Vali av'Mara

Basic History
Vali was born of a concubine, Lovise ri'Friele an Edelkona within the Harem, alongside an older brother, Endre. He has very vague memories of either of them, however. As it turned out, Lovise had been unfaithful to the king, Alrich av'Mara. It was found out Endre wasn't Alrich's son. Due to her unfaithfulness, Lovise had been publicly tortured then eventually executed; as if the humiliation wasn't enough, she was buried in an unmarked grave for the insult towards the king. Endre exiled but Vali left with the harem as he was in fact the son of the king but essentially forgotten.

He grew up as normal as one could have in the Harem. Vali showed he had great intellect, excelling in all his studies along with an affinity for magic; though he never got serious in his studies for magic. When King Alrich had passed and Valdamar inherited the throne, Vali was brought up as a possible asset to help Valdamar with the responsibilities that came with being a king. To which he took this advice and approached his half-brother with a proposition. Vali of course, accepting. Vali seemed to rise up oddly quickly. Going from a simple ri'Mara to av'Mara; son of a disgraced concubine to a high Government official as the Judge Magister, a Jarl, and even prince. Though some may be against this and might treat Vali poorly for this, in the end, it turned out to be a wise decision on Valdamar's part as Vali seems to have a niche for politics.