King Shane of Alantia

King Shane 1st of Alantia

Born: 145 B.C.A

Died: Unknown (Believed to have died at the battle of Häen 212 C.A {More commonly Known to the Peoples of Alantia as The Last Ride of the Havardr})

Height: 5ft 11in

Weight: 88kg

Parents: King Lökifr and Queen Anthene

Siblings: Queen Rachel (Died 194 B.C.A) and Princess Rebekah

Brief Summary:

King Shane was considered by all the People of Alantia, regardless of their background, to be the most reasonable and gentle of the Rulers of his time. Due to the Long Lived Blood of his family he appeared to age much slower, it was often noted that he seemed remarkably strong for his age.

History:

For the first 15 years of Shane’s life he learned how to fight and survive off the land among the minor families of the Hayward Clan. When he turned 16 Lökifr brought him back into the main Hayward Family and taught him the ways of Courtship.

By the Age of 17 Shane was a renowned fighter and a skillful wordsmith. During a minor Skirmish with the Phynecian Dominion Shane was captured along with a number of Phynecians by the Nacran people (One of the Phynecians was the then 14 year old Cassia). Trapped on Nacariam, Shane was used for forced labor in the daytime. It was during this captivity he met Cassia, Initially the two hated each other, who thought he was too soft. As the two warmed up to each other romance started to bloom; this romance would lead to their eventual escape one year later.

After escaping captivity Shane departed to the Isle of Krata with Cassia, neither of them felt ready to return home. The Kratans accepted the young man warmly but remained suspicious of Cassia who was known to have tortured some of their people. Shane built a house and went back to growing plants, as he’d been raised to do by the minor families, in order to provide for the young Cassia. As the two dwelt on Krata their love for each other grew stronger and stronger to the point that at the ages of 19 and 16 respectively the two were married by the Kratan Elders. Unfortunately their joy couldn’t last; when Shane reached the age of 21 he and Cassia recognised they needed to return home. This created an unusual issue as their Nations, that of Phynecia and Alantia, did not accept Kratan legal standings which meant their marriage was null and void when they left.

Upon returning to the mainland Shane escorted Cassia home before setting his face toward his family’s ancestral lands. By 167 B.C.A he was placed in charge of the Alantian forces on the Namian front by Minedas. Using the many strategies he had designed during his time on Krata he pushed the Namians back faster than any before him. Overall it is believed during this campaign he slew 1780 Namians personally (Although not confirmed one of these may have been Itlum himself). As time passed rumors reached his ears that Cassia had given birth to a healthy young girl. After making inquiries it was uncovered that this child was his own; at that moment he made it a point to visit the child. In 170 Cassia, fearing for her daughter’s life, sent the child to Shane in order to keep her safe. It was at this point they both agreed that her name was to be Artemis.

In 181 B.C.A Shane officially married Riley, the last of the Namian Royal bloodline, in order to reaffirm the Namians' place in Alantia. They were married for a total of 7 years. Riley was struck down during the Battle of Volxöun by a Cyanthian Zihou in a cavalry charge. Shane mourned her for 5 months with Cassia’s help he pushed past the hurt of this loss. Letters from Lökifr were presented to him at the end of his mourning, suggesting to Shane that he should marry Cassia so that Artemis might live with her mother finally. Shane informed Cassia that he intended to marry her and then spent the next 4 months convincing King Byron of Phynecia, Cassia’s father, to let him marry her.

He spent the next 21 years happy but as always happens the joy didn’t last. As the Phynecians closed in on all sides Shane, alongside Cassia, led the Havardr’s in one final charge with the intent to slow them down. 9,900 against 100,000 it was a bloodbath with heavy casualties to the Phynecian army; All the Havardr’s were wiped out. The King’s and Queen's bodies were never found neither was the King’s Personal horse Aria. Many speculate that the two still live on the Isle of Krata as both of them have the Long Blood of the Ithum clan but the truth…. Well no one knows.