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Prologue.​

Richard the third, much like his brother, could never sleep the night before a battle. This night, was no exception.
Due to his lack of sleep he found himself deep in thought about the coming battle with Henry,the bastard who dares to attempt to take the throne of England. He found himself pondering a question, and that question was..What if he lost?
His trueborn son had been felled by a sudden illness, and as a result,he had no heir. If he fell in battle, there would be no-one to challenge the pretender, henry, as he had his dear brothers sons disinherited on the grounds that edward's marriage to elizabeth had been invalid due to a already existing, if secret,marriage between him and lady eleanor. In truth,richard knew that the marriage was valid, and that the bishop who had given the evidence had been coerced.
However, he had feared edward, a sickly boy by all means, would become a puppet of the men who sorrounded him,another henry VI. That could not be allowed. He did his duty as a man of england, and took the throne, perhaps preventing the continued devastation of england.
His decision to take the throne weighed on his conscience greatly, but there would be no turning back. However, if he fell in battle, there would, officially,be no male successor to take the throne that he and his brother had fought so long and hard for.
This could not be permitted.
He began to write a letter, adressed to parliament, with instructions to repeal Titulus Regius, the law that had removed his nephews claim to the throne, along with their mothers claim.
He called in one of his bodyguards, a knight by the name of Sir Caleb Novakai.
Caleb stepped into richards tent. Caleb was a tall, and handsome young man, and more importantly, a loyal one too. He was inexperienced however, and he would not be much use for richard on the field.
"Is there something wrong, your majesty?" Caleb said,concerned.
"Nothing, caleb. I require you to complete a task for me, though."
"Sit." Richard commanded.
Caleb sat down, confused. " What would you have me do,m'lord?"
"As you already know, we soon will meet that pretender,henry, in battle. There is a possibility we may lose however, and if we are defeated i will certainly be killed." Richard said, grimly.
"I need you to travel to london with a small party. Wait there until either i return, or if you hear that we have lost. If you hear the later, bring this message to parliament, and travel to the tower." He took a letter off of a small table next to his bed,and handed it to caleb.
"Encased in that letter are instructions to parliament,to repeal titulus regius. You know of it, correct?"
"Yes, but-" Caleb was suddenly interrupted by richard.
"My nephews still live, and they reside in the tower. Take whatever you need from the royal treasury and travel to calais, where the captain of calais, my son, commands the garrison. Take his army and use the money from the treasury to raise a army, and reclaim the england in the name of my nephew."
Caleb was thunderstruck. He'd heard rumors that Edward and Richard still lived, but he had always felt doubt.
"Y-your highness, this is alot to take in..Why would you want me for this, why not Howard, or lord Lovell?'
"I need them at my side for the battle to come. Will you do as i have commanded, or will i have to find someone else?" Richard said, growing annoyed.
Caleb paused, collecting his thoughts.
He nodded.
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