The Duchy of the Lands East of the Hespeaks - House Hayford Era

Queen Malina Somercrag called upon her Duchal Vassal to raise their banners and begin massing troops at The Pass to cross The Witwell Mountains and begin working to oppose The Irogonie Aggression.
Each duchy formed its own army, allowing the Dukes, Duchesses or their Marshals to command the troops they knew best.

Portar Winthrop, second child of House Winthrop of Hess Hall, brought news of The Battle of Hess Hall before Queen Malina Somercrag, demanding that Duke Brennar Hayford be brought before the royal court and tried for the attack and the death of Portar's parents ser Dominic and Lady Alson Winthrop and their eldest son ser Daltis.
This news, or the lack of an immediate satisfactory response from the Queen, spurred riots throughout the capital. They were only ended when ser Sola Somercrag reformed Her Vanguard and rode to Allerton, Duke Brennar's next supposed target, to investigate and bring the Duke to justice.

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.

Riding a stretch of the The Kingsroad between Eastlake and the coast, ser Sola Somercrag and her companions came upon a caravaneer and his granddaughter whose wagon had broken down, blocking the road.
Ser Sola had her companions set about repairing the wagon and gathering the carthorses which had bolted into neighbouring fields.
They were Ambushed by ser Kyra Crowler and her men, including the unprecedented use of Some Unknown Power which exploded the wagon.
Finally, ser Edam Bracks revealed himself to be a traitor, killing Duke Brennar Hayford and then using the Duke's own sword to deliver the killing blow to ser Sola.
The traitor ser Edam was the only survivor.

Queen Malina's Declaration to ser Sola's Vanguard reached Tayach Dam, detailing the events of The Ambush on the Kingsroad and the death of ser Sola Somercrag at the hands of Duke Brennar Hayford, as well as the Duke's death at the hands ser Edam Bracks. It instructed some members of the Vanguard to disperse and return to their homes, others to ride to the capital to renew oaths, as well as exonerating ser Kyra Crowler.

The members of Sola's Vanguard, led by ser Tyon Cray, chose instead to ride to The City of Bayglen and present the evidence they held as to the true events in the Duchy over the past months and the clear implications against ser Kyra.

Over the course of the months between his meeting with Queen Malina Somercrag in The City of Bayglen and The Tourney at Fairstrand 441KS, ser Tyon Cray hatched a conspiracy to use the upcoming Tourney to capture Prince Dalran and ser Mitchar Hespeak, the surviving children of House Somercrag of Bayglen and use them to leverage the Queen into accepting the evidence against ser Kyra Crowler and her part in The Ambush on the Kingsroad.

This conspiracy began with a conversation between ser Tyon and his neighbour Lord Erac Tallman, but spread to include three Duchal Leaders, and ignited The Revolution of 441KS which led to ser Tyon ascending to the throne of The Kingdom of Somercrag.

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.

Shortly after the death of Anabes Blackwood-Justmann, the The Men-at-Arms of House Hayford were caught in hard Fighting on the fringe of Wyldwood. The arrival of several more Southbay Duchy armies pressed the Hayfords hard, and led to a disastrous rout. As Edgarth's army broke around him, and even his Household Knights broke in the face of a furious charge by the Blackwood troops and their savage Minmoths, the young Duke found himself in the sights of the bereaved and vengeful Lady of Westlake.

His knights rallied and fought back to his side, but it was too late. They captured Shela Blackwood and brought ser Edgarth's body back to camp.

With The War For The Foxworth Secession 454KS over, nobles from across The Kingdom of Somercrag gathered in Haycastle to pay their respects as he was laid to rest.