March Massacre

The March Massacre is the event that people call the murder of House Haswyll, the royal family of Darincedonia. The Angel, Princess Elenia Haswyll was also murdered, as were dozens of nobility and commoners.

The Massacre
The massacre was started by Zymaedis. Having Duke Ellsworth's loyalty and soldiers, he commanded his soldiers to kill everyone in the throne room and provoked Elenia into a fight, distracting and overwhelming the Angel. As he kept Elenia busy, his men killed her family, one by one, as they were overwhelmed. Finally, Zymaedis tricked Elenia into lowering her defenses by taking Princess Rachelle, Elenia's last surviving family member, hostage. Elenia surrendered, but Zymaedis killed Rachelle anyways by slitting her throat. Enraged, Elenia attacked Zymaedis with fury, but Zymaedis turned the tables by blasting Elenia with lightning. She absorbed the magic with her staff, but was so concentrated on stopping his lightning, she did not see a soldier, who under orders to keep her alive, sneak up behind her and whack her with the pommel of his sword. Zymaedis hit her with lightning again and she was overwhelmed by pain. His soldiers forced her into a kneeling position and he stabbed her through the heart.

The Aftermath
Duke Havard became King Havard for his loyalty to Zymaedis. He was a widely disliked king, people saw that he took the throne by blood and regicide and he had a tenous grip on his rule.

Elenia and her family meanwhile were taken to a Ytog cavern in Anvarra where the corpses were to be burned in a ritual that would allow Zymaedis to open a portal to hell, but somehow Elenia was brought back to life, though without her memories. She escaped and the ritual failed.

Ultimately, when Elenia, now known as Serafelle, regained her memories, she killed King Havard by taking him above Darincedon and dropping him on the spire of the Holy Cathedral. She then banished House Ellsworth from Darincedonia.

Serafelle did not take her throne back and House Haswyll ceased to exist.