Welcome To Grimstead

1st April 1000

Beloved King Cassius was dead the news of his passing did not sit well with the peasants he had been a good ruler who had taken good care of his kingdom and all within had been treated with kindness. As the kingdom mourned Mathis eldest of 6 children was crowned king, he was nothing like his father greedy and wicked with an evil streak a mile wide. On the very day he was crowned he ordered a tax increase of 200% it was a very sad day and the beginning of a very dark time. 

Mathis was a paranoid man and looked for betrayers everywhere convinced everyone was a threat to his new position. He quickly married off his sisters and sent them to the far edges of the kingdom where they could bother him no longer. Fransis was the next in line for the throne so he quickly disposed of him, inventing a web of lies with painting Fransis as the murderer of Cassius.  The punishment public hanging… executed the very day of his fathers funeral. Kristophe the middle son had always been a timid child. He’d been bullied into subservience for years, nothing more than a loyal follower so Mathis chose to keep him close… for now.  

Leaving Mathis with only one remaining threat, Henry. He’d tried to stitch him up in his fathers murder but Henry had been too clever to get dragged into that. So instead Mathis proposed a deal, He would give Henry rule over the kingdom of Grimstead, which not wishing to end up dead like his brothers Henry eagerly accepted. 

Grimstead was a tiny plot of land over the mountains, only accessible by sea.  Technically ruled by the Silverhand Family no-one had visited for years. The journey would take Henry 4 weeks in perilous waters, which had claimed many ships. Mathis secretly hoped those waters would put an end to the threat of his pesky little brother.

Henry packed up his bags, quickly married his childhood sweetheart and set sail. He knew Grimstead had a native population but as no-one had visited in 100 years he had no clue what to expect would they accept him as their king?? So wanting some friendly faces by his side he invited a couple of family’s to join him on the journey selected from those who had been the closest to his father.  The trip was rough and their little ship almost didn’t make it but finally they arrived on the shore’s of Grimstead. What will their new life have in store??

~ by katherine on February 16, 2007.