Herbert Padbury

Riding his warhorse, Elicid to the front lines.

Olson Rivers; uncle

Isaac Rivers; cousin

Daisy Padbury; wife

Eustace Padbury; nephew

Elliot II Padbury; elder son (deceased)

Francis Padbury; younger son

Rilea Padbury; daughter

**Lord Herbert Padbury** is a Lord Knight and a Member of the Kingsmen. Lord Herbert is the elder son of Lord Jacob II Padbury and the uncle of Ser Eustace Padbury.

## Background

### Origins

Born '**Tomas Eastborn**' in the **Free City of Antos** to Ser Jacob Padbury, a sellsword and an exiled knight, and the son of Lord Elliot Padbury, the Lord of Castle Padbury. Tomas grew up in the Cities of Antos and Andrea during which he befriended two lads, Peterson Seaborn and Harwin Eastborn.

At the age of 15 years, **Tomas** accompanied his two brothers and father to the **Eastern Shores** of the Kingdom of Valmont ruled by the newly crowned King Doran Hardman to live with their uncle, Ser **Olson Rivers**. In 157 CE, the kingdom faced a northwestern threat by a large host of northern rebels. King Doran gathered a host of two thousand of his bannermen while hiring a one-thousand army of mercenaries joined by his soldiers from knightly families and page houses, among whom was Tomas, his elder brother, father, uncle, and cousin. The Battle took place by the **East River** where nearly four-thousand men died on both sides, and the royal army crushed the northern revolt. After the battle, Tomas reunited with his old friend **Peterson Seaborn**, now a knight's squire.

Following the **Rise of House Royne** led by King Foltest Royne, an eighteen-year-old Tomas joined the campaign under House Royne, accompanied by his brothers-in-arms, Ser Peterson Seaborn, Ser Harwin Eastborn, and Ser **Herbert of Eastville**. Following the war campaign, Tomas was knighted by Ser Herbert of Eastville but after the martyrdom of Ser **Herbert of Eastville**, a statue of his was erected in Dorkshire, his hometown, and Ser Tomas took his name, changing his own and living a new identity with the death and burial of his father and grandfather.

### Royal Office

#### East Town

Following his travels to Dorkshire to bury his friend, Ser **Herbert of Eastville**, Ser Tomas under the alias of Ser Herbert accompanied by Ser Harwin and Ser Peterson traveled to the Township of East Town, a township that was recently taken up by the crown as a military camp by the **Eastern Shores**. The three friends joined swords in the township, being taken up in the newly created Township Townsguard by the newly appointed Sheriff of East Town, Lord Joseph Landerman.

Under the **Leadership of Lord Joseph**, the three friends guarded the township strongly, and in 162 CE, Lord Joseph appointed Ser Herbert as the Captain of the Township Townsguard following the death of its former captain, Ser Anderson to the pox.

#### Fort Demry

In November 164 CE, the **Eastern Shores** by Fort Demry were laid to siege by pirate-mercenaries to which Lord Leonard Ivanstar under royal decree of **King Foltest** called his banners to deal with the pirate invasion. Among them was House Landerman led by Lord Girolamo Landerman, the elder brother of Lord Joseph Landerman. **Lord Girolamo** marched an army of three-hundred men to **Fort Demry**, among them were Ser Herbert, Ser Harwin and Lord Joseph while Ser Peterson was appointed **Acting-Townsguard Captain** with Lord Joseph's seventeen-year-old son, Master Mason remaining in the township with fifty men to defend. Following the victory, nine hundred and eighty-two men from the royal army died among them were **Lord Joseph** and **Ser Harwin** who were buried at the **Gate of Fort Demry** where took their last stand, and a great tombstone was erected in honor by **Lord Ivanstar**.

After battle and burials, **Lord Girolamo** was appointed Lord Commander of Fort Demry and **Ser Herbert** accompanied his liege lord as Sergeant of the Guard for his courage in battle while **Lord Joseph's Son** took **Acting-Lordship of East Town** and **Ser Peterson** remained Townsguard Captain of the Township.

#### Revolt of 167 CE

In Late 166 CE, a Revolt led by the Northland and North Vale came marching down to the Kingdom of Hampshire to which King Foltest responded adequately and raised an army of four thousand men to fight off a five thousand manned army. The Rebel Army had taken camp by **Western Portlands**, which had light cold weather but a mountainous range for most of its region, giving the Northmen a good advantage in battle. King Foltest despite the disadvantage of environment gave a hard time to the **Northmen**, keeping a strong defensive stance for most of the two-month campaign. Known for his strong tactical warfare among his men, King Foltest led a light attack with archery and shield movement up the mountain ranges followed by a heavy cavalry attack led under his brother Prince Robett and War Lieutenant Lord Ivanstar, breaking off the Northmen defense from the mountain ranges pushing them to land to deal with the king's strong counter-warfare, dispersing the remaining troops as their leaders died at the hands of **King Foltest** and his brother **Prince Robett**, both brothers being strong and fearsome fighters. Four thousand and two hundred Northmen died while the royal army faced the casualty of one thousand men. **North Vale** was brought into the fold and House Byrch, loyalist vassal of the king was made its overlord, giving the noble house control over the sea and trademark. The Northland came into fealty to the Crown as two daughters of the north wed two sons of the south, duchy nobility to be specific ensuring the north's loyalty while six hundred Northmen fell victim as prisoners of war to the crown.

Following the campaign, **King Foltest** came victim to **North Cold**, considered deadly for men of the south (with their bodies not strong to fight the the "**Winter Diseases**", but the **North Cold** was assumed less dangerous as ranked 1/8th in Strength to **Winter Cold**). Many noble lords and soldiers took it as an assassination attempt with poison on the contrary to disease. King Foltest's body became victim to leg paralysis which led to full-body paralysis. This was seen as an attempt to take over the crown by commoners and nobility alike, and accordingly a month after King Foltest's temporary stepping down from power, the capital was laid to siege as three forces fought to maintain order, the **Capital Guards**, the King's second consort **Queen Alicent**, and the **Loyalist Kingsmen** inside the capital. This led to eventual fallout in power and division of army and nobility as one group sided with **Acting-Lord Regent Prince Robett** while the other sided with **Queen Alicent** and her building of a new **Kingship** (rather a **Queenship**).

As war waged on between the **Two Royals**, Queen Alicent's loyal supporter **Lord Oswell Thrane** marched an army of two thousand men with Houses Roosterfield, Bullock, Gulliver, and Darkwing to claim the **Seat** of House Pyne, but only holding the seat for three months as the seat was recaptured with the army of royal forces under **House Royne** with Lord Roland Blount, Ser **Herbert Padbury**, Ser Olton Stockwell, and Lord Alan of Olso's Township leading the command and ending the siege in a twenty-day time period, and with no aid from the **Queen**, Houses Thrane, Roosterfield, and Gulliver surrendered by force while Houses **Bullock** and **Darkwing** fled to Castle Stepfront, the vassal seat of the **House Pyne** to stretch the campaign and await reinforcement from the Queen. Ser Herbert and Lord Alan took their march to Redfort while Lord Roland and Ser Olton took theirs to **Castle Stepfront**. After a long siege of eight months, Ser Herbert and Lord Alan took hold of **Redfort** and the **Seat of House Thrane**, forcing a surrender with the elders and lads of the families and nobility beheaded for rebellion as punishment while Lord Oswell Thrane was humiliated publicly by the officers of the royal army as Lord Oswell was stripped naked riding a donkey in the enemy camp for days then brutally tortured (and according to same resources, he was raped in the camps for days) after which he was beheaded on the mercy of Lord Knight Aenar Hardman (the cousin of Prince Robett) l

holding the noble family as hostage

for ransom to Queen Alicent. After treaty, Castle Redfort

Lord Oswell Thrane was humiliated publicly by the royal forces being stripped naked riding a donkey in the enemy camp after which he was beheaded on the mercy of Lord Knight Aenar Hardman. After the insult, House Thrane and its vassal surrendered to the crown with their seat, Redfort castled by a garrison of soldiers under Lord **Herbert Padbury**.

Two years following the **Defeat and Surrender of House Thrane**, the twelve-year-old thirdborn son of **Lord Oswell Thrane**, Lord Mace Thrane ascended as **Head of House Thrane** and a Stewart of Castle Redfort. During the same time, a revolt broke out on the outskirts of House Thrane by banished knights and exiled bannermen, marching nearly one thousand men to the castle gates. The Castellan of Redfort, **Lord Herbert** gathered six-hundred garrison soldiers outside the castle walls while two-hundred garrison guards under Ser Austin Beetroot remained in the castle with a reserve army of one-hundred household guards of **House Thrane**.