The Establishment of House Swayne

## Events

Elijah’s Swayne’s grandfather Simon Swayne married Nicola Eldan, and together they had 6 children; Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Brita & Elijah. Brita Swayne was organised to marry Franklin Fame, second son of Lord of Havers, Abraham Fame, whose other children were Sebastion, Sara & Margot Fame. However, once in Havers, Brita wrote a letter to her brother Matthew complaining about how awful it was in the company of Franklin, she claims he locks her up in her room and only ever sees her for his pleasure, which she cries all the way through. Furious, Matthew and Mark gather an army without their father's permission and march on Havers, only to be met with an army twice the size. Thankfully their father, Simon arrived with his forces in time to save Matthew & Mark and hastily retreat without taking too much damage. Simon apologises to Abraham, and he accepts, however Brita’s husband doesn’t share the same sense. He taunts Simon about how loud his daughter was in bed, Simon tries not to let it get the best of him, but when he gets home he realises his mistakes when he hears that Sara Fame had slit Brita, his daughter’s throat in jealousy, as she always wanted to marry her brother, and they had been ‘seeing’ each other. Simon appalled by the behaviours of the Fame family orders his sons to stand at the front of the invasion on Havers. Havers is taken in a victorious battle for the Swaynes. Unfortunately, after their first victory, the Fame’s escape, hoping to flee to Blancsdale to seek alliance from King Rodger White. The Swayne’s only chance of victory comes on the off chance that they manage to catch the Fame’s before they get to Blancsdale. After war-tents are set up and soldiers are sent in droves to find the Fames, Luke and his wife Brenda Freewell visit the camp of John and Mark, unfortunately for them, Luke was quite careless and drunk and caught the scent of Fame soldiers, who pounced once they find one of the hideouts of the Swayne soldiers. Abraham Fame and Mark Swayne had a fierce swordfight that ended in the demise of young Mark, initially Mark was winning, until Margot Fame impaled Mark’s head with her sword right as he was about to kill ‘Abraham the Great’.  John Swayne was also killed whilst aiding the retreat of his men, as was his young son Arthur Swayne, and his wife Aidy Nolan. Luke Swayne managed to survive but killed himself from the guilt of the battle, his wife, Brenda re-married, and Luke’s original son, Luke II was declared a bastard and eventually was killed in his sleep by one of his half-brothers from Brenda’s second husband. Elijah Swayne, with the aid of one another soldier, who was reportedly his gay lover, managed to spot Sara Fame, they decided to follow Sara, which led them right into the arms of a Fame ambush, however this was not planned, Sara didn’t even know she was being chased and it’s for that reason Elijah was able to get her a knife-point, Franklin resigned his weapon for Sara’s life and Elijah’s lover’s horse kicked Franklin to the ground, shattering his rib and making it hard for him to walk or breathe in the future, Sara’s throat was slit and in revenge Abraham beat Elijah and his lover in a swordfight. With only one of his children remaining, Simon clung close to Matthew, his heir. However, the tides of the battle changed when a brave, lone soldier Judas Huller arrived on his horse with the severed head of Sebastian and Margot. Abraham was betrayed and killed by his least favourite son, by surprise, Franklin after an irrational argument. Abraham died on the steps towards Blancsdale, Matthew Swayne dragged his body all the way up the rest of the stairs and into the castle and demanded that King Rodger White make him the new lord of Havers by right of conquest. His father survived another 3 years before dying from dysentery. Matthew married Amelia Rosser shortly after he was made lord of Havers and brought honour to his House. He had two sons, named the first after his favourite brother, Elijah and the second after the great knight who saved his House, Judas. Elijah went onto become a great lord of Havers.

## Characters

* Simon Swayne
* Nicola Elden
* Matthew Swayne
* Mark Swayne **(died)**
* John Swayne **(died)**
* Luke Swayne **(died)**
* Brita Swayne **(died)**
* Elijah Swayne (1st) **(died)**
* Franklin Fame
* Abraham Fame **(died)**
* Sebastian Fame **(died)**
* Sara Fame **(died)**
* Margot Fame **(died)**
* Brenda Freewell
* Aidy Nolan
* King Rodger White
* Judas Hallor