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High Reaches Hold Crom Hold Nabol Hold Ruatha Hold

Gemma, the Lady of Crom Hold, was one of Fax's wives. She died giving birth to Jaxom at Ruatha Hold.

History[]

Gemma was the daughter of Lord Holder Lesselden of Crom Hold. After Fax married Gemma, he had Lord Lesselden and two of his eldest sons killed and his Lady forced to flee to Ruatha. Then, Fax claimed Crom Hold as one of his holds. In addition, since Gemma was distantly related to the bloodline of Ruatha Hold, Fax was able to give some legitimacy to his claim to Ruatha Hold following his usurpation.

F'lar and his wing arrived at Ruatha during a Search at the same time that Fax and Gemma arrived via beastcraft. Gemma was pregnant and Fax, unceremoniously and without affection, introduced her as the «The Lady of Crom, mother of my heirs». This was later proven to be true as Gemma went into premature labor with her only issue, Jaxom. Lessa was at Gemma's side while she was in labor, and Gemma couldn't understand why Lessa bore such hatred for her at that time. Lessa revealed to her that she was the daughter of the slain Lord Kale and thus the rightful Lady Holder of Ruatha. Gemma died during the birth of Jaxom, the event which acted as precursor to Fax's rage and the resulting deadly duel with F'lar over the fate of both Lessa and Jaxom. After F'lar killed Fax, Lessa was convinced by F'lar to abdicate in favor of Jaxom, citing the fact that Lady Gemma had at least some of the Ruathan bloodline in her ancestry. Lessa was then chosen by F'lar to attend a hatching.

Personality[]

Lady Gemma was kind and had an inner strength not seen by many. Gemma was secretly a supporter of the old traditions and believed that the return of Thread was imminent.

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