James Norrelai

King James Isaac Norrelai (born Prince James Isaac Norrelai on 1991, March 9th) is the King of Voskova, crowned at age nineteen after the death of his parents and the heir to the throne in the Great Red. After the death of his father, James became the last of the royal Norrelai bloodline.

Early Years
James Norrelai was born as the youngest child to the King and Queen of Voskova on March 9th, 1991, at Kadota Castle in Northern Kolya, Voskova. He was raised with his elder brother, Sebastian, in a loving family that was known as one of the best royal families in Voskova. At birth, he was the second in line to the throne, behind his brother who was born just four years before him. James and Sebastian were educated at the castle by a private tutor; their lessons focused on history, literature, music, and language. Outside of school, they were taught fighting skills by the leaders of the knights and Kadota Guard.

James was closest to his mother, Edith, who taught him the values of family and the importance of not just ruling a country, but taking care of it's people as well. Because she was originally from Sorin, a neighboring ally country to Voskova, she often took him along on her trips back to her home country.

The Great Red
"Main article: The Great Red"In November 2010, Voskova experienced the Great Red caused by Dorian, a sorcerer orignally from Primus that was given shelter in Nexilis by the Queen. Kolbert Zerloin had been notified by the Kelskiu City Watch of unknown beings damaging the city as they passed the perimeter; Kolbert immediately prepared his army to fight and warned the royal family of the incoming attack, proposing the idea that they stay in the secret bunker with the evacuated civilians. This was partially rejected by James' father who declared that he would fight with the knights and protect his people; Sebastian followed his father, however, while Edith and James evacuated to the bunker.

Dorian had found them moments after Kadota Castle collapsed as he held everyone who tried to fight him down with his powers. The bloodied corpses of James' father and brother were laid out on the ground in front of the demolished castle, with civilians slained by the Hestus scattered around the land. Before he could react, Dorian held him and his mother down before dragging out Genevieve and throwing her to the ground, forcing her to kneel. Genevieve was decapitated by Dorian, albeit invisibly by his sorcery.

A large wooden stake placed above a fire pit was then conjured by the sorcerer who ushered for the Hestus to bring Edith ahead, as their hands burning her arms the longer they touched her. She was tied to the pyre before being burned. James, struggling against Dorian's hold yet unable to break free, crumpled to the ground as he was forced to watch his mother die in the flames.

MDorian succeeded in escaping through teleportation, though he never left the dimension due to his powers being weakened. Free of Dorian's powers, James crawled towards his family members and mate, but collapsed to the ground out of exhaustion.

Fueled by his family's deaths, James set out to find Dorian and searched the entire country. About a week later, James stumbled upon Dorian in Rødsei, a section of land near the border between Voskova and Edryae. Shortly after finding the wounded sorcerer, James approached him and cornered him near a tall tree before stabbing him three times in the abdomen. As Dorian fell to his knees, James lowered himself to the ground and, after a tense moment, stabbed him in the heart. Left in the forest by the new king, Dorian bled out and died from his wounds.

Accession and coronation
After the assassination of Nikolaj Norrelai and Sebastian Norrelai, James immediately ascended the throne as the new king of Voskova. While Kadota Castle was being rebuilt, James resided with his great-grandmother.

With James' accession, he was the last member of the royal Norrelai bloodline as his great-aunts and great-uncles weren't born from a recent monarch. If he were to die, his great-uncle would succeed him, though the Voskovian tradition is only the recent king and queen's children were viewed as a "royal-born" in their bloodline, therefore his great-uncle would sever that tradition.

James had located his father's second-in-command's son, wishing to appoint him as the new second-in-command in honor of both their fathers. Once his right-hand was chosen, he began preparing for his coronation while continuing to help his country back up. The one-day ceremony took fourteen months of preparation; the first meeting was in July 2011 under the chairmanship of a former monarch, Iseline.

The coronation took place on January 30th, 2012, at the newly-restored Kadota Castle, with James acceding the throne at only nineteen-years-old. It was held fourteen months later due to the rebuilding of the castle and Voskova's four cities: Kelskiu, Loksei, Kolya, and Northern Kolya; as well as the mourning of the monarchs and eldest prince, and other Voskovians killed in the attack. During the ceremony, James took an oath, was annointed with oil, covered in royal robes, and crowned king of Voskova.