Percy I Blacksmoke

**Percy I Blacksmoke**, also known as **Percy the Great** or **Percy the Conqueror**, was the first King of Norton and king on the Silver Throne.

## Appearence and Character

Percy was stocky, muscular, powerful in appearance, and ruddy complexion and was said to be extremely handsome, with deep blue eyes. Most accounts give him curly, shoulder-length silver-blonde hair and white-pale skin. Historical accounts refers to Percy as jovial and generous, but had strong sense of entitlement that sometimes translated into quite exceptional ruthlessness, as seen in his conquest of Norton. The king was a great warrior.

## History

### Early Life

Percy was born at the year 17 Before the Union on Crown's Port. He had no siblings, so he made great friends with the knights and nobles that lived in his father's court. He was educated as a warrior and a diplomat, which would be proved to be for the best in the future.

### The Conquests

The War started with House Flowers sending a small force to siege the city of Little Crown, which they were defeated by the relieve force sent by King Percy. Percy used guerilla tactics to ambush the Flowers forces using the forest as camuflage. After many defeats King William tried a desperate leading a attempt to raid the Blacksmoke capital using riverine fleet of ships, but the mighty Blacksmoke fleet defeated the Flowers. King William was captured by Percy, making Florenia leave the war. Aelin managed to take Blackshield, but as he attempted to pull the same move at Yellowshield, he was defeated and trapped between Percy's army, the Lechton's armies of Yellowshield and the Marenas armies of Maresia. He suffered the same fate as King William and was captured. Percy demanded that William and Ailin that in order for them to keep their territories, vassals and their heads, they must bend their knees and recognize Percy as the only king among them. And so it was, despite protests, William and Ailin knelt in front of Percy, the first King of Norton. Later on, he started the invasion of the Kingdom of Railuna, and used his diplomatic skills to arrange a marriage with the King Aquilon II of Nevia, which then joined his kingdom. The invasion of Railuna ended as a bloodbath after Percy sacked the kingdom till King Titan was captured during the assault on Mountmoon. The humiliation of the Halfmoons would haunt his descendents forever.

### Early Reign

#### *Peace Decade (0 AU - 12AU)*

Right before his coronation, a new throne was forged: The Silver Throne. A masterpiece of metalwork that would last generations and symbol his family's hard dominance over the new kingdom. The coronation of Percy I Blacksmoke bringing the definitive end of the War of the False Kings, Percy finally married Helena Snow a week into his reign, daughter of the Grand Duke Aquilon Snow of the Nevia, as part of their unification agreement.

The first steps of the new kingdom the creation of the Royal Council, composed by: Lord Ondao Marenas as First Councillor, Lord Islen Byriver as Lord Treasurer, Grand Duke Aquilon Snow as Master of War and Commander of the Red Watch, Lord Nemios Redrose as Justice Administer, Lord Daemion Byriver as High Admiral, Lord Enaor Blackshield as Master of Intelligence and Queen Helaena Snow.

After the royal wedding of Percy I and Helena Snow, they decided to start a tour through the kingdom, visiting the main settlements around the Grand Duchies and the Royal Lands. Their first visit was the city of Little Crown near the capital of Crown's Port. The royals were recieved overwhelmingly well by the members of House Byriver, who made a impressive feast that lasted two days. By the end, Duke Daemion Byriver presented both king Percy and queen Helena with a set of jewelry.

Their tour would move on to the castle of Glassword, the city of Bay of Roses, the fortress named Steamer (named after the volcanic fault that brings the famous hot polls under the castle), then ending the Florenia with the city of Florton and the Grand Duchy's capital, the castle of the Hanging Gardens.

Their welcome was not very warm by Grand Duke William Flowers, formerly the King of the Florenia, deposed by Percy himself. Even though he wasn't the best of the hosts, William gifted the royal couple with silk clothing, expensive tapestries and emerald jewelry. This was the end of the Florenia tour.

Moving on, they visited Norcastle in the Royal Lands while moving to the Nevia. They visited one of the castles of the Snowy Valley and ride on a long journey towards their capital, Icegard.

After weeks riding, they reach Icegard. They are welcomed by Aquilon, the father of queen Helena. They spent days feasting and jousting. This visit is believed to be when king Baekar I was concieved. Later on, they took off to the Railuna capital, Mount Moon.

Percy was recieved by the Grand Duke as well, Titan Halfmoon, but they were only there for one day because Titan Halfmoon was not a good company. He still presented the queen with a silk dress and king with a silver ring. They moved from Mount Moon with a ship, arriving at the city of Silver Coast, recieving many gifts. The monarchs later then visited Blue Harbor, as always the duchy's capital the castle of the Old Mines, and the city of Goldtooth.

That was the near end of the tour, they only visited the following locations: the town of Maresia, the castle of Strongsea, and the castle of High Storm, ending the tour with their return to Crown's Port.

Later on that week, Queen Helena announced her first pregnancy after almost two years touring. King Percy was thrilled with the news and started preparing a grand feast and tournament for when his first child was born. The feast was known as the "First Prince". Prince Baekar was born on the year 3 AU.

At 5AU, Queen Helena announced her second pregnancy. Later that year, Helena gave birth to a boy who was named Brandon. The queen had trouble during the pregnancy and childbirth, the court healer declared that a next pregnancy could be fatal.

#### *First Halfmoon Rebellion (13AU - 15AU)*

After 13 years of peaceful reign, the realm's new found stability was shattered when Grand Duke Titan Halfmoon proclaimed himself Moon King of Railuna and raiding the marshal castles of the Royal Lands. Sources tell that Titan Halfmoon waited this long to rebel against the crown because he was waiting for his troops to be replenish and the damaged fortresses to be repaired for a new war. A war that he was going to win this time. Or so he hoped. As the reports of king Percy's old master of intelligence, spies warned the king as soon as Titan called his banners. In a few days, Percy recieved the news of the rebellion and sent ravens calling all his bannermen and the Grand Duchies. The first bannermen to answer was House Lane of Strongsea and House Byriver of Little Crown. Later, joined by Houses Blackshield, Shellstar, Marenas, Lechton, Nynphos, Talhill, Yrion of Norcastel, and Yrion of Sulcastel. The son of the now dead, William XI Flowers, Grand Duke Henry Flowers, also declared for King Percy, followed by Grand Duke Aquilon, and Grand Duke Ailin, whom saw that the war was already won again.

The loyalists army gathered at Goldenfield, and split in three groups: Reavers, siegers and warriors. The reavers would take the sea and riverine navies of the Royal Fleet and raid the coast of Railuna from the Gulf of the Moon to Coldtown Bay. The siegers would destroy their fortresses and the warriors would fight their land armies and burn their supply routes, essencially starving them into a surrender.

The first battle took place in the Gulf of the Moon, where the Halfmoon planned to stop the Royal Navy from entering like they once did before. But the strong drakars and warships led by the Royal Fleet's commanders, Count Ondao Marenas and Duke Joffrey Shellstar. The Halfmoon navy was strong and would've stand against any other navies, but the power of the Royal Fleet was large and overpowered the small halfmoon ships, in size and numbers, few ships of the Halfmoon fleet escaped and returned to Luna, the largest city in Railuna,

Titan Halfmoon sent six thousand troops to the siege of Coldtown from Luelo and reinforcements to the siege of the Three Sisters. King Percy sent ten thousand troops to siege Munnia and reinforcements to the Florian Gate fortress. Aquilon Snow started leading his forces into the Railuna vale by Gelalto but was met with harsh resistance from the Halfmoon forces that expected those tactics again, exactly like they did thirteen years prior during the conquest. After assaulting the city of Munnia, the Royal Fleet docked at the city and Percy sailed with his troops to Mount Moon and lay siege to the castle. Titan Halfmoon escaped in the middle of the night to Intrana. The castle surrendered the next day after their king fled. Soon after, House Moonlight of Luna and House Calmsea of Luelo attempted to assault the castle, resulting in a deciding failure that ended with the surrender of both Houses.

The siege of The Three Sisters was still going and had no clear ending, three assault attempts were made and the three were repelled, granting the greatest Halfmoon victories in the war. King Percy led the siege of Meioway personally, to set the castle as a headquarter for the siege of Intrana. His grace also sent troops to siege the Three Sisters from the other side, cutting their supply influx. The siege of Meioway was quick, but costly. Percy lost more then half of his men on the siege, but retained a force great enough to man the castle and prevent a counter-attack. The siege of Intrana would wait till the Three Sisters siege was over, to reinforce his troop with their forces.

The siege of the Three Sisters ended a few weeks after the supply route was shut down. With half of the castle starving and the other half mutinied, lord Lunashield had no choice but to surrender.

The war would end at the siege of Intrana at the heart of Railuna. With the joint forces of Percy and the rest of Norton, Intrana fell within a day. Titan Halfmoon was captured and sent to Crown's Port, with the rest of his family.

#### Aftermath

The war was over and Titan Halfmoon was kept in the cells for three weeks. His family was on house arrest, as they were claimed to be "innocent of the crimes of their patriarch". King Percy met Titan Halfmoon in the throne room in front of the entire court and aristocracy. He was found guilty of high treason, slavery attempted kingslayer. Titan Halfmoon was executed at the same day. To keep the peace, Titan's son, Crescento Halfmoon, was summoned by King Percy, whom arranged the marriage of his son, Prince Baekar Halfmoon and Crescento's sister, Dana Halfmoon.

## Further Reign

After the first Halfmoon Rebellion, Queen Helena announced her third pregnancy, shocking the court and nobles alike. A few months later, she gave birth to a girl whom was named Jennyfer at 15AU. The birth of the girl almost killed the queen, again. But she survived and continued her life healthy, however, she did not get pregnant again.

Percy devoted the rest of his reign renovating the capital to fit a royal family of that magnitude. He ordered the construction of new city walls, which lasted from 15AU to 19AU, after the new walls were constructed, he ordered the demolition the old ones. At 16AU, Percy started the renovations of the Crownfort. He demolished large pieces of the ancient fortress and rebuild in a more regal and functional style, which included: A new throne room, built around the new throne that was forged when right before his coronation: The Silver Throne, new royal apartments, higher and thicker perimiter walls, a expansion of royal temple and a mausoleum. The Crownfort renovations lasted from 16AU to 28AU, two years before Percy's death.

A few months in the year of 30 After the Union, Percy started complaining to his physician about a sharp pain on the side of his body. The pain worsened as time passed, making Percy bedridden in the King's Tower. After a few days, Percy was dead. His physician deemed the cause being of a "burst belly". His body was mumified and buried before Baekar's coronation. King Percy I Blacksmoke died at the age of 47, after reigning for 30 years. Leaving a long lasting legacy of strengh, duty and greatness for his family to upkeep.

## The Silver Descendents

In 3AU Percy had the joy of having a heir of his own: Baekar Blacksmoke. The boy was healthy and became a great scholar, very interested in architecture and construction, although, he never was much of a warrior, Prince Baekar learnt how to be a decent warrior and strategist. He, however, prefered to leave military command to whom he deemed as "more wise". Baekar had white-gold hair, sparkly blue eyes, defined cheek bones, sharp jawline and thin lips. He was considered very handsome. Baekar married Dana Halfmoon.

Later on 5AU, Queen Helena gifted Percy with a new son: Brandon Blacksmoke. The boy came early, and almost died. However, he grew up to have a strong physique, but often became sick. He was better warrior than his brother. Brandon was more "fiery" than Baekar, interested in Crown's Port brothels, jousts and often got into fights in the city streets. Brandon envied Baekar's position as heir. Brandon had white blonde hair, ocean-blue eyes, sharp jawline, full lips, and stocky body shape. Brandon was betrothed to Orena Blackshield, but never married.

Brandon was thought to be Percy and Helena's last child, but surprisingly, they had a third and last child: Jennyfer Blacksmoke. She was sickly and delicate, however, her delicate appearence did not dampen her inner fire. Jennyfer was charming, but was quick to anger and never forgot a slight. Jennyfer usually put out Brandon's and Baekar's fights with screams throwing heavy objects at them. She was so furious with the War of Two Days that she almost collapsed out of anger. Jennyfer married Rosyno Flowers.