Falk Osmont

Falk Osmont was the Lord Protector of the Northern Kingdom of Valley Pines. He was married to Victoria Wayward of Maryere. He was the father of Doran, Rosert, Emeline, and Catrain Osmont. He also fathered countless illegitimate children such as Cleric, Ivar, and Raina. He is a notable character in A Death at Dawn.

In 506 SM, Alice Wayward accidently slits Falks throat, killing him.

Appearance and Personality
Falk was a tall slender man with pale skin, green eyes, and fiery colored hair. He is a narcissist and a sadist. He does not believe in true love and had many affairs throughout his lifetime. He mentally and verbally abuses his children. Rarely has he been physically abusive.

History
Falk was born on the twenty-sixth day of the Pink Moon during the four-hundred and sixty-seventh year after the Secession of Man. He was youngest son of the once Lord Protector of the Kingdom of Valley Pines, Morvan Osmont and Brivela Rainwood. He had two siblings; an older brother named Peyton and a younger sister named Dimia.

At the end of 486 SM, his father begins to show signs of dementia. House Osmont decided to keep this diagnosis a secret. Since the Single King's War had just ended, both Peyton and Falk led the kingdom.

In 487 SM Falk and Peyton Osmont visited Maryere for an entire year to have alliance discussions with Lord Robart Wayward. After having a few flings with Victoria, she becomes pregnant. Victoria demanded that she kept the child, much to Falk's despair. This forced Lord Robart to agree to an alliance with House Osmont. During the Cold Moon in 487 SM, Falk Osmont and Victoria Wayward were married.

In 496 SM, Falk planned a coup to take over the Kingdom of Valley Pines the moment Morvan died. It was announced that Ser Colvic Rames must protect him instead of Peyton by Lord Morvan's orders, although its was really Falk's orders. Being the eldest and believing that Falk was plotting something, Peyton split the kingdom in two and traveled south. Falk reluctantly agreed to the split because he could still be Lord Protector, but only in the Northern Kingdom.

A Death at Dawn
At the beginning of a Death at Dawn, Falk arrives in Maryere, the Mountain Realm along with Lord Borin Wayward. When he meets Gloriana he is immediately attracted to her, not remembering her from the last time he visited the Mountain Realm. After the fiasco feast for Lord Borin's safe return, he follows Gloriana who run to the Sun Keep after slapping her husband. They begin an affair, but after Gloriana fights him, he decides to only bring her misery. To do this, he betroths her eldest daughter, Alice Wayward, to his eldest son Doran.

When he leaves with Alice, he is angry that Gloriana is not there and takes his anger out on Alice by beating her severely. He ignores Alice for a while after the beating because he didn't want to see what he had done to her again. Once Alice's wounds heal, he invites her to dinner and decides it would be best to only mentally abuse her. When he finds out that Alice tried to escape with the help of Ser Damien Clay, he has Ser Damien arrested and beheaded in Kingment.

After having a heated argument with his wife, Victoria, he decides to have her killed. He does this by pinning the beheaded murder of Ser Edmund Achard on Victoria. He arrests her and throws her in the Tower. On the same day he behead Ser Edmund, he also beheads Alice's handmaiden Myra Nores as a threat. Knowing that Alice cared deeply about both of his sons, he threatens to murder his own sons if she did not slit Victoria's throat.

One night, he awoke to extreme pain caused by Alice slitting his throat. The last thing he saw before he died was a smiling Victoria and a sobbing Alice.