lintamande

"Before she held it, her father did. We made the same request of him, for the same reason, and he refused. He thought that its blessings would protect his kingdom from the Enemy. They might have done so, for a little while. We attacked her father's kingdom. Her father, her mother, and her brothers, who were young children, were killed in the fighting. As were many tens of thousands of other innocent people. So now she hates us and is eager for us to ride to war so she can avenge them."