Immissau I Red

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King **Immissau** **I Red, King of Redmont, Lord of The Royal Land** (formally Immissau Gens Paullus) was the 1st King of Redmont to rule from Fox Den and founder of the Red Dynasty. He was married first to Princess Amphithoe Nelpus and second to Queen Dorothea Rushworth who he fathered four children with.

## Biography

#### Appearance and Character

Immissau had the typical oronai'i appearance of dark olive skin, a strong face, large nose. He was tall, broad and powerful he had black hair hair which he styles into long flowing curls past the shoulders paired with a fringe of small curls, often decorated with pearls and foliage. He paints his face in the Redmont style of natural rouge.

Immissau previously wore the typical oronai'i garment of the Olgace but switched to the Redmont male style.

Immissau was highly intelligent and an exceptional warrior and military commander, he particularly enjoyed tourneys and watching fights in amphitheatre's which he popularised during his reign and they still remain popular in present day Redmont.

#### History

Immissau was born at his families seat of Tolosa in The Old Oronai Empire in 34 OE as the first child of Governor Artorius Gens Paullus and Aelia Gens Opimius. He had two sisters Baebia and Olcinia.

## Life

### Early Life

Immissau was born in 34 OE in the city of Tolosa in the eastern portion of what was the Old Oronai Empire to Governor Artorius Gens Paullus and Aelia Gens Opimius he was the first born of three children, Immissau had two younger sisters Baebia and Olcinia. As common in Oronai'i tradition Immissau was raised separate from his sisters on the right side of their families manor along with other male relatives he was educated in the traditional manner for sons learning to read, write, math, mythology, geography, languages, history and spent most of his time training to become a soldier while his sisters were educated in the left side of the manner in the traditional female manner of the Oronai'i learning to read, write, dance, sing, embroidery, music and other feminine activates deemed appropriate for young girls.

### Fall of the Old Oronai Empire

In 14 OE when Immissau was 20 the once powerful Oronai Empire began to break apart as rebellions and riots broke out across the empire, in 12 OE after the senate in the capital city was overrun and the emperor and his family fled the empire Immissau's father hired mercenaries from the Kingdom of Pavona to protect him and his family, having them patrol around the city to keep them from rebelling. The citizens of Tolosa began to grow increasingly restless until they eventually broke out in rebellion and managed to kill most of the new guards patrolling around the city the citizens grouped around their new leader a blacksmith Lorarii where they stormed the Bibaculus a prison towering over the city in which they killed the guards and Eleusium the Governor of the prison and mounted his head on a pike, the rebels managed to get hold of the weapons being stored in the prison and headed towards the Paullus manor.

In desperation Artorius gave Immissau all the remaining guards and told him to flee the city with his sisters Baebia and Olcinia. With the rebels outside the gates of the manor Immissau and his sisters escaped through a passage built underneath the manor where they got onto a ship and sailed down the river towards the city of Anavio. Immissau and his sisters arrived in the city of Anavio two weeks after the fall of Toloso and were welcomed by the newly instated ruling family of the city as Anavio had also fallen to the rebels, eventually the three left the city and sailed south and arrived in the slavers city of Myodos in 10 OE, where Immissau and his sisters were taken in by the Prince of Myodos, Immissau and his sister's lived peacefully under the protection of the prince for five years. During this time Immissau learned about the fragile state that the Kingdom of Redmont was in as it was under a corrupt and heavily disliked monarchy, and after the death of his parents and the fall of the Old Oronai Empire Immissau wanted revenge on the peasants who had murdered his family, Immissau made a plan to conquer Redmont and form his own kingdom to take back the Oronai Empire, so over the next three years Immissau began making plans with the prince to conquer Redmont he began securing alliances with the other princes and High Masters of the slavers cities rallying 30,000 troops and 300 war ships by marrying the Prince of Myodos' daughter Princess Amphithoe Nelpus in 4 OE and marrying his sister Baebia to High Master Aristophantes Syagros

### Conquering of Redmont

In late 3 OE Immissau, Aristophantes and other High Master's left for Redmont. Immissau's sisters and wife were left in the care of the Prince of Myodos.

At this time Redmont was currently fractured into independently governing regions that were constantly at war with each other from territory, Immissau made his plan to land strategically at the city of Red Town on the western coast as that is where the fractured kingdom's largest city was located Immissau arrived at the city of Red Town in 2 OE, the city was currently in the hands of the wealthy and powerful Stokes Family a daughter of the family Emma Stokes was currently Queen of Redmont due to her marriage to King Raymond III Lobster of the Lobster Dynasty. Immissau found the Kingdom in a state of corruption as Emma's father who had heavy influence over King Raymond was currently being manipulated by the High Priest of the faith, Leo III, who was a corrupt man who only wished to further his families wealth and power. After Immissau's arrival at the city Lord Stokes was convinced by the High Priest to meet with him which he did sailing out to Immissau's ship after a lengthy exchange Lord Stokes returned to Red Town and had his captain of the guards prepare the city for a siege, the High Priest warned Lord Stokes not to allow Immissau to begin his siege instead sending out his own fleet to destroy his.

Lord Stokes ignored the High Priests demands and prepared Red Town for a siege as scouts spotted 100 ships landing not far down the coast and marching north towards Red Towns gates. Lord Stokes sent word to his daughter Emma ,who was residing at the current capital of Redmont the city of Crab Sea, to send reinforcements to Red Town. Emma sent 200 war ships manned with 15,000 crossbowmen to aid in the defence of Red Town. However before they could reach the city Immissau's scouts spotted the ships heading towards the city and Immissau ordered 10 of his sips loaded with gunpowder to be sent into the fleet and ignited blowing up in the centre of the Royal Fleet which promptly destroyed 190 of the ships killing most of the men sent by Queen Emma.

Immissau then ordered for his fleet to advance on Red Town, as well as the 5,000 men that were outside the city gates, Archers on the walls of Red Town fired arrows down at the advancing men and others began trying to drop large rocks on the men below, who began setting up ladders and climbing up the walls, on the west of the city Immissau's fleet advanced up to the ports of Red Town and began launching boulders into the city and burning the Red Fleet. This attack sparked panic on the population of the city who began trying to flee the city many heading towards Stokeburry Castle where Lord Stokes and his family were sheltering. The unprepared city fell within the day allowing Immissau's forces to enter the city while the remaining men aboard the ships began firing on Stokeburry causing immense damage to the castles keep, eventually three of the castles towers collapsed, two falling towards the city causing heavy civilian casualties and the largest crashing into the castles central keep destroying the great hall and killing many people sheltering inside including many members of the Stokes family. With the castle destroyed and the city overrun with Immissau's men Lord Stokes fled with his remaining family to the Great Temple of The Three seeking refuge with the High Priest.

Immissau hearing that Lord Stokes fled into the Great Temple ordered his men to storm the Great Temple and retrieve Lord Stokes and his family, doing so Immissau broke the sacred law of The Three as many of the High Priests men were killed inside the temple. Lord Stokes and his family were still captured however and brought back to Stokeburry where Immissau ordered Lord Stokes to hand over Red Town to him or else him and his family would be put to the sword. Lord Stokes still refused as Immissau had broken the sacred laws of The Three by sheading blood in a temple. Lord Stokes, his wife and their children were all put to the sword and the rest of the Stokes Family were left in the cells where many of them died from illness, starvation or infection. The High Priest after Immissau had broken the sacred laws and had Lord Stokes and his family killed rallied his own men in the form of Morsars Army and attempted to have Immissau removed from Red Town which promptly failed and the High Priest and several others in the faith were also put to the sword.

Emma quickly heard of the fate of her father and the rest of her family, unwilling to have her family suffer the same fate she asked her husband to raise his bannermen and meet Immissau before he could reach them, Raymond reminded Emma however that their entire fleet was already destroyed after she had sent it to aid in protecting her father. Leaving the royal family trapped on Crab Isle and with only 2,000 men to protect them. Emma tried to raise the other lords herself but they were all unwilling to help the royal family the despised, only a few minor lords joined their cause bringing 700 men between them. When Immissau and his fleet arrived on the shores they quickly entered the city of Crab Sea and captured the royal castle, Queen Emma, King Raymond and their children were all captured and brought before Immissau who demanded they surrender the throne to him or suffer the fate of the Stokes Family. Queen Emma begged for mercy for her and her children but King Raymond refused to surrender.

Queen Emma and her children were granted mercy and were exiled, and King Raymond was put to the sword. The execution of King Raymond was to be a public event and nobles from across the kingdom attended to celebrations and pledged their allegiance to Immissau, the next day Immissau was crowned King of Redmont in sight of many nobles in Claw Castle.

Once he was crowned king Immissau sent for his sisters and wife to come and join him in Redmont so that Amphithoe could be crowned queen, on the journey there Amphithoe caught the Bloody Surge and died leaving Immissau in need of a wife.