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Count Martin von Kielholz, Count of Kielholz.
~ Written from the prospective of a biographer ~
Martin von Kielholz was born around 1211-1218 C.E depending on some sources.
Martin von Kielholz was the second son of Count Henri von Kielholz an influential noble and rumored By some to be the real father of the young King Otto. Martin von Kielholz grew up a normal childhood despite not being groomed for heir, he was a more serious and honorable than his older brother Bismarck, who often took things for a joke and often had affairs with daughters and even wives of many powerful nobles.
Yet all this ended when Martin was only 14 the War broke out, or the War for the Throne. The Duke of Mannheim and the Baron von Branden refused to recognize the rule of the 4 months, year old Otto, and gained the support of many rebellious knights seeking glory. His father a stubborn, yet honorable man accepted his rumored lover, Her Majesty the Dowager Queen call to arms and joined the war.
The so called "War of the Roses" after the rumored flowering, but I doubt it's even true and it is just slandering against the King. Back to the topic; Bismarck and Henri both marched together and rode to the Siege of the capital, in a brave flank both Henri and Bismarck fought and almost won, yet in the end a flank by the Duke of Mannheim and Baron von Branden lead a charge in which all four men were killed and both sides routed.
The young Martin now at the age of 15 inherited the title Count von Kielholz and was granted the Duchy of Mannheim from the rebellious lord, Martin was placed under a regency until the death of the Dowager Queen while Martin was 21. The nobles quickly took power from the Loyalist Regency Council which all fled or were executed and Duke Martin was stripped and branded an outlaw, Martin and the Loyalists quickly fled into the Alphonse Mountains where they are soon now stay.
I do not know what has happened to Lord Martin, but may the Divines shield him, and if anyone find this join the resistance, now I must leave as the servants are reporting of guardsmen outside the castles walls.
- Monk Adelbert
~ The Seventh Year of the Shield, the 18th, 1237 C.E