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King Richard II was born on May 16, 1110, to [[Bartholomeu V]] and Isandria, during the reign of his father. His father had died in February of 1169, after 60 years as King, and he ascended to the throne. | King Richard II was born on May 16, 1110, to [[Bartholomeu V]] and Isandria, during the reign of his father. His father had died in February of 1169, after 60 years as King, and he ascended to the throne. | ||
His wife, Kolorandria Omousse, (''nee'' Stadkress) was born on May 10, 1111, in [[Valrod]], [[Moria]], the only daughter of a wealthy merchant, Ivan Stadkress. She married Richard in 1132 in Stimpton. | His wife, Kolorandria Omousse, (''nee'' Stadkress) was born on May 10, 1111, in [[Valrod]], [[Moria]], the only daughter of a wealthy merchant, Ivan Stadkress. She married Richard in April 1132 in Stimpton. | ||
May 29 is the officially recognized Picketralian Independence Day, as on May 29, 978, the Treaty of Pafalia was signed, officially freeing Picketralia from Railtonian rule, after the Second Pik Independence War. An Independence Day parade was celebrated in the city on May 29th, and the tradition continues to this day. | |||
== Assassination == | |||
Richard II was riding with his wife, the Priest of Calyur Chapel, the Representative from Stimpton, and the Mayor of Stimpton, when in the Independence Day parade going down Haybale Street towards [[Pigot School]], in a covered carriage. However, Richard had requested for the carriage's copper cover to be retracted, so he could wave and see the citizens lined up. | |||
A man acquired two swords from a street vendor, and aimed them at the heads of the King and his wife, before tossing them like a spear. He succeeded. The sword entered near his forehead, and exited at the neck, causing paralysis, mass bleeding, and brain damage. The King however was somehow still conscious, yet, could not talk or move, but was reported to be in excruciating pain. He drifted into unconsciousness 30 seconds later, and died at the Pigot School Infirmary 4 minutes later. | |||
His wife would suffer a similar fate. The sword instead entered near her vocal chords, and caused paralysis and loss of speech. She died almost instantly. The assasin was actually intending to kill everyone in the open top chariot, but the vendor got suspicious and did not let him buy 5, large swords. After striking the King and Queen, he darted towards the Stimpton River on Dormitory Avenue, and ran across the bridge. | |||
The mayor and representative were shocked and both teamed up to chase the assasin, and a manhunt ensued. The Priest was in prayer the whole time, and accompanied the king in his final minutes, repeating the same prayer: | |||
"Please O lord our help in our King for he has been injured." | |||
At exactly [placeholder], the King died of his injuries in a small operating room in the infirmary, and his aides placed his body back into the carriage and began towards [[Sullivan Palace]]. His son, [[Richard III]], and successor, arrived 3 minutes after his father had died, and broke down in tears. They rushed him to [[Calyur Chapel]] to perform a very brief coronation ceremony, and he was crowned king at [placeholder]/ | |||
== Aftermath and ensuing manhunt == | |||
=== Autopsy, funeral, and burial. === | |||
Autopsies reveal the sword went through the queen’s neck flesh, broke the brainstem’s control to the rest of the body, broke bundles of nerves, practically exploded a blood vessel, and cracked several vertebrae and neck bones, one, broken into pieces. The king’s autopsy proved the sword went through the cerebellum breaking thousands of nerve endings, fracturing his skull and sending cracks down to his chin. The brainstem was also damaged. | |||
The bodies were reported to have looked "of the utmost goriness", and so the coffins were filled with dirt and worms, sealed with molten netherite, placed in a netherite-iron alloy metal cage, put in concrete boxes filled with molten metal, and buried really deep, so nobody could see the bodies. Against tradition, the bodies were not embalmed using the traditional river salt and gigartina, for the sole purpose of decomposition. The molten metal would eventually cool, creating a thick layer of metal around the coffin. | |||
The coffin itself was not even made from wood, rather, an ivory and enamel one, per tradition. The worms ate at the bodies, ensuring that the horrible wounds would not exist. Richard III ordered all autopsy drawings to be burned and destroyed, then thrown into the crematory, and the final product, whatever it would be, thrown into the Stimpton River. The swords were lost in the fire of 1363. | |||
Latest revision as of 20:10, 4 November 2024
The assassination of King Richard II, and his wife, Kolorandria, of Picketralia, took place on May 29, 1172, in an Independence Day Parade in Stimpton.
Background
King Richard II was born on May 16, 1110, to Bartholomeu V and Isandria, during the reign of his father. His father had died in February of 1169, after 60 years as King, and he ascended to the throne.
His wife, Kolorandria Omousse, (nee Stadkress) was born on May 10, 1111, in Valrod, Moria, the only daughter of a wealthy merchant, Ivan Stadkress. She married Richard in April 1132 in Stimpton.
May 29 is the officially recognized Picketralian Independence Day, as on May 29, 978, the Treaty of Pafalia was signed, officially freeing Picketralia from Railtonian rule, after the Second Pik Independence War. An Independence Day parade was celebrated in the city on May 29th, and the tradition continues to this day.
Assassination
Richard II was riding with his wife, the Priest of Calyur Chapel, the Representative from Stimpton, and the Mayor of Stimpton, when in the Independence Day parade going down Haybale Street towards Pigot School, in a covered carriage. However, Richard had requested for the carriage's copper cover to be retracted, so he could wave and see the citizens lined up.
A man acquired two swords from a street vendor, and aimed them at the heads of the King and his wife, before tossing them like a spear. He succeeded. The sword entered near his forehead, and exited at the neck, causing paralysis, mass bleeding, and brain damage. The King however was somehow still conscious, yet, could not talk or move, but was reported to be in excruciating pain. He drifted into unconsciousness 30 seconds later, and died at the Pigot School Infirmary 4 minutes later.
His wife would suffer a similar fate. The sword instead entered near her vocal chords, and caused paralysis and loss of speech. She died almost instantly. The assasin was actually intending to kill everyone in the open top chariot, but the vendor got suspicious and did not let him buy 5, large swords. After striking the King and Queen, he darted towards the Stimpton River on Dormitory Avenue, and ran across the bridge.
The mayor and representative were shocked and both teamed up to chase the assasin, and a manhunt ensued. The Priest was in prayer the whole time, and accompanied the king in his final minutes, repeating the same prayer:
"Please O lord our help in our King for he has been injured."
At exactly [placeholder], the King died of his injuries in a small operating room in the infirmary, and his aides placed his body back into the carriage and began towards Sullivan Palace. His son, Richard III, and successor, arrived 3 minutes after his father had died, and broke down in tears. They rushed him to Calyur Chapel to perform a very brief coronation ceremony, and he was crowned king at [placeholder]/
Aftermath and ensuing manhunt
Autopsy, funeral, and burial.
Autopsies reveal the sword went through the queen’s neck flesh, broke the brainstem’s control to the rest of the body, broke bundles of nerves, practically exploded a blood vessel, and cracked several vertebrae and neck bones, one, broken into pieces. The king’s autopsy proved the sword went through the cerebellum breaking thousands of nerve endings, fracturing his skull and sending cracks down to his chin. The brainstem was also damaged.
The bodies were reported to have looked "of the utmost goriness", and so the coffins were filled with dirt and worms, sealed with molten netherite, placed in a netherite-iron alloy metal cage, put in concrete boxes filled with molten metal, and buried really deep, so nobody could see the bodies. Against tradition, the bodies were not embalmed using the traditional river salt and gigartina, for the sole purpose of decomposition. The molten metal would eventually cool, creating a thick layer of metal around the coffin.
The coffin itself was not even made from wood, rather, an ivory and enamel one, per tradition. The worms ate at the bodies, ensuring that the horrible wounds would not exist. Richard III ordered all autopsy drawings to be burned and destroyed, then thrown into the crematory, and the final product, whatever it would be, thrown into the Stimpton River. The swords were lost in the fire of 1363.