Neries Osmont

Neries Osmont was the Queen of Forestlands from 150 SM to 206 SM. She created the Preservers of the Cleansed Race (PCR) in 167 SM.

History
Neries Osmont was born in 128 SM to King Eike Osmont and his wife, Queen Lettice. She had four younger siblings: Beryn, Amity, Roth, and Katelyn. In 146 SM, her father died, and the crown skipped over her and was given to her younger brother Beryn. Neries believed she was the rightful ruler of the Forestlands because she was King Eike’s eldest daughter.

Neries became queen in 150 SM after forcefully taking the throne from her younger brother, Beryn Osmont. Her coronation is known as symbolism for the beginning of the Osmont Golden Age. She was spiteful of Maras because she could not use the Arts, but she did not want Maras to be banished or murdered. In 151 SM, she signed the Outlawing of the Arts, allowing Maras to live with regular humans peacefully, but if a person is caught using the Arts, they would be arrested. Many normal humans agreed with the Outlawing of the Arts.

In 152 SM, Neries married Lord Finch Tealoch. They had six children together: Derion, Bowen, Wynne, Berion, Tristan, and Kardia. In 164 SM, while visiting Tealoch, the royal family was attacked by Maras. Lord Finch, Derion, and Kardia were murdered. In 165 SM, nervous that other houses planned the attack at Tealoch, House Osmont aligned with the Citadel. In 167 SM, Queen Neries’ daughter, Bowen, was kidnapped. In response, Neries created the PCR. In 170 SM, Maras delivered Bowen’s tortured corpse to the Black Castle. In dismay, Queen Neries signed the PCR Decree, allowing the PCR to enter any city, town, settlement, or village and persecute Maras to their discretion.

The Peaceful Period of Queen Neries reign lasted from 171 SM to 206 SM. The highborn and historians call this the Peaceful Period, but commoners and peasants know it as the Dark Years because of the PCR’s constant persecutions.

After falling down a flight of steps, Queen Neries retired, giving the crown to Wynne, her eldest child, in 206 SM. Queen Neries Osmont died in 217 SM at the age of 89.