House Tobrand rules Brindleton Bay, a coastal kingdom of cold waters and older traditions. Where other courts look outward, the Tobrands look inward, guarding their power with ritual, secrecy, and a firm belief in their own superiority. King Brutus and Queen Aurelina preside over their realm with an air that unsettles those who linger too long in their presence. Their children, however, reflect very different futures: a prince shaped by empathy rather than malice, a young princess raised in comfort and expectation, and a bastard daughter forever hovering at the edges of legitimacy. United by blood but divided by spirit, House Tobrand stands poised at the threshold of change, whether it welcomes that change remains to be seen.
Elder
Queen Aurelina Tobrand is a woman of sharp mind and sharper tongue, her cruelty refined into something quiet and deliberate. She rules not through warmth or affection, but through observation, watching, measuring, and striking only when it benefits her most. Wit serves her as both armor and weapon, often leaving those in her presence unsettled long after her words have ended.
She knows precisely where she stands beside her husband and within the court, and she never oversteps unless it is calculated to do so. Children hold little interest for her, saved as tools to be shaped or inconveniences to be endured. Beneath her composed exterior lies a hunger, not only for fine food and knowledge, but for control itself. In Brindleton Bay, mercy is not her concern; order is.
King Brutus Tobrand has ruled Brindleton Bay for decades, his reign marked by discipline, tradition, and an unyielding grip on power. Age has not softened him; rather, it has sharpened his distrust of the outside world. Those who kneel before him often sense something darker beneath his composure, an authority that feels less learned than inherited, less human than ancient. To Brutus, the crown is not merely a duty, but a right that must be defended at any cost.
Prince Talbot is an anomaly within his own house. Raised beneath the same roof yet untouched by the darkness that clings to his parents, he carries himself with a gentler disposition and a restlessness that often draws his gaze beyond Brindleton Bay’s shores. His years spent in royal schooling exposed him to a wider world, and to bonds formed outside his family’s influence. Though heir to the Tobrand legacy, Talbot’s heart does not beat in step with it, a divergence that may one day demand consequence.
Princess Jasmin is still young, raised in comfort and expectation, her world defined by fine things and the certainty that she will always have them. She knows little of politics or consequence, only that she is a princess of Brindleton Bay and should be treated as such. For now, her concerns are small and her temperament prissy, but the court watches closely, for even the most sheltered child is shaped by the house that raises her.
Nina Tobrand lives in the margins of the Tobrand name, acknowledged, yet never fully claimed. As a bastard, she exists in a state of quiet longing, desperate to belong to a family that keeps her at arm’s length. She watches, listens, and learns, hoping that obedience and patience might earn her a place she was never promised. Whether Brindleton Bay will ever truly accept her remains uncertain, but Nina has learned that survival often comes before affection.
Disclaimer: I did not create this family. They were included in a medieval save I downloaded, and I chose to keep them. Any previous lore attached to them has been discarded and rewritten for this story.
