#tcak lore

i always skimp on descriptions, so here it is --

gyx and qls both have long black hair tied into topknots and dark brown eyes, and relatively clean-shaven.

qls is tall (~179cm) and slender, fair-skinned, and with willow-shaped eyes. very effortlessly elegant and noble, and classically handsome

gyx is very tall (~190cm), very muscular because all he does is swing his sword around. very tanned with faint scars all over, and his left eye has two pupils. more roguishly handsome

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emmy is pretty tall (~185cm), toned, but still a bit lanky. short curly red-gold hair, hazel-gold eyes, fairly tanned with freckles across his nose. very pretty and boyish-looking

goscelin is tall (~181cm), slender, and has light brown skin. has shoulder-length wavy dark brown hair, a short well-groomed beard, both of which are starting to grey a bit, and dark brown eyes

no, i'm also kinda dumb and can barely keep them straight 😭

so we gotta start back a couple of kings to get everything straight and to establish how batshit this all is --

King Micahel I (b.1799 E.E - d.40 C.A) was the father of Crown Prince Adequin (b.8 - d.40). The only surviving descendant of this line was Princess Belsante (b.40 - d. <80), born to Crown Prince Adequin's mistress, Annis (b.26 - d.81)

King Bertelemi I (b.15 - d.57) fathered Crown Prince Helyas (b.38 - d.56) with his first wife Lady Alianora Elspet Nouen (b.14 - d.50), King Jehan I (b.40 - d.58) with his mistress Duchess Marabel Jehanne Ellerse of Gendurande (b.22 - d.45), and King Symond II (b.47 - d.96) with his second wife Lady Annis (b.26 - d.81)

Crown Prince Helyas married Princess Belsante, but they had no children.

King Jehan I had no children with his wife Princess Belsante, and the throne passed to his younger half-brother King Symond II. he had one illegitimate son with an uncertain mother, Lord Henry Helyas (b.58 - d.87), who was legitimized by King Symond II upon being knighted.

King Symond II married Lady Metylda Jehanne Nouen (b.43 - d.96), and they had 4 children together who reached adulthood -- Crown Prince Helyas (b.63 - d.96), Princess Mariora (b.64 - d. 96), Princess Theophania (b.75), and Prince Jehan (b.80 - d.96)

Lord Henry Helyas married Lady Adeliza Jacobina Tanvale (b.60 - d.79), and with her had King Jehan II (aka sperm donor, b.77). He also had an illegitimate son, Duke Goscelin Melchior of Eadworth (b.75)

In 96, Jehan II overthrew King Symond II and killed most of his family and supporters, with only Princess Theophania surviving.

King Jehan II married Lady Athelyna Sephare Lorence-Senlis (b.81) and they have no children. He has an illegitimate daughter by Marchioness Helewyse Osanne de Clare (b.82 - d.109), MC (b.97)

tbh....there is no real set line of succession 😅 there's a vague understanding of how it should be, and that men come before women to follow the essenian traditions, but who really knows? the kingdom is still so young and most of the kings have taken the throne by force 😔

the line of succession though would be vaguely understood as --

gos = mc's son (men before women, but daughters/grandsons before brothers)

mc (as the king's daughter)

emmy (grandson of king symond, son of theophania)

theophania (daughter of king symond)

He saw theophania when she was a young girl and wanted to marry her but her parents laughed him off cause he’s a legitimized bastards son while also being a bastard himself. I’m guessing it wasn’t helewyse since while she was also a young girl when he met her she was also a ruling lady who didn’t need anyone’s approval to marry.

Helewyse was his new rebound obsession who was also a redhead like theophania but even redder plus younger which is even better. Then after richart raped her he was probably grieving the fact she wasn’t pure anymore and so when they went off to do the coup the morning after helewyse was raped he raped theophania after richart raped her first. I’m guessing this is theophania not helewyse he raped once since goldwyn is too pathetic to have been able to have “bought” helewyse’s hand.

Long story short goscelin meets theophania when they are both kids (I checked they are the same age) and wants too marry her but is laughed off by her parents cause they are both kids but also cause he’s a bastard bastards bastard.

Years later he meets helewyse when he and his brother are trying to get support for the coup that will make richart king and he instantly falls in obsession cause helewyse is a redhead like theophania plus she’s a minor therefore a younger and purer replacement. His fantasy is shattered when richart rapes helewyse who is now no longer pure and in grief or something he rapes theophania his original obsession after richart has also raped her first. So it’s a coin flip who emerics dad is.

After that since poor baby was hurt theophania couldn’t even muster up the energy to look disdainful after having already being raped by his brother moments ago he spends the next decade or so trying to marry his rebound obsession helewyse but after she marries goldwyn his attention shifts to her daughter mc at some point which is unspecified I’m convinced is at her mothers funeral when she’s like twelve. Now mc is his third and final obsession who he is convinced is finally the one for him.

Okay I’m done bye

Goscelin you are the father.

(Honestly makes a whole lot of sense because of course he would want the princess given his behaviour towards rich Marchioness Helewyse and potential heir to the throne MC. Thought it might be the king but honestly makes so much more sense for it to be gos. In hindsight the story would probably be different if the king was the father and knew he had a son. And that makes the kings enjoyment of tormenting Emmy go beyond just his usual personality. The bastard son of his bastard brother and the princess who’s family he deposed. Yeah he would love that.)

all that matters is that legally, culturally, socially, ferrant is emmy's dad, and there's no proof otherwise 🤔