The War of Six Realms

## The Viper's Conspiracy

### Performers

Queen Laena Towers, Queen Alicent Stafford, Prince Robett Royne, Duchess Daena Dustin of Duskendale, Lord Baston Brune of Eastshire, and Lord Erell Valmore of Riverside

### Location

Hampshire

**The War of the Six Realms**, or better known as "**The Viper's Conspiracy**" was a major event that took place following King Foltest's infection and paralysis in **Late 160s CE**, and the immediate coup led by his second wife, the Duchess of Stafford, Queen Alicent Stafford along with the corrupt military leaders, leading to two rebellions in the kingdom, and the war between the **Three Major Factions**, Queen Alicent's Banners, Queen Laena's Banners, and the King's Loyalists led by Prince Robett.

**The War of the Six Realms** was a twenty-three-year war that damaged the kingdom inside out. The immediate coup began with Queen Alicent Stafford when King Foltest was paralyzed to bed and lost in trance, assumed by many as paralysis poison to usurp power. It had various backstories, each with a different fancy title, subject to their respective royalty to usurp power, "**The Viper's Conspiracy**" led with Queen Alicent Stafford, "**The Brother's Betrayal**" led by Prince Robett Royne, "**The Innocent Love**" led by Queen Laena Towers, "**Sins of the Daughter**" led by Princess Elara Royne, "**The Emir's Friendship**" led by Emir Amir of Rajanpur, and finally "**The Sultan's Gift**" by Sultan Ahmad of Saffron Strait.

## History

### Origins

In Late 166 CE, King Foltest led huge numbers to conquer the Dormund Gulf, only to be repelled each time. The Dormunds were known to dabble in alchemy and sorcery, and infected the land with plague, including the large royal host, leaving countless dead while other paralyzed, including King Foltest and his Royal Guards. Somehow, the king managed to return back home, while the **Lord Regent**, Lord Theodred Westernling prepared for battle alongside the assistance of the **Leader of the War Council** and the **Lord of Laws**, Prince Robett Royne.

With the king paralyzed, disaster laid waste to the land, and soon the king was lost to infection, paralyzed and lost in trance, with the royal council and the realm divided, the king's lord regent, Lord **Theodred Westernling** died to plague near a brink to war state of the kingdom. Prince Robett under oath took place as **Acting Lord Regent** and **Protector of the Realm**, while the king's second wife and Duchess of Stafford, Queen Alicent Stafford called her banners and accused Prince Robett of conspiracy of power. The Support divided between the two political and influential leaders, Queen Laena Towers, the king's first wife was drugged and imprisoned by the Capital Guard, along with her children.

### The Beginning

In 167 CE, **Prince Robett** attempted to retake the Capital, but failed drastically, although he did manage to free **Queen Laena** and her children, with safe passage back to the Vale, Prince Robett managed to free knights of the royal guard and led a night rebellion inside the capital city, retaking the Capital as Queen Alicent with her forces fled to her vassal kingdom, and this set into a motion, a war that would last for years to come.

Following his ascension to power, Prince Robett took his place as Lord Regent and Acting Lord Protector. The same year, Prince Robett founded the City Council, a council of nobles and commoners, joined together at one table to reform the realm, especially **The Crown's Capital City** until the King revived back to health, with a group of loyalists at his disposal.

Meanwhile, the kingdom recovered from the on-going skirmishes between Queen Alicent Stafford and Prince Robett Royne, the Kingdom faced another threat by the **Northeastern** and **East River Borders**. Eastwood Region and Eastshire stood up against the Crown in rebellion, declaring themselves as King of the Riverside and King of Eastshire respectively.