[quote=Enalais]
[quote=Xilaw]
[quote]Tis was my plan the entire time sir!
[/quote]

Oops. I spoiled the surprise.
[/quote]

I was thinking a defunct house of some sort that got jipped by the crown.
[/quote]

Wait, how about a bastard son of the former king? 
What a scandal would it be! So frivolous! *giggles*
Or, yeah, you could always go with the last offspring of a noble house annihilated by the royal family.