Bo I, Sovereign of Ravenmire

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Bo I Sovereign of Ravenmire Tenure: 1974 - Present Predecessor: Meira I, Duchess of Ravenmire (As Duchess of Ravenmire) Successor: Incumbent Born: 1924, Valdev, Kingdom of Haense Died: Alive Spouse: Yelena of Ravenmire House: House of Rostova Father: Sigismund Amador Mother: Unknown Children: 4 Wars Fought: Aevos Coalition War: Battle of Winburgh Siege of Breakwater Siege of Brasca Keep Battle of the Westmark Battle of Hippo's Gorge Siege of Fredericksburg Siege of Drusco Keep Battle of Easworth Forest

Bo Rostova, (Born as Bo Amador) regally known as Bo I, Sovereign of Ravenmire is the first Sovereign of Ravenmire and ascended to the throne after elevating the Duchy of Ravenmire into the Sovereignty of Ravenmire. His reign saw the growth of Ravenmire's population, new additions to Ravenmire City, and the establishment of the new Royal House of Rostova. Bo became the ruler of Ravenmire following the death of the childless Meira I, Duchess of Ravenmire and due to Bo's position as Chancellor of Ravenmire (The second highest position in the Duchy), he was approved as the legal successor to Meira I by the Ravenmirian Council.

Biography

Bo Rostova, birth name Bo Amador, was born in the year 1924 in the Haeseni Capital of Valdev to the House of Amador. Due to the absence of his Father and unknown status of his Mother, Bo was raised by his Aunt Liridona Amador in the family's fief of Mondstadt. Little else is known of his upbringings. Yet, at the age of 16, the young Bo set out from his family's holding to acquire money for himself and to recover the Amador Family Staff, which he was unsuccessful in finding. Still, his wandering nature led to his friendly development towards the League of Veletz later in his life.

Veletz Military Career

Prior to the Coalition War's initiation, Bo had frequently visited the League of Veletz and gradually grew closer to its people. It was here that he met Yelena Carrion-Tuvyic, a noblewoman from Veletz. The pair fell in love and, just before the war began, the pair started to court one another.

Following the initiation of the Aevos Coalition War, the young Amador would find himself sympathetic to the Veletzian cause and a growing distain of his Haeseni homeland due to his courtship with Lady Yelena. This fraternization with the League of Veletz led to Bo's disownment by House Amador. Having been disowned, Bo fully pledged his allegiance to the League of Veletz, joining the Veletzian Army and participating in numerous battles in the Aevos Coalition War.

Following the failed Siege of Brasca Keep, Bo and Yelena Carrion-Tuvyic married within the Duchy of Adria and together formed the House of Rostova, a surname given to them by Gaspard II, Captain-General of Veletz due to Bo's previous disownment from House Amador. Their first child and later the Crown-Prince of Ravenmire, Allerick Fyodor Rostova, would be born in the year 1956 as the Aevos Coalition War continued to rage around them.

Early Career in Ravenmire

By the time of the Battle of Easworth Forest, Bo along with many of his Veletzian Comrades could see the writing on the wall. The War against the Grand Covenant had been lost. Bo, fearing the reprisal of the Haeseni government which he had turned his back against, fled north with his growing family and a handful of other former Veletzers to the newly established Duchy of Ravenmire - at the time led by Meira I. The Duchess, recognizing Bo's talents in statecraft, quickly promoted him to the title of Lord Chancellor - the second highest position in Ravenmire behind that of the Sovereign herself. Bo, as the Lord Chancellor, assisted the Duchess along with her council in creating plans for the construction of Ravenmire City and even participated in much of the construction himself. However, Bo's career would change drastically upon the unexpected death of Meira I. Meira, having been childless and with no next-of-kin willing to inherit the Ducal Throne, left Ravenmire briefly without an heir. This necessitated the gathering of the Ravenmirian Council, who discussed who would succeed the heirless Duchess.

Ascension to the Throne

Bo, being the Lord Chancellor and second-in-command to Meira I, was the popular and more obvious candidate chosen by the Council. After a brief discussion, it was decided that Bo would ascend to the Ducal Throne as Bo I, Duke of Ravenmire. However, Bo's ambitions had grown and the new sovereign Duke wished to expand the domain of Ravenmire as well as protect it from any reprisal attacks from disgruntled Grand Covenant citizens. By the time of Bo's ascension as Duke, Ravenmire was populated almost entirely by Heartlander refugees who had fled their homeland for one reason or another. Most were veterans (or the descendants of veterans) of Veletz and Stassion, with a mix of exiles and refugees from a various assortment of other Heartlander and Highlander realms. This mix of outcasts, for lack of a better term, fueled Bo's resolve to strengthen the Ravenmirian realm as a sovereign state which could grow capable of defending its borders.

To begin, Bo accepted the request of Henry Arthur Haverlock to settle new lands south of Ravenmire City under the banner of Ravenmire, thus creating the County of Blackworth as a frontier fiefdom to protect the Kingdom's southern border. Furthermore, Bo and his consort Yelena made plans to coronate themselves as the new King and Queen of Ravenmire. After a few months of preparation, a ceremony was held within the Ravenmire church wherein Bo and his wife Yelena were crowned as King Bo I of Ravenmire and Queen Yelena of Ravenmire and their eldest child, Allerick Rostova, was invested as Crown-Prince. Subsequently, the Duchy of Ravenmire was elevated to the rank of a Kingdom and accepted oaths of fealty from their vassals. Concurrently, the King promoted Henry Arthur Haverlock from his position of Count of Blackworth to the new Duke of Blackworth, granting his southern vassal greater abilities to oversee the southern frontier. Furthermore, the new King accepted an oath of fealty from Richard II, Prince of Stassion as the new Margrave of the Rhosmark, allowing the Stassionite refugees and descendants to garrison his western frontier.

The Mystic War

Not long after the establishment of the Duchy of Blackworth as the Kingdom's southernmost frontier vassal, the King became aware of a Castle inhabited by what was believed to be a sect of Mystics and Stoneborns. Having previously been unaware of their presence in the region, King Bo tasked Duke Henry with investigating the Castle and its inhabitants. This investigation came to a head in the year 179, when both King Bo and Duke Henry were returning to Ravenmire from a diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Norland. Having taken a route that led them straight past the Mystic Castle, the Ravenmirian and Blackworth forces realized that the Mystics were manning the interior of the Castle during an ongoing clash with a lone Svarling Warlord. The Ravenmirian entourage quickly returned home, where they rallied a handful of other levymen and sworn bannermen. Once a large enough force was assembled, the Ravenmirians returned to the Castle with the intention of laying siege.

However, upon the return to the Castle, they found that the Mystics had temporarily fled the Castle in order to seek reinforcements and supplies from other warlords of their alignment. Opting not to besiege the Castle at this time, the King and his Army disbanded back to their respective lands of the Crownlands, the Rhosmark, and Blackworth. Despite this, the King was determined to drive the Mystics from the lands Ravenmire claimed now that he had irrefutable proof that the Mystics still inhabited the Castle. The King called forth a council consisting of Queen Yelena Rostova, Crown-Prince Allerick Rostova, Margrave Richard II Stassion, Chancellor Richard Leonus, and Duke Henry I Haverlock. There, the Council discussed the best course of action to remove the Mystics from their domain. After a lengthy discussion, the council decided to make war upon the Mystics, and the King issued a new Edict dubbed To Cleanse the North.

Reconciliation with the Holy Mother Church

Bo's decision to crown himself as King was met with a negative response from the Church of the Canon, particularly the sitting High Pontiff, Caius I. As a result, Caius I condemned Ravenmire (though did not directly excommunicate them) and forbid all Canonist nations from performing diplomacy with Ravenmire until they revoked their title of King. While at first the Ravenmirians were stubborn, refusing to give up their claim to Kingship outright, the actions of the Heartlander Confederation quickly spurred Ravenmire to reconcile their relationship with the Church. A Prince of the Heartlands, Alexander Alstion, led a small detachment of legionaries into Ravenmire's capital late at night. Henry Arthur, Duke of Blackworth and his retinue welcomed them into the city, but the conversation quickly turned hostile when the Heartlanders attacked Sir Magnus, Baron of the Isles as well as the Duke and a Blackworthian knight by the name of Sir Illatius of Blackworth. In the fighting, Sir Illatius was killed while the Baron and Duke both escaped.

This attack from the Heartlands promptly convinced the King that clinging to his Kingship in the face of Heartlander aggression was not feasible, and he quickly began written correspondence with the High Pontiff. The Pontiff stated that should Bo take the title of "Sovereign" instead of "King", he would no longer condemn Ravenmire and would act to prevent future raids into Ravenmirian territory to the best of his abilities. With the support of his Council and vassals, Bo released the missive known as "To Change a Title", changing the Kingdom of Ravenmire into the Sovereignty of Ravenmire.

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
Allerick Fyodor Rostova, Crown-Prince of Ravenmire	1956	Alive	Unwed	Firstborn Son of Bo and Yelena Rostova. Crown-Prince of Ravenmire
Baran Ostromir Rostova, Prince of Ravenmire	1957	Alive	Unwed	Secondborn Son of Bo and Yelena Rostova.
Czarinna Minerva Rostova, Princess of Ravenmire	1958	Dead	Unwed	Firstborn Daughter of Bo and Yelena Rostova.
Dragos Avram Rostova, Prince of Ravenmire	1959	Alive	Unwed	Thirdborn Son of Bo and Yelena Rostova.