Emberfall

Emberfall is a kingdom ruled by Grey. It was formerly ruled by the Crown Prince Rhen.

General Information
The royal family of Emberfall resides in Ironrose Castle, right at the heart of Emberfall.

History
During Rhen's grandfather's rule, a small colony of magesmiths from the western colony of Verin took refuge in Emberfall near the northern border. They were the last remaining magesmiths and the King of Verin had sought to destroy them all, so they fled east. They swore alliance to Rhen's grandfather and caused few problems. They would sell their spells to the people, and the King saw it as an indulgence to allow it. Their magic was small and harmless. The King would tax them heavily for the privilege of practicing it, resulting in tensions that the King either ignored or simply did not care about. When the King's son reached marrying age, a young woman visited the castle, presenting herself as a candidate for marriage. But she was a magesmith in disguise, and once she was there, she bewitched the King's son to try to trick him into marriage.

She was not very powerful and the guards were able to imprison and later execute her, once she confessed. But the King took out his wrath on the magesmiths who remained and banned magic from the kingdom. He sent an army because it was said that as each one of the magesmiths was killed, the magic would be passed on to the others, making the magesmiths who remained, increasingly powerful. To avoid that, they had to slaughter them all at once, and so they did.

One escaped, or was hidden, and she appeared on the night of the Crown Prince Rhen's eighteenth birthday, dressed as a courtier, ready to seduce the prince. She had the strongest magic because she had absorbed all the magic of the rest of her kind who were dead.

She was not solely seeking revenge for her people but rather wanted to align herself with the royal family. Rhen turned her away after spending a night with her, allowing her to believe their night meant more than it did.

She cursed the Prince and the territory of Ironrose castle to repeat the same season, over and over, until he finds true love. The prince also becomes a monster who terrorizes and kills the people and plunges the country into poverty and terror.

After the Prince is able to remove the curse, it is discovered he had an older brother, Grey, who was the rightful heir to the throne. In the end, Grey ends up becoming the King and rules over all of Emberfall while Rhen is stripped of his status and becomes his advisor.

Royal Insignia
The royal insignia of the Kingdom of Emberfall is a lion and a rose embossed in gold.