#king oswald

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Character Profile Series - Oswald from AC Valhalla

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The Araluen royal family seems very small - riskily so. Royalty and nobility usually try to have at least several children, so in case the heir dies - the risk of dying young was a lot more common back in the old days, between sickness and accidents - there's still other family members to inherit if needed.

But Duncan has no siblings. Cassandra has no siblings. Madelyn has no siblings.

We don't know anything about Duncan's childhood. Maybe he did have more siblings who died. (I personally headcanon that Oswald and Deborah got married later for whatever reason so Duncan was the only child they had [which is part of the reason why Oswald changed the law to allow girls to inherit, because if he and Deborah only had a daughter and couldn't have any more children than someone needed to rule the kingdom] , but that's just my headcanon.)

But we know about Cassandra, and we know she's definitely an only child. Alright, so we know why Cassandra is an only child. Her mother died in childbirth. Maybe her father was too brokenhearted to ever remarry. Not to mention that what with having to deal with the aftermath of Morgarath's war, build himself a reputation as a good, strong king (with Morgarath not having actually been defeated, and with the army unable to get him out of the mountains, that probably didn't look very good for Duncan's first war as king) and raise a newborn daughter, remarrying was probably not high on his list of priorities at the moment.

But after a few years, even if Duncan himself didn't want to remarry, his court should have been beginning to urge him to. After all, Duncan only had the one heir. If anything happened to Cassandra, there'd be no one to inherit the throne. And indeed, Cassandra came close to dying many times. What if she'd died in Celtica? What if she'd died in Skandia? The future of Araluen's throne would have been in jeopardy. It would've been a lot less dangerous and risky if she'd had one or two siblings, just in case.

Moving on from Cassandra, there's Maddie, who is an only child as well. Again, it's risky for the monarchy to have only one heir. Especially now that she's no longer living safely at the palace but is training as a Ranger. Sure, she's not planning on actually becoming an active Ranger, but Ranger training in and of itself can be risky. Ranger apprentices are expected to go on missions and risk their lives just like full Rangers. Maddie almost died when she was wounded in the hip that time. What if she actually had died? What if she dies from an accident during training? All that would be needed is one bandit or whoever to get in a lucky shot, and that's it.

Royal families usually try to have at least "an heir and a spare." Just in case something happens to the heir, that's what the spare is for. But Araluen hasn't had any "spare" in generations.

The kingdom needs heirs, and generation after generation of only children in the royal family aren't enough of them to secure a stable future for Araluen if there is no direct heir. What if Maddie dies, and Cassandra at this point is likely too old to have children? Who will inherit the throne after Cassandra?

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And we’re back again!!  Sorry for the haitus, school has not been too kind to me, and with 3 other projects i have to juggle, it makes keeping up with this one a bit too hard, but we’re back for as long as I hold out! 

Might have to clear the ask box again, but not all asks will be deleted!! So sorry if I didn’t make it to your ask! 

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𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰-𝘚𝘢𝘹𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘢. 𝘏𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰-𝘚𝘢𝘹𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 (𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴).

[sketchnskribbles]

If it isn’t our favorite lucky rabbit.

[thewastelandblog]

(NEW) Oswald’s Reference

About WasteLand

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Interested in some character names?

These are the people you will be meeting in Season One:

Cerys, a sorcerer

Ida, a general

Oswald, a king

Ross, a crown prince

Malachi, another crown prince

Hope, a dragon hunter

Blaire, a horse trainer

Aubren, a runaway

Christof, a solider

And, of course, 

The Storyteller

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Drew this at work~

Who should Ozzie-boy be protecting? Ortensia? Injured King Mickey? Confused Sora? Kairi? Lea??