Hamia Iclingas

**Princess Hamia Iclingas** is a princess of Mercia, a kingdom in Albion. She was a princess of Essetir, before it was conquered. She is married to Prince Creoda Iclingas.

## Biography

### Early Life

Hamia was the first born daughter of King Lot and Lady Sunniva, who is of Angle decent. Her parents went on to have three more daughters: Princess Thametes, Princess Udeline, Princess Letitia.

Growing up Hamia was Lots heir, and it was assumed that she would inherit Essetir after her father, who would inherit from his cousin.

Her father secretly tried to have her sister Thametes killed when she became pregnant outside of wedlock. She lived and ran away to live in Strathclyde. Because of his Hamia resents her father, but also feels like she has to do as he says or she will be killed too.

King Lot made an agreement with Lord Bayard for Hamia to be betrothed to Prince Cearl of Mercia, however tentions were high with both sides, so it was unknown if this arrangement was going to go through.

### Adulthood

When Hamia was eighteen her father cheated on her mother with the High Priestess Morgause Garlot. This affair led to the birth of Hamia's half brother, Prince Gareth. The affair was brought into light because Lot always wanted a male heir, so he legitimised Prince Gareth.

The wedding between Cearl and Hamia still went ahead, dispite Mercia and Essetir being on the brink of war. Although both Caerl and Hamia got along, their marriage didn't help the tention between the two countries and the relationship between their fathers. Hamia moved to Tamworth, but has kept in close contact with her family.

Cearl and Hamia had three children together over the years: Aerlene, Odelyna, and Ædgyth, all daughters.

After King Cenred was killed by Morgause Garlot, Hamia's father became the king of Essetir. To stop Camelot retaliating King Lot quickly restablished the peace agreement with Camelot.

Hamia and Cearl go to Lothian for King Lot's coronation, with Hamia being told that neither would be hurt during their stay (tentions are still high between Merica and Essetir). This is not the case however, as Cearl was thown into a cell soon after the coronation, and Hamia was locked up in her old room. Their children were safe with their other grandsire during this.

In the end Cearl died. It is assumed that either someone was told to kill him, or his conditions were so bad that he died. This is when the offical conflict between Merica and Essetir began.

This conflict later became intertwined with the War for Albion, with Merica joining up with their allies Camelot, and in turn joining up with Elment Alliance of the Five Kingdoms aganist the apposing Oer Alliance. This eventually led to Lord Bayard killing King Lot. Lord Bayard asked for Hamia's blessing to kill her father, which she granted.

Eventually Camelot and their allies won their war, and the counties of Essetir offically became apart of Merica. Hamia ended up marrying Cearl's cousin, Creoda, to make the Iclingas' rule more legally binding.

## Relationships

### Lot Oer

Hamia has a lot of negative feelings about Lot. Her father tried to have her sister killed, he cheated on her mother, and he legitimised the affiar bastard, making Hamia get pushed back in the line of succession.

After Hamia moved to Tamworth, the letters that Hamia sent her father were always short and political, unlike the letters with the rest of her family.

Her father killed her husband, Cearl, after he promised that he wouldn't hurt him if they visited to negotiate the tentions between the families.

### Cearl Iclingas

Cearl was Hamia's first husband, promised to each other from a young age. Unlike their parents there was never any hostility between the couple, and their marriage was one of love. They had three daughters together: Aerlene, Odelyna, and Ædgyth Iclingas.

Hamia was heart broken when Cearl was murdered, and only remarried to give the Iclingas the power to take over Essetir legally.

### Creoda Iclingas

Creoda was Hamia's second husband, wed after the war for Albion ended. They got along, but Hamia still cared deeply of Cearl, and was forever heartbroken about his death. Creoda understood this, and let her be. Creoda was known to prefer the company of men any way. They did have one child together, so that Merica would have an heir, and the child turned out to be a boy, Prince Pybba.

## Trivia

* Her great, great, great, great-grandfather is the King Coel Hen, the first recorded post-Roman military leader in the area of Hadrian's Wall.