Robert I Aebrǔth

**Robert I Aebrǔth** was the 1st King of Two Points, 1st Duke of North Point, 1st Count of Loster, military leader, and rebel. Robert was born on the 5th of February 53 AL and died on the 7th of August 110 AL via a heart attack. Robert was commonly known by his people as King Robert the Oppressor due to being a rebel who went from count to king in less than two decades.

Robert was born in Orgust to a relatively poor family and was taken by slave masters who then sold Robert to a slaver in the City of Loster in around 60 AL. Robert escaped his slavers and vowed to end slavery in one way or another by praying to the Lord of the Land for guidance. When Robert came of age, he married Ellesé of House Ottakas in 71 AL. Robert had two children with Ellesé: the first in 74 AL called Jonnen and the second in 77 AL called Mari but Ellesé died in 79 AL after their home was raided by northern raiders. Robert was visited by the neighboring Count of Laoghton, Count Khetton in 81 AL who agreed to marry Robert to his daughter if he'd join his court. Robert agreed, joining Khetton's court and marrying Lady Rieghmar in 81 AL and fathering one child with her in 86 AL called Khetton after Count Khetton. Robert eventually became a good friend of Count Khetton and after years at his court, Robert managed to convince Khetton to declare war on the Republic of Loster and give Robert Loster as the new count. Khetton' army consisted of around 300 soldiers compared to the 1,200 Losteran armed forces but an alliance was secured with two other counts of the Isle of Two Points that made it 1,000 vs 1,200. The war ended in victory for Count Khetton and Robert established the County of Loster with himself as Count. Robert and Count Khetton became sworn allies until Count Khetton's death in 96 AL after which the alliance dissolved.

Robert ended up allying with a countess in the south called Countess Esé and they invaded the other three counts in the island. The war was costly and last two years from 101 - 103 AL but ended in victory for Robert and Esé. They both divided the island in two and created two duchies: the Duchy of the North Point and the Duchy of South Point. The alliance between Duke Robert and Duchess Esé came to an end after Duchess Esé mysteriously disappeared during a visit to the north's capital in Loster. Duke Robert ended up declaring war on the south and blamed Esé's grandson on her murder. The war initially went bad for Robert but he ended up barely winning, taking over the south, and establishing the Kingdom of Two Points in 107 AL after a year of war. Robert lived for only three more years afterwards after dying of a heart attack in 110 AL at the age of 57.

Robert was known for being a good liar, brave on the battlefield, a courageous fighter, a smart man, and kind and good to people who treat him with respect. Robert was initially a very good person but eventually became quite power hungry, resorting to killing civilians just to conquer the southern duchy and form the Kingdom of Two Points. Robert eventually became paranoid of being murdered in his final years alive and his supposed heart attack once spread rumors of actually being a murder by the Court Physician himself.

## Early Life: 53 - 89 AL

### Childhood, Slavery & Escape: 53 - 71 AL

Robert was born on the 5th of February 53 AL in Orgust to Trunith and Robber "Robbie." Robert came from a poor family who could only afford to have one child - Robert. Robert and his parents were split up when he was 7 after slavers came and sold his family to different parts of the world. His parents were sold to leaders of the Southern Lands (Lóraarǔn) and Robert was sold to a slave master in Loster. Robert was disobedient and willing to defy his masters, leading to him being frequently beaten and shamed. Robert ended up escaping from his master in Loster in 63 AL at the age of 10, vowing to end slavery if he had the power to and he began following the Lord of the Land around this time. Robert spent the remainder of the childhood and teenage years in a small village outside Loster, working as a farm boy.

### First Marriage, First Two Children, & Death of Wife: 71 - 81 AL

When Robert came of age, he married a noblewoman who he had fell in love with in his village called Lady Ellesé of House Ottakas who was the daughter of Baron Daemon Ottakas. Baron Daemon was happy to marry his daughter to a lowborn because of her certainty and Robert went to stay with Ellesé in Baron Daemon's house in 71 AL. Robert and Ellesé had two children: one in 74 AL called Jonnen and the second in 77 AL called Mari. Raiders came to the north of the Isle of Two Points in December 78 AL and ended up raiding Baron Daemon's house, killing Baron Daemon himself and Robert's wife, Ellesé. After the death of his father-in-law and wife, Robert said fare well to the new baron, baron Ander, and went back to his village outside of Loster.

### Remarriage, Count Khetton's Court, & War for Loster: 81 - 89 AL

In 81 AL, Count Khetton Tunner of Laoghton came to visit Robert's village outside of Loster and ended up meeting Robert himself with his wife with him. Robert was apparently very charming towards Count Khetton's daughter and Khetton himself, leading to Khetton formally inviting Robert to dinner at his castle. Robert made a good impression on Khetton's family and quickly fell in love with Count Khetton's daughter, Rieghmar. Robert ended up asking Count Khetton to marry his daughter and after a lot of persuasion, he allowed Robert to marry her. Robert joined Count Khetton's court and soon became good friends with the count. Robert said that that was the happiest point in his life and ended up having one more child with Rieghmar in 86 who he named after the count himself, calling him Khetton.

After becoming good friends with Count Khetton, Robert asked Khetton to invade the Republic of Loster and conquer Loster for him. Khetton eventually agreed after two other counts agreed to join the war in the hope that they would share the wealth of Loster if they took it. The war begun in 89 AL and although Khetton and his allies had 1,000 soldiers compared to Loster's 1,200, they would win a decisive victory outside of Loster and then win the Siege of Loster in summer 89 AL. The war led to Count Khetton's victory and Robert installed as Count of Loster. Robert quickly formed an alliance with Count Khetton and created the House of Aebrǔth, legitimizing his three children as members of House Aebrǔth.

## Count of Loster: 89 - 103

Although vowing to end slavery if he had the power to, Robert told his people that slavery would end in his lifetime but not until he controlled the entire isle of Two Points. Robert's reign as Count of Loster was relatively peaceful and relations with the common folk reached its height under his rule. The alliance between Robert and Khetton eventually dissolved in 96 AL after Count Khetton died of natural causes at the age of 59 in his bed. Robert mourned his death as they were good friends and attended his funeral in January 97 AL. Robert attempted to form an alliance with the new Count of Laoghton but he refused to form an alliance and instead formed an alliance with another count. Robert decided to form an alliance with Countess Esé of the County of Tartha due to his ambition of taking over the entire island.

### War of the Five Counties: 101 - 103 AL

After careful planning, Robert and Countess Esé declared war on the other three counties on the island. Robert and Esé were somewhat successful in the first year and won two out of the three battles during that year, decisively failing to siege Hearth. Their luck ended after the Battle of Hearth in 102 AL when Robert's eldest son, Jonnen, was killed during the battle and led to his armies retreating or being captured/killed. Robert majorly mourned the loss of his son by secluding himself in his chambers for two weeks and losing two battles in between that time. Robert ended up coming out of his chambers and hired a mercenary company of 500 soldiers to win back the war. After one final battle in early 103 AL, Robert and Esé won the war and divided the island up between themselves. Countess Esé created the Duchy of South Point, becoming Duchess Esé and Count Robert created the Duchy of North Point, becoming Duke Robert.

## Duke of North Two Points: 103 - 107 AL

In 104 AL, Duke Robert's ally, Duchess Esé, would visit Loster for a feast. The feast went very normally and was a successful feast but after the feast, Duchess Esé's guards could not find their duchess and she as reported missing. Duchess Esé was find in a back alleyway a day later with a white pale face, her eyes bursting out of her sockets, and her throat very red. Upon Duchess Esé's death, her grandson, Andever, became Duke of South Point. Duke Andever attempted to renegotiate the alliance between him and Robert but Robert ended up accusing Andever of conspiring to murder his grandmother. This led to a failure to reform the alliance and a war broke out between the two in 106 AL.

### Conquest of the Isle of Two Points: 106 - 107 AL

After the start of the war, Robert realized that he had much less troops than Andever at 1,100 compared to Andever's 1,400. This put Robert at a disadvantage and the first battle, which was carried out at Webber's Field, saw Robert lose 250 men compared to Andever's 100 losses. The battle was very costly for Robert who now had much less troops than Andever, so Robert raised and extra 100 troops from around the country, scraping the barrel to get them. During the rest of summer and autumn, small skirmishes/battles happened and Robert managed to convince one of Duke Andever's counts to rebel against Andever and swear allegiance to Duke Robert, bringing an extra 213 men to Robert's army. The most costly battle came at the Battle of Yavander in December 106 AL where 660 of Robert's men and 780 of Andever's men faced off against each other in battle. Robert lost 280 men but too his surprise, Andever's army lost a whopping 450 men, leaving Robert with a little more soldiers in total compared to Andever. The war began turning in favor of Robert who won a few more battles in early 107 AL. The final battle of the war came in April 107 AL called the Battle of the Black. The battle saw one of Robert's knights successful slay Duke Andever in battle, leading to Andever's army mostly retreating and Robert proclaiming victory. The battle is also infamous because of Robert's decision to kill civilians that got in the way of his army, leading to his nickname "Robert the Oppressor." Andever's successor, Rhugh, conceded victory to Robert and gave up his title, giving the Duchy of South Point to Robert.

After the war ended in April 107 AL, Robert went on to form the ancient Kingdom of Two Points after around 300 years after its dissolution. Robert proclaimed himself king and was crowned the same year as King Robert Aebrǔth I.

## King of Two Points: 107 - 110 AL

After becoming King of Two Points, Robert was asked countless times to end slavery and fufil his promise that he made nearly two decades ago. Robert ignored all of the cries to end slavery and instead became fearful of his life. He stopped having grand feasts, stopped attending events, made his son step in for him in many situations and even giving him regency sometimes, and secluding himself in his chambers.

## Death

Robert finally attended a feast on the 7th of August 110 AL in which he was seen very skinny, barely eating his food, and talking distastefully at his guests. He ended up falling over in his chair and supposedly suffering a heart attack and dying. It was a common rumor at the time of the king's death that his Court Physician, Jairus Halfhand, had poisoned him because he wanted a stronger king that would show himself in public. That rumor slowly died down by Jairus Halfhand would leave court nevertheless and was never seen again.

## Legacy

Robert has gone down in many history books in many different ways. Some have fully praised his ideals of uniting the Isle of Two Points and being a stronger leader in his youth while others point towards his killing of innocent civilians and becoming weak and fearing during his final years. Overall, Robert was a very well known king and is considered a massive figure in the Isle of Two Points' history. He became a count, then a duke, then a king in less than two decades. That achievement has hardly been done like that before and his youth was filled with passion that led him to becoming a conqueror like he is known today. Overall, he was one of the most important kings of Two Points and one of the most important people of the North in general.