Lore:Rayelle

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Princess Rayelle
Race Breton Gender Female
Resided in Shornhelm

Rayelle was a Breton noblewoman from the Kingdom of Rivenspire. She was the daughter of King Ranser, the twenty-second and last monarch of House Branquette's line in Shornhelm. Rayelle was originally set to marry High King Emeric of Wayrest but was denied when the latter chose Princess Maraya of Sentinel. Her rejection was what sparked Ranser's War, a civil war between Rivenspire and the Daggerfall Covenant at large.[1]

History[edit]

Much of what can be said about Rayelle comes from a piece of propaganda written by House Tamrith called the Story of Princess Eselde. She was the daughter of King Ranser (known in the book as King Lancer) and his Queen, whom the book calls, Queen Ignort of House Dull.[2] Rayelle was their only known descendant.[1] On her Naming Day, nobles all over Rivenspire came and laid presents at her cradle. Surprisingly, a noblewoman named Lady Vespire of House Rithmat (an arranged name for House Tamrith) appeared now as a Wyrd-Hag and cursed Rayelle with a Forsaken Rose.[2]

As the book continues to explain, Rayelle grew up to be as beautiful as a rose, but cross-grained and petulant.[2] When Emeric of Cumberland became the High King in 2E 563, the question of who would be his queen came up instantaneously. At the earliest time available, Emeric was often offered Rayelle's hand in marriage by his brother in Shornhelm. For the most part, Emeric was fully set on marrying Rayelle,[3] and in the meantime, Rayelle wrote to Emeric with half-hearted[4] and unenthusiastic letters at her father's request.[5] But when Emeric decided to marry Maraya of Sentinel, to cement a relationship with Hammerfell,[3] he left Rayelle's father furious and war started soon after Emeric's marriage in 2E 566.[1]

After the Battle of Traitor's Tor, where Ranser and his war ended, both the Crown of Shornhelm and Princess Rayelle disappeared.[2] After the conflict, a rumor spread throughout Stormhaven's high road that the Ranser bedded many siblings in the royal line and that Rayelle was one of the results of that genealogically complex coupling.[6] Her love letters were later kept in storage at the Shornhelm Fighters Guild and later stolen by the Thieves Guild of Abah's Landing.[4]

Gallery[edit]

  • Rayelle's letter for Emeric

  • Shornhelm

  • Rayelle's father; King Ranser

  • High King Emeric

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c The Fury of King Ranser — Wafimeles Masteret (Lorekeeper)
  2. ^ a b c d The Story of Princess Eselde
  3. ^ a b Triumphs of a Monarch, Ch. 6 — His Majesty King Emeric
  4. ^ a b Kari's Hit List — Kari
  5. ^ Princess Rayelle's Half-hearted Love Letters item description in ESO: Thieves Guild
  6. ^ Loremaster's Archive - Bretons & High Isle — Lady Arabelle
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