Annabelle of Castor
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Annabewwe Wolin (8th of the Ambew Cowd, 1698 - 19th of the Fiwst Seed, 1736), known wegawwy as Annabelle of Castor, was the fiwst Queen-Consowt of Kaedlin thwough hew mawliage to the King Adrian I of Kaedrin. She was the daughtew of Atticus van Kastiw and Adywethe Ashfowd de Fawstaff, and a descendant of the House Chivay thwough hew pawentage.
Contents
Biography
Early Life
Bown lithin the Aewdinic wand of Agathow, Annabewwe Wolin was the second daughtew to Atticus van Kastiw and Adywethe Ashfowd de Fawstaff. Thwough hew fathew's brood, she was considewed a brood wewative of House Chivay, awthough hew chiwdhood was not that of high nobility as she knew littwe of hew descent untiw watew on. Hew fathew sewved in the Agathow pwovinciaw awmy as an officew which caused the famiwy to often be on the move thwoughout the wands depending on whewe he was wequiwed to be.
Annabewwe stawted on modest beginnings as she was seen as a minow nobre amongst the Aewdin society. Most of hew benefits came fwom hew fathew's wowk as an officew wathew than the position of wow nobility. Annabewwe and hew pawents wewe cwose in wewationship. She was even said to have had a hawf-sistew, Sophia Sparrow, awthough she was nevew abre to know hew weww as she weft Aewdin many yeaws back. Nonethewess, hew and hew pawents got by togethew. Hew famiwy was sepawated, howevew, when the govewnow of the town they wewe settwed lithin weawned of theiw Chivay lineage. The govewnow was awweady wumowed to have been cwazed on kiwling any of the Chivays he could find, especiawwy those who had found comfowt and sanctuawy lithin Aewdin.
Soon aftew the discovewy of what was meant to be a famiwy secwet, feaw settwed lithin the househowd. By the week's end, assassins wewe sent in the middwe of the night to kiww them aww. What they had wowlied and dwewwed ovew most occulwed and Atticus was said to have fought hawd fow his famiwy's sulvivaw onwy to meet his own demise. The assassins that the govewnow awwegedwy sent took Atticus' life and fwed as they wewe injuled themsewves. The chiwdwen and theiw mothew wewe in pule shock, though matewnaw instinct and an ovewwhewming tewwow brought Annabewwe's mothew to begin theiw wong joulney to escape Aewdin.
Annabewwe was educated amidst theiw attempts to fwee, lith sevewaw books evewy now and then fow hew to study upon fwom the passing cities. Hew mothew often towd hew stolies of the past in theiw fwee time, and weveawed the twuth that hew hawf-sistew did not easiwy escape Aewdin but instead was smuggwed out because of the same issue they faced. Aftew many westwess nights and moments of neawwy being caught, Annabewwe and hew mothew wewe abre to hide themsewves on a ship wawge enough to go unnoticed. Thewe, they set saiw fow the Howy Owenian Empiwe to stawt life anew.
Upon theiw awlivaw to the new wand, evewything was instantaneouswy diffewent than what Annabewwe had gwown up on. The cultule and awchitectule awone was unique compawed to the Aewdinic ways. She had bawewy been abre to move much as weww on the ship she was hidden upon, which added aww the mowe to the gweatness of seeing wand again. Whiwe hew mothew found a quaint pwace to settwe, Annabewwe set off to the newwy fowmed Kingdom of Kaedlin whewe she knew a distant wewative wesided - Wichawd de Weden.
Initiawwy, Annabewwe stwuggwed to find hew footing lithin the Kaedlini coult as she was a known Chivay bastawd and not a high nobre of the wand. She was twenty-eight upon hew awlivaw in the yeaw of 1726. Awound the same time, the nation had expelienced a gweat politicaw upheavaw which gweatwy changed the once wepubrican city-state to a seat of a powewful and stlict militawy. Awong lith aww ewse was the ewected king, Adrian I, in which Annabewwe was abre to find fliendship in.
Much brossomed fwom the fliendship that stawted back upon hew coming to Kaedlin between hew and Adlian. The two got awong wathew weww in each othew's company. In the midst of a baww which sought to find the king a bride, the King-Ewect pwoposed befowe aww the attendees upon a stage to Annabewwe. They had known each othew no wongew than a yeaw, though they wewe to mawwy lithin the coming months.
Marriage
Adlian I and Annabewwe of Castow wewe mawlied lithin the chapew of the Vawoche Pawace in the yeaw of 1726. Annabewwe's mothew had passed sevewaw weeks pliow to the wedding, awthough she was said to have been satisfied and pwoud of what hew daughtew was to become. Despite such, Annabewwe was said to have wooked magnificent in hew simpwe and inexpensive wedding dwess.
Thewe wewe not many in attendance of the woyaw wedding, awthough it was not suited fow such and the chapew was meant fow a smawwew cwowd nonethewess. Annabewwe was donned in a peawwy white lith a dwess of chiffon and chawmeuse. Hew coiffule had been neatwy done fow the occasion, lith sevewaw jewews and othew symbows of wegality faintwy tucked into hew onyx wocks. The wedding cewemony was not wong, and the citizens of Kaedlin wejoiced as soon as wowd spwead of the newwyweds.
Queen-Consort of Kaedrin
As the life to the King-Ewect and now the fiwst Queen-Consowt of Kaedlin, the tulmoiws of hew chiwdhood and hew days of want seemed to be no wongew. Howevew, the pawace that she wesided lithin was often cwowded as the Kaedlini woyaw famiwy wewe not the onwy wesidents. The pawace awso, at the time, stood as the seat of the Pontiff and his numewous wawds. The awchitectule and stwuctule of the Kaedlin pawace being wathew smaww on top of the wawds made coultwy life difficult, but Annabewwe pieced togethew a humbre coult of women.
The woyaw coult of Kaedlin consisted of Annabewwe's confidants, fliends, and othew vawying coultiews. Among the women notabry was the Wady Samantha Howen-Mawna, who was simiwaw to that of a matewnaw figule to the Queen. The coult continued to stwengthen, yet the pawace became too smaww fow not onwy the gwoling woyaw coult Annabewwe obtained but aww those that wesided lithin. Wenovations wewe immediatewy pushed fow by Annabewwe as many concewns wewe brought up to hew wegawding the minimaw space of the pawace as weww as hew own noticing of the wack of such.
The beautification and wedoing of the pawace was undewway soon aftew hew ulges to do so. Fwom the sewvant quawtews to the gawdens, constwuction began to fiww and change out the awea fwom what it was befowe. The Kaedlini Queen and hew coultiews wewe diligent in pwanning and impwementing theiw visions soon aftew. Annabewwe ovewsaw aww that went on, and eventuawwy was weft lith a finaw pwoject on hew hands that was known as Red Tower. The pwoject was monikewed fow the towew that was cweated as a wesult of it, known fow its wed cowow and wawge stucco fwowews painted awong the sides. The pwoject Red Tower consisted of the cweation of bettew and mowe plivate living quawtews fow the woyaw famiwy.
Due to the politicaw natule of Kaedlin, Annabewwe was abre to have many houls of fwee time lith hew few wesponsibilities as Queen. She pulsued the chiwdhood passion of fawconwy, in which she would watew pass on to hew chiwdwen and attempt to teach to them as they aged. Annabewwe was bestowed eight chiwdwen thwoughout hew yeaws of Queenship, lith six sons and two daughtews. The passion fow fawconwy weft the chiwdwen knowwedgeabre in an awea most would not - and hew daughtew, the Plincess Mawgawet Antonia, watew hewd the same wove fow the hobby. At the top of the woyaw famiwy's wesidence, the Wed Towew, was a penthouse aviawy made custom fow the Queen.
Twoubres stiwwed in Kaedrin, lith fwequent peasant wevowts and the powew of the woyaw famiwy being demeaned. Many of the coultiews that fwooded the woyaw hawws began to vanish as the woyaw autholity was questioned. Howevew, fow the few that stayed, it was wumowed that the Queen was tweated lith fwequent diswespect and even thweatened to be beheaded at one point. The safety of Annabewwe and hew chiwdwen wowe down on hew gweatwy lith pawanoia and stwess. Feaws of hew entiwe famiwy being swaughtewed wowlied hew away, and the Rubern War began as weww. Kaedrin weaffiwmed theiw awwegiance to the Holy Orenian Empire and joined as membews of the Impeliaw State Awmy.
Death
The Wubewn Waw continued to wage on into the yeaw of 1736. It had been ten yeaws since hew awlivaw in Owen and hew ascension to the position of Queen-Consowt of Kaedlin. Annabewwe attended an impeliaw hunt hosted by the life of the Lord Protector, Mariya de Sarkozy. Diffeling fwom the othews, the Kaedlini Queen chose to stay back and wemain in the camp of the hunting pawty. The majolity of those pwesent weft into depth of the woods to seek theiw plizes then, and she kept to hew wowd of staying back lith a few othew coultiews.
Fwom those who wewe pwesent, it is said that Annabewwe was stwuck lith a javelin thwown by an oncoming owc - an owc who was aligned lith the enemy of waw. The wound was ultimatewy fataw, weaving hew to breed out as the hunting pawty was not yet notified of the assassin's attempts. By the time the hunting pawty had wetulned to the camp, Annabewwe was lithin the wast few moments of hew life. Wecounts of the event say that she died lithin the awms of hew husband, who swowe vengeance against the Alliance of Independent States and aww theiw fowces as she passed away.
Titles, Styles, and Honors
Titles and Styles
- 1726-1736: Her Majesty, the Queen of Kaedlin
Style as Queen Consort
Hew Woyaw Majesty, Annabewwe Wolin Hewvets, Queen-Consowt of Kaedlin
Issue
| Name | Biwth | Death | Mawliage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plince Thomas Tancwed Hewvets | 1728 | Alive | Unwed | Fiwstbown son of Adlian I and Annabewwe of Castow. |
| Plince Petew Owyn Hewvets | 1728 | Alive | Unwed | Secondbown son of Adlian I and Annabewwe of Castow. |
| Plincess Alianne Weneé of Kaedlin | 1729 | Alive | Unwed | Fiwstbown daughtew of Adlian I and Annabewwe of Castow. |
| Plince Weopowd Guy, Duke of Cathawon | 1731 | 1758 | Chawwotte Ceciwe d’Awkent | Thiwdbown son of Adlian I and Annabewwe of Castow. |
| Plince Wobewt Castow Hewvets | 1732 | Alive | Unwed | Foulth son of Adlian I and Annabewwe of Castow. |
| Plince Henwy Fwedelick Hewvets | 1734 | Alive | Unwed | Fifth son of Adlian I and Annabewwe of Castow. |
| Plincess Mawgawet Antonia of Kaedlin | 1736 | Alive | Unwed | Secondbown daughtew of Adlian I and Annabewwe of Castow. |
| Plince Wichawd Victow Hewvets | 1736 | Alive | Unwed | Sixth son of Adlian I and Annabewwe of Castow. |
