Rose Storm

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Biographical Information 	Biographical Information
Full Name 	Rose Kira Renaldi Storm Cade
Nicknames 	
Rose Storm, Stormy, Lightfoot, Your Majesty, The Nightwatchman , Marian (by Gisborne), Missy (by her father)
Dragon Tongue Title 	Muñus Jorrāeliarzus (Dearest Mother)
Homeland 	Ealdor, the Elven Dominion
Born 	1168 AD - The Grand Palace of Elysium
Died 	1213 AD - Aged 45 (murdered by Bellatrix Darcassan )
Occupation 	Queen of the Elves, Ealdor and Elysium and Lady of Ireland and Cyprus.
Coat of Arms At Birth (1168 - 1192) 	
Motto 	Calm Before the Storm
Personal Coat of Arms (Gifted to her at 18) (1186 - 1213)	
Motto 	Fair and Wise
Coat of Arms: Marriage Celebration (1198 onwards) 	
Motto 	Beware the Calm
Physical Description 	Physical Description
Race 	Elf
Gender 	Female
Height 	5' 2" (1.6m)
Hair color 	Dark Brown. Occasionally blonde.
Eye color 	Sapphire Blue
Distinguishing Features 	Her ability to mimick any accent and alter her voice depending on the language she is speaking.
Languages spoken 	Elvish, English, Greek, French, Latin and Ancient Elvish
Family 	Family
Parents 	
* Queen Sophia Storm of Elysium †
* King Proctor Storm of Elysium †
Siblings 	
* Keras Ksenia - Older Sister
* Hector Storm - Older Brother †
* Lucan Storm - Older Brother †
Spouse(s) 	
* High Lord Norin Cade - First Husband (Widowed) †
* King Richard Plantaganet of England - Second Husband (Divorced) †
Children 	
* Lorcan Storm (Her Daemon/ Soul Incarnate)
* Torani Morgana Storm Cade Theirin - Eldest Daughter
* Seth Storm/ Loki Vastra
* Vesper Duane †  - Step Daughter
Other Family Members 	
* Kyra Spyros † - Honourary Sister
* Achilles, son of Peleus † - Honourary Brother
* Bellatrix Darcassan - Niece
* Malekith Darcassan - Nephew in Law
* Eldin Sunweaver - Nephew
* Lyra Sunweaver † - Niece-in-Law and Honourary Daughter 
* Panos, son of Achilles - Honourary Son
* Samiyah of Myrmidon - Honourary Daughter
* Alistair Theirin † - Son-in-Law
* Gwaine Calvierri - Son-in-Law
* Rose Storm II † - Daughter-in-Law
* Seifa Theirin - Grandaughter
* Flynn Calvierri - Grandson
* Mithian Calvierri - Grandaughter
* Eira Calvierri - Grandaughter
* Rosalie Storm - Grandaughter
* Reinnete Storm  - Sister in Law
“She was the glue that held us all together. Without her, who knows where we would all be today? If it was not for her holding our hands and guiding us to become better people, to better ourselves in our pursuit to be just like she was, and not to become like the systems we opposed or the villains we swore to destroy” - Torani Storm
From "Heart of the Storm: The Reign of Torani" by Samson Arigiros
Rose Storm was, until recently, the most popular Queen of Elven history and despite ruling for only twenty one years (a lifetime to a Human, the blink of an eye to an Elf), she unknowingly ensured that her name would live on in history forever more, thanks to her merciful and just rule, her kind and compassionate nature and her love for her people.
During her reign, she was single-handedly responsible for securing allegiances with the great kingdoms of Elis and Myrmidon, as well as a temporary allegiance with Britain. She also secured allies within the witch clans of Laaksonen and the underwater creatures known as Atlantians, she ended the bitter feud between her family and her older sister, Keras Ksenia (though was unable to extinguish the Dark Elf threat altogether) and participated in both the War of Midas and the Battle of Apollo - appearing on the front lines for both battles.
==Personality and Traits==
On the outside, she was everything you would expect a Queen and former Princess to be. Noble, polite, well mannered...but on the inside, and to those who knew her well, she was a fighter and would never back down until things went her way.
Compassionate towards the fate of the local people, Rose often tended to hide her feelings behind a mask of social smiles and graces, whilst easing their suffering in secret, during the reign of her father. Very politically aware, she used to believe that she could best help the people by pretending to toe the line with her fathers somewhat totalitarian regime, whilst disguising herself as a masked, hooded figure called the Nightwatchman - who gave to the poor and the needy, under cover of darkness.
However, once she became Queen, Rose could finally take matters into her own hands, and undo everything that Proctor did, giving the Elves back their freedom again. She decided that the Nightwatchman should still make a few appearances now and again, just because it gave her a sense of freedom. Being a Queen did not allow for such luxuries as freedom, so she had seize every opportunity she could get.
===Abilities and Skills===
Invisibility, Force Field Projection (Ability to generate protective invisible shields, invisible power blasts, powerful energy weapons and control and manipulate objects.) Power of the Bad Wolf (Temporary reality warping powers comparable to that of a Goddess)
Rose, after studying a mysterious form of magic (unknown to most others) during her childhood has learnt the power and ability to render herself invisible at will. This invisibility is achieved by bending all wavelengths of light (including infrared and ultraviolet radiation) around her body without causing any visible distortion; she also somehow directs enough undistorted light to her eyes to retain her sight whilst invisible. She can project a similar invisibility effect onto other people or objects, rendering them invisible.
Although invisibility is her main form of magic - the one she actually studied to achieve - she also accidentally learnt another primary power (at least for combat situations) which is the ability to generate force fields of tremendous strength, which she manipulates for a variety of effects, using only her mind.
The fields are able to repel solid objects, even those of great mass and momentum, and can repel all but the very strongest energy attacks. She can generate these fields at a distance of several hundred feet, however it has never been specified whether her fields are related to gravity, to electromagnetism, or to some other fundamental force...or purely to magic.
It may be the case that her invisibility and her force fields are two aspects of the same power, although the precise manner in which these aspects are related is not clear, except for the fact that she studied one and learnt both.
Rose can shape her force fields into invisible 'constructs,' usually simple shapes such as barriers, columns, cones, cylinders, darts, discs, domes, platforms, rams, ramps, slides and spheres.
By generating additional force behind her constructs, she can turn them into offensive weapons, ranging from massive invisible battering rams to small projectiles such as spears and darts. She can generate force constructs as small as a marble or as large as 100 feet in diameter, and her hollow projections such as domes can extend up to several miles in area. By forming one of her force fields within an object and expanding the field, Rose can cause the object to explode.
She is capable of generating and manipulating multiple force fields simultaneously, and this power is only limited by her concentration. Once she stops concentrating on a field, it immediately ceases to exist.
However, such powers do have some side effects on Rose. Using her force fields for a long period of time, or for something huge and intensive (such as holding up the wall of a building, or containing a raging inferno) will exhaust her both physically and mentally, and she will most often collapse afterwards. Another side-effect is that she will gain a nosebleed and feel excruciating pain in her head. Depending on how intensive her force-fields are will determine how much pain she will feel, and how bad her nose bleeds will be, hence the reason why she tries to refrain from using this magic as much as possible.
Invisibility, however, does not affect her in any way, shape or form (apart from the obvious invisibility of herself or something else) and she could stay invisible all day if she wanted (although her father has banned her from doing this).
Rose has also learnt how to 'see' others who are invisible, which has sometimes proved useful.
After the war of Midas, Rose was approached by the Goddess Hera - wife of Zeus. Hera explained to Rose that following the war, the Gods were warring between themselves, and this dispute of the Gods was threatening to spill into her world. Bestowing Rose with the gift of Goddess-like powers, Hera hoped that Rose would be able to find a solution to this war of the Gods, before it destroyed the world as everyone knew it.
Rose had no idea how to use these powers...but she did know that if she used them too much, they would kill her - as she almost found out the hard way on Myrmidon, severely wounding herself and ending up taking an extensive period of time to recover.
After the confrontation with Apollo had been resolved, she willingly gave the Bad Wolf powers back to Hera, content to just stick with the magic she knew and trusted.
===Allegiances===
Elis - Greece
Myrmidon - Greece
Ireland
Cyprus
Aquitaine
Formerly - England, Normandy, Gascony, Anjou and Nantes 
==History==
===Early Years===
"Rose, do not try to play the people's hero now! It's a dangerous time, and your father has become very volatile. Just...do as he says. Hide your temper, bide your time until you can act decisively, or kiss your status as a Princess, if not your life, goodbye!"
Sophia's warning to Rose
The fourth child of Proctor and Sophia, but the least well loved, Rose Storm definitely did not have the lush, cushy upbringing that her brothers and sister had.
Her childhood was full of neglect and punishment.
By the time she was born, her father had made many enemies, both within the elves and within other races too, because unlike most elves, he was not peace-loving. If ever there was an exception to the stereotypical elf, Proctor was it. He'd even made an enemy of his eldest daughter, Keras, by banishing her from the Kingdom. And so, after Rose's birth, he ignored her, claiming that he had no time to raise another child.
When she was four, however, Proctor took her with him into the woods on a hunting trip after Sophia badgered him into spending time with his daughter, whom he'd rarely seen up until then. Proctor sat her on a horse and let her fend for herself on the journey. Twice she fell off, and he didn't even notice. Luckily for her, the servants accompanying them did, and with their help, she eventually mastered how to stay in the saddle.
During the hunt, Proctor also gave Rose her first bow, and expected her to teach herself how to use it - which she surprised everyone by doing with relative ease. The same occurred when he gave her a sword. This sparked Proctor's curiosity, and he finally started to take an interest in his daughter, after five long years of pretending she didn't even exist.
During the ride back, father and daughter finally began to get along, and since then they learnt to tolerate the other's attitude and no longer shared such an icy relationship like they did in the past.
When she was ten, she developed a severe case of aqua-phobia when she fell into an abandoned well. At the time she couldn't swim, and almost drowned, because she was forced to tread water all night, before anyone found her. She swallowed so much water that, had she been mortal, she would indeed have drowned. After that, she refused to go near any water, other than the shallow pool in the gardens of the Palace, or the bath tub in her room. She even refused to drink water unless it was to help her with some elven magic (such as disguising her voice
When she was fifteen (a year before she got engaged to Norin, who was until then, just a good friend), she spent some time with an old wizard called Istar, learning magic and also studying alchemy. This is how come she now knows so many little tricks, such as how to disguise your voice, or how to make someone forget something. However, her father hated magic (despite the Elves being renowned for their magical abilities) and so he banned her from ever using her magic inside the Palace, or in the presence of guests...two rules that Rose broke quite frequently.
She was still the least favoured of Proctor's children (despite his hatred of Keras also), and he would often remind her of this by humiliating her in public, or making degrading comments about her whilst praising her brothers.
===Betrothal to Norin===
Rose: Lord Cade?
Norin: What's with the manners?
Rose: Well...I wasn't sure that you were alone. How would it look if a Princess barged in then started using first name terms with you?
Norin: What's wrong with that? Besides you exaggerate...you didn't barge in...you're always welcome here and anyone with half a brain would know that.
Rose had known Norin since she was three years old - he and his father had gone to the Palace one day to ask permission to hunt in a certain part of the kingdom, and on their way to the throne room, Norin and Reed had run into the Queen and her young daughter Rose. At the time, Norin was just six years old, whilst Rose was a baby of three. His father left him outside the throne room to play with Rose whilst he spoke with the king, and Rose took an instant shine to the young boy. From then on whenever they happened to run into one another, they begged their parents to let them play. King Proctor was glad that it kept his 'troublesome' daughter out from under his feet, whilst Queen Sophia was glad that her daughter had finally found some friends to play with. Reed and Saffiya were not against the friendship either, although they worried about Norin getting too close to the Royal family, incase anything should go wrong.
It never did, however, and they needn't have worried.
By the time Rose was 16 and Norin 19, the pair were so obviously in love that even a blind man could see it. On the eve of his 19th birthday, Norin plucked up the courage to go to the King and ask permission for his daughter's hand in marriage. Proctor refused at first, repulsed by the idea that a human would join his 'pure' family, but Rose had been secretly listening in on the meeting and from then on tried her hardest to rebel and make life as difficult for her father as possible, eventually forcing his hand and making him agree to the union, just to get a bit of peace.
Norin had been well aware of Rose's antics, but chose to plead ignorance when he proposed to her. She accepted withou hesitation (as he knew she would) and that evening the Cade family were invited to the Palace for a celebratory meal and to welcome them to the Royal Family.
Proctor was annoyed by the fact that not only was Norin human, he was also from a 'common' family too, so under threat of Rose rebelling against him again, he finally bestowed titles upon the three Cades. Reed became High Lord of Knighton, Saffiya became First Lady and Norin became the only human Lord in the whole of Elysium.
With their newfound wealth and powers, Reed and Saffiya began planning a lavish wedding, with the aid of Queen Sophia and her handmaidens. Rose chose her dress, but that was all she was allowed to do, by order of her father, who did not want the wedding to be a reward for her rebellious behaviour, and instead used it as a way to punish her instead. She was often locked out of the Palace when the meetings and planning sessions were under way, and truly had no idea what was even in store for her in the months ahead.
Norin had no idea how to even plan a wedding, to begin with, so he'd often spend that time with Rose, keeping her occupied outside the palace - going for walks along the beach, teaching her how to wield a sword like Reed had taught him, trying to learn Elvish from her (but with no more success than when Reed and Saffiya had tried to teach him), and generally just enjoying her company. Things were going so well between them that he thought nothing would ever go wrong.
And then the war came, and everything changed - as it so often does - in an instant.
Although Norin did not know the details of why it had started, or who the humans were at war against, he had foolishly pledged his vow to the human King a few years previously as a dare from one of his elven friends, and so, he realised that he could not break that vow now and must go to war.
Rose, who knew much more of the details from her secret eavesdroppings on the meetings between Richard and her own father, begged Norin not to go. She told him that his friends had never realised war would ever come, and that he could not be expected to keep a promise made under duress (like one made as part of a dare). Norin, however, had been taught to uphold honour and loyalty above all else, and as he'd made a promise to the English King, he intended to keep it. 
For many nights they argued over Norin's principles and the honour of upholding a foolish promise to a man he didn't even know, but eventually Norin won and Rose backed off, knowing she would never change his mind. He offered to marry her before he left so that he would know there was someone waiting back home for him when he returned, but time simply ran out and Richard took him and the other men he'd recruited, late one evening.
With a whispered promise to Rose, and a final lingering kiss, he rode off into the night with the rest of the king's army, never looking back for fear of his heart breaking.
Rose, although furious with him for abandoning her on what she deemed a 'fools crusade', never gave up the hope that he would return to her one day - although as they years passed by, she began to lose all hope that he would indeed return to her.
Norin, however, never stopped thinking about her. She was with him every waking moment of the day, and every night in his dreams, also. He realised that he'd made a foolish mistake, leaving her as he did, but it was too late for him to back out now. He was commited to a war he neither understood, nor cared about, and leaving was not an option.
===The Nightwatchman===
Rose: Soon after Norin went to war, you remember I was ill? Sarah the cook used to look after me because Father refused to give me my own maid, so you asked Sarah to care for me instead. She was always so jolly and friendly and happy to help...but one day she didn't come. The physician who visited me told me her daughter was seriously ill, and had been for a long time. So when you and father were asleep, I visited Sarah and gave her daughter my medicine.
Sophia: Very noble, but if you are caught now -
Rose: Sarah was shocked that I cared about anything in her world, but so grateful! And that's when I decided I could go to war too. I could go to war against poverty. So I stole some of Norin's old clothes and made a mask to hide my identity. I never chose the name though. The people just started calling me that - I guess because I only ever went out at night.
Rose invented her alter-ego when she was seventeen, and continued to play the part of the masked outlaw often, even after she became Queen, because when she put on the mask, she was free to do what she wanted, on her own terms. She no longer had to hide her feelings behind smiles and social graces. 
As she explained to her mother when Sophia discovered her daughter's undercover antics, the Nightwatchman persona was created by Rose when she realised that you did not have to travel to some distant land, or even wield a sword, to be able to go to war. And some enemies weren't physical ones, either. Poverty, starvation, sickness....all were major problems, even amongst the Elves, and especially during Proctor's tyrannical rule. So whilst Norin went to war against soldiers in the Holy Lands, Rose went to war against poverty in her own home.
Because everyone was so used to seeing her in fancy, elegant gowns, Rose went for the complete opposite when choosing her outfit. The first time she ever became the Nightwatchman, she just stole some of Norin's clothes from his home, wrapped a scarf about her mouth and nose and cut two holes in a bit of material to go over her eyes. She never intended to actually become a vigilante, she was just doing what she could to help the locals, in any way she could. As time went on, however, and she realised how much Nightwatchman was actually needed, she had a proper outfit made - a mask from a tailor here, a cape from a seamstress there.....Each part of the outfit came from a different source so that nobody would realise what she was up to, and before long, the mysterious character was born. 
Rose's brother Lucan was the first to discover her identity when she ran into him on the way back from delivering food parcels to a small village. Lucan ran her down, tackled her to the ground and ripped off the mask, gloating about how he was going to parade her in chains before his father. When he discovered that the masked outlaw was in fact his own sister however, Lucan was amazed. Especially after she'd shown incredible skill and agility when outrunning him through the forest. He'd always assumed she simply sat about in the Palace, sewing and backchatting their father. He had no idea that she'd been taught how to fight, let alone how to move swiftly and nimbly through the various terrains of the kingdom. He promised, from then on, to keep her secret, and kept true to his word. Norin was the only person he ever told, but Norin had had his suspicions anyway, so technically Lucan  was only confirming what Norin already knew - or so he insisted when Rose confronted him about it, anyway.
The next to find out her secret was her mother, Sophia. Rose, again in her Nitghtwatchman guise, had had a run in with Hector, her other brother this time, but unlike Lucan who'd wanted to catch the outlaw alive, Hector wasn't so bothered about the state the 'outlaw' was in when he'd finished with 'him'. Rose had perfected the art of disguising her voice by then, but never said a word when Hector confronted her, because she knew that her voice, no matter how hard she tried to disguise it, would give her away to her brother. He knew her too well to be fooled by any trick. So even when he slashed her wrist with his sword, she kept quiet. Smashing his face with her elbow was the only way she was able to escape with her life, and that was how her mother discovered the secret.
Rose had been cleaning the wound in her room when Sophia walked in unexpectedly. Rose passed the cut off as the result of catching a splinter on the door. Sophia was not convinced, but did not press the situation further until later on, when Hector bragged to his sister and mother about the wound he'd inflicted upon the Nightwatchman and how next time he'd kill the outlaw. Sophia put two and two together and angrily confronted her daughter. Rose firmly and stubbornly defended her actions, and soon Sophia reluctantly found herself supporting her daughter's "foolish crusade" to help the poor.
During the Nightwatchman's years of active service, only six people ever discovered Rose's secret.
Who Knew	
How They Knew
Lucan Storm	
Caught and unmasked her.
Sophia Storm	
Worked it out
Norin Cade	
Caught and unmasked her.
Torani Storm	
Found out from Norin
Kyra Spyros	
The only person Rose ever chose to tell.
Achilles of Myrmidon	
Found out from Kyra
Hector and Proctor - the two most likely to have killed the Nightwatchman (or Rose if they discovered that it was actually her) - never found out, and both died in the belief that the Nightwatchman was an outlaw or a disguised villager. Neither of them, in their wildest dreams, would ever have guessed that it was the young Princess. 
===Sir Guy of Gisborne===
Rose: Why do you work for him?
Gisborne: I have nobody.
Rose: Wha- So you choose him?!
Gisborne: I choose power! He is my route to position...standing!
Rose: He is mad, you know that!
Gisborne: No! He is single minded. He does not allow...distractions to pervert him from his course.
Rose: (scoffs) Distractions?! Like a little humanity?!
Gisborne: Humanity is weakness!
Rose: You don't believe that!
Rose question's Gisborne's motives for serving her father.
Sir Guy of Gisborne had come to Elysium seeking a fresh start, after his previous employer, the devious Sheriff of Nottingham, grew tired of Gisborne's "failures" and chased him from Britain under pain of death should he ever return. Gisborne quickly worked his way to the 'top' in Elysium, however, impressing King Proctor and his sons so much that the King hired him as his own personal 'lackey' or 'right hand man'.
Gisborne was infatuated by Rose from the very beginning and often did everything he could to woo and impress her - even calling her Marian, as he insisted that Marian was a far more beautiful name and that he didn't like roses because they made him sneeze. Therefore, to him, it was an insult to compare her to something he didn't like. 
Rose was gentle with him at first, maintaining a friendly tone and humouring him by allowing him to call her Marian. However, he soon began to display much stronger feelings and Rose found it harder and harder to keep things distant between them. Gisborne kept pushing and she began to find it harder and harder to say no to him.
Even when Norin returned from the Holy Lands, Guy did not give up and for a time he and Norin competed for Rose's affections. Norin would eventually emerge the victor, but it was clear that Rose still felt something for Gisborne, though she'd never admit it to anyone.
===Building Her Reputation as a Troublemaker===
Until her eighteenth birthday, the people of Ealdor had rarely heard of or even seen their Princess, because Rose had kept herself on her best behaviour - during the day at least (at night, her antics as the Nightwatchman were a whole other story!)
So when, all of a sudden one day out of the blue, the Princess finally stood up to her father in public, well, shocked was not a great enough word to describe how the people of Ealdor were feeling. Many stood in stunned silence after her outburst - her father included - but some began to celebrate, clapping and cheering. Soon the entire crowd had broken into applause, congratulating and rewarding Rose for her defence of them.
And from that day on, everything changed. Rose went from dutiful, obedient daughter to wilful, stubborn and defiant rebel, who championed the people and stood up to her father.
At first Proctor simply thought it to be a phase, and decided to knock it out of her with some harsh punishments. But the crueller he was, the more Rose acted out against him. And despite how desperate he was, Proctor could not simply kill her, because by now she was a hero to the people, and would have been made an instant martyr upon her death. So he had no choice but to keep her alive.
Rose also didn't respond well to threats, he discovered, but she DID respond to kindness and compassion - a fact he noticed whenever her brothers or Sir Guy of Gisborne confronted her about her actions, conversing with her and talking to her, rather than shouting or threatening her, as was her father's way of dealing with her.
But kindness was not something that came easy to Proctor, and he downright refused to be 'nice' to his daughter when, in his eyes, her behaviour did not merit such encouragement.
So he continued to punish her, and she continued to rebel, building a reputation for herself amongst the people of Ealdor.
It wasn't until Proctor had her hair publicly and humiliatingly hacked off for her outspokenness, however, that Rose finally lost her own temper. Up until then, she'd only ever verbally fought against her father, using words as her weapons. But the hair incident was just one step too far, and Rose let her vanity and her pride get the better of her.
Stealing a sword from the armoury, she crept into her father's chambers that night as he was practicing some grand speach. She tried to kill him - so great was her own anger and hatred towards him now - but Proctor saw her reflection in a jug on the table and dodged her attack, pinning her against the table with the sword.
He promised her she would hang at dawn for her treason, then had her thrown into the deepest and darkest of the Palace dungeons.
He was dead set on finally killing his wilful, defiant daughter - and was beyond caring what the general populace would make of such a despicable act, by now, but his wife Sophia - the only person he would ever listen to - talked him round. She played very heavily on the fact that death would be an easy escape for the Princess and if he truly wanted to teach her a lesson then he should let her live with her guilt.
Proctor finally - and reluctantly - agreed to let his daughter live, but insisted that she should remain in the dungeons until she had learned her lesson and was willing to apologise.
Rose spent the best part of the next four months in those dungeons.
When she was finally allowed out, her father placed her under 'Palace Arrest' and banned her from going anywhere without an armed escort. For Rose, this was far more humiliating and punishing that her time in the cells, and after a month of confinement to the Palace, she was literally climbing the walls, begging to be set free.
===Palace Arrest===
Proctor: (as Rose is led in by the guards) Ah, the little brat....Not so full of it now are you.
Rose: Always a pleasure to see you too, father.
Proctor: You tried to kill me.
Rose: Shame I failed.
Proctor: Give me one good reason why I shouldn't just kill you now?
Rose: Because then Mum will kill YOU.
Proctor: A sad truth, but a truth none the less. Still, I have a plan, and I will not tolerate dissent. So, you are under arrest, here in the Palace, until I can find some use for you.
Rose: You can't do that!
Proctor: Can't I?! You tried to kill me! Be thankful I'm not trying to return THAT favour!
Rose: Father -
Proctor: One more word out of you, Missy, and I'll have that pretty litte head of yours, on those pretty little shoulders on a pretty HUGE SPIKE outside the Palace walls!
===The Trophy of Lord Wessex===
Gisborne: Wessex has made a deal with your father - you've become part of a negotiation.
Rose: Pardon?
Gisborne: Wessex wants you.
Rose: Well tell him, he can't have me.
Gisborne: Your father has agreed. I'm sorry Rose, but I cannot help you. You have to run, now, before it's too late!
Sir Guy attempts to warn Rose about the danger she is in.
===Norin's Return===
"What is it with men and glory? Glory above sense and above reason?!"
Rose to Norin upon his return from War
Eight years of battle later, Norin had established himself as a prominent knight in Richard's army, and had even become a friend of the King himself. The two would often sit together in Richard's tent, discussing battle tactics and plans, or ride out together to survey the situation in the other areas of the lands and the other ranks of the army. 
Being a Lord was also a bonus for Norin, and stood him in good stead within the army. Towards the end of his time in the Holy Lands, he was viewed as the 'implicit authority' amongst the group of Elvish Knights with whom he served, and even other officers and knights would defer to him at times, if he offered advice or gave them battle orders.
And then on night, a group of 'saracens' infiltrated the camp, surprising the King and almost killing him. Their attempt was foiled by Norin, however, who had been on duty outside and had heard strange voices speaking in a foreign tongue, coming from inside the tent. He went inside to investigate, saw the situation and bravely threw himself between the attackers and the monarch, sustaining a terrible wound to his side for his efforts, but defeating them and saving Richard's life none-the-less. Richard awoke and sounded the alarm, and the remaining attackers were swiftly dealt with. Later on it turned out  that it was not an enemy group at all, but in fact a group of Templars who were rebelling against the Christian King so that they could place another upon his throne.
Norin was tended by the King's own personal medic, and given the best possible care, but even the best healers and the best medicines could not stop the stitching from becoming infected. He caught a fever, resulting in a coma that lasted for several days, during which time the King moved his camp and sent word for Norin to return home and recover fully. He also left signed papers which legally discharged Norin from the army so that he would not be called a desserter. He was given full honours and a personal commendation from the King for his bravery, as well.
Norin was glad to finally be away from the dreadful fighting he had seen every day for almost as long as he could remember, and as soon as he was well enough, he eagerly returned to Elysium. He was warmly welcomed back by everyone - including King Proctor, who was impressed by the commendation and honours that Norin had won himself. Proctor stated that Norin had brought honour not only to himself, but to his Elven people too, and promoted him to High Lord - a title equal to Reed Cade. Proctor also finally acknowledged Norin as one of his people.
Norin was so overwhelmed by the warm welcome he'd received that at first he did not realise anyone was missing from his homecoming celebrations, until he entered the banquete hall that evening and saw one particular chair at the Royal table that was empty.
Princess Rose was still hurt by his departure, and refused to  acknowledge his return or even dignify him with an appearance at his homecoming feast. Her brothers were kind enough, eager to hear his stories of the war and the battle he'd fought, and Queen Sophia was also very friendly, telling him that she was glad he was safe and home once more. He eventually asked her where Rose was, and Sophia explained about Rose's stubborn nature, and how much she'd grown and changed since he'd last seen her. She stated that it would take some time for her daughter to come round to the idea that he was back again, but eventually she would.
Norin wasn't so sure, however.
When he saw Rose a few days later, things didn't go so well and their reunion was rather frosty. He tried to woo her with his charms, but what once had worked, many years previously, now only increased her ire - so much so that after that first reunion, she refused to speak to him for weeks after.
Eventually she warmed to the idea of having Norin back in her life once more, but she made sure she did not let him forget how betrayed she'd felt by his abandonment, and how he owed her big time. Norin promised one day that he would make it up to her, if she would allow him, and the pair became friends again - though the love they'd once shared was no longer there, and Norin would have to work incredibly hard to win Rose over once more.
===Norin in Trouble===
Rose: You are an utter fool!
Norin: You've said that already.
Rose: Oh you listened? I also told you confronting my father wouldn't work. You didnt listen to that!
Norin: I did not have much choice!
Rose: Everything's a choice - everything we do! Grow up!
===Returning the Favour===
Rose: We have never once spoken the truth to each other. For instance I call you a fool when I mean you are a hero. I critisize your actions and then mimick them myself as the Nightwatchman. I chastised Norin Cade...
Norin: Shhhhh
Rose: I will not be shushed! These might be my last words!
Norin: No, they will not be. Cannot be!
For seven years, Rose managed to keep up her acts as the Nightwatchman without incident or injury.
She knew this run of luck would not last, but she kept pushing and pushing because the poor and the innocent of Ealdor continued to suffer on a daily basis, under her father's reign, and this was not something she could ignore. So even when her luck began to run out and she started making mistakes, she still ignored the warning signs.
Until one fateful night when her luck ran out completely and she almost lost her life to her own stupidity.
Having overheard her father and brothers talking about a Lord Northman who had recently come into considerable wealth and was intending to give it all to the Palace as a gesture of goodwill, Rose decided that this opportunity was too good to miss, and at midnight, slipped out of the palace as the Nightwatchman to go to Northman's house and steal his gold.
When Norin realised what she had done - after finding her room empty - he gathered a few of his men who were loyal to both him and the Princess, and they hurried after Rose in an attempt to stop her, because she was walking right into a trap.
They were too late, however, as Rose had already sneaked into the house and was loading a satchel with the gold, unaware that there was no 'Lord Northman' and the gold was planted there as bait to lure the Nightwatchman into the trap. Sir Guy of Gisborne was waiting to trap the outlaw, and succeeded when Rose panicked and barricaded herself into the room with the gold. With Gisborne's guards covering the windows to stop her from escaping that way, and Gisborne himself hacking at the door with an axe, Rose knew that time, and options had run out.
Taking advantage of a momentary distraction as Norin's men stormed the house, however, she was able to escape and punch Gisborne in the face - something Rose herself had been longing to do for a VERY long time. He fell backwards down the stairs, but still managed to lash out at Rose as she ran past, punching her in the stomach. Norin's men helped her to escape and they all ran in different directions, away from the manor. Some of Norin's men took the gold and began to divide it amongst the families who needed it the most, leaving small parcels on each doorstep for the families to find in the morning.
Norin, meanwhile, met up with Rose at the edge of the forest where he'd been waiting for her. He didn't want to be with the men who had rescued her, because whilst Gisborne did not know them, he'd definitely recognize Norin, and being associated with outlaws would have jeopardized not only Norin's life, but his relationship with Rose, too.
Rose surprisingly understood, and did not judge him. Instead she called him smart - which was a surprising change to the usual catty and insulting names she had taken to calling him since his return from the Holy Lands.
Just as Norin began to think that perhaps things were looking up, between them, Rose collapsed, holding her stomach. When she took her hand away, it was covered in blood, and the made the terrifying discover that Gisborne had done more than merely punch her. He'd stabbed her with a small, curved blade that he'd pulled from his boot and concealed in his fist.
The adrenaline had covered it up, until now, as had the Nightwatchman's dark uniform, and the lack of decent light to see by, making the huge bloodstain impossible to notice until it was too late.
Norin ran to her aid, scooping her into his arms and running with her to the cave where he had arranged to meet the rest of his men. They were horrified to discover that the Princess was mortally wounded, and leapt into action to help her in any way they could.
Rose knew she was dying, however. And so, as she lay dying, she tried to tell Norin of her true feelings for him. But before the pair could admit their feelings for one another, they were interrupted by Djaq, Norin's female friend from the Holy Lands who had returned with him to Elysium after her home in Acre was destroyed.
Djaq, a skilled healer, did her best to operate on Rose's wound, but by morning, Rose's body had started to shut down. Norin quickly made the decision to take her back to his home, which was only a mile away, and he and Much - his faithful manservant - hitched up a quick stretcher out of a cloak and some branches.
Whilst Djaq ran to fetch a physician, Norin and Much ran with Rose's stretcher, all the way back to Norin's home - Knighton Hall - where he told his stunned parents that he'd found Rose unconscious in the woods and suspected she'd been attacked by bandits.
Reed and Saffiya helped to make Rose as comfortable as possible, though the Princess was barely conscious and only just clinging to life, by this point.
Help soon arrived, however, and the physician did all that he could to save her, eventually managing to pull her back from the brink of death.
Her parents were informed and Proctor issued an immediate bounty for the Nightwatchman's head.
Rose, meanwhile, stayed in Norin's home until she was well enough to be moved, where she was then transferred by carriage, with a royal escort back to the Palace, where she eventually made a full recovery.
There was no doubt in her mind that she now owed Norin her life - they were equal, after she had saved his life, just a few weeks earlier.
And something else had changed between them, too. She was now willing to accept him readily back into her life - his past was forgiven, and it seemed like she was finally ready to give him a second chance. He seized this opportunity with both hands, and promised never to leave her, ever again. No matter what.
As for the Nightwatchman, 'he' didn't make another appearance until many months after Proctor's death, simply because Rose didn't want to push her luck any more. She'd learned her lesson, the hard way, and dancing with death was not an experience she'd like to repeat in a hurry.
===Kyra and Achilles===
Proctor: You know, I see a lot of my daughter in you. Strong-willed...stubborn...but also courageous. It took a lot of bravado to do what you have just done, like it takes my daughter a lot of bravado to admit that she is wrong...
Rose: Father! Lets not make this about me!
Proctor: Quite right. Are you sure you know what you are doing? You have planned for every situation...every outcome? You've looked at it from every angle?
Rose: I'm with her, whether you are or not. Because I believe in her...I have faith in her...
Proctor: Well then, Queen Kyra...it seems you have found an ally. I am trusting my daughter's judgement on this, and seeing as she trusts you, then so shall I.
Proctor and Rose meet Kyra for the first time and agree to help her.
===The Fake Battle===
Rose: We could make things easier for them...maybe cover some of the older buildings in pitch so that they burst into flames...weaken a few walls so they collapse, that sort of thing? That way we can control the damage to a certain extent whilst still making it seem like a disaster.
Proctor: The girl has a plan. A plan that for once I like.
Rose: Well you know...I do have my moments.
Rose and Proctor discuss plans for the fake 'battle' with Myrmidon.
===The War of Midas===
Info coming soon
===Becoming Queen===
Hector: I'm going to give up the throne, Rose...because the truth is, I'm a follower, not a leader. That was proved in the war, when I ordered Lucan to take his Eagles round the back of the hybrid army to try and box them in. I got Lucan killed, Rose. Our own brother died because of me! Whereas you...you saved so many lives that day. I could never do what you did. Three armies, you were controlling...three! All of different races...And I couldn't even keep order in my own tiny army of Dragons. I'm not cut out to be a King, Rose.
Rose: Don't...don't say that. You're a good person, Hector...don't do this...don't give up now.
Hector: I've made up my mind, Rose. I don't want to be King. And I'm sorry, but there's nothing you, or anyone else can do to change my mind.
Rose: Then...then what happens now?
Hector: Well...I've already spoken to Mum about it. She is willing to step down as Queen, to make way for one of us...and seeing as I don't want to take her place...it's down to you, Lightfoot. If you'll accept...we want you to become Queen.
Rose: I...I..
Hector: Please Rose, say that you'll do it. I beg you...
Rose: If it's what you want...........?
Hector: You accept the role of Elysium's Queen?
Rose: With great reluctance........yes.
It had never been Rose's intention to rule as Queen, but her brother left her little alternative.
When her father died, running like a coward during the War of Midas, Rose didn't even bother to shed a tear. She'd hated her father, and his death had brought her nothing but relief and a sense of release. She was no longer in the clutches of a cruel, heartless King. She was free to finally be herself once more - after twenty four long years of pain, torture and punishment. If she did shed any tears, they would not have been tears of grief...but tears of joy.
And so, after her mother and brother refused the throne, she stepped up to the challenge, and promised to undo everything Proctor ever did. She wasn't going to make the same mistakes as her father, and set about creating a new Kingdom...a better Kingdom...and with it came the dawn of a new era.
===Battle With Apollo===
"Listen to me! Listen!......The Greek God Apollo is angry...he's tricking us!...He is trying to punish us for our victory in Greece!...He is trying to make us panic and cower in fear!...Force us to crawl at his feet, begging for forgiveness! But we won't give in! Because we are better than that! All of us!........The rest of the Gods are watching...and what will they see? Frightened elves cowering in the dark? No! They will see our courage, and our strength, and our resolve! They will know that they cannot beat us, and they will know what we can do! The Elves will not be beaten!"
Rose's first speech as Elysium's Queen
===Lorcan===
"I'm talking to a tiger who's talking right back?!"
Rose struggles to come to terms with the appearance of a talking tiger cub called Lorcan.
Some time after the War of Midas, Rose was messing about with magic (a very bad habit she had), when she accidentally created a 'living memory' of sorts. Lorcan was created from her mind, and so is technically a part of her, even though he is unique, individual and very independant...not to mention a completely different species to her.
At first the pair wondered what the hell was going on, and avoided each other at all costs. But there was no denying the strange connection linking them, so eventually curiosity won them both over and they soon became friends. Amazed at the fact she'd just stumbled across a talking tiger cub, Rose was so fascinated with him that she didn't see the danger they were in. Lorcan warned her, and in effect saved both their lives with this early warning. After that, Rose vowed to keep and look after him, and Lorcan promised to look out for her in return. He would never leave her side, and went everywhere with her, like a stripy guard dog...or rather, guard cat.
The wizard who provided Rose with the magical item that created Lorcan could not explain how or what happened, but both Rose and Lorcan soon found that they didn't care, and actually enjoyed one another's company.
Over time, Lorcan learnt to shapeshift, transforming from a tiger cub to a fully grown tiger and back again, to begin with, then into a human after a run-in with Keras enhanced his magical abilities.
And if Rose thought looking after a baby tiger was hard, this was nothing compared to what she would soon be up against. But at least it was good practice.
===Torani===
"Her name's Torani. And she's perfect."
Rose introduces her daughter to the world.
Unbeknownst to Rose, she had in fact been pregnant during both the War of Midas and the following Battle with Apollo, and it was not until a few weeks after the latter had been resolved that she finally found the need to visit a physician, after several rough nights of sleep and heaving sickness each morning - so bad on some days that she could barely keep any food down at all, the entire day. She assumed she must have caught some kind of bug or infection - maybe even flu, but the truth was much more of a shock.
She was three months pregnant!
Rose was only just settling into the role as Elysium's Queen and the thought of becoming a mother panicked her so much that for a time, she refused to tell anyone, keeping the information to herself until she could get everything sorted in her mind and decide, once and for all, whether she was going to actually keep the child, or get rid of it before anyone ever found out. As soon as this thought entered her head, however, she angrily dismissed it and despised herself for ever thinking such a terrible thought.
After confiding in both Norin and Kyra, however, she finally came round to the idea of becoming a mother, and by the time she was five months gone, she was actually getting rather excited about the whole situation - regardless of the fact that she and Norin had had a major row that had prompted her to punch him in the face and throw his engagement ring back at him, calling off their wedding for a second time.
It took an entire month - and much encouragement from Kyra - for the two of them to get back together and admit how stupid they'd both been, but it was not a moment too soon, because that was when Rose found out that Elves are only pregnant for six months, not the standard nine of a human. Rose had become far too human recently, and had completely forgotten this fact, until Norin helpfully reminded her, sending her into a full blown panic attack.
Once again it fell to Kyra to calm a petrified Rose, and with her own newborns - Panos and Lyra - she managed to somehow convince Rose that everything would be fine and that she would be a great mother.
Two days after that, Tora was born during the midst of winter in Elysium - snow had fallen for the first time in over twenty years, and people were taking that as a sign. The fact that the Queen's daughter, and future heir to the throne, was born during this freezing, unforgiving climate was seen as a bad omen, as it was a widely held belief by many in the Elven community that the weather on a person's birthday was a symbol of the temperment they would someday have.
Rose, for example, was born on a summer's day with the warm sun in the air, but a sharp breeze blowing from across the seas. This suggested she would turn out to be a kind, compassionate and warm ruler, who had a cold streak about her, whenever danger presented itself. This turned out to be true.
Just as Torani was born during a bitter, harsh winter's afternoon, with a cold chill in the air, but a warm sun on the horizon. This suggested that she would turn out to be cold-hearted, cruel and bitter, but with a warmer nature towards those she loved and cared about.
Unfortunately, just as the predictions about her mother turned out to be true, so did the predictions about Torani. She took after her grandfather, Proctor, though it would take several years for anyone to actually realise this.
Of course, the fact that she was baseborn did not help to ease the minds of those who feared for her future. It was seen as an insult that a baseborn child would stand to one day inherit the crown, so people petitioned for months on end, begging the Queen to be married before her daughter was born. Rose, stubborn as always, refused to believe the 'omens' that had been predicted, however, stating that it was all a bunch of superstitious nonsense, and that she would believe the 'bad luck' her daughter was supposed to bring, when it happened, and not a second before.
When Torani was eventually born, Rose was delighted with her beautiful baby girl, and even those who had protested that the 'child would bring doom to the Elven race' were silenced by Torani's placid nature and huge, innocent emerald eyes. One look at her and even the hardest of hearts melted in an instant.
Little did anyone know that, as predicted, bad luck would shadow Torani for pretty much the rest of her life.
===The Wife of Norin ===
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===The Golden Years ===
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===The Dark Elf Uprising===
Rose: This is what I'm gonna do! I'm gonna rescue her. I'm gonna save my daughter from the evil, twisted bitch who thought she could threaten and intimidate my family, my friends and my kingdom. And then I'm gonna save Elysium. And then, just to finish off, I'm gonna wipe every last stinking Dark Elf off the face of this planet!
Keras: But you have no weapons! No defences! No plan!
Rose: Yeah. And doesn't that scare you to death?
Rose and Keras meet each other for the first time as Keras makes the grave mistake of threatening Torani.
===Widowed ===
For five years after Rose and Norin's marriage , the Storm family lived peaceful lives, and even welcomed a son into the family. Tora doted on Seth and adored him just as much as she adored Pan and Lyra. She fell easily into the role of the older sister and taught him to be a prankster just like her, although being so young, he never fully developed the skills needed to join the ranks of the 'three amigos' as Rose had affectionately taken to calling them (though never to their faces, because Tora kicked up a right fuss if she did).
Norin settled well into the role of Prince Consort, and Rose could not have been happier. She had her Greek friends, she had the man she had loved since the day she'd first met him (though she'd never have admited this to him in a million years) and she had two gorgeous children. The kingdom was at peace and everything seemed right with the world.
But, like everything in the Storm family, this happiness was destined to be short lived. Keras Ksenia, Rose's older sister, had been missing since before Rose was born and many presumed she was dead, until she showed herself as the leader of the Dark Elves, however. The Dark Elves had always been at odds with their lighter counterparts, although during Proctor's reign he had always managed to drive them out of the kingdom before any real harm could be done. Rose had never had to deal with the Dark Elves before, and after a prolonged period of inactivity on their part, she foolishly believed that perhaps they had finally given in.
She relaxed her guard, giving them the opportunity needed to strike, and led by Keras, they stormed the Grand Palace in the dead of night, catching everyone off guard. Rose was seperated from Norin and her children, and desperately fought her way through the palace, trying to find them again. By morning, the Dark Elves had been succesfully driven back, but a heavy price had been paid.
A very heavy price.
Because as Rose ran into the throne room, she saw a sight that would haunt her forever more. Tora was cowering in a small, secret compartment beneath the golden throne, sobbing in terror, her eyes squeezed shut against the carnage in the room around her. But it wasn't the hundreds of bodies that she was terrified of. It was the fact that if she dared to open her eyes, she'd see the lifeless eyes of her little brother staring back at her, blood running down his face from his smashed skull. And behind him, his head seperated from his body, lay Norin. Tora had not seen them die - she'd had the sense to look away and close her eyes. But she knew they were both dead, and she knew that if she opened her eyes, she would see them. So, despite her sheer terror at the situation, and the fact that she was scared to death, she'd refused to open her eyes and subject herself to even more haunting nightmares.
It took all of Rose's strength to keep her voice from breaking as she gently coaxed her daughter out from under the throne, and carried her away from the grissly scene, keeping her head held firmly to her shoulder, as Tora sobbed uncontrollably. Rose had to remain strong, for the sake of her daughter, but when the news came that Sophia, her mother, was also dead, it finally became too much for her and she took herself off into a quiet room and cried until she could literally cry no more.
In that one evening alone, she had lost her mother, her husband and her son, all to the sister she'd never met, because of the actions of her father, before she was even born. If Rose had hated her father before, she absolutely loathed and despised him now. Because she didn't blame her sister for this attack.She blamed Proctor for driving Keras away and turning her so bitter and full of hatred in the first place.
===Richard and the Holy Lands ===
Some time after Tora's sixteenth birthday, Elysium was visited by King Richard of England, also known more commonly as Richard the Lionheart. He failed to impress Torani, upon meeting her, but was more succesful with her mother, as the two had a history together. Richard had once fought Tora's father, Norin, for the chance to court Rose, but in the end Norin had won. Richard had the sense, at least, to wait until several years after Norin's death before he tried again with Rose, but Tora was wise to his plan and warned her mother.
Rose did not heed her daughter's warning, however, and went with Richard and a small detatchment of Elven soldiers, back to the Holy Lands to aid him in his battles. Whilst there, Rose found herself falling for Richard, and when she returned back home one month later, she informed her daughter of the whirlwind romance and explained that she and Richard were not only getting married, but were expecting a baby together, too. She assumed that Tora would be delighted at having a new sibling, although she expected that Tora would not take too kindly to Richard.
What she never expected was Tora's volatile reaciton to the whole situation. The pair had a blazing row - the worst they would ever have, and their bond was never the same after that. They had lost the connection that they had had before, as mother and daughter. Now Tora merely tolerated Rose, and respected her.....but there was no love. Perhaps friendship could have been a better word to describe their relationship now - and a strained one, at that.
Tora quickly dubbed Richard the 'Evil Step Dad' and did everything in her power to annoy and provoke him, even roping Lyra and Pan in to playing pranks on him - one such prank involving painting his horse pink and tying bows into it's mane and tail.
Richard refused to rise to her taunts, however, and never gave her the satisfaction of seeing that she was actually annoying him with her antics. This, however, only irritated Tora more, because of the lack of a reaction, and she'd try even harder to force one out of him - but to no avail.
===Death by Tora ===
Rose: No, Torani, it doesn't work like that.
Torani: Oh I think it does.
Rose: Tora, Samiyah is not Samiyah! She's Callandra, and she's evil!
Tora: From my point of view, Achilles is evil! And everyone who sides with him!
Rose: Well then you are lost!
And then came the moment when everything changed. Panos, son of Achilles, had disappeared whilst looking for his lover, Samiyah. Tora volunteered to go looking for him, and with the approval of her mother and her aunt and uncle, she journeyed to the Mother and Child Isles. Catching a brief glimpse of Pan, she barely had time to call his name, however, when she was transported to a whole other place entirely.
Quickly concluding that she was now on the Isle of Midas, Tora was understandably nervous and more than a little suspicious as she was greeted by Samiyah, who went on to beg Torani for help, stating that her mother was weak and dying, and needed Tora's help.
Against her better judgement, Tora listened to Sam's pleading and for some reason, found herself believing everything that Sam was telling her - not realising that Sam was in fact being controlled by Callandra, whilst the real Sam was trapped in Callandra's body. The pair had switched bodies (unwillingly, on Sam's part) and now Callandra was using Sam to trick Tora, who foolishly fell for the trap.
Using what Rose had often called and 'inch of truth' - just enough truth to a lie to make it seem plausible - Callandra showed Tora visions of Achilles turning Callandra and treating her cruelly, then turning on Tora's own mother - even going as far as beheading her. Tora found herself falling further and further into Callandra's grasp, yet did nothing to stop it, and by the time Callandra sent her back to Myrmidon, she was well and truly prepared to turn on those she had once called her friends and family.
Attempting to kill Achilles in his tent, after deciving him to be alone with her, Tora was incapacitated by Achilles (who knocked her out before she could bring harm to him, or anyone else) then locked in the dungeons of Myrmidon, where she angrily hurled abuse at Achilles and tried to warn her mother that he was dangerous. Rose would not hear of it, of course, which only drove an even bigger wedge between mother and daughter.
When Tora was rescued by Callandra's phantoms and taken back to Midas, she was now well and truly a servant of the evil Queen, having believed to have seen Achilles' "cruelty" first hand - considering how he'd knocked her out and locked her away in his dungeon.
So, when the group came to Midas to rescue her and Sam, they were not prepared for what they found awaiting them in the throne room - Tora standing protectively in front of Callandra, ready to defend her and kill any of them if they got too close.
Rose tried to reason with Tora, but to no avail, and after a short, brief sword fight, Tora bested her mother. When Rose refused to join Tora and Callandra, Tora angrily lashed out and stabbed Rose to death with a knife to the heart. Rose died at her daughter's feet.
Instead of blaming herself for what had happened to Rose, however, Tora blamed Achilles and swore she'd have her revenge on him, before she used Callandra's phantoms to spirit her away from the Island, which was collapsing after Callandra's defeat at Panos' hands.
Rose's body was returned to Elysium where a grand funeral was held in her honour. Her body was laid - as per tradition - in state in the throne room for three days after her death, before it was sealed in the crypt of her family, and a marble carving of her likeness was commissioned to stand over her tomb.
She was only an occupant of the crypt for a month, however, before powerful magic brought her back from the land of the dead, under the guidance of her step daughter, Vesper Duane. Rose was woken from what felt like a deep sleep, in time to see Torani defeating Keras and redeeming herself for all her 'evil' acts.
The mother and daughter bond was re-established and made perhaps even stronger by the situation they had both been through, and from then on, both Rose and Tora had a newfound respect for one another. Rose went ahead and married Richard, but Tora didn't protest this time. She'd come to accept that whilst she may not like all of her mother's decisions, it was not up to her to tell Rose what was right and wrong.
Some time after, the triplets Aranion, Milos and Tiril were born.
===War with Gwaren===
Rose: Citizens of Ealdor! Bayard has persecuted our people, ruthlessly and senselessly hunted our kind, hounded us and ransacked our homes. Now he has declared war upon Elysium herself! Will we allow it?!
Crowd: No!
Rose: Until now, I would never have condoned any course of action that would lead us to war, but on this day, I make an exception! In this case, I say HE STARTED IT!.......He started it, and we’re going to finish it! We march in an hour! And we march for vengeance! We march for victory! We march for Ealdor!...Today, we avenge the death of your Prince, Alistair! Today we remember and honour his sacrifice! And today, the Elves go to war against the evil bastard Bayard!
Declaring war on the kingdom of Gwaren.
===Forming the Queensguard===
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===Seifa===
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===Third Time Unlucky===
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===Alternate Reality===
Alternate Seifa: I hope you've got a plan!
Torani: Me? Do I look like the leader of this merry bunch of misfits?
Alternate Seifa: Well it was your bright idea to spring my grandmother out of jail!
Torani: Oh don't tell me the thought had never crossed your mind either?!
Alternate Seifa: I'd thought about it, yes, but there's a HUGE difference between thinking something and DOING it!
Alternate Rose: Children! Tora, your friend asked you a question. Don't be rude. Answer the man.
Torani: Yes Mum.
Even in an alternate reality, Tora still manages to get into trouble with her mother.
===Torani's Trial===
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