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Disclaimer: You guys should be able to recognize Tammy's characters…Jon, Thayet, Roald, Kalasin, Jasson, Lianne, Liam, Ain, Hilam, Jemis, etc…)

Princess Lianne, fourth child and second daughter of King Jonathan IV and Queen Thayet of Conté , never felt very understood. Right from the beginning it galled the young princess that she was the only Conté child to not have the bright blue eyes that her family were famous for. Instead, she sported her mother's creamy hazel eyes. Of all the royal children, Lianne held the least power. Her brother Roald would inherit the throne, and her sister Kalasin was making an important marriage that would strengthen the alliance between two powerful countries. Lianne's other brothers, Jasson and Liam, would grow to become Dukes, not be forced into marriage, and obtain any position that they pleased. But Lianne never had a choice of marriage, which didn't matter, because her marriage mattered least of all.

Finally, when Lianne was seventeen and Roald was ready to take the throne, Jonathan managed to find her a husband that might please her. Prince Maur of Doure, who's aging uncle Ain was the king of Tusaine. Maur, like Lianne, was as far from the Throne as could be and still be royal. Maur's father Jemis was the youngest in the Royal line. Jemis had a brother named Hilam, who would inherit the throne if something happened to Ain's sons. Seeing as Ain had two sons, and Hilam had three, it seemed very unlikely that something would happen to the eight men in line for the throne before Maur.

So, on the fateful day that Lianne and Maur had their only son, Lianne knew that her boy would never taste power, and it infuriated her. She had heard the story of her second-cousin many times, and began to see reason in his actions. Thus, she named her son Roger.