother. Following this he recieves a letter from William telling him to return to Lucerne and make his way to Highgarden so he travels to Highgarden east of Tree Hill and meets with both his uncle Keith, and members of House Tyrell who have been commanded to assemble awaiting the arrival of Catherine Lovie, her husband, and their two daughters. During this chapter the Tyrells are given an expansive increase in power, and become no longer the vassals of House Scott. Lucas Scott meets with Emma Bell and her fiance Freddie Highmore of whom discuss with him the happenings throughout Lucerne and when Freddie leaves Emma tells Lucas about the death of Joey Faraday and the now violent conflict between the Faradays and the Highmores. During this chapter the depth of the background of the Targaryans is increased, and the Tyrells are shown to be dramatically hateful towards Dan Scott but show a strong interest in helping Lucas.
Chapter 27
Jon Snow is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he joins several in his family heading northward where they visit several towns north of Winterfell eventually reaching Hearthglen where they meet with the leadership of House Scarlet of whom has been asigned as the leading force alongside House Starke in moving against Fairmarket. After several days in Hearthglen they travel eastward to
Chapter 28
Brooke Scott is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter words reaches Tree Hill of the Civil War in Mander, and realizing that with the fighting in the south taking the Tyrells out of being able to reinforce Mander Leven comes to believe very strongly that the Scotts need to send forces and she makes Brooke take her to the Keep of Tree Hill to meet with the lords of Tree Hill. The chapter ends with Brooke Scott, and Level Martell leaving ahead of the main force of House Scott with only a force of some fifty men believing that the flag of House Lovie that Leven flies will allow them to move without difficulty on the way to Mander.
Chapter 29
Alice Lovie
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Alice Lovie is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter she
Chapter 30
William Lovie III.
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William Lovie III. is the POV Character of Chapter 51 and during this chapter he arrives at the edge of Berne and meeting with the generals already there he realizes that Berne is a death trap, and that while they could feasibly attack the city the casualties would be horrendous and on top of that they might not even succeed. Knowing this William orders them to dig in, and make sure no assistance came from land, and with this in mind the army will be forced to live off the small parcel of land within Berne, and to burn through their internal supplies leading to William commanding that a massive supply system be established to keep them stocked on supplies. With the front door shut for the moment William went about his plan to take control of Berne which would revolve around building a tunnel from Lucerne into the rear of Berne and fighting inside from that direction, while also hoping to starve out the defenders so that they would surrender. As William devised his plan where they would complete the underway in its route to Berne and thus they would break in behind the defenses and take the city from within, the Order of the Red Dragon begin having difficulties holding the main entrance as the Orcs in the region were a constant problem. Knowing they needed to be somewhat quick with their siege they were in trouble as unfortunately the tunneling behind Berne would take some time, and so he needed to block the front of Berne without having his army sitting there for the four years the underway would take to complete. In order to do this William sent emissaries from the Order of the Green Dragon to meet with the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas whose forest extended close to the boundaries of Berne and thus would be able to assist in blocking them in if they so chose to do. The Order of the Green Dragon was sent and led by Demi Hill of whom was accompanied by Franklin Brent and his wife Karyl Reyne who led a force of some six hundred House Brent forces alongside three hundred men led by Dexter Hill to act as guards for the mission. Following this it is his gaurds that come to him and reveal that they have captured a man who says he needs to speak with him. Agreeing to this he meets with Ezio Ederiz of whom is taken captive as they do not know whether to trust him yet, and interigating Ezio Ederiz he finds the man to be trustworthy after Edward Cullen vouches for him, and following this arrangements are made.
Chapter 31
Franklin Brent
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Franklin Brent is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he makes the journey from Berne towards the Forest of Quel'Thalas where he will hope to meet with the Elves of the forest and convinse them to join with Lucerne in barring the entry into Berne. Finally arriving at the edge of Quel'Thalas they make camp and begin blowing horns in an attempt to get attention, and it is only an hour later that several female elves come to their camp and speaking with them he describes his journey leading to them telling him to wait while they go and speak with their commander. Legolas, and Alleria Windrunner of whom were accompanied by nearly three hundred Sindar Elves, and they would greet them with friendship and take them to Darnassus. Travelling through the woods of Quel'Thalas its Franklin, Karyl, and Demi that discuss the current situation in the area and discover that the Quel'Thalasian Elves are not the only major Elven power in the area as Alleria tells them about Lothlorian. While being there to make an alliance with Quel'Thalas its Demi Hill and Franklin that both make mental notes to discuss also furthering the Lucernian presence in the area by also forming a relationship with the Kingdom of Lothlorian. In Darnassus they would be treated to a beautiful feast and Alleria took Franklin and his wife around the capital before they would have the meeting later that night. Seeing the size and beauty of Darnassus, and the kindness of the Windrunner siblings Franklin would have a very high opinion of the Sindar Elves, and he took this opinion into the meeting that night. At the meeting they found that Quel'Thalas was willing to do this in return for an alliance with them which Demi Hill was quick to give them, as William was more then willing to make an alliance with the Elves. Not just happy with an alliance the it was Alleria Windrunner that would offer Franklin and the members of the Lucernian entourage a chance to visit the Dor'Danil Barrow Den where they would be able to enter the Emarald Dream if they so choose. After discussing what would happen there its the groups decision that they will all accept this gift except for Demi Hill, and outside of Demi they are then taken by Clintar Dreamwalker of whom is the Arch Druid of Quel'Thalas, and Saelar Dewwalker of whom is the Guardian of the Claw and leader of the Dor'danil Barrow, to the Dor'Danil Barrow Dens which are located on the edge of Darnassus. The chapter ends with Alavanna holding a visibly shaken Franklin of whom is in tears as he wakes from the Emerald Dream, and taking him by the arm she leads him to a meeting room where Clintar, and Nylindia wait inside. The group sits together and as Franklin slowly recovers from waking from the Emerald Dream they discuss that Tular, and Alavanna will be joining him as he travels not back to Berne, but instead travels through a portal formed for them in Darnassus taking them to a small forest east of Hillsbrad where Franklin is told William Lovie III. has sent him a letter which after reading Franklin nods and asks for them to take him to the portal.
Chapter 32
Hedrik Clegane III. is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he works alongside his father to surround the city of Brill, but are not completely able to do this until the arrival of reinforcements from the Trachtenburg's to the west, and several other loyalists of the region.
Chapter 33
Jon Snow is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter
Chapter 34
Lucas Scott is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he
Chapter 35
Ezio Ederiz is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he
Chapter 36
Hedrik Clegane III. is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he
Chapter 37
Brooke Scott
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Chapter 38
Leven Martell
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Chapter 39
Edward Cullen is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he
Chapter 40
Jon Snow is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he
Chapter 41
Lucas Scott is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he
Chapter 42
Alice Lovie
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Alice Lovie is the POV character of this chapter and during this chapter she
Chapter 43
Franklin Brent is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter he steps through the portal holding the hand of his wife Karyl and opening his eyes as he exits the portal he finds himself in a forest which from the meeting previous he believes must be Steinle Forest.. The entire courtyard is silent as Franklin gives a speech detailing that he had warned the rebels what would happen if they did not surrender immediately, and then says that there is no mercy for traitors before executing each of the prisoners one after another to the horror of those in the crowd.
Chapter 44
Brooke Scott
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Chapter 45
Leven Martell
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Chapter 46
William Lovie III. is the POV Character of Chapter 58 and this is the final chapter of the story with the finality of the Battle of Berne ending the conflict in the lands of Lucerne, but killing many within Berne.
Epilogue
Lornax is the Epilogue of the Guardian of the Valley. Flying high above the Kingdom of Lucerne, and specifically Berne where Lornax feels the pain William feels when Amber Heard dies. Lornax after describing the situations of many things travels back to the nest of Stragnarax, and begs his father to intervene and assist the Lucernians, but his father will not hear of this.