THE FOURTH FOAL

[DuhPuhWuh 1282]

Issued by the Earldom of Dover

On the 12th of Sigismund's End, 2036

ARK for news of a fourth Aldersberg child, cometh! The comital couple of Dover are glad to proclaim the birth of a new babe. A year since passed, the pair were uplifted by the advent of twain girl-twins, who now continue to thrive. Yet, now the earldom welcomes another child to the house of Aldersberg; a girl-babe. Lady Helaine now rests easy knowing the birthing proceeded with nay muddle nor trouble. The babe now sleeps soundly, for she is indeed a sleeper, within the walls of Newcastle. The child shall remain there, with Lady Helaine, until she is settled and ready for visitation. Likewise, the Countess shall regain Alban, and Imperial, society whence her churching is complete.

 

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Born, the year of Our Lord 2036, the child bears the look of her Lady-mother’s ancestors, the Helvets, though she still carries some of her Lord-father’s looks, and his Aldersberg kin. So with assurance that the child is well and robust, we do gladly share that we hath named the child…

 

Susanna Augusta Charlotte Edwina Aldersberg

@MunaZaldrizoti

 

The house of Aldersberg is merry with account of the birth and Susanna shall soon be brought into the faith by private baptism. Dover asks her ennobled peers, faithful subjects and other Albans to offer their vespers to the child, may she blossom to become a Lady of high standing.

 

 

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S I G N E D,

 

HIS EXCELLENCY, George Arthur Aldersberg,

Lord Chancellor of Alba, 2nd Earl of Dover

HER LADYSHIP, Helaine Elizabeth Aldersberg,

Lady Seneschal of the Morvelyn, Countess of Dover

 

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[Cheese 8883]

Constantina, though still a babe herself, babbles curiously at her new baby sister! Surely, wee Susie was a much more welcome addition to the family than Constantina’s own twin, in her eyes.

[sanriu 734]

"Perhaps Helaine shall forever be stuck with a man like George.." She murmured. "I pray her children aren't spawns of the devil himself. Though.. one can never be too sure." She said snickering as she called for a handmaiden to prepare gifts for the four time newly mother.

[MunaZaldrizoti 8037]

The newborn Susanna wiggled within her swaddling, clutching at a single golden coin her father had placed within her crib. Tightly she clung to it, and greedily did those pale blue eyes admire its gilded gleam.

[Cubicita 640]

The mother, Helaine, sluggishly wobbled through the halls of the estate. The pain rather intensified from times prior. She'd venture to the nursery to look upon all her children whilst they rested. "Susanna shall be the last." The Countess uttered, her tone falling cold. "Rest well, little ones. Thou are loved."  She'd soon depart from the quarters to her own. Her bed would be empty and cold that evening.

 

Edited July 9, 2025 by Cubicita

[Kabaffahp 566]

Hearing her parents speak over dinner of her aunt’s newest babe, Theodora’s eyes lit with quiet excitement. Without delay, she began making plans to gather even more flowers, carefully chosen to bring to her aunt and cousins when next she visited New Castle.