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[b]Name of Lord/Lady:[/b] Baroness Adelaide Estense
[b]Physical Description[/b]:
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[b]Claimed Fief[/b]: Kadua
Barony of Kadua (Unclaimed): In long standing servitude of the Duke of Marethia, the Barony of Kadua is the most fertile bastion in the entire kingdom. "Fed by Kaduan grain" is a quote heard across the land, as any loaf of bread has a one in five chance of being scythed from a Kaduan field. The Barony of Kadua is a regal title, responsible for maintenance of a plot of land that delicately props Osterians up.
STATS: 50,000 Citizens | 500 Men-at-Arms, 200 Cavalry, 0 Knights | Produces 12 Grain/0 Gold/0 Iron | Basic Roads | 0 Grand Fortress | Requires 0 Grain/Season. | 0 Unrest

[b]Basic History[/b]:

The Estense family have ruled Kadua as vassals of House Gerantius for as long as either has held power, intermarriages connected the two families beyond the simple bonds of fealty. A storied house, with many almost folk-lore figures of the Barony bearing the name Estense, it has been a series of tragedies which prompted the rule of the relatively young, and female, Baroness that now rules the fief. Originally the third child, with two older brothers, Adelaide grew up expecting to be little more than married off to secure the family position, and with two younger sisters eventually joining her, she would have certainly had internal family competition over such matches. Growing up in the picturesque fields and meadows of Kadua, she wanted for little, other than something to keep her interested. Eventually this would come in a somewhat darker form.

A jousting accident would claim the life of her eldest brother, and a violent brawl in a tavern a future Baron had no place in being, the next. Her father shattered, he lasted another half-decade before falling to one of many potential illnesses, without the drive to carry on, he passed quickly. Two years prior, Adelaide was 16 at the time, and with five short years of preparation, she was thrust into the rule of the Barony, with her Aunt and Mother as guides. Her mother wasn't long for the world, dying in childbirth of a stillborn son, conceived just before the death of her father. This has resulted in the young woman growing increasingly close to her aunt, the Lady Aeolynn, both of the women having developed something of a friendship over the course of previous years. Unusually for the Estense Household, Aeolynn is raven haired, unlike the three remaining 'Estense Sisters' which, in the suspicious fey-touched Meadows of Kadua, is something of an ill-omen, when it comes to the noble household that rules the fief.

The Estense way is all charisma, charm and negotiation, and Adelaide is no different, depending upon her courtly manners and sweet smile more than any natural gift for administration. This, combined with the potential marriage of all three Estense siblings, puts the Household in a surprisingly well connected position, for a House that is, theoretically, in crisis. 

[b]Background[/b]:Diplomat

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Lady Aeolynn Estense;
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