Rowan Forest

- His Grace, Lord Rowan, of House Forest, King-Consort of the Butterfly Queendom (172 A.M. - 175 A.M.)

### Occupation

King-Consort of the Butterfly Queendom
Successor - Quartz Stone

Predecessor - Hawk Redbird

### Family

Febe Butterfly (Wife)
Festivia Butterfly (Daughter)

House Butterfly

House Forest

### House

House Forest

Rowan Forest was the 8th King-Consort of the Butterfly Queendom. He was married to Queen Febe Butterfly.

### History

#### Early Life

Rowan Forest was born in 148 A.M. as a lord of House Forest. Much of his early life is unknown apart from a few attendance records at funerals, weddings, birthdays, and other events including the Lonely Star Ball of Febe Butterfly, heir of Crescenta Butterfly. Eventually around the age of 10, Rowan began to train as a squire. One day in 160 A.M. the knights would take their squires into the Forest of Certain Death for itinerary training. Febe Butterfly, who had watched the knights and squires for the past two years attempted to follow but was stopped by Rowan who told the princess it was too dangerous. Febe ordered him to let her pass state "as your future queen, it is your duty to obey me" to which Rowan replied "as my future queen, it is my duty to protect you." Surprised by the boldness of his disobedience as well as his cockiness, Febe did not press on and returned into the castle. Rowan volunteered to accompany her back to the castle to which she agreed. Febe was surprised and happy to see his more humble nature. From that day on, Febe began to stop her visits to the squires training and only visit with Rowan, which many hoped would result in a romance. Rowan would teach Febe how to shoot a bow. In 162 A.M., Rowan would attend the wand passing ceremony and subsequent feast and ball afterward where he would dance with her as well as gift her a pendant necklace.

After years of a budding romance and friendship, in 165 A.M. Rowan decided to ask for Febe's hand in marriage. Knowing of Febe's dreamy and romantic side, he decided to wait until the spring tournament of that year. Rowan would compete and would win the archery competition where he would receive the laurel wreath as a prize which, by tradition, was given to the spouse or fiance of the victor. After wining, Rowan would go to the Royal Box where he would place the wreath on Royal Princess Febe's head and ask for her to marry him. She agreed and they would also receive the blessing of Queen Crescenta in that moment. The cheers were reportedly so loud that they could be heard from the entire Queendom. The coupe would then go on to attend many royal activities together. In 168 A.M., they would visit the Silvan Kingdom upon the invitation of a Silvan prince they met at the tournament. Upon returning, the received news of the death of King-Consort Hawk Redbird and would attend his funeral. The planning for the wedding would be put off due to the death and Febe would spend more time caring for her ailing mother and taking on more royal duties including many terms as regent. Ultimately in 170 A.M., Queen Crescenta would die and Febe would become Queen. Rowan would attend the funeral and aid his fiance in her new found royal duties. After the two weeks of Royal Mourning, Febe would have her coronation in the throne room of the Butterfly Castle, the only coronation to take place here. Despite the coronation, no wedding took place and Rowan was not made King-Consort. Febe became the first queen in Butterfly history to be crowned unmarried and the court and public took notice. The mewnistry pressured Febe to wed as soon as possible. Rowan however assured his fiance that they could wed whenever she wished and is reported as saying "it's not a ceremony that tells us whether or not we're bonded, but what we feel about each other." In 171 A.M. Princess Waxinne Butterfly, sister of Queen Febe, would die. Rowan comforted his wife and attended the funeral. After overcoming the death of her father, mother, sister, and her new found position, in 172 A.M. they would wed and Febe created Rowan as King-Consort.

#### King-Consort

In 173 A.M., Febe and Rowan went on a private horseback ride, accompanied by an entourage, where they would discover a the body of a young girl in the corn fields of the Queendom. The girl's father and brother said she was attacked  by a terrible creature. “As big as a calf, broad chest, sturdy neck, straight ears, greyhound muzzle, black mouth with two long lateral sharp teeth, a fringed tail, and a white list that goes from the top of its head to the end of its tail. It moved with great leaps.” After this first case, many more followed, always dealing with young people, who had been brutally killed, beheadings and disembowelment were common. Numerous hunts had been made to kill the animal, often organized by other nobles of the Queendom, such as Lord Firefly or Lord flowers, and even Rowan himself. In 175 A.M., The Queen offered a reward of 6 gold suns to whoever captured or killed the beast. However Febe would be the one to capture the beast, or as it turned out two beasts, three months later by using her “raspberry ribbon lasso” spell. However the beast was accompanied by an entourage of Demons. This group was led by King Lucitor, ruler of the Lucitor Kingdom. The beasts were actually his daughters' pets that had fled. Despite Febe’s and Rowan’s kind heart they were also righteous. The beasts had invaded the Queendom's land, decimated their crops, and killed their citizens. They could not just free the animals, as it would be an insult to all the affected families. Queen Butterfly and King Luctior came to an agreement, one would be taken back to the Queendom and killed and the other returned to the underworld. As a sign of good faith, King Lucitor invited the Queen and King to the blood moon ball, an event that only happened every 667 years.

Febe researched the ball in the Firefly library. Despite the sparse sources that were  difficult to understand. From what could be understood was the “the blood moon choses two lucky souls to dance under its light, bonding them for eternity.” Febe saw it as romantic and magical, Rowan however found it to be superstition and said “my soul is already bonded to an even more beautiful red moon.” The ball took place two weeks later. The event marked the first time anyone from the Butterfly Queendom had visited the Underworld. Despite some strange traditions, like the unicorn blood bath, and the place being dark and hot, she found the experience rewarding. The height of the night was the Blood moon waltz, where Febe and Rowan only intended to be spectators, until the crimson light fell on them. Febe ignored the nausea she felt all night and danced with her king. Febe thought this night was one of her happiest, however it ended tragically. Inside of going straight back to the castle, Rowan and Febe stopped the carriage right on a bridge that had a perfect view of the moon, which was tinted red. They did this to catch a glimpse of the very rare event. “Ours souls have been bound” Rowan said before kissing her, then Febe felt a heavy impact on her chest. As she stepped back, she saw an arrow in Rowan’s chest, and it didn’t kill her just because of the necklace Rowan gave her. Rowan fell lifeless at her feet. She cried as the knight plunged into the forest after the killer. The killer most likely intended to kill Febe. In the meantime Febe lifted her eyes and wand to the blood moon, and recited a spell in High Mewnian, the language of the ancient magic users of the Ancient Mewnian Empire. To this day it is debated what Febe cast. The most accepted version of events is that she blamed the moon and cast a protective spell on it so others would suffer the same cruel fate she did. Whether that’s the truth or not, the truth is that Febe never commented on the subject all she said was the nebulous information in the books made sense now. Still on the bridge the knights captured five mud dwellers, a group of monsters that resided by a river in the Forest of Certain Death. None of the Mud Dwellers would admit who shot the fatal arrow and overcome by resentment and impatience she had them all executed on the spot. Rowan died at the age of 27 or 28. The next year Febe would give birth to their only child, Festivia Butterfly who possessed the same color eyes as Rowan. Rowan was buried in the cemetary of the Forest Watchtower. Febe would have many monuments and states to Rowan built. The bridge where Rowan died became to be known as Red Bridge