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Vintrius is a barony with a small coastal area in the Bay of Acris in Vavard. One of the original domains where the first settles moved during Dav's consolidation, it is also the one has has drifted into the most conflict during recent years. After the death of the whole Renarde lineage, the old barons, to the hands of a rebellion, the Duke of Vavard was forced to choose a new baron: Davon dal Naevius and his wife, Yarena dul Naevius. During their coronation as barons, the residence was attacked and the baron was brought to the village of the castle and executed in public view. His wife died too, but their young child, Naevius, managed to escape with the help of his newly-appointed regent, Quintilius ab Moungrey.

History

The history of the domain of Vintrius is convoluted. While they were part of the initial group of settlers that colonized the most fertile lands surrounding Vavard, recent years have been catastrophic due to a series of deficient rulers.

The Vintrius Reclamation Conflict

The Vintrius Reclamation Conflict (as it is being called by the victors) has been fought since mid-summer of 369 ever since the death of Lord Rheumis dul Renarde, the Baron of the domain since his thirtenth birthday back in 298. With his passing, a huge power vacuum opened within the Barony: the Renardes have been long distrusted by the population they rule over due to their very loose morality and harsh practices within the Barony. When Lord Rheumis II, the legal heir, took control of the Barony it was to the immediate dissatisfaction of both the gentry and the general population, who felt that the heir's quickly-enacted taxation policy was absurd and a front only to allow for the lavish hunts and feasts the eldermost Renarde often indulged in. During the early months of the conflict the outermost edges of the Barony began to ally with whomever could offer the best protection, which oftentimes was not the new Baron.

After a year of struggling to find the authority, money, and manpower to keep the borders of his Barony in line, Rheumis the Second and his entire family was assinated by his unmarried eldest sister Alori dul Renarde. The successful attempt was botched in that members of the Lord's Chevaliers captured the men responsible for the murder and turned them over to the Reeves, who extracted a confession which led to the arrest of Alori -- a woman who was otherwise seen as the most capable, reasonable, and intelligent of the Renarde Family. For the crimes which she eventually admitted to she was jailed for life by Duke dul Acris and stripped of all claims to her family's estate. The death of Alori -- whom the 'rebels' that were undermining Rheumis II in the outer portions of the Barony were found to be led by -- escalated the conflict as third in line to inherit was Robin dul Renarde, a crippled intellectual who had publicly suggested that Auberon would be better served as the Duke of Vavard. Robin was killed in Novembris of 371 from a fall from his horse, though it is widely rumored that his Chevaliers executed him to save Vintrius from a potentially ruinous rule.

By the end of 371 the outer reaches of Vintrius were in open defiance of the Renarde rule and had allied themselves with the more authoritative and powerful domains. Clarissa dul Moram, the now-eldest child of the late Lord Renarde, died in late Novembris as a result of the plague but was never in line to rule as she had been married off to Baron Vindis le Moram in 355. This left only the youngest son of Lord Rheumis as a potential Lord of the Baron, but he revoked his right to rule as a member of the Davite Clergy serving as a priest in Farin; left in temporary chaos, the rebels took over the entirety of Vintrius. Led by a merchant-prince who is said to have the backing and trust of the people of the Barony, the rebels demanded one of gentle class to be ascended to the title with Duke dul Acris in an effort to soothe over the incapabilities of the defunct Renarde generation and establish a new ruling family. The dul Naevius were elected.

The dul Naevius Era

Duke dul Acris agreed to the terms of the rebels and ascended the dul Naevius family, whom had lost all titles to the Renarde in the past. The new baron was Davon dul Naevius, who was a close friend of the Duke and one of the advisors of the Renarde; this displeased the rebels who pulled the baron out of his coronation, murdered the baronial guard, and executed him in front of the entire population; the baroness was also murdered and the child was brought to the square to end the new ruling family during their first day, but the heroic acts of Regent Quintilius ab Moungrey helped the young child escape to an undisclosed location while the Grand Chevalier, Jameston ab Moungrey, and the Chevalier of the West, Carleon of Vintrius, rode away from the castle to raise retinues amongst the villagers and townsfolk: the eldest son of each family. The young duke was sent with Lucas dul Avegnon, Chevalier in the East, and retinues levied from the crew of a ship.

Meanwhile, the Duke of Vavard negotiated a one-year-long truce with the rebels so that the new baron's regent and his chevaliers could raise forces to battle the rebels, get the help of other bannermen and organizations.