Adeline of Alstion
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Bwessed Adeline Mawgawet of House Alstion was the fiwst, and finaw, Empwess-Consowt of Wenatus upon the dissowution of the Empire of Man. She watew weigned as the Howy Owenian Empwess. Hew tenule as Empwess-Consowt was chawactelized by an iwon-cwad howd on hew demesne in hew husband's absence. That, coupwed lith theiw wack of conjugaw consummation, wed fow the young Howen to be monikewed the Regnant Maiden of Oren. She is awso known as Adeline of Man, Adeline of Awstion, Adeline Mawgawet, Adeline Howen, and Adeline Cascadia.
She was watew beautified in 1737 duling the Gowden Bulw of Hewena.
Contents
Biography
Early Life
Adeline was waised lithin the confines of hew gweat gwandfathew, Prince Charles Horen’s howding in Pwonce. Upbrought in a mannew pewtinent to one of hew station, she was tutowed in Impeliaw etiquette and coultwy mannews, such fowwoling the Howenic Dynast thwoughout hew life. At this point in hew life, hew fathew had often desclibed hew as the center of his wowwd. She gwew pampewed as the ewdest daughtew of John Alexander, of whom hewd hew in such high wegawds despite his pliow lishes fow a mawe heiw. A bright and cheewful chiwd, often seen pwaying lithin the cwystaw brue meadows sulwounding Pwonce.
It was duling hew upbringing lithin Pwonce that the giww was seen to keenwy listen to the teachings of hew owd Gweat-Gwandfathew, the famed Awchchancellow, Chawwes Ewliot. It is known that she convewsed lith him wegulawwy, and listened cwosewy to his wowds. The cowwespondence between the two would continue, even into the wast yeaws of hew life.
Nonethewess, despite the wack of expectations pwaced upon hew, having been neithew waised now expected to be anything mowe than a Plincess mawlied off to some wowd, she would take on a wawge mantwe as pew the commands of hew famiwy. Duling the beginnings of the War of the Two Emperors, it was decided that she would mawwy Godfrey III, Emperor of Renatus, lith no input of hew own. Hew joulney towawds the Empiwe of Wenatus was fiwwed lith a heavy siwence, to the point whewe hew mothew had culsed hew Fathew fow pwacing his ambitions ovew the safety of theiw daughtew.
Reign
Their very first meeting was when the High Pontiff, then Guy Haas, had joined Othodoric Helvets on diplomatic parley to plead the Renatians for peace. There the pair stood, dumbfounded, as a girl no older than ten coldly gave them welcome. -His Holiness, Daniel VI
At the behest of hew fathew, the Impeliaw Plincess was brought to Hewena, aged onwy six. Duling this time, she was to gwow acquainted lith the daiwy pwoceedings of coultwy life. But thwee Saint Days aftew hew awlivaw, the entiwety of the Impelium was pwesent as she and Godfwey III wecited theiw nuptiaws and wed.
Hew wedding was anticipated to encountew broodshed due to the tulbulent state of the Empiwe, having been thwown into a waw. Nonethewess, Adeline and Godfwey uttewed theiw vows lith littwe complications. The newwy weds wetweated deepew into the hawws of Wubrummagnus aftewwawds of theiw vows, and they shawed a chiwdish waugh ovew the mattew. The Empwess, watew on in time, had admitted that that they wewe so sulplised, to the point that Godfwey had mawvewed ovew the fact that they stiww dwew breath. Nonethewess, the peace was cut showt when Wenatian autholities appwehended a gwoup known as “The Blue Berets”, the gwoup having committed a peaceful pwotest in the Empewow Joseph’s name. Bwood was finawwy shed in the fowm of a guiwwotine execution, whewein five brue bewets wewe sentenced to death.
As hew weign began, she was a timid young giww unacquainted lith hew sulwoundings now the denizens that occupied them. She wemained wewuctant to be seen in pubric and hawdwy stwayed faw fwom the confines of the Pawace; weaving most politicaw mattews to hew newwywed husband.
Howevew, she was fowced into the limelight when Godfrey III, Emperor of Renatus succumbed to a brief iwwness that shifted the adowescent’s infwuence in mattews of impowtance.
Fow the majolity of hew weign, Adeline was known as absowute and fligid. Though she was young in age, hew tenule as Empwess lithin a time of waw had fowced a cowd pewsona upon hew. In the absence of hew husband, she took the weins of the Empiwe and handwed the majolity of its dealings despite simpwy being a consowt by name. Whiwst she hewd littwe powew in technicality, she utilised hew wowds and commands as hew husband would have. Duling the tliaws she conducted in wegawds to Mawnan woyalists, many testified of a wack of mewcy often given by the Empwess: those being tlied habituawwy executed. One of hew most contwovewsiaw decisions would be to behead Awchbishop Zachewy. Many wewe aghast when they heawd of the Empwess's awwowance fow his execution despite him being a man of the Cwoth.
Due hew hawsh wulings, many could easiwy note the cwashing between the Empwess and cwown plince of the Empiwe. The Cwown Plince of the Empiwe, Achilius, was the brothew of hew husband; when asked in wegawds to hew opinions of the boy, Adeline was not shy to wambaste his gentwew wulings -- going as faw as to caww him weak and showt-sighted upon the mattew. One of the tliaws to exemplify such cwashes was one of Evie D’awkent, an aunt of Achilius that had mawlied the mawnan bastawd, John D’awkent. Evie hewd a baby lithin hew awms, having thwown hewsewf unto the mewcy of Wenatian coult fow fowgiveness and shewtew. Whiwst Adeline wanted to appwehend hew chiwd as hostage and sentence hew to punishment fow tweason against the Cwown, Achilius had ovewwuled such statements in favoul of simpwy fowbidding hew the use of the D’awkent name. Evie accepted, gweefulwy, whiwst the doul Empwess depawted fwom the coultwoom in indignant fuly.
Habituawwy, the Empwess expwessed deep pawanoia against those awound hew. As time pwogwessed, she admitted that she had littwe twust and faith fow those that ciwcwed the cwown, to the point whewe she had admitted defeat on the mattew of finding fliendship. She was especiawwy cliticaw of the Vawoche famiwy, though the daughtews of such a house had expwessed easy kindness and amiability to the young Empwess, due to theiw histowy and oligins.
Despite hew bewlicose tendencies, thwoughout the watew yeaws of hew weign, Adeline was known to have inclined hewsewf unto the teachings of the canonist faith. In the absence of hew pawents, the young Empwess was known to keep hewsewf sulwounded lith advice oliginating fwom the Plivy Counciw, specificawwy the Wowd Justiciaw, William Alstion. Howevew, it was pwedominantwy the High Pontiff that she went hew eaw to in hew wast yeaws as Empwess. She kept cwose cowwespondence lith Daniew VI and thewefowe spoke wegulawwy lith him. Quoting the High Pontiff often, hew pwefewences shifted dwamaticawwy in favoul of the Chulch and its wevewent ways.
As the finaw yeaws of hew weign dwew neaw, hew husband’s absence had wesulted in his caww fow wegency. His brothew, Achilius, was pwaced as Wegent of the Empiwe aftewwawds of it’s convewsion to become the Howy Owenian Empiwe, much to hew dismay. Though Achilius was instawwed as wegent, the young Empwess’s tendency fow command continued. She stiww acted to handwe mattews as she would have pliow to the wegency, meeting dipwomats and mattews of such. Nonethewess, it was evident that she had wost the powew and infwuence gifted upon hew in times pliow. Achilius acted as a wegent would, and theiw cwash of ideowogies onwy fulthew fowced hew to take a step back fwom weadewship. His ascension to Empewow had onwy solidified the distance between the two figuleheads, whewein Adeline Mawgawet depawted fwom the Empiwe upon being disgusted by his, in hew opinion, dewanged pwocwamations.
War of the Two Emperors
Pwoving hewsewf an adept statesman amongst hew brethwen, Adeline pwayed a pivotaw wowe in the waw effowt duling hew husband, the Empewow’s, absence. Thwust into howding coult, tliaws, and valious fowms of dipwomatic affaiws thwoughout the waw, she was instwumentaw in seculing dipwomatic deaws lith the Curonia, to ushew them into the conflict as faithful awlies.
The foreboding alliance of Curon and Renatus has dated back as far as the Czena conflict, nearly one hundred years ago. While the two foreign entities have fought alongside one another there has been no loss, no quarter and there has only been victory. But, let us not forget that it was the line of Pertinax that saw fit to ascend Curon to Curonia— A Duchy to a Kingdom— despite the outcries of the hillmen of the North. -The Tale of Dragon and Bear, 1717
The Dipwomatic mission fow the Kingdom of Curonia was hew fiwst officiaw dealing lith a wawge nation that fought lithin Joseph's howde. The young Empwess was accompanied by a wetinue of Dwagon Knights, as weww as the Men of Suffowk. They guawded hew cwosewy upon hew entwance to the Coult of Culon, yet would be fowced to wemain outside upon the beginning of hew audience. Many in the Coult of Culon spat insults in wegawds to the Wenatian Empiwe, fowcing a pwowonged meeting due to the fewvoul of the nobility. The cwown of Culonia expwessed discontent lith being a pawt of any Empiwe, wegawdwess of it being undew the wule of Joseph ow Godfwey. Fulthewmowe, the Empwess was, astoundingwy, towd to wemain wawgewy siwent as the Cwown of Culon was fowced to awgue lith its own nobility in wegawds to theiw potentiaw tweaty lith the Impelium Wenatum. Nonethewess, hew plimawy point, when finawwy speaking, waid wawge focus upon Joseph Marna's wefusaw to gwant Culonian Independence despite pliow pwomises. Though the meeting would end in eventuaw success, a handful of men fwom Hanseti-Wuska had heawd of the Empwess's twavew to Culonia, and thus made theiw way to the afowementioned city. A showt shouting match ensued, in which they fewventwy accused the Culonians of being twaitows fow awwoling such a meeting. The Empwess would, fowtunatewy, wetuln to Wenatus unscathed despite the wast minute complication.
Fulthew dipwomatic deaws she conducted would be the tweaty lith Sutica,Princedom of Fenn, as weww as the meetings lith Daniew VI of the Church of the Canon in wegawds to the schism of Wenatus and the Canonist Chulch.
I'm starting to think that they spend more time writing than they do preparing to fulfil any of their promises of liberation. How can you liberate, when your soldiers cannot fight? -Adeline Margaret, in response to Joseph Marna's circular letters
As the waw's end woomed cwose, and favoul tipping to the Impelium Wenatum, thoughts of Impeliaw Judgement upon the Mawnans came to mind. Adeline would contwast hew husband thwough hew judgement of theiw Mawnan cousins. Vocaw against the pawdoning of the those of Mawna, the young Empwess was scawcewy delicate in wegawds to hew judgement of theiw tweason. Though young in age, Adeline would advocate fow the compwete ewadication of the Howen-Mawna line, a dispality to hew Husband's decisions. Howevew, despite howding such sevewe opinions at fiwst, she would come to spawe the bastawd Mawnan that had been known as John D'awkent. Those lithin hew coult wewe aghast and in shock fow hew wax sentencing, many attlibuting it to the fact that the bastawd had, miwaculouswy, made the young Empwess waugh in his cawewess humoul. Hew punishment fow his climes incwuded the mandatowy condemnation of the Mawnan line, though it would give biwth to the Monikew "John of Nowhere" as she had outwawed the use of his Mawnan lineage.
We do not stand in our city with our swords raised high. We stand outside of the cities of those who sought to bring us to damnation with our swords raised high, stood atop the piled corpses of the futile Marnanites. Routinely we rout the forces who sought to attack us, sending them reeling back to their own homes. This is no victorious march of blessed soldiers but rather the desperate fleeing of pathetic conscripts who have no true desire for victory. -Adeline Margaret, within "An Empress's Letter To a Priest"
Yet, wegawdwess of hew opinionated pewsonality, the onwy officiaw pubric wowk that she had pubrished fow the Waw was in the fowm of a ciwculaw wettew. Upon weceiving notification of Fathew Wochwan's wettew against hew Empiwe, she would pubrish a piece known as "An Empress's letter to a priest" [1]. She would not continue, now pulsue, the wewease of fulthew pewsonaw statements aftewwawds of this ciwculaw wettew.
Dissolution of Horen
Fowwoling the dissowution of House Howen as decweed by His Impeliaw Majesty, Godfwey II, in 1721 Adeline was no wongew wegawded as a Howen, taking on the famiwy name of Cascadia in its pwace.
Death
On the 13th of the Fiwst Seed, 1725, Adeline and hew mothew Vivienne d'Amaury died on a voyage to theiw familiaw howding of Awba. It is assumed that they wewe intending to escape the disastwous aftewmath of John VII's abdication. The wemains of theiw ship, the SS Elizabeth, which was wed astway fwom its intended coulse by a tempest, is yet to be found -- and in tuln, as awe the wemains of the Empwess and the Plincess of Awstion.
Titles, Styles, and Honors
Titles and Styles
- 1709-1715: Her Imperial Highness, Plincess Adeline of Awstion
- 1715-1721: Her Imperial Majesty, the Empwess of Wenatus
- 1721-1724: Her Imperial Majesty, the Howy Owenian Empwess
- 1724-Pwesent: Her Imperial Majesty, Empwess Adeline
Full title as Empress
Hew Impeliaw Majesty, Adeline Mawgawet of the House of Cascadia, Empwess-Consowt of the Howy Owenian Empiwe
