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Louis I, Margrave of Haute-Epine

2nd of Harren’s Folly, 1895

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Chapter 1: The Early Beginnings

 

Chapter 2: The Rise of the Rose

 

Chapter 3: The Resettlement

 


 

CHAPTER I

THE EARLY BEGINNINGS

This Chapter will briefly summarize the ancestral history of Louis Joseph de Rosius.


 

The House of Rosius, a House formed during the late reign of Joseph II the Emperor of the Holy Orenian Empire. The first head of the House was Valent Philip de Rosius, the firstborn son of Philip de Rosius-Rourke and Maria Darkwood; Valent, together with his many brothers and sisters formed the House of Rosius together and began to spend their childhood educating themselves on the Orenian politics or would prepare themselves to enlist into the Imperial State Army.

 

Valent and his siblings were:

 

Otis Maximilian 

Francis Raphael 

Julius Cesare 

Hughbert Jacques 

Aboul Jean 

Elodie Victoria 

Josephine Agnes 

Anne Cassia 

Elizavetta Joanne 

 

All of his siblings were either being married when they were of age or they died as unmarried. However, there was one occasion that lead to an entire new future for the House. Upon the sudden death of Valent; his brother Otis inherited the House and thus was the new Patriarch of House de Rosius. This made Otis his firstborn daughter Hera Claude the next and first female head of the House Rosius.

 

His wife Claude de Frand, took care of his children until her sudden death; of which the cause is still disputed. One says it was murder the other says is she succumbed to an illness which led to her death. Hera Claude however, got into a bitter quarrel with her father regarding the death of her beloved mother. It was also during that time that Otis was bestowed with the honor of becoming a Knight of Merit, styling himself asSir Otis Maximilian de Rosius KM

 

It was during this time that Otis Maximilian was given the title of  ‘Baron of Rosius’, a title that is held until this very day.  Otis was responsible for the construction of Rosius avenue within Providence; he too, was the architect of the Chateau de Rosius and the proposed reconstruction of the municipality of Redenford. It was during the patriarchy of Otis Maximilian that the House involved themselves into different occupations. Where they served John VIII, the Holy Orenian Emperor in his war against Norland and when they involved themselves in the political system of Oren. It was said that the House of Rosius was notorious for its conquest of local governments and taking as many seats within the House of Commons as possible. Furthering their political influence and inevitably becoming one of the major houses with such an influence. During such influence, Maria Charlotte and Elodie Victoria began to join the Ministry of Justice, following their career in being responsible for the upholding of the Orenian Law, trading in the footsteps of their late brother Valent.

 

Otis, his ward and nephew, Philip Hughes, was one who attended the Augustine Court quite frequently due to spending much time with the Princess Amelia of Renzfeld; daughter of Philip Aurelian, the Duke of Adria and Amadea Ulyssa de Sarkozy. The two first met each other during one of the many “social seasons”, however; due to Philip Hughes not being able to marry her despite his proposal after they had met on several occasions, he began to focus elsewhere. 

 

It was then that his aunt Maria Charlotte de Rosius began to arrange a marriage for Philip to Elaine Victoria d’Arkent, the daughter of Sir Caspian Lucian d’Arkent and Anna Mariya d’Arkent. The two were wed and had three children; Lucius Philip, Genevieve Christine and Sebastien Balthazar, of whom the latter passed due to a most traumatic accident. It was after that when he met Helena Eleanor de Sarkozy with whom he fathered four children: Joseph Clement, Octavia Eleanor and Franz Henry.

 

As the family gathered to celebrate the pregnancy of Elaine with her third child, she and his aunt Maria Charlotte arrived in a carriage, a carriage which contained fireblast underneath it which exploded on its arrival for all of the family members to see their three family members be burned alive. Philip Hughes was most traumatized and tried to seek comfort elsewhere; he attended Church more often than usual and often sought help from his grandfather, Casper Cardinal Providentia. During such grief, he determined that there was only the ultimate salvation to be found in living a life dedicated to GOD.

 

The boy who was once attending the fancy courts of the Holy Orenian Empire, returned as a warrior who would only die for GOD and for his Vicar.

 

Philip Hughes began his training with Holy Sir August Jazloviecki, it was him who trained Philip in swordsmanship, hunting and blacksmithery under the leadership of the Apostolic-General Armand de Rennes. Upon the conclusion of Philip's trials; he was knighted by the High Pontiff Everard VI asHoly Sir Philip Hughes ‘The Kind’ de Rosius”. Holy Sir Philip then began to go on multiple quests to secure the Canonist realms of any incursions from heretical entities or daemonic creatures. His family however, remained loyal to the Holy Orenian Empire and continued forth into the political ambitions. While Philip Hughes, merely remained as a Holy Sir and only returned from the wilderness after his late sixties.

 

Note: Philip Hughes de Rosius was the main ancestor of Louis Joseph de Rosius, hence his mention due to the closest relation.


 

CHAPTER II

THE RISE OF A ROSE

This chapter is written in regards to the circumstance of Louis Joseph, his birth and parentage, alongside his siblings; Emir d’Abbassia and Roxana Claude de Rosius.

 

Louis Joseph de Rosius was born to Joseph Sarkozic, Baron of Pompourelia and Hera Claude, Baroness of Rosius in the year of 14th of Sigismund’s End, 1864 within the Imperial Capital of Providence. He was named after his uncle; Louis Alphonse de Rosius and his father Joseph Sarkozic; alongside him, also came his twin-brother Emir. Louis Joseph de Rosius grew up in a very secretive area where no one would be able to discover his true heritage and descent until the parentage of him and his brother was exposed to Emir only and thus his ancestry was later told to Louis himself. 

 

Louis Joseph often spent time with his half-brother Franz Arthur and upon the Acrean Rebellion against the Kingdom of Oren he, his siblings and his mother disappeared into the County of Mardon to their family castle. Until the conflict had passed and the Acrean Rebels created the Harvest Confederacy, it was Louis, his sister who inherited the title and name and was tasked by her mother to encompass the House.

 

It so happened that there soon came yet another conflict; however, within the House itself. As the House dispersed into two parts of which one stayed in the ancestral heartlands and another went to Balian to show support to John I, the King of Balian. There was a quarrel due to the succession of the dynasty for a near decade and put the claims of each person involved into a very questionable light. It was during Louis' late teenage years that his cousin Yves, his aunt Gisele and his mother Hera kept battling for the leadership themselves. However, Hera could not be bothered to fight and thus changed her Household's name into Endor. Then, a few years later she passed away which left Louis Joseph absolutely devastated and thus retreated back to the heartlands where he could forge his future plan.

 


 

CHAPTER III

THE RESETTLEMENT

The story is about how multiple members of House de Rosius got into a quarrel with each other regarding the succession of their House.

 

The succession quarrel later became a matter between the different Households of Louis, Yves and Gisele. The three gathered and discussed the future of the House. They all mutually agreed to create different branches of the House so that the leadership was divided with the High Pontiff being a witness of this, yet this did not last quite long as Yves passed away at a young age and Gisele passed too. 

 

This left Louis to take up the mantle of leading the House. Which allowed Louis to make their family seat in the Kingdom of Aaun which was led by King Charles I, of the House Alstion. Louis swore his fealty and was thus tasked to create a borderpost to defend the realm within the Arentanian mountains. At the time that Louis was made a Margrave, he greatly supported the realm with the matter against Acre. Louis, a faithful and zealous Canonist, began to enforce Canon Law within his lands; which would allow no heretic or abomination on his lands; and if they did, they were usually greeted with death at first sight. It was with the help of Eleanor Pruvia that the architectural plans of Haute-Epine were set in place and with the help of Calliope Renata von Alstreim that the Chapel of St. Edmond was made. 

 

When the Margraviate was established, Louis made sure that all of his relatives were granted a proper place for burial, who now are at rest within the Catacombes de Rosius under Chateau de Valent, the main fort within Haute-Epine. A place where often prayers are held in commemoration of the dead. 

 

In his service to Charles I, Louis Joseph was bestowed with the duties of being the Representative of the Lords, a duty that focuses on the needs of every Lord within the lands of Aaun and is a duty to maintain good overall relations with the fellow vassals in regards to supplies and the likes. During the times of the Margraviate Louis Joseph  married Lucrece Ysabeau, with whom he fathered three children all of who reside within the Margraviate to this day and are being educated to be serving the realm as true Auvergnians and true Canonists. Louis Joseph often reunited his kin by holding several impromptu gatherings within the lands of Haute-Epine and thus often used to celebrate weddings or any other festive occasions. Louis Joseph tasked his eldest son Louis August de Rosius to become the Seigneur-Capitaine and thus served his father directly by becoming the second in-charge of the Haute-Epine Guard.

 

Louis was often spending his time traveling the realm and investigating every part of the realm - often setting up camp to spend more time in the outside world other than being locked up within his keep. He thus took note of every strategic vantage point, should any other Auvergnian House be willing to reintegrate within the heartlands and serve the Kingdom of Aaun. 

 

All in the good prayer and hope that the Auvergnians would one time reunite again.


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A founder directed his gaze towards the mortal realm from the skies, thereafter his complexion shined with growing beam due to the immense growth of his dynasty. Fond memories circulated his mind, from the years, when food was blessing for them.

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Ser Emir would take his morning coffee as he read through the history of his own ancestry and the updates of his brother's work that happened when he returned. Emir would sip on the coffee while reading and speaking to himself "Sometimes I forgot how my ancestors have completed lots of milestones. Hopefully I shall make them proud too, one day."

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Adrien Clement de Rosius, with a small cup of apple juice by his side, read the history of his family and father; "Wooooaaaaah...."

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Kor'Garr the Clanless gives an approving nod while reading over the newly released chapter. The usual hustle and bustle of the shops around him are instead subdued, but the orc ignores any disturbance in favor of squinting at the rather small though numerous lines of common script with his crimson gaze.

"Oi, 'Umie hiztori iz alweyz intureztyn... Zoh mani tyngz in zoh vyu tikz, doh Kor'Garr grukz dat iz kuz dey nub lyv veri lawng. 'Hozh dey got pazt awl dah Orin rubbizh, iv unlee dey kuld prayze der anzezturz inzted uv diz Kanon zkah." The wandering greyskin cuts himself off with a chuckle before gently setting the book into it's proper place among the shopkeeper's wares.

"Iz nub evin'ag akzhual Kannon, duz nub ikzplode ohr zmite tyngz ohr nub'byn! Keh..."

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Louise, the previous Baroness de Rosius, peers from the Seven Skies, remembering the day she stepped from her coach onto the steps of the Chateau de Rosius. What a sudden death it was, of the old baroness, but this did not matter to Louise. 

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