Trent Fell

An officer in the Red Protectoran he rose to the rank of Blademark by the time of the Conclave Dispute and was used by Grand Lord Renis as the front line commander of the Loyal Force.

725PE: Trent completes his term at the academy and serves as an officer in the Yellow Protectoran for three years.

728PE: Trent was promoted to Captain.

733PE: Trent was recognised for his tactical prowess and was able to afford to pay for a commission to the Red Protectoran.

739PE: Trent was made Commander in the Red.

745PE: Trent was promoted to Blademark.

749PE: Trent is placed in command of a Red Blades legion.

753PE: The Conclave dispute started to affect people outside of the Sapphire Wizards' Guild. Trent was one of those present at a meeting between the Marix to discuss the potentially devastating situation code named 'Torrent'.

754PE: The dispute runs on with no end in sight. Despite several of the Conclave moving for the Saffier's removal it is now clear that they are not unified. Several of the most powerful archmages started to simply claim themselves as Saffier. The military were helpless to affect this but started to prepare themselves. Trent Fell first comes into contact with Knight Stalkers as he was selected as one of the trusted officers to prepare for 'Torrent'.

755PE: A faction called Splinters of Bone caused a spree of murders within Tor Armakan. They were investigated by Danil Durova and after months of clues, investigations and sparing Durova successfully exposed the group. Under the Command of General Jarick Marx Trent's forces were mobilised to assist with their destruction. Two archmages died in the final confrontation, which ended in a bloodbath including 32 deaths far more wounded and the destruction of Clawspire Tower. Fell was commended for his leadership and personal bravery during the assault. General Marx introduces him to Grand Lord Renis the Empress' brother.

756PE: Year of the three Saffiers. The current Saffier Repletan is killed and three other archmages declared themselves Saffier. Torrent is decalred as 'in effect'.

757PE: The dispute ran on, with multiple factions vying for supremacy. The Conclave is temporarily officially suspended by the Emperor Jarlath. When the information is given to the Conclave the messengers are accompanied by Trent Fell and his legion the 33rd. The wizards' rivals the Senate, the military and the church start to take over the running of the country.

759PE: The archmage Ivory returned from retirement at the Empress' request. She prevented the killing of the Empress. Danil Durova discovers the Letter of Regicide. Interal is declared guilty of treason by unanimous vote of the Senate. A law was enacted the Traitor's Knot that any one hiding, assisting or even associating with Interal other than to bring him to justice was also a traitor to the crown.

The Empress assigns a group of Templar and Red Protectoran Elites (Who may have been Knight Stalkers) to her younger brother Grand Lord Renis and 'asks' Ivory to accompany them. Renis' bodyguard was made up of Red Blades and Templar under the command of Blademark Trent Fell.
Trent's position was greatloy enhanced by this move, though he struggled at first with a rivalry with the commanders of the Templar and clerics, of whom many were assigned to Renis, who saw themselves as independent of his command. Renis named the unit in its entirety the Loyal Force.

Renis was the leader of the Loyal Force but its front line battle commander was Trent Fell. The archmage Ivory, the Templar and the clerics however were not directly in Fell's line of command which caused some difficulty for the Force. Despite this Fell and Renis were able to complete their mission. Less than a month later, Renis, Ivory and the Loyal Force successfully found and killed Interal and his inner circle.

760PE: Consistent strikes were organised by Fell with the backing of the Templar and the wizards Chareye and Ivory. Renis originally tasked Fell with organising the enforcement of wizard loyalty registration but the voluntary registration of many wizards under Feint's instigation stopped this going into law. Danil Durova helped discover the location of Lethe. He is confronted and defeated by Fell and the Loyal Force. Renis is not actually present but takes the acclaim for it and Fell played along never disputing Renis' claim that he brought Lethe down. He is rewarded politically for this silence.

Lethe could be defeated but even the loyal clerics and wizards could not kill him. Trent Fell commanded the guard that escorted him to his imprisonment beneath the Sapphire Wizards' Guild in the Spectral Prison.

761PE: After the death of Lethe, with Interal's support scattered the final powerful faction leader Feint already back in line with Imperial authority Trent was finally able to change his focus. A new Conclave was called and imperial oversight was added in the creation of a new role called the Imperial Adjunct. A weak Saffier was elevated and the archmages were installed based on loyalty and teaching skill, rather than power and ambition. The guild had been crippled.

With the new uncrowned Emperor, Jarlath's only remaining heir Coriam out at sea, the Empress became regent with her brother Grand Lord Renis. He did not forget Trent Fell and the Blademark's loyalty to him and the successes of the Loyal Force. Fell's command over the 33rd was expanded and he was promoted to General and it looked like he was earmarked to become the General for all of the Red Blades' legions.

763PE: Coriam dies at sea and Renis is crowned. His reign was defined by the effect the Conclave Dispute had on him. His confidence was in the Dowager Empress (his sister), the church and of course his old second Trent Fell.

764-766PE: With the guild weak from the Conclave Dispute, the rise of the Church of Celer began. The Emperor Renis proposed that his favourite General Fell take on leadership of the proposed Cellan Gaurd. Fell rejected it though or rather made sure he was never offered it by intimating that he did not want it. The Imperial Vizier 'chosen' by Renis was a powerful cleric of Celer one of the Theonists of Tor Celer. Fell could see the church was getting out of balance. The wizards still reeling from the Conclave Dispute could not curb them and so it was for the Senate and the Military. So thinking he planted himself firmly in the military's camp. Though it has been speculated he had an unofficial role involving the Knight Stalkers as well.

767PE: Trent Fell was made Marshal of the Empire. In many ways this was because he was the only candidate that fit the bill. His experiences in the Conclave Dispute made him very popular in the church, the populace and amongst the nobles of the Senate and the Imperial Court. Most important of all however was that military themselves saw him as a true General and not a stooge of the church. Many Historians still argue that this was in reality a deliberate pay back for his previous loyalty to the Emperor in the Conclave Dispute rather than because of his individual brilliance.

775PE: The church successfully pressured the 'weak' emperor to allow them to form the Vormach, an independent state not far from Tor Armakan. The church already had its own military independent of the Protectorans and the Loyal Force which had been Fell's personal unit headed the Cellan Guard with its Templar members forming the foundation of the Golden Knights. Fell was heavily involved in the arrangements for the organisation of these units and setting up the protocols for their interaction with the Imperial military. For example that a Protectoran trooper that wished to join the Cellan Guard had to submit his request in writing to his commanding officer and even if accepted by the Guard he could be denied by the Protectorans from transfer for a year if still in commission.

779PE: Trent Fell died in post as Marshal of the Empire. Extremely rich and popular he was given a state funeral by his monarch and friend Renis.