A Daughter of Ivoria

[Verellia 78]

 

 

 

Penned by the Princely House of Keen

13th Suns Smile, 2043.

 

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t was upon the 13th of Tobias’s Bounty within the year of 2043, within the chambers of the Princeps Court, that hardship and hope twisted as one. For many hours, the Princeps Consort endured a harrowing labor. The months of strain and worry that had shadowed her pregnancy and each moment of the birth carried fear that both mother and child might be lost. 

 

At last, after a night of trial, the cries they had longed for did not come with strength, but with only the faintest whimper. A daughter had been delivered into this world small, pale, and frail. Though she lived, the room was filled with uneasy silence rather than celebration. In the weeks that followed, her condition remained uncertain. It was only after a month of careful observation, when her breaths grew steadier and her color returned little by little.

 

She shall henceforth be Christened:

 

Annika Ines Keen, First Daughter of the Princeps of Ivoria

 

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Signed,

 

HIS PRINCELY HIGHNESS, Philipp Victor Keen,

Princeps of  Ivöria, Count of Carolustadt, Baron of Ames and Kensford,
Protector of the Ivöri people, Steward of Mount Vindicta, Seneschal of the Black Mountains, Patriarch of House Keen

HER PRINCELY HIGHNESS, Cassandra of Briar,
Princeps-Consort of Ivöria, Countess of Carolustadt, Baroness of Ames and Kenford,

Protectoress of the Ivöri people, Stewardess of Mount Vindicta, Lady Seneschal of the Black Mountains, Matriarch of House Keen

 

Edited August 24, 2025 by Verellia

[PrinceTheDM 275]

Elijah looked upon the missive with a smile. "May both mother and child find good fortune ahead." 

 

[confusedjester 811]

The Keen Royal then curled her lip at the news. As the likelihood of marriage and children slipped away for Heilwig, she focused her sights elsewhere.

The title of 'Aunt' was a strange new label, having no idea what babies or children even like.

The Princess stood sheepishly over a toy store counter, trying to decide what to gift the new Keen babe. 

 

[annanicole__ 2802]

Lorelei Mairi Alstion-Enswerp blinked in surprise. “I am a great-grandmother? Surely not! But I shall send a present for them all.”

[Plausifraunz 361]

"Haha! This is fantastic news!" Arya said delighted. "Congratulations to them both. I shall gather together a present soon."

[Nectorist 12869]

Philipp stares down at his daughter, perplexed at what to do next.

[kuebiko 684]

Prince Conrad Keen heard a baby cry for the first time. What happiness it brought him mixed with uncertainty. Hesitance over his own marital status. Above all else it was s startling thing as the realization became clear, he was an uncle.

 

An uncle who slipped out from Ivoria's walls and returned to Avistra to fight alongside those who raised him too. It was noble to be among ones kin to him, yet somehow the sounds of an innocent babe were far more daunting than the cry of war.