Swanwhite Stoneshire II

Swanwhite Stoneshire was one of the Queen Regnants of Narnia, during The Dark Age. Swanwhite was known for releasing Narnia from the anarchy of Calormen and Vikath, participating and winning the War of False Kings. The niece of King Lune Stoneshire in Archenland, Swanwhite grew up in Anvard, and was treated as if she was a princess herself. Named after the infamous Swanwhite Stoneshire I, Swanwhite seemingly inherited not only her beauty, but her bravery as well.
During the War of False Kings, Swanwhite, with the blessing of her uncle and of the remaining Pevensie's, took the Archenland Army into Narnia, and joined forces with the remainder of the Narnian Army. Swanwhite won the Narnian crown back from the false kings during the infamous Battle of Owlwood, where Swanwhite personally killed Marnhaf Uber and avenged the slaughter of many innocents during and after the First Cair Paravel Massacre. In a gesture of complete and utter selflessness, Swanwhite presented the Pevensie's with the offer of the Narnian throne, but the remaining Pevensie's gracefully declined, and urged Swanwhite to accept the throne for herself, knowing she was worthy of the crown.
During Swanwhite's reign, she continued the efforts started by the Pevensie siblings and their consorts to rebuild foreign communications and trades, and she had the devastating and tough task of rebuilding the realm anew yet again, and heal the realm from the atrocities committed during and after the First Cair Paravel Massacre. Swanwhite is credited with bringing the realm back together, and bringing the stability to the realm that the Pevensie's had first brought back to Narnian's, which was ruthlessly shattered with the coming of the Calormenes and Vikathians. 
Swanwhite formally styled herself as Queen of Narnia, Empress of the Lone Islands, Empress of the Narnian Empire, Lady of Cair Paravel, Knightess of the Most Noble Order of the Lion, Knightess of the Noble Order of the Round Table, and Protector of the Realm.
==Personality==
Raised as a lady, Swanwhite possessed the traditional feminine graces of her milieu, with a keen interest in music, poetry, singing, dancing, embroidery, and other traditional feminine activities. As a young girl, Swanwhite was enthralled by songs and stories of romance and adventure, particularly those depicting handsome princes, honorable knights, chivalry, and love. But Swanwhite did not allow these childish fantasies to cloud her adult vision, and with her studies of the history of the Known World, Swanwhite quickly realized she could not allow herself to stay in the dreamland which she had grown up in. Because of the amount of time she spent with siblings, cousins, and her uncle, Swanwhite grew to be a strong, confident, brave and war-like young woman, though her delicate features would make one think otherwise. She kept faith with the Faith of Aslan.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Born the youngest niece to King Lune of Archenland, Swanwhite grew up in the Archenland capital of Anvard within a big family environment. Named after the infamous Swanwhite Stoneshire I, Swanwhite seemingly inherited not only her beauty, but her bravery as well. As was tradition within the Stoneshire family, Swanwhite grew up as if she herself was a princess, and received the best of tutors for her schooling. Her uncle did not believe in schooling the boys and girls differently, so Swanwhite took sparring lessons alongside her cousins and siblings, and despite her delicate and feminine features, it soon proved that Swanwhite would grow to be a war-like young woman. 
She was a happy child, endlessly curious and utterly fearless, a delight to all who knew her. Swanwhite was a lively, laughing child. She was often mud-spattered and grass-stained. She was seen as "the darling niece of the realm", and considered a great beauty. Swanwhite began to talk well before her first nameday. By the time she was one and a half years old, she could already walk and run.
Three years before Swanwhite was born, the Pevensie siblings entered Narnia and defeated the white witch, Jadis, and brought an end to the terror of the Hundred Year Winter the witch had brought upon Narnia. Swanwhite grew up with admiration for the famed siblings, as Jadis had slaughtered some of her family when she invaded Narnia, while others escaped into the safety of Archenland. Swanwhite was thrilled when she finally received an invitation to the Narnian Court in 1018, as she finally got to meet the reigning siblings she had looked up to all her life, and got to meet the grand family they had created for themselves.
===War of False Kings===
On August 01, 1025, Peter Pevensie, Susan Pevensie, Edmund Pevensie, and Lucy Pevensie disappeared from Narnia while hunting the famed White Stag and were presumed dead. The Pevensie consorts and their court quickly schedule the eldest of each sibling's child to be coronated, but the neighboring countries of Calormen and Vikath feel it would be weak to let mere children take the crown again, and Calormen decides that it is the time to attack. Marnhaf Uber, a man from Tashbaan, Calormen calls his men, and quickly forms a large army of allies that claim to support him in his quest to conquer the Narnian throne, and the army sails from Calormen and lands in the port of Maidenpool, located in the vast city of Cair Paravel. The First Cair Paravel Massacre ensued, resulting the deaths of many, including within the Pevensie family, as well as the ousting of the Pevensie family. Many Narnians went into hiding. After Marnhaf Uber seized control of Narnia, Rikard Thornburn, the King of Vikath, marched with an army of his own into Narnia with the intention of fighting the Calormenes to win the throne for himself, without having the blood of the Pevensie's on his own hands.
The massacre led to House of Stoneshire to act in retaliation. Swanwhite, with the blessing of her uncle and of the remaining Pevensie's, took the Archenland Army into Narnia, and joined forces with the remainder of the Narnian Army at Stormness Mountains. Without fear, Swanwhite led both armies through Narnia and on September 19, 1025 they marched into the great city of Cair Paravel, taking few prisoners, and ordering many to be killed. The slaughtering of so many children during the massacre churned her stomach, and she was hell bent on making them pay the ultimate price for their crimes. A life for a life. Upon their arrival at the castle, it was discovered that Marnhaf Uber and Rikard Thornburn had already retreated with the bulk of their armies to areas surrounding Owlwood, where the Battle of Owlwood was famed to take place. Both armies were holed up in castles - The Calormen Army had taken over Castle Rookwood, whereas the Vikath Army had sacked and taken over Castle Tudor, the Narnian house for House of Tudor from Terebinthia. 
On October 02, Swanwhite and her army arrived in Owlwood and assessed the situation. Swanwhite, seeing potential in the situation, split her combined army into halves and laid siege against castles, in the hope of starving them and weakening the armies. For nearly seven months, Swanwhite held the Vikath Army in Castle Tudor, while King Rhysand Tudor Terebinthia sailed the Terebinthian Army to Narnia to join forces with Swanwhite, eager to take his own revenge for the capture and torture of his daughter, Violet, during the massacre. One-third of the Vikathian Army died from starvation during the siege, and the remaining army was weakened to various degrees. 
====Battle of Owlwood====
On April 25, 1026, the infamous Battle of Owlwood took place. The Vikathian Army creeped out of Castle Tudor, and into the farm fields surrounding of Owlwood, where they were met by the Archenland, Narnian, and Terebinthian armies. The two sides closed for battle with Rikard’s men advancing up the fields and the Swanwhite and her men leading the Stoneshire advance. Archers loosed thousands of arrows from both sides as they closed in. Swanwhite's men proved the steadier in the ensuing hand-to-hand combat; they held their ground and several of Rikard's men fled the field. The battle raged on, the ringing of swords clashing echoed throughout the farmlands as man after man in Rikard's army fell or fled. From a distance, Marnhaf and his army witnessed this first battle, unable to make out which side had won from a distance, but taking advantage of the weakened armies and marched into battle, hoping the strain of the first battle had tired both remaining armies. Rhysand met Rikard face to face on the battlefield - Rhysand left with a new scar down the side of his face, while Rikard met his end.
Swanwhite had one massive advantage on her side - the nature creatures of Narnia had risen to fight alongside her. The trees wound their branches around necks of foes, the dryads lured the opposing men into the woods to their deaths. The rivers rose to flood out the enemies, thick waves crashing down onto the foe armies, carrying them out into their murky depths, the men never to surface again. Swanwhite dismounted her horse and advanced on Marnhaf, and after hand-to-hand combat, Swanwhite wounded and disarmed Marnhaf, before she brought the man to his demise. 
After the Calormen and Vikathian armies realized their leaders were dead, the battle quickly came to an end, with many trying to flee. Swanwhite had no need for more prisoners - and the Archenland, Narnian, and Terebithian armies, combined with the nature creatures of Narnia, quickly expired of the remainder of their foe. The bodies of Marnhaf and Rikard were brought with them to Cair Paravel, where Rhysand quickly dispatched the heads of each to their respective countries as a courtesy warning.
===After the Battle===
Although Swanwhite was able to claim legitimate Stoneshire descendancy, she seized the crown by right of conquest. After the battle, The Dryad's brought to Swanwhite a flower crown they had made, and she was proclaimed queen at the top of Crown Hill, outside the village of Owlwood. 102 of Swanwhite's men died in the battle, compared to 1,356 of Marnhaf and Rikard's men. The bodies of the fallen were sent to their respective countries, and those of the fallen Narnians were taken to Cair Paravel Cathedral to be buried in a cemetery on the outskirts of the grounds.
===Reign===
Swanwhite's coronation was held in Cair Paravel Cathedral on July 04, 1026, and was one of the highest attended coronations in Narnian history. Narnians far and wide traveled to attend the coronation of their protector, and to set their eyes on her beauty. The first year of her reign was primarily dedicated to rebuilding the vast city of Cair Paravel, and for renovations to be made on the damaged castle and cathedral, as well as setting up her court and working on the start of rebuilding the realm again.
On June 20, 1027, Swanwhite and her court set out on her first official progress of the Narnian Realm. However, this progress was intended to be much more than merely ‘pastime with goodecompanie’: it was a political move to kickstart the process of making the realm whole again after the disappearance and butchering of their former monarchs. This would become one of the longest and most politically significant progresses of her reign, as it consolidated her rule throughout Narnia, and she met with all Narnians who were willing to come forward, no matter how lowly, no matter what species. For the first time, hope was beginning to spread throughout the kingdom again, no thanks to Swanwhite's first official progress. On this progress, in Drimond, Swanwhite met Ichabod Rutherford, with whom Swanwhite would fall passionately in love with. 
On December 02, 1028 Swanwhite and Ichabod were married at Cair Paravel Cathedral. A grand feast followed at Castle Cair Paravel, followed by a small bedding ceremony. A week of events was planned to celebrate the marriage, though the pair remained at Cair Paravel instead of traveling on a honeymoon. Following the advice of her small council, Swanwhite gave her new husband the title of prince consort, much to the amusement of the men of the realm.
Come June of 1029, Swanwhite was pregnant with the couple's first child. Once again going on progress, the court arrived in Cauldron Pool. There, the pregnant Swanwhite wished to bathe in Helen's Pool. While she was inside, Swanwhite was attacked by three Calormen women with daggers - all were lovers to Marnhaf Uber, and they had come for blood. As only women were allowed in the bathhouse, Swanwhite was accompanied only by her maids, who did not hesitate to protect Swanwhite by stepping between Swanwhite and her would-be assassins. Their shouts alarmed the two Queensguard knights who stood outside, who burst in and slew two of the attackers, sparing the third for questioning. Under questioning, the remaining would-be assassin revealed the names of half a dozen more who had helped plan the assault. Lord Foxworth hanged the guilty women of the order, and planned to hang the innocent ones as well; Swanwhite convinced him otherwise. Ichabod sent a raven to Saltwood to summon Astoria Sorrengail, who was subsequently appointed as Swanwhite's sworn shield. It took much convincing, but a week after the hangings, Swanwhite finally agreed to enter Helen's Pool one more time, and finally bathed in it's healing waters.
===Aslan's Country===
==Quotes==
===Quotes by Swanwhite===
"Men go to battle, women wage war."
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