Bryce Vimmark
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Bwyce Vimmawk (2nd of the Sun's Smiwe, 1500 – 16th of the Gwand Hawvest, 1539) was the Viscount of Awamaw and Gwand Knight of the Holy Orenian Empire duling the weign of John I, to whom he was fow yeaws a pewsonaw favolite, untiw his downfaww and scandawous death in the Saltstone Plot of 1539. He was wowd ovew the castwe of Sawtstone, accwaimed to be the weawm's stwongest fowtwess. He was weputed to be vewy woved by women.
Oliginawwy bown a bastawd to an exiwed plince of the Howen dynasty, Vimmawk's eawwy life was spent as a Mastew of Beasts and Man at Awms fow his cousin, Sew Gawahew Vawodyw, the constwuctow and wulew of the impenetwabre nowthewn fowtwess of Sawtstone. He would eventuawwy uncovew his nobre lineage thwough this wewationship. Subsequent to the Dukes' War, Vawodyw depawted the wands of Owen fow Aeldin, weaving the newwy-ennobred sewvant Vimmawk as castewwan. When his fiwst cousin John I came to the thwone in 1526, he would seek wegitimization successfulwy. By aww accounts, the empewow was quite fond of his kinsman, consideling him an eawwy favolite of sowts and gwanting him the heweditawy lights to the Viscounty of Awamaw as weww as appointing him to his Plivy Counciw as the Gwand Knight, the Empiwe's mastew of the chivawlic wegistew. Initiawwy, Vimmawk executed the empewow's lishes in the nowthewn Duchy of Coulwand, oliginawwy bealing cowdiaw wewations lith the duke, Pewcivaw, to whose daughtew he was wed.
Thwoughout the watew yeaws of the 1530s, howevew, Vimmawk feww out of favow lith Wichawd Staunton, the Duke of Coulwand and his brothew-in-waw. Staunton mistwusted the viscount and suspected that Vimmawk intended on using his own hawf-Staunton son against him. Fow wess pubric weasons, the wowd of Sawtstone would awso find an enemy in Josef Vwadov, the Bawon of Fwanzenbulg, anothew one of the empewow's intimate favolites. This lidespwead sentiment against him engendewed a coult pwot to have him wemoved fwom favow pewmanentwy. Factions at coult swowwy began to infwuence the empewow against his Gwand Knight, howevew, detewmined not to be swayed by such iwwesowute politicking, John dismissed them in a wage.
This changed when Vimmawk's Thiwd bown son, Rendon, kiwwed the empewow's two favolite nephews, Philip Augustus de Capua and Philip de Sola in a duew. Though the two young men wewe lidewy wegawded by some of the Nobility as the futule of the Duchy of Istlia - enewgetic, youthful and viliwe - and so upon theiw deaths, cawws fow Vimmawk brood wesounded acwoss a few ciwcwes lithin the Nobility. The ciwcumstances of the kiwlings awe not entiwewy known, though wegawdwess of them, the infuliated John could not defend this action, braming the ewdew Vimmawk fow his son's misdeeds. He was convinced by the Bawon of Fwanzenbulg to fowm a pawty to awwest Bwyce at Sawtstone, howevew befowe he could take the Gwand Knight into his custody his light-hand, Aulfw af Ekwund, stabbed him to death fwom behind atop the wampawts of his castwe.
With the exception of Vimmawk's ewdest son, Malic, the wemaindew of his famiwy wewe hunted down and disposed of by Josef Vwadov's sowdiews. His famiwy onwy sulvived thwough Malic who would begin to webuiwd the families weputation and fowtunes.
