Ayla Tammelhorne

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Ayla Tammelhorne, sister to Seamus and Dain Tammelhorne, was married to Prince Rion Mattanhaft of the Kingdom of Kelmourne. She was going to be queen.

Rion was kind enough to her, but was more interested in continuing his promiscuous ways with his entourage of young noblemen, including her brother Seamus.

Ayla became pregnant and gave birth to Rion’s son Desmon Mattanhaft.

Rion discovered and became posessed by the Deathblade. As he was spiraling into this, he had a series of conflicts with Ayla. Mortider Beth, the son of Rion’s Captain of the Guard and a close friend, became close with Ayla and shared her understanding of Rion’s fall. They became aware of what was happening as Rion became jealous and suspicious of them, so they fled to Ovderam.

Rion used the Deathblade’s power to destroy Dolendor (ostensibly over a trade dispute over new Geldren deposits there), then marched on Kelmourne proper at the head of an undead army.

Ayla managed to mastermind her own rescue and escape from Ovderam with her infant son during an invasion from Waerhaug; Mortider assisted. They ended up crossing the northern mountains (stopping in Tammelhorne, where they took control of Baelsfire, the Fire Sword) and eventually landed in Rindamoor.

Ayla and Mortider threw themselves on the mercy of Prince Ranald Dryden-Vyzgin of Rindamoor, begging him to begin preparations for fighting the undead army. The Prince is kind, but will not devote resources to such an outlandish proposal. Ayla becomes essentially a ward of the court, continuing to press her case.

Desmon grows up in Ranald’s court. Mortider trains him, along with a group of other young men of the court.

Meanwhile, Seamus the younger fell under Rion's power. Dain was killed by Seamus when Rion's army of the dead first returned to Kelmourne from Dolendor -- Dain was in the middle of pursuing an illegal arms deal, selling geldren to the second most powerful family in Ovderam. Immediately after the war, Ayla returned from Rindamoor to Horne's Deep and crowned Desmon King of Kelmourne. In practice, they only rule Tammelhorne. Ayla has returned to Rindamoor to lobby the Triumvirate to recognize Kelmourne's independence. The Triumvirate saw Ayla as a duchess and Tammelhorne as a part of the Triumvirate.

Her power came from her control of the geldren mines, which the dwarves desperately want to take from her.

On Greening 36, Year 10 of the Triumvirate, a heist took place at the Tammelhorne Compound in Rindamoor; the Fire Sword was stolen and the compound suffered a major fire. Ayla died of smoke inhalation.