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06-23-2006, 07:57 AM
I thought the other thread was getting quite messy, so this thread is for house profiles. Please ONLY post a SHORT description of the house and it's primary leaders in here; anyone who needs more indepth detail about the houses, geneology, or landscape, or how things work, can read the other thread. Also, any questions to be asked can go to the other thread - this one should be kept clean.
HOUSE BELDAIN
House Beldain are the principal house on the shores of the Great Bay, and control the urban centre of The Land. Several hundred houses are sworn to them, including Tordain, Sandain, Highwater, Sky, Inchmote, Rhysling, Castle, Caperra, Sollond, Rumm and Waverly. Their seat is Dainmount, and their banner is a purple field with three gold coins and two gold cogs, above the golden dagger of House Dain. The House words are "we pay our debts". Beldain claim descent from Aneos Dain, the founding father of the Empire until his House was succeeded by Roland Cassone two hundred years in the past. Beldain, an offshoot of House Dain changed sides in the civil war, and were granted the ancestral heartland of their line, including the administrative, fiscal, and religious centre of the continent. Truebred Dains tend to be tall, with pale skin and sharp features. They have green eyes and dark hair – usually black, dark brown, or a very dark red. This sets them apart from the majority of the common citizenry, who, like in any urban area, are a hodge-podge of immigrants from across The Land
Beldain see the rulership of the Empire as their right, as it was they who were usurped by House Cassone. As such, they have had machinations in place for hundreds of years in their plan to regain control of The Land; plans that are suddenly forced into motion with the death of the entire Cassone family. Beldain’s army is primarily land based, consisting of regular troops recruited from the cities and supplemented by a mago-technological melding of their urban, academic, and theological base. In particular, Beldane will bring ‘remade’ soldiers and condemned criminals hoping for redemption by arms to the field, along with ‘screws’, experimental flying machines. There are also hushed plans to utilise large-scale blood magic to further their aims. The house relies on imported food from other regions to feed it’s large, dense population, although it pays for much of this with interest from the loans that most other houses owe the moneylenders of Beldain.
Leadership:
Prima Beldain is the wife and twenty years the junior of Mikel Beldain, the Lord of the House, although he is bedridden so many of the leadership duties fall to her. She is a tall, elegant woman in her mid forties who’s Dainese good looks are accentuated by greying hair and the crow’s feet around her eyes. It is widely known that Prima pays for the very best physicians and medicines from around the world to attend her husband’s bedside.
She has seven sons by Mikel who are all also heavily involved in the running of the realm – Yeter, Floren, Damus, Ramus, Eduard, Marco, and Septus. Yeter is the heir to Beldain, while Floren is the Vice-Fleetmaster of Beldain. Damus and Ramus are twins. All share similar good looks, although it is Floren who is widely regarded as the most beautiful and the most skilled.
Floren Beldain is the second son of Mikel Beldain, twenty five years of age and the vice-fleetlord under Barryn Sky. He studied at Port Staple in Westfreiss and was destined for a naval career since birth. Despite this natural advantage, he has shown a solid head for strategy and a talent for leadership, no doubt aided by his stunning good looks. Floren eagerly awaits his trial by fire in the inevitable naval engagements in the upcoming conflict, although his superiors note his temper and recklessness may become a problem. He is currently engaged with a fifth of the Beldain fleet hunting corsairs on the Pirate Coast.
Genna Tordain is Mikel Beldain’s neice and abeautiful widow who is the current Lady of the Red Tor.She is thus an eager candidate for suitors from across the land, despite her intentions never to marry again.
Rebekka Beldain is the sister of Genna Beldain,. She is the Beldain’s Master of Spies, although this is not public knowledge; a disguise known as Bekon Beldain is used for this . Rebekka is known to be a twin; there are those who whisper that she uses the magical advantages of this in her role.
Marc Castle, brother of Raymer Castle of Rainbow Step, is a renowned strategist and a general of Beldain’s armies. Marc is a massive man, who once beat every soldier willing to wrestle him during the Fardain Rebellion. He is heir to Rainbow Step, until his brother produces a son.
Bruno Highwater is the protector of the faith and Lord of Llentium. He is also a renowned general, who is approaching the later years of his life with vigour and fortitude. Bruno is known as the Fighting Chicken due to his huge jowls.
Andus Beldain is the son of Mikel Beldain’s aunt and an important figure in the realm, acting as Prima’s administrative second in command. He holds a position known as the Iron Keys, which grants him jurisdiction over the legal system of Beldain in Prima’s absence, a generalship, and the management of the treasury and mint. It is known that he harbours ambitions to lead Beldain, although he is such a capable man that it is more profitable for Prima to keep him at her side than remove him from power.
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House Cassone
House Cassone are the principal house in The Land and the Emperor has been drawn from their ranks for the last two centuries. All houses are sworn to them, although in their home territories their bannermen include Farallway, Lonnman, Vask, Oldpeter, Pardain, Moondark, and Sandcloth. Their seat, and the capital of the Empire is Newkeep, and their banner is a golden lion astride a green field, with a spear in one hand and a scythe in the other. House Cassone have been part of the Empire since it’s founding with houses Dain and Forester, although they rose up against Emperor Dain in the time of troubles and secured the throne for themselves. Cassones tend to be short, powerfully built, and blonde.
House Cassone are the current rulers of the Empire, and Yeter Cassone sits on the High Throne. They control the mostly agricultural heartland of the continent, from Beldain in the north to the rebel province of Selenia in the south. Their power is secured by force of arms, and all houses pay tribute to Cassone, in particular Kojiro who provide the royal guard since they were indicted into the empire twenty years ago when Yeter took a Kojiran for his wife.
Since the disaster, Cassone military power is shattered and it’s leadership dead. It will not be long before the Empire unravels, as pretenders seize power.
Leadership:
All the Cassones are dead. Yeter Cassone was an old man and the last emperor, who summoned all his kinsmen to Newkeep to choose his successor. It was then when the incident struck. Eyewitnesses called it a light in the sky, and across the Land mages felt the vibrations of the sudden death of a city. Now all that is left of Newkeep is a smouldering crater cut deep into the ground, no ruins or artefacts left there to claim. House Cassone is gone, and The Land is wide open for claiming.
HOUSE BELDAIN
House Beldain are the principal house on the shores of the Great Bay, and control the urban centre of The Land. Several hundred houses are sworn to them, including Tordain, Sandain, Highwater, Sky, Inchmote, Rhysling, Castle, Caperra, Sollond, Rumm and Waverly. Their seat is Dainmount, and their banner is a purple field with three gold coins and two gold cogs, above the golden dagger of House Dain. The House words are "we pay our debts". Beldain claim descent from Aneos Dain, the founding father of the Empire until his House was succeeded by Roland Cassone two hundred years in the past. Beldain, an offshoot of House Dain changed sides in the civil war, and were granted the ancestral heartland of their line, including the administrative, fiscal, and religious centre of the continent. Truebred Dains tend to be tall, with pale skin and sharp features. They have green eyes and dark hair – usually black, dark brown, or a very dark red. This sets them apart from the majority of the common citizenry, who, like in any urban area, are a hodge-podge of immigrants from across The Land
Beldain see the rulership of the Empire as their right, as it was they who were usurped by House Cassone. As such, they have had machinations in place for hundreds of years in their plan to regain control of The Land; plans that are suddenly forced into motion with the death of the entire Cassone family. Beldain’s army is primarily land based, consisting of regular troops recruited from the cities and supplemented by a mago-technological melding of their urban, academic, and theological base. In particular, Beldane will bring ‘remade’ soldiers and condemned criminals hoping for redemption by arms to the field, along with ‘screws’, experimental flying machines. There are also hushed plans to utilise large-scale blood magic to further their aims. The house relies on imported food from other regions to feed it’s large, dense population, although it pays for much of this with interest from the loans that most other houses owe the moneylenders of Beldain.
Leadership:
Prima Beldain is the wife and twenty years the junior of Mikel Beldain, the Lord of the House, although he is bedridden so many of the leadership duties fall to her. She is a tall, elegant woman in her mid forties who’s Dainese good looks are accentuated by greying hair and the crow’s feet around her eyes. It is widely known that Prima pays for the very best physicians and medicines from around the world to attend her husband’s bedside.
She has seven sons by Mikel who are all also heavily involved in the running of the realm – Yeter, Floren, Damus, Ramus, Eduard, Marco, and Septus. Yeter is the heir to Beldain, while Floren is the Vice-Fleetmaster of Beldain. Damus and Ramus are twins. All share similar good looks, although it is Floren who is widely regarded as the most beautiful and the most skilled.
Floren Beldain is the second son of Mikel Beldain, twenty five years of age and the vice-fleetlord under Barryn Sky. He studied at Port Staple in Westfreiss and was destined for a naval career since birth. Despite this natural advantage, he has shown a solid head for strategy and a talent for leadership, no doubt aided by his stunning good looks. Floren eagerly awaits his trial by fire in the inevitable naval engagements in the upcoming conflict, although his superiors note his temper and recklessness may become a problem. He is currently engaged with a fifth of the Beldain fleet hunting corsairs on the Pirate Coast.
Genna Tordain is Mikel Beldain’s neice and abeautiful widow who is the current Lady of the Red Tor.She is thus an eager candidate for suitors from across the land, despite her intentions never to marry again.
Rebekka Beldain is the sister of Genna Beldain,. She is the Beldain’s Master of Spies, although this is not public knowledge; a disguise known as Bekon Beldain is used for this . Rebekka is known to be a twin; there are those who whisper that she uses the magical advantages of this in her role.
Marc Castle, brother of Raymer Castle of Rainbow Step, is a renowned strategist and a general of Beldain’s armies. Marc is a massive man, who once beat every soldier willing to wrestle him during the Fardain Rebellion. He is heir to Rainbow Step, until his brother produces a son.
Bruno Highwater is the protector of the faith and Lord of Llentium. He is also a renowned general, who is approaching the later years of his life with vigour and fortitude. Bruno is known as the Fighting Chicken due to his huge jowls.
Andus Beldain is the son of Mikel Beldain’s aunt and an important figure in the realm, acting as Prima’s administrative second in command. He holds a position known as the Iron Keys, which grants him jurisdiction over the legal system of Beldain in Prima’s absence, a generalship, and the management of the treasury and mint. It is known that he harbours ambitions to lead Beldain, although he is such a capable man that it is more profitable for Prima to keep him at her side than remove him from power.
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House Cassone
House Cassone are the principal house in The Land and the Emperor has been drawn from their ranks for the last two centuries. All houses are sworn to them, although in their home territories their bannermen include Farallway, Lonnman, Vask, Oldpeter, Pardain, Moondark, and Sandcloth. Their seat, and the capital of the Empire is Newkeep, and their banner is a golden lion astride a green field, with a spear in one hand and a scythe in the other. House Cassone have been part of the Empire since it’s founding with houses Dain and Forester, although they rose up against Emperor Dain in the time of troubles and secured the throne for themselves. Cassones tend to be short, powerfully built, and blonde.
House Cassone are the current rulers of the Empire, and Yeter Cassone sits on the High Throne. They control the mostly agricultural heartland of the continent, from Beldain in the north to the rebel province of Selenia in the south. Their power is secured by force of arms, and all houses pay tribute to Cassone, in particular Kojiro who provide the royal guard since they were indicted into the empire twenty years ago when Yeter took a Kojiran for his wife.
Since the disaster, Cassone military power is shattered and it’s leadership dead. It will not be long before the Empire unravels, as pretenders seize power.
Leadership:
All the Cassones are dead. Yeter Cassone was an old man and the last emperor, who summoned all his kinsmen to Newkeep to choose his successor. It was then when the incident struck. Eyewitnesses called it a light in the sky, and across the Land mages felt the vibrations of the sudden death of a city. Now all that is left of Newkeep is a smouldering crater cut deep into the ground, no ruins or artefacts left there to claim. House Cassone is gone, and The Land is wide open for claiming.