Valentine Naerion

Valentine Naerion was one of the Princesses of Telmar by birthright as the granddaughter of the king, Ledger Naerion. After her sister's marriage to Caspian Rostov I, Valentine fled to the island of Baez, and the protection of the duke, Julian Sable. After the murder of her entire family, Valentine vowed revenge on Caspian Rostov I, and began building connections to other islands in the Western Ocean. In 2013, Valentine participated in the famed Battle of Cauldron Pool, where her revenge was served and she defeated Caspian and avenged her family.
==Personality==
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Princess Valentine Sereno was born the second daughter of Hope Stoneshire and Har Sereno. Her grandfather was Ledger Naerion, king of Telmar. Valentine was born into chaos, as Caspian Rostov had murdered her grandfather months before, and declared himself king of Telmar at only 12 years old. 
Valentine was a precocious child, sullen where her sister was sunny, cold where her sister was warm. Despite everyone comparing them, Valentine adored her older sister, considering Catalina to be her best friend. Val often defended Catalina from their brother, James. Val was also more interested in what were considered the more masculine pursuits. She rode bareback and trained with a sword; and it was said she could wrestle men twice her size to the ground.
In 1993, Catalina left their home in Briar Beach to wed King Caspian. Valentine already had a deep hatred for Caspian, which would only be stoked by later events. Val was heard whispering to her sister as they prepared for the wedding, “I would burn down the entire world for you. Remember that.” Over the next few years, Val kept in regular contact with her sister, constantly writing letters and even visiting a few times. 
In 1998, when Caspian moved on Narnia, Val took the loosened security as her opportunity and fled Telmar, with the help of her mother. She fled to Baez, and the protection of the duke, Julian Sable. Her brother was supposed to follow, but the guards tightened security when they realized Valentine was missing. They did not tell Caspian that she was gone however, fearing that he would have them killed.
===Buildup===
In the spring of 1999, Valentine received word that her entire family was dead, executed on the orders of Caspian; including Val’s beloved Catalina, his queen. Val was beyond devastated and vowed revenge.
“I will have blood. I will have his head on a pike. I will cut out his heart and feast upon it. I will burn it all to ash. My sister was the best of women; now he shall meet the worst.”
Valentine began building connections to other islands in the Western Ocean. To defeat Caspian, she would need an army, and to get an army, she needed allies. In August of 2000, an assassin murdered the Prince of Watercress Isle. His widow was the daughter of Valentine’s guardian turned Lieutenant, Julian Sable. Word in the community was that the assassin was sent by Caspian, as his first move to conquer the Western Islands. Valentine doubted this idea, knowing assassins were not Caspian’s style. Her doubts were substantiated when in October, an assassin came for her. She not only stopped the assassin, but the Duke’s agents were able to arrest him, and break him for information. He was an agent of Astonia, as had the agent who had killed Prince Robert of Watercress Isle. Earlier in the year, she had declared Baez to be an independent principality, with her as their princess. This meant that Astonia had attacked the sovereigns of two separate nations, killing one. She sent a message to the widowed Princess Maia, “Blood will have blood.” She sent the assassin’s head back to Astonia. And so, war descended on the Great Western Ocean.
The war against Astonia would take 5 years, but eventually the coalition of Baez, Watercress Isle, and Lusitanic would defeat Astonia. In 2003, to cement their alliance, Valentine married Gabriel Everdeen of Lusitanic. In 2004, their daughter Catya Willow Everdeen-Naerion was born. Practically from birth, Catya was betrothed to Arch Duke Alexander of Watercress Isle. 
After Astonia was defeated in 2005, Valentine turned her attention to Telmar and to Caspian. Seven years of back and forth fighting left much of Telmar in ruins. Caspian was forced to retreat into Narnia. He put his wife and children in the castle that was supposed to be his summer home.
===Battle of Cauldron Pool===
Caspian and Valentine met for the last time at the famed Battle of Caldron Pool on March 29th 2013. Victory in the battle was aided by the arrival of Duchess Maribeau of House Hart;with her army of angry Northmen. Maribeau had been declared a rebel, and had been fighting (and beating back) Caspian for over a decade. The fighting was vicious and both were already bloodied when they came face to face. Many around them stopped to watch the single combat as it unfolded. After trading blows for nearly 10 minutes, the battle was finally decided when Valentine put her dagger through Caspian’s heart. She would not devour it, as she had vowed 14 years before, but she would have his head. Caspian’s troops would retreat to the castle to defend their new boy king. Had Valentine not been so weakened by her battle wounds, she likely would have wiped out the rest of the Rostov line then. Instead, she negotiated a peace, using her trusted right hand Princess Maia. The Rostovs would not meddle with the Western Islands. They would stay in their conquered Narnia. The ruined Telmar would act as a buffer between them. With Caspian II being so young, he had no choice but to accept. Duchess Maribeau also exacted a promise from the Rostovs; that the North would return to its state during The Anarchy. It would be an independent duchy under the control of House Hart. House Hart would not kneel.
Her vengeance complete and peace hard won, Valentine had earned her rest. In the arms of her friend Maia, Princess Valentine of House Naerion passed into Aslan’s Country on the 31st of March, exactly 14 years after her sister had been cut down. Valentine was 32 years old.
Princess Maia would spend the last 20 years of her life bringing order to the Western Islands. Her son would indeed marry Valentine’s daughter, who would continue House Naerion of Baez. They would never again claim Telmarine citizenship. Instead, the people of Baez would be called Bazites. Maia would also work to cement the legacy of Princess Valentine and Queen Catalina. The Sereno sisters would be sainted for their courage against such brutality.
==Quotes==
===Quotes by Valentine===
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