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The Life of Dame Primrose Kortrevich | 321 ES

“Mea Prinzenas”

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“I promise I’ll make you proud.”

 


 

Preface

 

As I write this, years after the renown sacrifice of my beloved princess, I am reminded of the courage and bravery she showed throughout her life. Primrose encapsulated what it meant to be a Marian Knight. She will be remembered as the true Dame of Haense for her loyalty, bravery, and sacrifice. This biography of her life is an ode to the daughter that I never had, may it do her justice.

 


 

 

Childhood

 

Primrose Kortrevich was born in Old Reza just as the Haeseni people settled in Arcas in 1703. She was born into a large common-born family to parents Nikolaus Kortrevich and Lotte Rosendale-Kortrevich. From the age of five, Primrose’s sole aim was to achieve knighthood. One of her many uncles, Ser Rodrik Kortrevich, held the position of Knight Paramount throughout her early childhood, and she looked up to the man just as she did to the rest of her uncles who were in the military. Years later, House Kortevich obtained nobility, her uncle, Otto Kortrevich, was enfeoffed the Barony of Koravia by King Marius II. 

 

Throughout her childhood, Primrose lacked the presence of her mother. Working as a medic in the faraway lands of Curon, she was rarely around to provide her daughter with motherly advice. Despite Lotte’s love for her daughters, Primrose and Emaline found themselves being raised and cared for almost solely by their father and his cousins. Duncan Kortrevich and Sarah Greenhill-Kortrevich, in particular, were extremely important to Primrose’s upbringing. She relied heavily on her kin and loved her family deeply throughout her adolescence.

 

Primrose attended classes under the teachings of Princess Nataya Barbanov for a large part of her early childhood. There, she made friends and caused trouble, as well as learned how to spell, speak New Marian, and cook. Her small class consisted of Kazimar Alimar, four young Grimm children, and a few others who attended on occasion. After class, the group would compete in games of Haeseni Chess, which Primrose was taught by her friends. 

 

At the age of 10, Primrose Kortrevich was nearly kidnapped by slave traders. Lured from the city by a man and wife with her friend, Kazimar Alimar, they were taken into a thicket of brush and trees to the east of Old Reza. There, the two children listened to a tale of warriors and bandits, too enveloped in the young woman’s storytelling to see her and her counterpart’s mal intent. As the woman told the younglings of a magical blade, she held her own out to the pair. As Kazimar reached out to touch it, she sliced him, poisoning him with a narcotic drug. The man dove in from behind, strangling Primrose until she fell unconscious. Unfortunately for the kidnappers, a young man was seen from a distance, who ran off to retrieve help from the city. The man who had strangled Primrose ran after him, leaving the woman only able to take one of the children. The woman chose Primrose, gathering her into a rowboat and taking her across Lake Milena. There, she tied Primrose to a tree, threatening to kill her if she made a sound, and awaited the buyer she had arranged beforehand. Fortunately for Primrose, her Uncles, Rodrik and Duncan, had killed the man and was hunting for her through the trees. As his shouts drew nearer, Primrose knew she was safe. And safe she was.

 

Soon after, The War of Two Emperors began. The war drove apart Primrose’s family, several of her kin betraying her kingdom to join the Renatian forces. Of those relatives, her Uncle Rodrik was one. The betrayal of her loved ones tore Primrose apart. She couldn’t believe that her uncle had left her family behind, and meant them harm. Her heart hardened, and she pressed on, the rage in her chest building. The war raged throughout her entire childhood, beloved kin and Haensemen being executed and hunted down daily. She rarely left the city, spending her days training and learning.

 

    In Primrose’s early teenage years, she met a young man by the name of Ulric Vyronov. They grew closer as they neared adulthood, and by the age of sixteen, Primrose was betrothed. 

 


 

Marriage and Motherhood

 

    Primrose was married at the age of eighteen, her twin sons born just over a year later. Primrose spent much of her time in the County of Graiswald, taking care of her young sons, Lukas and Isaak Vyronov, and continuing her squire training when she could catch a break. Ulric was good to Primrose, but his mental health began to deteriorate in their early years of marriage. He was constantly getting injured and was scarred by memories from the only-recently-ended War of Two Emperors. Primrose found herself often caring for her husband as his mental state worsened and worsened. Ser Ulric Vyronov died when Primrose was only twenty-two, with two three-year-old sons she was left to care for on her own. 

 

    Years later, Primrose found herself devastated by the losses of many of her close relatives. Her husband, her aunt, Sarah Greenhill-Kortrevich, her mother, Lotte Rosendale-Kortrevich, and several of her cousins and uncles. Primrose found herself growing ever-closer to her childhood friend, Ser Roderick Daine. They traveled the realm of Arcas constantly, and eventually, he asked her father for her hand. The pair married matrilineally and raised four children together. By this time, Primrose’s son, Isaak Vyronov, had been killed by the Ruberni forces, but the family grew nonetheless. Sarah Kortrevich, Ivan Kortevich, Franziska Kortevich, and Leopold Kortrevich meant the world to Primrose and Roderick, and the family was complete. 

 


 

Knighthood

 

    Primrose had the dream of becoming a dame since she was five, and she worked toward that goal for over two decades. She spent her adolescence training with her father, uncles, other knights, and other children in the fighting pits of the royal army. Despite her unbreaking resolve, Primrose found that the path to becoming a dame would be far from easy. Primrose went through two knightley mentors before finally being anointed the title of Dame Errant in her early twenties. She was given the moniker “The Forbearing” by her father, Knight Paramount Ser Nikolaus Kortrevich, for her patience and determination throughout the years. She gradually worked her way up from Dame Errant, to Dame of Haense, and finally to the ultimate ranking, Marian Knight of the Marian Retinue. Dame Primrose renewed her vows under four kings. King Marius II, King Andrik III, King Andrik IV, and King Sigismund II. She served the Kingdom of Haense faithfully for over thirty years.

 


 

Death

 

    In 1756, Dame Primrose Kortrevich set sail for the ancient lands of Athera with a crew of nearly twenty Haensemen, including the boy king, Sigismund II. After nearly a year at sea and multiple encounters with fearsome sea creatures, the crew and their fellowships spotted the shores of Athera. There, the Haensemen set up camp with their Orenian counterparts before getting separated days later and making their way toward their homeland of Siegrad. The party’s goal was to recover the relics of Saint Karl. They did just that, but not without a cost.

 

    Down into the wormholes of Athera the party descended, knowing what they approached. A member of the Volik clan led the Haensemen into the depths of the tunnels. Through the darkness they proceeded, spotting caverns full of massive, adolescent worms with sharp teeth. They hurried past, into a well-lit cavern due to a hole in the ceiling revealing the Atheran sky above. As they entered the cave, they could clearly see a massive worm, its body winding its way through the walls of the cavern. The party remained upon the cavern’s ledge, staring toward the beast in awe as the Volik clansman and Primrose descended toward the creature’s gaping maw. It was clear that this was the same beast that had swallowed Saint Karl whole, centuries before. The pair worked their way toward the monster, and the Volik hesitantly clambered inside, disappearing into the reeking gut of the enormous worm. He soon returned, passing the relics he had found to Primrose. 

 

Unfortunately, just as he reached the mouth, a shout echoed from above, the voice of Bralt ‘The Boar’. Down rained a collection of pots and pans, clanging and echoing throughout the cavern. The worm awoke instantly, snapping down upon the man who remained in its jaw. Primrose took the relics, racing for her comrades as more teasing shouts echoed from above. Primrose ascended the rope ladder, handing the relics off. As more pots rained down, the Haeseni party made a dash for the exit, but as their heavy steps sprinted for the tunnel, the worm shifted, diving in their way and blocking the passage. 

 

Primrose realized what she had to do, and ran for the rope ladder again. Primrose made it to the pile of kitchen utensils and saluted her king and comrades. She took a pan in each hand, and began clanging them together, knowing full well what she was doing. The worm lunged from the passage, opening it for the Haensemen to run out. Where Primrose had been standing, however, remained only a gaping hole. Primrose Kortevich had taken her oath to the grave.

 

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Dame Primrose Kortrevich

“The Forbearing”

(1703 - 1758)

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Marian Knight of Haense

(1724-1758)

 


 

Published by House Kortrevich

Written by Duncan Kortrevich

Public Record found at the Alimar Memorial Library

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Ser Ivan would stay silent in his tent as his squire, Ruben, watched him as he read the Biography. Ser Ivan would only be fitted with more anger and rage as he now has confirmation that the true cause of his mothers death was not the beast, but instead the very man who’s army he is supposed to push back. Now, the invasion was personal. In his mind, Ivan only thinks of one thing: Kill Bralt

 

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Arianne Helvets sat within one of the tents at Fort Buck, sharpening her sword before the battle that was soon to come.  She wore a dour look on her features; however, her mind wandered as she prepped herself.  Ari thought back to her youth, when she was just a young girl new to the Kingdom of Haense; to when the Dame Primrose had given Ari her first lesson in swordsmanship on the shores of Lake Milena.  So much had changed since then, though the memory of Primrose still brought a weak smile to Arianne’s lips.

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Stefan Vyronov smiles as he’d nod.

“Grandmamej did well in her life and now it’s time for people that are descendants of her to continue her legacy.”

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With colossal sobs,  Dame Franziska Kortrevich would turn to hold tight one of her drazimann brothers-in-arms and visitors to her office. “It wasn’t fair that- that I never got to say goodbye,” she blurted out, feeling much like the little girl that she was when she had heard of her mother’s death before the Siege of Petrus. She craned her neck, looking at the portrait of Primrose that hung on the wall behind her- blurred through water logged eyelashes. “I just- I hope she knows that I’ll always love her and... That everything I do is to make her proud.”

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Ser Khroll mourns his comrade. 

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“A very well-written work on the life of an admirable figure whose life was defined by chivalry, duty, and integrity,” Sir Terrence comments as he gets a hold of this new edition!

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