ser Mattheo Foxworth
ser Mattheo Foxworth
ser Edgarth Hayford beginning in 441KS
ser Cadder Gaunt beginning in 441KS
Knighted By
King Tyon I Cray in 442KS (absent)
Squire
Former Squire(s)
Knighted
Mattheo Foxworth was born to Sanah and ser Newall Foxworth, a Hedge Knight.
Sanah Foxworth died in the summer of 436KS, one of the last casualties of The Sickness.
ser Newall Foxworth visited his children Terin and Mattheo on his way to The Pass.
On the day of the mid-winter Solstice ser Newall Foxworth was wedded to Lady Ophelia Hayford, the younger sister of Duke Brennar Hayford.
The wedding was arranged by ser Sola Somercrag and her Chancellor Lady Laycie Sawler as a reward for ser Newall's actions during The Battle of Starfield.
As part of this arrangement ser Newall founded House Foxworth of Fairstrand and took up the Lordship of part of the land ceded to The Kingdom of Somercrag .
In the late evening the Armoury Tower in Haycastle suddenly bursts into flame. By the time the residents of the castle are able to stop the fire the tower itself is ruined and collapsed under its own weight.
The following morning, investigation turns up a bundle of mustard yellow cloth and a bronze token in the shape of a stag by one of the castle's side gates, suggesting the involvement of House Winthrop of Hess Hall.
Investigating the fire in the Armoury Tower in Haycastle, Duke Brennar Hayford led a small party across The Hespeak Mountains to Hess Hall.
While there Hess Hall Came Under Attack seemingly by the Duke's own men. Brennar and his men were instrumental in turning back the attack.
They stayed a few days to recover from the battle before returning to Haycastle, satisfied of ser Dominic Winthrop's loyalty to the Duke but with new questions unanswered.
Whilst the party of Duke Brennar Hayford was visiting Hess Hall investigating the possible involvement of House Winthrop in the Armoury Tower fire at Haycastle, it Came Under Attack from soldiers wearing the livery of House Hayford of Haycastle.
The attackers scaled the walls with ropes and ladders, and brought down the castle's gate with a covered ram.
The Duke's party joined the Winthrops in defending the castle, with Edgarth Hayford and Mattheo Foxworth fighting alongside ser Daltis Winthrop in the breached gatehouse.
The defenders were successful in turning away the attack, and Edgarth was knighted following hte battle by ser Dominic Winthrop for his actions in the battle.
Following the knighting of ser Edgarth Hayford after The Battle of Hess Hall, Mattheo Foxworth began serving as his Squire.
Sola's Vanguard arrived in Allerton on the same morning as Duke Brennar Hayford's party.
They met at a crossroads in the city, and agreed to ride together to Allerton Castle to discuss the recent events.
Sola's Vanguard and Duke Brennar Hayford's parties, having met on the road, were greeted together by ser Kyra Crowler on the steps outside of Allerton Castle.
As they made to enter the castle, however, they were set upon by men-at-arms in the livery of House Hayford of Haycastle. Amongst the casualties were ser Sola Somercrag, who took a crossbow bolt to the eye in the initial ambush.
Those on the steps soon found the doors to the keep shut before them and the gate out from the courtyard to the city shut behind them, with soldiers advancing on them from all sides.
Over the course of the battle it became clear that, despite the Hayford livery, the aggressor soldiers were a combination of hired brigands, mercenaries, and the men-at-arms of House Crowler itself.
Not for the first time, Mattheo Foxworth proved his initiative by leading a small party, including ser Tyon Cray, ser Arthur Buckhaill, ser Astris Conklyn and ser Ivvar Bonebrake in battling to the top of the walls to take out the crossbowmen raining down bolts on the beleaguered knights and taking control of the castle's gatehouse to open an avenue of escape.
Later in the battle the same group fought their way to a servant's door on the keep, battling through the kitchen, the great hall and eventually reaching the main entryway just as Duke Brennar, ser Boggs Leonhart, ser Elton Slaite and ser Sola Somercrag herself finally managed to break down the front door, pinning the last of the castle's defenders between them.
ser Mitchar Somercrag, ser Sola's youngest brother, arrived in Allerton with a contingent of Royal soldiers to take control of the city until the issues in The Hayford Duchy could be resolved.
He took custody of Duke Brennar Hayford, ser Mattheo Foxworth and Brandeth Crowler while ser Sola, recently recovered from her injury, set off for Hess Hall.
The day after they returned from Hess Hall Sola's Vanguard departed Allerton once more, bringing Duke Brennar Hayford, ser Dominic Winthrop and Mattheo Foxworth to The City of Bayglen to testify before Queen Malina Somercrag.
They leave Brandeth Crowler in the custody of ser Mitchar Somercrag.
While Sola's Vanguard camped on the Western shore of Eastlake, ser Tyon Cray discovered a battered, ragged man shadowing their camp.
This turned out to be ser Edam Bracks, Duke Brennar Hayford's Marshal, who had been missing since The Battle of Allerton.
He revealed that he had been captured by ser Kyra Crowler alongside ser Edgarth Hayford, Duke Brennar's son.
They had been transported by boat to Tayach Dam, from which ser Edam had just escaped. He was wracked with guilt that he had fled the castle before he could rescue ser Edgarth.
ser Sola Somercrag and ser Tyon decided to split the Vanguard - a small party to accompany ser Sola, ser Edam and Duke Brennar to the capital with all the haste they could muster to stand before the queen, and the greater part to accompany ser Tyon in riding to Tayach Dam to rescue ser Edgarth and, if she is still there, arrest ser Kyra Crowler for her treasons.
The greater part of Sola's Vanguard, under the command of ser Tyon Cray, rode to Tayach Dam and arrived the following evening.
They infiltrated and siezed the castle, arresting and then executing ser Anderon Crane. Lady Maeve Buckhaill threw herself from the ramparts when news of ser Anderon's death reached her.
The official story, told by the only survivors of the event and proclaimed by Queen Malina Somercrag, is that ser Sola Somercrag and her companions were riding to The City of Bayglen with evidence of Duke Brennar Hayford's crimes when they were caught by an army led by the Duke and his Marshal ser Edam Bracks, themselves doggedly pursued by ser Kyra Crowler and her men-at-arms.
Ser Edam was torn between his loyalty to his Duke and to the crown. When Duke Brennar struck down ser Sola, Edam finally realised he could not stand by and allow this treason, so he had in turn struck down Duke Brennar.
Against the advice of those treating him, Mattheo Foxworth decided to leave Tayach Dam and return to Allerton to pick up the trail of ser Kyra Crowler. He was met on the banks of Eastlake by a party of Men-at-Arms dispatched by the Queen to bring him to The City of Bayglen.
For the first time since their father's wedding, Mattheo and Terin Foxworth were reunited.
Mattheo was brought to the capital by the Queen's Men-at-Arms and placed under guard in his sister's quarters.
As part of their planning for the coming Revolution, Lady Ophelia Foxworth-Hayford and Lady Mariella Gaunt-Goulsblud arranged for their daughters Lady Terin Gaunt-Foxworth and Lady Hellna Gaunt to become betrothed. They would be wed as part of the celebrations of ser Tyon Crays victory.
To further bind their two houses, Mattheo Foxworth would become Squire to ser Cadder Gaunt, as his former master ser Edgarth Hayford remained in the Queen's custody.
Although the The Kingdom of Somercrag gathered in Fairstrand's Dyrwood for a Tourney, the event came to be infamous for the actions of its Grand Melee, which launched The Revolution of 441KS.
The forces in Fairstrand loyal to ser Tyon Cray's cause, comprised mostly of the honour guards of the present Dukes and Duchesses, departed by foot under the command of ser Astris Conklyn to march to The Pass and enter The Kingdom of Somercrag there before sailing down The Flametongue to The City of Bayglen.
Meanwhile Tyon himself would sail on The Black Bull to Castle Blackbar to meet a second army raised from the houses of The Blackbar Duchy, including his own men-at-arms from Baremaw to march on Bayglen from the North.
The forces under ser Astris Conklyn were sailing along The Flametongue to The City of Bayglen when there was a great clap of thunder and a bright light engulfed the bridge between Hotcrown and Twilight Park.
When the light passed the bridge was destroyed, raining chunks of stone into the river. Several boats were caught by the rubble, while yet more capsized. Those that could made way for the banks of the river, where the forces on board fought their way into the city.
Having fought a bloody battle through the streets of Bayglen ser Tyon Cray's armies finally reunited on The Royal Lawn.
As they rode toward the Castle a single knight rode to meet them. Ser Emely Leonine offered to duel ser Tyon - if he won, she would have the guards stand down and permit Tyon's forces to enter the castle peacefully. If she won however the attackers would quit the city. Tyon agreed to these terms.
The two knights fought a bloody bout, but eventually ser Emely yielded to Tyon. However the castle's defenders had no intention of allowing the knights' terms to pass, unleashing a volley of fire from the Trebuchets mounted on the walls which killed ser Emely, as well as some of the attacking forces including Arthur, the Spire Advisor to House Winthrop of Hess Hall.
The attacking forces fell back to the edge of the Lawn, where they erected a siege camp amongst the houses and business there, including Terin Foxworth's home in the capital.
Following the work of siege engineers over the preceding weeks ser Tyon Cray's forces collapsed a section of Bayglen Castle where it met Brightdocks, Bayglen, creating a breach that allowed his forces there to storm the castle from the South East while the forces under the command of ser Astris Conklyn brought ladders and rams to the walls on the other side.
The battle raged for several hours, finally ending when the remaining forces of House Foxworth of Fairstrand arrived at the docks, providing fresh energy to the revolutionary forces and opening the way for ser Tyon to enter the castle itself.
Mattheo Foxworth was discovered to not be amongst the Revolutionary forces in Bayglen Castle. It had been presumed that he was amongst those recieving the care of a Spire Advisor or Barber-Surgeonne in one of the castle's rooms, but now the assumption is that he is amongst the forces commanded by ser Astris Conklyn hunting down the last Royalist Soldiers in Allerton and Haycastle.
On the first day of the new year King Tyon I Cray was crowned by a gathering of his Dukes and Duchesses.
A great number of guests attended the momentous event, not only Somercrag's Lords and Ladies, but also Princett Nym Cimber at the head of a large part from The Kingdom of Rotheval and Prince Emerson Arturson of The Irogonian Royal Family.
As an additional part of the celebrations, the newly crowned King officiated the wedding of Lady Terin Foxworth and Lady Hellna Gaunt, arranged during The Tourney at Fairstrand 441KS. With the sad passing of her brother during the The Battle of Bayglen, Hellna was now to inherit The Gaunt Duchy.
The King also used this moment to dispense justice over the captured Royalist Soldiers. Ser Kyra Crowler was personally executed by the King before the gathered crowd. Other captured soldiers were given an opportunity to bend the knee to the king or be executed in the Castle's grounds, away from the public eye. Non military prisoners were given the opportunity to bend the knee or be exiled from the capital.
In a private meeting with Tyon's Royal Council Ser Allon Southbay was told that while the king would uphold his resolution of The Siege of Haycastle, he did not support it. He also directed the new Lord to strip Edam of his ranks and titles.
Finally, ser Mattheo Foxworth was knighted in absentia for his service in the various battles of the Revolution. Ser Newall Foxworth left Bayglen that evening to attempt to find his missing son.
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