Haydith ir'Wynarn is the youngest daughter of the former king of Karrnath, Jaron, and sister to both the current king, Kaius III, and Gaius ir'Wynarn. She currently is studying in Wroat, Breland's capital.[1]
Relationships[]
Haydith is the younger sister of Kaius III.[2]
Activities[]
She now lives in exile in Breland, and has won great favor with the royal court there.[2] She is a companion to King Boranel ir'Wynarn of Breland, a regular attendee at court functions, and well-considered by the nobility of Breland.[1]
Haydith knows that she resides in Wroat as part of what is essentially a royal prisoner exchange program to solidify the Treaty of Thronehold. While she was despondent on her arrival in Wroat, King Boranel has coaxed her into enjoying the wonders of Wroat and Breland. She is now a darling of the royal court.[1]
History[]
Haydith grew up in Karrnath, but was sent to Wroat in 997 YK as part of an exchange program between Breland and Karrnath to keep the Treaty of Thronehold. Haydith was saddened to leave her family and friends, but seems to have warmed up to life in Breland. She is a regular at court and aristocratic functions, and is often in the company of King Boranel; the ruler of Breland enjoys his ward's company, although they try to avoid conversations about politics.[1]
Recently, Haydith accompanied King Boranel on a trip to Sharn, and now pines to explore the heights and depths of the City of Towers.[1]
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A Posthumous Princess[]
There is a contradiction in Eberron canon surrounding Princess Haydith of Karrnath and her family. Eberron Campaign Setting and Five Nations describe her as Kaius III's younger sister, a "fifteen-year-old" girl who arrived in Wroat "a year ago" (making her 15 or 16 in 998 YK, depending on how you interpret the text).[1][3] The Forge of War, published years after the previous books, goes into detail about the timelines of the different royal families of Khorvaire during the Last War, and tells how Haydith's father, King Jaron, died in 972 YK along with his adult heir, Drago, leaving Kaius III, who was an infant, as the next ruler.[4] Based on numbers alone, Princess Haydith would have been born more than a decade after King Jaron died, and since she's constantly described as Kaius III's full sister and has the ir'Wynarn surname, it is assumed she isn't the daughter of her mother with another man.
When asked about this in a comment in his blog, Keith Baker explained that while he hadn't worked directly on the books with the contradicting dates, it was clear that such contradictions hadn't been taken into consideration and were accidental, rather than a subtle way to imply Haydith wasn't her father's daughter. According to him, the solution would be to change the date of Jaron's demise, to make the princess older, or both; he himself has changed Haydith's age for his own games, making her 20 years old.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Bill Slavicsek, David Noonan, and Christopher Perkins (2005). Five Nations. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 57–60. ISBN 0-7869-3690-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Eberron Campaign Guide. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 73. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4.
- ↑ Keith Baker, Bill Slavicsek, & James Wyatt (2004). Eberron Campaign Setting. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 179. ISBN 0-7869-3274-0.
- ↑ James Wyatt, Wolfgang Baur, Ari Marmell (2007). The Forge of War. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 34–35. ISBN 0-7869-4153-7.
- ↑ Keith Baker (2022-02-16). IFAQ: Prince Oargev's Suitors (Blog). Dragonmarks. keith-baker.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-18. Retrieved on 2025-05-18.