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Lord Abner Hartvale
Abner

Gender:

Male

Race:

Human

Nationality:

Gilnean

Occupation:

Lord of the House of Hartvale, Baronet of the Hart.

Affiliations:

Grand Alliance
Kingdom of Gilneas

Status:

Deceased

Family:

Melinda Hartvale (wife, deceased)
Brutus Hartvale (son)
Melinda Hartvale II (daughter)
Thurman Hartvale (cousin)
Countless Hartvales.


Lord Abner Hartvale was the lord of the House of Hartvale and rightful ruler of the Baronetcy of the Hart within The Bite. Having believed to have been killed along with most of the Baronet families or have abandoned their lands, the Hartvales returned at some point under Abner without alerting the rest of the Duchy of the Ashen Coast. Having restored most of The Hartreave already, the Hartvales have resumed mining the Veinstone Mines under Abner and have refused to recognize the new sovereignty of the House of Avernus over their lands, as, though they are situated beneath the Viscounty of the Rise, they believe themselves better fit to rule than one not of Cobalstant blood. Abner has remained staunch on his position, referring to the Avernus family as weak and ill fit due to past history between their kin. He claimed to be willing to join the duchy, but his continued refusal to accept Avernus rule has led to strife.

It was later found out that Abner Hartvale was responsible for his cousin Thurman's attempt to murder the lords of the Bite. After his repeated affronts to the Duchy followed by treason, Abner's son Brutus helped the Duchy infiltrate the Hartreave. However, Abner had bolstered the defenses of the Hartreave to prevent siege. Adding Hartstones to an Ash Iron sword, he claimed to have retrieved the legendary sword Bear's Claw, the Ursine's Strength. However, it was not the famed weapon, but a sword that had been forged from a small piece of Ash Iron for Caridis Delythie. Abner lost the blade after the Duchy broke through the first of the Hartreave's gates.

Retreating to the city, he was visited during the night by a strange woman who offered him a potion, saying that it would empower him if he allowed her to use magic on him. Despite the warnings from his right hand, Lady Fiona Carmondy, he turned on her and accepted the bargain. He was transformed into a drakonid in an event that killed most of the population of the Hartreave. Now armed with a pike, when the forces of the Duchy arrived he summoned other drakonids disguised with illusions as spirits of their deceased family members. Abner was eventually defeated, his draconic form dissipating as they reappeared in the manor. Although Brutus expressed his desire to end his father's life, Duke Berenal Grayblade threw the Butcher's Blade at him, piercing his shadowflame shield and mortally wounding him. The shadowflame tainted the blade, turning it into the Shadowflame blade, which was entrusted to Cedric Belcarthe.

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