Valden

Valden is a major character as well as the namesake for the Valden Saga.

## Biography

Valden was born in year 61 to parents Jemma and Thresdon. (Although it is quite likely that Valden's actual father is King Klemens.) His mother, Jemma, would die in 68 when Valden was seven years old. His father was cold, largely absent, and demanding. After his mother died, Thresdon sent him to live with the royal family of Duvarey. He lived there for two years. He would then be moved to live with other distant relatives, when would quickly send him off to live with other relatives, who in turn quickly sent him to a boarding school. While there, he was the boyfriend of Iliana.

After Graduating Boarding school, in 80, Valden would join the Army for a year. Valden claims to have had many girlfriends in this time, but that none that loved him. While in the army, he met a fortune teller and magician named Benon. After leaving the army, he began receiving lessons in magic from Benon in 81.

He was arraigned to marry Galendra in 84, and made himself appear to dislike her simply to spite his father. Galendra and Valden would soon come to like each other. In 85, at the age of 23, he was engaged to Galendra. In the first month of summer in 85, He was married to Galendra. Valden had a servant named Brend, who would become friends with Galendra.

After Queen Hyacinth was arrested, And King Klemens put in a compromising position regarding that Valden was likely his child and Galendra was not, would agree to make Valden his heir. He also said that Valden should find a new wife, however Valden had no intention of doing so. Once Hyacinth and her servant Mora were executed, Valden would come to the conclusion that King Klemens should also be removed from power. Benon would suggest Valden summon a Demon bound to his will to kill Klemens. Valden would use the demon to being eating away at Klemens's mental health instead.

### As King

After the death of Klemens, Valden would become king. In early 86, His relationship with Galendra would become strained, but would recover. In the spring of 86, he would go to Oreton on a diplomatic mission to King Trenton. He would then be informed of the events of the Grand Conspiracy.

After the Spring Festival, Valden would realize that the watcher was Galendra, and Ems Belin would confess to have had an affair with her. Valden would strip Belin of his titles and sentence his to standing guard of Galendra, but never being able to speak to her. However, needing his General, he would reverse this punishment seeing it as benefiting nobody.

He would try to mend his relationship with Galendra, but after she escaped in the night to the Lumi Ghetto, he would try and imprison her. She would escape, setting fire to the Duvarey Palace, and fleeing. The fire would destroy the royal chamber, nearly killing Valden. Brend would pull him from the fire, and he would physically recover with help from Benon. Valden would then begin to spiral into madness, taking up drinking in excess.

Valden would still be largely secluded in the coming months, however when Prince Crispin arrived, Valden would explore a relationship with another man, going quite well. They would become quite close, with Valden falling in love with him. At the end of his week-long stay, Valden would fall into a depression, until Crispin sent him a love letter shortly after. They would continue to exchange love letters, and describe each other as 'beloved friends'. Valden and Crispin would continue their relationship even after Crispin married Candice, in the second month of spring of 88. Valden, in an effort to remove King Stavis from the equation, would unleash a demon to kill him in the same way he had killed Klemens. This would backfire horribly, as King Stavis would kill Crispin before killing himself.

This would send Valden into another depression, however when Galendra returned to the Duvarey shortly after, things would very quickly become more eventful once more.

## Magical Skill

Valden never made a mistake while performing magic until 86. Valden can preform invisibility spells, along with Lockpicking. He summoned a Demon to begin tormenting King Klemens. He can set trigger spells, such as the one he would set for King Trenton. He can make potions, notably relaxants and truth serums.