History

The war between the Fritz family and the Marseille Lineage for control over the District of Trost was a brutal conflict that gripped the District between 410 - 411 AHR, leaving a long-lasting impact on the Marseille Family. The Marseille family was a rising force within the District of Trost and across Wall Rose. They gained prominence through violence, blackmail, and strategic alliances with families like the Smith Bloodline. As their wealth and influence grew, so did their ambition to challenge the established power of the Fritz family. The Marseille family's head, Eibrach Marseille, believed that the district was their property and that the Fritz family were not fit to rule, leading to an inevitable revolt and a brutal battle. As the conflict erupted, clashes between Marseille enforcers and Fritz supporters were common sightings in the streets and the encounters became more bloody resulting in a total of 15 deaths on both sides. Craving power and yearning for a fight, the Smith family joined in on the Marseille lineages side. The combined forces proved to be a formidable opponent to the monarchy.

Outraged by this, King Olaf II Fritz assembled a divine force to march towards the District of Trost. During this period, the population of the district suffered, food reserves ran low and disease caused by the rotting bodies in the street meant numerous bystanders perished and the district had been left to ruin. Outraged, this only fueled the courageous King who inspired his men beyond their limits until they approached the once beautiful Trost district. Our noble King led the charge on his white stallion into the district, catching the cowardly families with their pants down. Swiftly, the enforcers of the monarchy would butcher those who opposed ending a grand total of 200 enemy combatants, quickly placing ownership of Trost firmly in the hands of the Monarchy. Ashamed and embarrassed of herself, Eibrach took her own life before being captured by Fritz enforcers and as for the fate of the Smith head, Eldwin Smith, he disappeared following the defeat and was presumed to die of old age. Following the conflict, the Fritz family revamped the district of Trost creating a safe, blossoming community.

The attack on the rightful Royal Family took place on a fateful afternoon in 421 AHR. 13 years into the reign of King Olaf II Fritz, tensions began to rise in the districts from ungrateful citizens who claimed that the King was cruel, reckless, and worse. They worsened when they started hearing about alleged bastard children, being two twin boys from the now extinct Lange family, Osric and Reginald. Upon further investigation, it seemed true that King Olaf II Fritz had the bastard children seen at first sight, with prominent features of the Fritz lineage, with white hair and purple eyes. Before a proper agreement was reached between Fritz and the Lange family, there was already an intrigue between various criminals and children. The bastard children were only 19 years old and completely unfit for the crown, but they went on regardless.

The plan went into motion one cold afternoon in the year 421. The Head Priest's home was raided alongside the Royal Palace. A single royal maid managed to escape the wrath of the group witnessing the doom of the throne before her. Before the king could speak, he and the young woman only saw a glimmer of a purple eye before the person muttered, “And in the echoes of my silenced steps, the legacy of kings shall fade to dust, father.'' With one quick slice, the man went limp as his crown fell, the assassin quickly catching it before it hit the ground as the group ushered him and the body away. A bystander near the Head Priests home overheard conversations inside, making out two vital sentences “We may spur you to crown the rightful King, or, you may accept the cruel fate of your treasonous family and moronic King.” and then a hesitant “I shall not stain my hands nor tarnish the sanctity of our sacred rites by anointing a murderer as King,“ followed by a thunk, then silence.

A heretic high priest would take the place of the faithful man and crown the false King, and his twin brother would be named as his heir. They would marry noblewomen and bear children, signifying their plan to stay and place their children on the throne. The family continued to show their impotence with brutal punishments and blatant corruption, where the smallest incidents regularly resulted in public executions. However, their greed showed no signs of abating, as seven years into Osric's reign, his heir and twin brother poisoned him. A young maid who witnessed the incident leaked it to the public, but she was quickly executed. The family's reign of terror lasted for several years, although most of the reign has been lost to history. After Reginald, only two rulers are known of the family, his daughter “Queen” Catalina and her son “King” Alberich, and years of darkness followed.

Following Olaf II Fritz's assassination, several decades of illegitimate monarchs succeeded his reign, including the Walls first and only female Monarch, Queen Catalina. Historians view this era as one of the darkest time periods in the Walls' history, as unlike the divinely appointed Monarchs who preceded the illegitimate bastards, these individuals gained their power through deceit, cunning, and murder. Their failures as Monarchs would eventually usher in an equally terrible and unrecorded period of the Walls, known as The Lost Century. Despite this, many still look back at King Olaf II's reign fondly, as the calm before the decades-long storm that succeeded his rule.