Redreef Legendary Faux Pas
Posted by Apostate on 03/01/22
House Redreef has spent generations cultivating a reputation for hard-drinking gatherings that tend to escalate into airings of grievances followed by feats of strength. Usually, this is seen as being all in good fun for a family descended from sailors and reavers.
Usually.
To commemorate the promotion of Lady Nimue Redreef to Voice and Dame Martinique Barlinnie to her Knighthood, Redreef Shores held a massive party on one of it many beaches. While being introduced, a drunken Lady Nimue attempted to reach out and take the hand of Princess Alarissa Thrax. Accounts vary as to whether it was accidental or intentional, but the end result is unquestioned: Lady Nimue ended up pulling off the Princess and Voice of House Thrax's alaricite prosthetic arm. Lady Scythia Redreef and Dame Martinique attempted to step in and calm the situation. This was followed shortly thereafter by Countess Ember Redreef picking up her new Voice on to her shoulders and throwing Lady Nimue into the ocean.
Gossip about this overall fiasco was fast in spreading. Traditionalist Houses were all too eager to crow about House Redreef's "legendary faux pas." Traditionalists already dislike Lady Nimue on principle for being a woman warrior, a divorcee, and a Redreef, but now "Lady Nimue Armthief" is a nickname used behind her back. Moreover, when Marquis Victor Dredcall was told the tale, he was in the middle of taking a drink, and his laughing fit was so sudden that he nearly choked. This has in turn led to further jokes among traditionalists about "House Redreef's failed assassination attempt."
Usually.
To commemorate the promotion of Lady Nimue Redreef to Voice and Dame Martinique Barlinnie to her Knighthood, Redreef Shores held a massive party on one of it many beaches. While being introduced, a drunken Lady Nimue attempted to reach out and take the hand of Princess Alarissa Thrax. Accounts vary as to whether it was accidental or intentional, but the end result is unquestioned: Lady Nimue ended up pulling off the Princess and Voice of House Thrax's alaricite prosthetic arm. Lady Scythia Redreef and Dame Martinique attempted to step in and calm the situation. This was followed shortly thereafter by Countess Ember Redreef picking up her new Voice on to her shoulders and throwing Lady Nimue into the ocean.
Gossip about this overall fiasco was fast in spreading. Traditionalist Houses were all too eager to crow about House Redreef's "legendary faux pas." Traditionalists already dislike Lady Nimue on principle for being a woman warrior, a divorcee, and a Redreef, but now "Lady Nimue Armthief" is a nickname used behind her back. Moreover, when Marquis Victor Dredcall was told the tale, he was in the middle of taking a drink, and his laughing fit was so sudden that he nearly choked. This has in turn led to further jokes among traditionalists about "House Redreef's failed assassination attempt."