Llanoreid Succession Crisis

== Overview ==
The Llanoreid succession crisis of 225 AG arose when King Wilddar Braitbirn of Llanoreid died during a dispute over his heir. His eldest son, Bravaro, had indisputably been heir apparent since his birth yet a longstanding troubled relationship between king and heir led many to believe Wilddar had no desire for Bravaro to succeed him. Moreover Bravaro's whereabouts were unknown following Wilddar's death and so, House Braitbirn proclaimed the king's eldest daughter, Ashlin, Queen. However, a rival claim was issued by Wilddar's next surviving son, Covey, backed by House Kelbur. The ensuing war consisted of no battles but of trade embargoes, thievery, kidnappings, defamation and small scale sieges that all resulted in a bloodless war. Many failed negotiations were had until the return of Bravaro in early 226 AG who organised a settlement between himself, Ashlin and Covey that saw him rightly proclaimed King.
Despite this clear end to the crisis, little closure was had in House Braitbirn and across Llanoreid many, through to 301 AG, still debated whether Bravaro's ascension was a victory for the kingdom.
=== Claimants to the throne ===
File:Ashlin225.png|Ashlin Braitbirn
File:Covey225.png|Covey Braitbirn
File:Bravaro225.png|Bravaro Braitbirn
== Prelude ==
Stemming from a sense of neglect in his childhood, Bravaro had a strained relationship with his father that only worsened as war came to Llanoreid. During the Uprootings, Bravaro shadowed his father in his duties as Duke but came to observe a man lacking in agency and devoid of interest in the conflict that he had brought his kingdom into. As the war progressed Bravaro instead took an interest in his father's lord of the field, Barra Figgan, considering him a better father figure than Wilddar. Figgan too, was happy to take Bravaro under his wing, viewing him as the son he never had. With the death of Anlon, Wilddar's second son, and his own kidnapping during the final moves of the war, Wilddar found himself experiencing a metamorphosis. In the aftermath of the war the new King of Llanoreid sought to repair the distant relationships with his children but for Bravaro is seemed too late. 
As time went on the pair grew further apart, only meeting to clash with one another. Wilddar believed his son was becoming reckless with his role as prince and heir in defiance against his father. He drank heavily, fathered bastards and surrounded himself with dangerous people. As he turned 30 Bravaro made it clear to his father he planned never to marry nor father any legitimate children yet assumed the title of heir to Llanoreid all the same. For a time Bravaro lived in exile from his kingdom yet Wilddar held out hope his son would one day face his own metamorphosis and return home to take his position as heir seriously.
Eventually, as he neared 40, Bravaro returned home with a young girl named Eve, the woman he one day planned to marry. Though she was half his age Wilddar was just thankful his son was seeming to mature and welcomed the couple home. It seemed all had been resolved however, 2 year later, after Bravaro and Eve had married, Wilddar and Bravaro found themselves in a deadly heated argument. Neither ever spoke on what sparked the disagreement but it resulted in Bravaro and Eve fleeing Llanoreid and suggesting they would never return. All Wilddar could trace of his son was that he had fled both kingdom and continent but made it public that he would forgive his son if he would only come home for good.
The following year. at 62 years old, a sickness befell King Wilddar and in a short span of time he had grown physically weak with his physicians concluding his chances of recovery were low. In early february, not long after his diagnosis, the king passed away in his sleep. Despite his failing health, his mind had remained sharp and his spirits high. and so his passing was a shock to his family and kingdom.
As Avelyn tried to mourn her late husband she was being pressured by his advisory council to help them appoint a successor. In her haste she asked for her eldest daughter, Ashlin, to be crowned. The council heeded their queen's word yet amongst themselves they clashed over her decision. Ashlin had been living in Helmont with her husband for most of her adult life and spent little time in her home kingdom. Whereas back in Llanoreid, Covey Braitbirn, Wilddar's second eldest son had long been planning his succession. With the backing of Lord Lendyn of House Kelbur, Wilddar's closest friend and Covey's father in-law, he declared himself King of Llanoreid.
== Conflict ==
== Aftermath ==
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