The Accusation
Nathania “Boots” Batier was charged with false claim of noble blood, fraud, and deception of the court. She entered society under the name of House Batier, a noble house believed long gone, carrying forged papers, learned manners, and a family history polished well enough to fool clerks, magistrates, and minor lords. For a short while, her claim was entertained. Then the court named it what it believed it was, not inheritance, but theft of title, name, and place.

Your Truth
Nathania did impersonate a member of House Batier. She built the lie carefully and wore it well. But the scheme collapsed when an older nobleman claimed he had known the Batier line in his youth and swore before the court that Nathania was not in the family tree. That single contradiction cracked everything open. What followed was not a hearing, but a full investigation. Her papers were seized, witnesses questioned, records dug up, servants bribed, and every inch of her story pulled apart until the court had enough to condemn her.

The Sentence
When the gavel struck, Nathania expected prison. Instead, she was banished. No cell, no mercy, no return. The court chose exile so her name, and the shame attached to it, would be carried far from their walls.