TILL DEATH DO US PART

[Nord 313]

Dated the 4th of Owyn's Flame

 A depiction of the late Amalia, circa 1888

 

It's with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of my dear wife, Amalia Esther Castile who succumbed to an illness she battled for many years until finally passing on the 15th of Horen's Calling, 1892. We'd spent only 4 years in each other's company, 3 of those in secret matrimony as her ailment caused her to remain in her family's residence of Castile though in those 3 years she would birth our only children, Julius Amadeus Halcourt and Charles Emory Halcourt, twin boys possessing their mother's eyes and their father's brown hair. 

In the years that followed her condition would slowly begin to deteriorate though it would never discourage her from caring for her children as any mother would, until the moment she died her only concern was for the well-being of her children which she was able to provide until the end of her days. 

 

As for our children, I've decided to send them to Aeldin after the barbaric execution of my sister-in-law, Ottilie Franziska by the hands of the Sedanian army. The twins will be trained and protected by swordsmasters of the former Orenian Petrine Legion until I deem they are ready to return.

 

And as for my wife's body it will remain in Castile where it will be buried amongst her ancestors and for the generations to come.

Signed,

Ser Darius Olivier Halcourt, Master of the Horse 

[annanicole__ 1546]

For her new companion, Augustina frowns. She signs the Lorraine and goes, saying, "I must bring him lollipops to help him mourn."