The Reign of King Damien I – Chapter III
May 22, 872
One of the Abyssal priests decided he would help himself to some of the King’s money. Unfortunately for the priest, he got caught.
November 10, 872
Aliisza had been ill for the past few months, and on this day the illness took her to her eternal reward in Hell. King Damien was devastated. The woman that had been by his side for more than five years – the woman that was the mother of his children – was dead.
Night of November 16, 872
As Damien slept, he was contacted in his dreams by the Devil.
“I understand that Aliisza has returned to me. I will be sending a new demoness in her place. Expect her tomorrow.”
November 17, 872
Damien was taking care of various kingly duties when a servant told him that a young woman was at the gates asking to see him. Remembering what had happened the previous night, he immediately rushed to the gates to find that she was almost as beautiful as Aliisza.
“My name is Sláíne, and it is an honor to serve you, my king.”
January 3, 873
Damien’s council had been incomplete for two months. On this day, the King finally put an end to that, appointing new councilors to replace those that had died.
Damien immediately set his Court Chaplain to rooting out the remaining Catholics in his realm.
July 22, 873
On this day, Sláíne announced to her king that she was pregnant with his child.
July 26, 873
Damien’s Chancellor, a Catholic that had been forced to serve, approached Sláíne and attempted to convert her to Catholicism. Normally this act would have earned him a slow, painful death, but he was more useful to Damien alive. Sláíne, of course, let her king know what was going on, and Damien gave his Chancellor two choices. Either he could convert to the Abyssal faith immediately or Damien and Sláíne would torture him to death. He chose to convert.
December 17, 873
One of Damien’s courtiers envied him and wanted to either become part of the council or hold Thomond if it was ever retaken. Damien told the courtier that he might think about it.
February 23, 874
Sláíne gave birth to a son, whom she named Donncuan.
October 14, 874
While Abyssal Bishops had a lot of freedoms, kidnapping the King’s daughter was not one of them. For this crime, the King’s Court Chaplain lost his head.
April 8, 876
Damien walked into Sláíne’s private chambers, seething with rage. “Why did YOU start a plot to kill MY heir?” Sláíne replied that she thought Donncuan would be a better heir, which only made Damien angrier. “You may have been sent by the Devil himself, but you do NOT decide the affairs of MY kingdom! SLÁÍNE, YOU ARE FIRED!!!” With that, Damien drew his sword and drove it directly through Sláíne, leaving her dead.
Night of April 10, 876
Once again, Damien was contacted in his dreams by the Devil.
“You did well in destroying Sláíne. She may have been one of my demonesses, but you are my Chosen. Remember that. I will send one more, but now that you have Abyssal women, this will be the last.”
April 11, 876
Once again, a beautiful woman appeared at the gates. This time her name was Áine. Damien knew exactly what to do.
September 3, 876
Damien started to instruct his son and heir in the ways of the Abyssal on this day.
October 14, 876
Damien Jr.’s instruction was going well, as he picked up one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
February 13, 877
King Damien would be a father yet again, as Áine was pregnant with his child.
June 27, 877
Damien ordered that the first ever Abyssal Summer Fair be held in Desmond as a way to spread the Abyssal faith.
During the Abyssal Summer Fair
An Abyssal priest preached about how the so-called “sins” of the Catholic Church were really virtues, and how at the end of the world, faithful Abyssal would receive their eternal reward in Hell.
After the Abyssal Summer Fair
While shutting down an illegal Catholic sermon, one of Damien’s Abyssal enforcers overheard one of the Catholics talking about how “all animals were God’s creatures.” After the King heard this, he decided to kill some, simply to spite the Catholics.
While King Damien and the hunting party were away, Áine gave birth to a baby boy.
During the Grand Hunt
Damien and his hunting party managed to kill an entire drove of hares. Not wanting the meat to go to waste, he took it back to prepare for stew.
The Grand Hunt was now over. What would happen to Damien next?