Card Lores:Facade Noble, Lear

The old king of an unnamed kingdom. He had decided to split his kingdom among his three daughters, "Goneril", "Regan", and "Cordelia". Unbeknownst to him, "Goneril" and "Regan" hated him, whereas "Cordelia" was the only one that actually loved and cherished his company. So when "Lear" decided to split his kingdom to his three daughters based on their love for him, "Goneril" and "Regan" smiled fakely, and praised him to the heavens without actually meaning what they said. "Cordelia" was the only one who knew about how much her two sisters loathed "Lear", and thus had nothing to say when "Lear" questioned her about how much she loved him. "Lear" was furious, and banished her to France. But later, "Lear" found out for himself how much "Goneril" and "Regan" truly loved him. When he visited "Goneril", she treated him harshly, and neglected to care for him. Things were worse when "Lear" visited "Regan", though, for after "Regan", together with "Goneril", stripped him of the hundred knights "Lear" had reserved for himself, "Regan" cruelly turned him out of the castle, right when a storm was brewing, without any pity for "Lear". "Lear" was saddened and enraged by his daughters' infidelity, and cursed them both. Together with the "Fool", he went into the heath in the storm's midst.

Slowly, his mental health declined, and when "Cordelia" happened to chance upon him in the heath, "Lear" was nearly mad, with a crown of wildflowers around his head, saying verses of utter nonsense to himself. "Cordelia" took him under her care, and slowly, "Lear" began to grow mentally stable, and had finally realized that "Cordelia" loved him more than words could speak. Just then, they found themselves surrounded by "Goneril" and "Regan's" combined army, for "Goneril" and "Regan" had launched a war against "Cordelia's" army, and "Cordelia's" army was not enough to defeat them. "Lear" and "Cordelia" were taken in by "Goneril" and "Regan" as prisoners of war, and thrown into seperate cells. Days passed. One day, "Lear" awoke, and upon not finding "Cordelia" in her cell, became worried. "Where is she?!" he would repeat to himself. Finally, after a while, his cries recieved an answer- that Cordelia was hanged this morning. In desperation, and out of madness, "Lear" killed the man who hanged "Cordelia", hoping to give her a chance to live. But, nothing could change the fact that "Cordelia" was dead, and "Lear", still desperate, tried to deny the fact over and over, claiming that there was yet a breath left in her. But she stayed dead despite his pleas, for nothing could raise the dead. "Lear" cried out one more time for her, tears of hopelessness filling his eyes- and collapsed on the cold stone floor in an everlasting sleep.