Jupiter Goodson

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## Jupiter Goodson

King Jupiter, as depicted in the Ninth Window of Lighthall.

## Association information

### Possessions

• Green Ember(formerly)
• Crown of Flames

### Also known as

Jupiter the Great
Upstart (by Bleston)

### Titles

• King of the Thirty Warrens
• King of the Great Wood

### Allies

• Perkin One-Eye
• Garten Longtreader (formerly)
• Wilfred Longtreader
• Whittle Longtreader
• Stam the Stout
• Pickwand
• Fesslehorn

## Book information

### Mentioned

• *The Green Ember*
• *Ember Falls*
• *The Last Archer*
• *Ember Rising*
• *Ember's End*

**K****ing Jupiter Goodson**, also known as **Jupiter the Great**, was the last king of the Thirty Warrens and the Great Wood.

## Biography

### *The Green Ember*

Jupiter was the third of King Walter Good's sons, but was chosen by his father over his two elder brothers to succeed Walter as king. This left Jupiter's oldest brother Bleston bitter and resentful, and he plotted against Jupiter for a time before departing First Warren with several followers. To confirm Jupiter's status as the heir, King Good held a ceremony at which the Green Ember was removed from the Crown of Flames and presented to Jupiter. Jupiter held this down payment of his inheritance for five years until his father's death, at which point he ascended to the throne.

After many military victories, such as his defeating the wicked wolf king Garlacks in the Red Valley War, King Jupiter turned to diplomacy to expand peace. Through that and military might he was able to become sovereign of the Great Wood and banish the Birds of Prey back to the High Bleaks. He also formed the Council of Seven Ambassadors to assist in his diplomatic efforts. Their chief was Garten Longtreader, who was credited for much of the expansion of King Jupiter's realm. This eventually saw the birth of the Great Alliance, which not only included once rival rabbit warrens but also squirrels, small birds, and other creatures.

Unfortunately, Garten turned against his king and cause, and betrayed Jupiter into the clutches of Morbin Blackhawk and Redeye Garlackson, the son of Jupiter's old enemy Garlacks. With his armies deceived and Wilfred Longtreader, his only companion at the time, lured away and captured, Jupiter was easy prey for his enemies. It is thought that Morbin hoped to hold Jupiter as a hostage and use him, but Jupiter spoke out defiantly against his foe. As a result, Morbin killed him in a rage, but Jupiter had already prepared for the future by passing the Green Ember on to his chosen heir and youngest son Smalden Joveson.

The site of Jupiter's death afterwards became known as Jupiter's Crossing, a tragic yet holy site for many of the rabbits of Natalia. Jupiter's memory and dream were honored by many, who came together to form The Resistance. Jupiter's great deeds and story were immortalized in both *The Rise and Fall of King Jupiter the Great* and in the windows of Cloud Mountain's Lighthall. The thirteenth anniversary of his death became a cause for celebration, as Smalden was saved from a similar fate to Jupiter's by the actions of Picket Longtreader.

### *The Last Archer*

King Jupiter is mentioned by Clay Fletcher, who explains that he saw Jupiter hand the trophy for the Archer's Cup to Clay's older brother.

### *Ember Falls*

It was later revealed that Jupiter and his wife, Lady Glen, had-in addition to ten sons and an unspecified number of daughters-a daughter newly born at the time of Jupiter's death: Emma. Additionally, though Jupiter held the Green Ember and wore the Crown of Flames during his reign, the Whitson Stone that he should also have held came into the possession of his brother Bleston.

### *Ember Rising*

The anniversary of Jupiter's death came to be commemorated among the Lords of Prey and the rabbits subservient to them as Victory Day. This took on a new meaning when led by Emma, the Cause won the Battle for First Warren on that day. In the process they deposed the city's governor, Jupiter's eldest son Winslow, who had dishonored his father's memory by siding with his murderers.

### *Ember's End*

Jupiter is mentioned by Picket Longtreader when he pleads Kylen to end the Terralains' feud with Jupiter's line. Smalls also mentions his father, noting that Jupiter seemed to display traits of a seer, bequeathing the Green Ember to Smalls in his early youth.

## Physical appearance

Jupiter was a tall, brown-furred rabbit. In battle he wore gleaming golden armor.

## Personality and traits

King Jupiter was like his father King Walter, but more jolly and wise. Though he was for a time proud of his abilities as a fighter, his constant participation in conflict came to trouble him. In humility he sought instead to find peaceful solutions to problems. This enabled him to not only resolve generations old rivalries between different rabbit settlements, but also to form alliances with other creatures that had previously been though impossible.

Jupiter's greatest accomplishment, in his own opinion, was "That [he] was his father's true son." Even in his darkest moments, held captive by Morbin Blackhawk, Redeye Garlackson, Garten Longtreader, and their forces, Jupiter remained hopeful. When Morbin threatened to burn the Great Wood, Jupiter prophesied the Mending and a golden age more glorious than anything even he had accomplished.

Jupiter's fighting skills were legendary, as demonstrated by his stunning defeat of Garlacks in single combat. He was also a great military leader, such that Wilfred Longtreader believed that had he lived the rabbits would have been certain to win a war against the Lords of Prey.

## Family tree

 - The Royal Family of Natalia -

Note: Broken lines indicate relation through affinity or adoption or distant relation; unbroken lines indicate relation by blood.
## Relationships

### Walter Good

King Good was delighted by his youngest son. Jupiter was good, jolly, and wise, and the kingdom was happy when King Good chose Jupiter as his heir. Later, Jupiter was very proud and glad that he was worthy of this choice.
### Bleston

Bleston felt that he should have been his father's heir, and was jealous of Jupiter, and grew to hate his younger brother. Jupiter, troubled by this, tried to reconcile, but Bleston would not accept. Bleston eventually left the Thirty Warrens with a community of malcontents. Bleston later returned from Terralain (after Jupiter's death) and rescued Halfwind Citadel from a wolf attack. He then pretended to regret all that had happened to Jupiter, but he was secretly plotting to destroy Jupiter's heirs.
### Lady Glen

Jupiter Goodson was married to Lady Glen. Together, they had many children, including Winslow, Whitbie, Smalls, Emma, and others. Lady Glen was saddened by Jupiter's death and worked hard for the Mending afterwards.

### Winslow Joveson

Following King Jupiter's death, Prince Winslow allied with Morbin Blackhawk, King Jupiter's murderer, and became the puppet governor of First Warren. He believed that, since he was the oldest, he should be Jupiter's heir. Following the Battle for First Warren, Winslow repented of his crimes and turned back to his father's cause.
### Whitbie Joveson

Whitbie was the second son of King Jupiter. Following Jupiter's death, he sided with Winslow, and Morbin Blackhawk. However, he repented of this and became loyal to the Cause once more, receiving many scars. He later aided the resistance in the Battle for First Warren and rebuked Winslow for not respecting Smalls' rights.

Whitbie also helped in the Siege of First Warren and did more good for the Cause, thus respecting his father's memory.

### Smalden Joveson

Smalden Joveson is the youngest of Jupiter's sons. He also received the Green Ember shortly before his father's death, with Jupiter realizing something different about the young rabbit. Smalls shared his father's aims and worked tirelessly for the Mended Wood, to the point of giving his life to stop the dragons (although he was saved). He eventually was crowned king, and the War for All Natalia was finished. The Mended Wood, what King Jupiter had always worked towards and longed for, came about.
### Emma Joveson

Emma is Jupiter's daughter, but he fell at Jupiter's Crossing before he could meet her. Emma felt that she would have been a better rabbit, had she known her father. Emma did much work for her father's cause and respected his decision for her to be the second heir, refusing to give the throne to Kylen for the good of the Thirty Warrens.

### Perkin One-Eye

Perkin One-Eye was noted as being Jupiter's best friend, and was one of the Lord Captains of his army.

### Rake

Lord Rake was a good friend of King Jupiter and one of his advisors.

### Morbin Blackhawk

**Jupiter Goodson**: Even if you burn the Great Wood down, Morbin Bird, among the smoldering embers they will find one that is green. This is the seed of a new world. It will yield in time a Mended Wood, greater even than what I have seen.

—*The Green Ember*

Morbin Blackhawk hated King Jupiter. Jupiter had defeated him and many of those in his following. Defeating Jupiter gave Morbin great pleasure. However, Jupiter was not as scared or ashamed as Morbin had hoped to see him. Instead, King Jupiter was calm and assured, knowing of the Mended Wood that would come no matter what Morbin did to stop it. It infuriated Morbin when Jupiter showed no fear of Morbin or of his death. Morbin was so angry at this, in fact, that he killed King Jupiter.

## Trivia

* The name Jupiter is of Latin origin, and means "sky father"; it was the name for the Roman king of the gods, associated with the Greek Zeus. The Roman Jupiter was also known as Jove, hence the surname "Joveson" as applied to the known sons of King Jupiter.

## References

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*This article has received The Green Ember of excellence.*