A New Day Dawns
As the sun set on a typical winter evening at the Rothswood manor in the forests of Dobrov, an eerie silence fell upon the grounds, the unsettling nature such had stopped bothering the aged Prince quite some time ago. He ended his day as he normally would when his wife was away, sat with a glass of wine by the fire, blinking often to stop himself inevitably falling to sleep.
This time felt different however, it was never a fate the Prince had expected to face. A battlefield was where the former Marshal had intended to breathe his last, surrounded by his comrades, his kin and with his sword in hand. A smile appeared across his lips, he reached for his sword that often remained by his side. Sword in hand, the Duke of the Rothswood closed his eyes for the last time.
Warmth embraced him as he entered the skies as he was now with his ancestors, his parents, his siblings, his dear friends.