Post by aerysaegis on Nov 21, 2017 6:10:34 GMT
House Foxburg:
Pursuers of knowledge, and dedicated researchers of the unknown house Foxburg has been around generations gathering and storing written words in their own cryptic dialect. Their estate is host to the kingdom's largest library with knowledge dating back as far as the belief in the gods. Their line of descent comes from Aramore the wise the only Anthique said to of been permitted to mingle with mortals, and from he they transcended generation after generation; and after all this time magic is said to still flow in their veins.. The blood of Aramore!
Traditions: House Foxburg doesn’t bury their dead they instead layer them in parchment written with their deeds both impure and pure, layer after layer till the body is no longer visible before perforating them with a fine coal dust that when ignited turns the parchment to ash; and somehow makes the body disappear through the arcane knowledge often thought to be held by House Foxburg, but this would be a rare occasion when that belief could truly be understood. This process is done so as to acknowledge and cleanse the soul of their houseline so they might be transparent going into the next life, a blank slate as some may call it.
The Foxburg’s revel after one of their own has passed, and no mourning is permitted(as odd as that may sound it is relatively in tune to House Foxburg’s understanding of life and that it one day must pass into death.) and should you be invited to this festive occasion you should cover your face for it is believed should the dead see their family on the last night of their passing they will wish to remain as a ghost, and so they disguise themselves to allow the spirit to pass without remaining.
Specialty/Role: Knowledge of the arcane and obscene
Ruler: Lord Varren Foxburg
Colors: Red, Gold, and Gray
Symbol: a Crimson Fox with a roll o
House Westcolt
Role: Military/Defence
Head of House: Lord Tyran Westcolt
Colors: Black, Light Grey, Blue
Symbol: Light blue Bat
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Customs: Loyalty to the crown, Arranged Marriage
About: A wealthy family of the upper district. Often enlisting into the kings army as
officers and high rank officials at young ages. A lot of gold is spent training the sons
of house Westcolt to be leaders and great soldiers. Drinking is prohibited under house Westcolt
as it clouds judgement. Marriage of the sons and daughters is often pre arranged by Lord Tyran and
other high house sons and daughters. House Westcolt commands a private militia used for in city escorts.
When crime rises House Westcolt will hire additional guards and increase the number of patrols and black market
raids. Slaves are treated well under Westcolt ownership. Proper food portions and a small wage is given. Many slaves
are often given the ability to buy their freedom. Serving as Estate servants and additional guards when crime is high.
House Roonte
Specialty/Role: Law
Ruler: Lady Roonte
Colors: Blue, Blue Grey, Gold
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Symbol:Golden Stag
Customs: Matriarchy, Manorialism, Merchant Markets
About: House Roonte is a fairly wealthy house that functions on a Matriarchy which means it is ruled by a Women, mostly by Lady Roonte. While men and women assist in decisions in court, it is up to Lady Roonte to come to a decision. They do not partake in the trading of slaves as they are a house of justice and do not view slaves as proper workers (The Slaves aren’t paid so they don’t think it’s fair). Once per year they hold a meeting to discuss what has happened in said year and how to act upon it. They hold a 5 day merchants market every 3 months to allow people to trade and buy supplies.
House Lintosh
Specialty/Role: Lumber
Ruler: Atticus Ryker Lintosh "Ol' Ironside"
Colors: Brown, Dark Green, Bright Green
Flag: See Picture
Symbol: Double-bladed Axe (sometimes depicted with the shaft wrapped with red cloth), though not an official symbol wolves are quite synonymous with House Lintosh, as they are well known for being strong and loyal to their pack.
Traditions: Feasts, Bonfires, and Competitions.
About: About: House Lintosh is a fairly large house consisting of wood cutters, lumberjacks, and expertly skilled carpenters. They have moderate influence(mainly middle and lower class), showing their ability to provide for their people, push for reforms, and provide strong moral example. The house is lead by Atticus Lintosh who rules fairly and wisely over his house, everyone within house Lintosh is a skilled craftsman and has great strength to boot as a result from hard manual labor. They also have some extensive combat training, as is required for such a dangerous profession. Though not solely bred for combat, members of house Lintosh can certainly hold their own, as well as have a strong sense of camaraderie which makes them protective of one another and their benevolent leader. Though their primary focus is agriculture and as such they try to avoid conflict whenever possible, with their military function serving more or less as a last resort militia. There are no rankings per se in House Lintosh(minus the house leader of course), merely those with varying levels of mastery over a certain skill are given different jobs. However, those whom Atticus deems worthy to be his advisers share slightly greater privileges. But nonetheless, all members are treated with the same respect. After a long hard days work most head to the meeting hall for an extravagant and jovial late dinner, with feasting and on occasion... some drinking games.
House Outmuss
Specialty/Role: Economics
Ruler: Lady Astrid Outmuss
Colors: Red, Orange and Yellow
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Symbol: Yellow Bird
Customs: Matriarchy, Celebrations of Wealth, Slave Auctions, Merchant Markets
About: House Outmuss is a rather wealthy house that functions on a matriarchal system, meaning women are in charge of major decisions, most notably Lady Astrid. Men and slaves serve as defense or servants, or are at least preferred as so. Every year or so, Outmuss holds a Celebration of Wealth, in which the middle class, upper class, and leaders of the other houses gather for a week to do just that: celebrate their wealth. They hold a grand feast, complete with copious amounts of wine, mutton, and other delicacies. This is also when a grand Slave Auction is held, so leaders of houses may purchase slaves and hire commonfolk as help. Most profits are cycled back into the economy, though individual slave owners and Royal Houses take a portion of the proceeds they earn from selling their own slaves. The entire week of festivities also feature merchants and vendors who wish to sell their products to individuals, other houses, or House Outmuss itself.
House Rossaird
Specialty/Role: Royal Guard
Ruler: General Mian Rossaird
Colors: Light blue and Cyan
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Symbol: Glowing Sword
Traditions: Battle victory parties, fencing tournaments, monthly gathering
About: House Rossaird is a smaller house consisting of the royal guard. They have great influence, showing their ability to protect the people, guard the royals and stay loyal to the kingdom. The house has many highly trained fighters and are always ready for battle. The house is lead by General Mian who always keeps everyone in her house in shape and well accommodated. The house uses a ranking system as a guard does, having healers and foot soldiers at the bottom and higher ranks such as lieutenants being just below the general. After every victorious battle, the house organizes a party to celebrate. This includes many alcoholic beverages, roasted meat and freshly baked bread. The house also hosts occasional fencing tournaments to test their reflexes and keep up the skill of guards, and also for entertainment. The heads of the house host monthly gatherings to discuss the months work and training quality as well as to have a feast.
House Sterdnai
Speciality / Role : Mining
Ruler : Arthur Sterdnai
Colors : Grey, Black, White.
Flag :
Symbol : A Crossed Pick and Sword.
Traditions : Aggressive Expansion, Self Negotiated marriages (male) , and Slave trading.
History:
-
House Sterdnai-
Originally the house was nothing more than a peasant group attempts at exploiting any mineral wealth they could muster from meager tools in an attempt to establish a reliable source of metals. Poorly equipped and struggling to bring in any metal, eventually their luck turned around when a group of local merchants and metallurgists began funding their operations, soon after the upstart mine began to yield results and crates of raw ores began flooding the smithies. Soon after to price of metal dropped and became more affordable to fund the excursion, and thus began the metallic wheels of production’s turn.
After several years the operation began to resemble something close to a guild, headed by four prosperous merchants, one of particular note was a man named Robert Sterdnai. Over the course of the next few months Robert began to aggressively make moves to take over more and more of the “Guild”, using his shares of the wealth to buy out other share holders and expand his wealth. In addition he began a small complementary mine to supplement and further control the influx of metal. With his preparations made he moved to take control of the whole “Guild”.
After a complicated moves he finally had sole control over the mineral wealth of the city, now looking to make ties to the nobility of the city. Using his wealth and influence he began searching for a wife with bluer blood than his own, unsurprisingly he found his wife with the most natural of matching houses.. Esmeralda Outmuss of house Outmuss, they held a tight control over the main economics of the city, and would gain much through the marriage. Through this Robert Sterdnai founded his own house to hold control over any mineral operation of the city.
House Sterdnai under Robert tightened his grip on the monopoly on the mines, he bought out would be upstarts or intimidated them into abandoning their camps. Simultaneously he expanded into more branched tunnels and began buying slaves to replace many workers, while typically putting his paid workers into positions of supervision of the now slaving work force. Over the course of this transition he had his first child, a son, whom in the following years would be followed by two daughters. Arthur would be the Solidification that the Sterdnai house needed, and would grow up being the pride and joy of his father Robert. He was afforded the best of what the city had to offer in both education and clothing. Robert had him work alongside some of the mining officials to learn how to manage their source of wealth and in many ways made him his proper heir. Both his daughters he had also groomed to be perfect brides, to which Victoria and Brittany excelled.
By the time Arthur was age 21 his father fell
with a fever, and despite the best efforts of the healers of the city, he died in his bed, passing on full control of House Sterdnai to Arthur. To which Arthur continues his father’s legacy of aggressive control, and management of the metallic life blood of the city.
Pursuers of knowledge, and dedicated researchers of the unknown house Foxburg has been around generations gathering and storing written words in their own cryptic dialect. Their estate is host to the kingdom's largest library with knowledge dating back as far as the belief in the gods. Their line of descent comes from Aramore the wise the only Anthique said to of been permitted to mingle with mortals, and from he they transcended generation after generation; and after all this time magic is said to still flow in their veins.. The blood of Aramore!
Traditions: House Foxburg doesn’t bury their dead they instead layer them in parchment written with their deeds both impure and pure, layer after layer till the body is no longer visible before perforating them with a fine coal dust that when ignited turns the parchment to ash; and somehow makes the body disappear through the arcane knowledge often thought to be held by House Foxburg, but this would be a rare occasion when that belief could truly be understood. This process is done so as to acknowledge and cleanse the soul of their houseline so they might be transparent going into the next life, a blank slate as some may call it.
The Foxburg’s revel after one of their own has passed, and no mourning is permitted(as odd as that may sound it is relatively in tune to House Foxburg’s understanding of life and that it one day must pass into death.) and should you be invited to this festive occasion you should cover your face for it is believed should the dead see their family on the last night of their passing they will wish to remain as a ghost, and so they disguise themselves to allow the spirit to pass without remaining.
Specialty/Role: Knowledge of the arcane and obscene
Ruler: Lord Varren Foxburg
Colors: Red, Gold, and Gray
Symbol: a Crimson Fox with a roll o
House Westcolt
Role: Military/Defence
Head of House: Lord Tyran Westcolt
Colors: Black, Light Grey, Blue
Symbol: Light blue Bat
Banner: {BlockEntityTag:{Base:0,Patterns:[{Pattern:sc,Color:6},{Pattern:bri,Color:0},{Pattern:ms,Color:0},{Pattern:flo,Color:12},{Pattern:tt,Color:0},{Pattern:gru,Color:6}]}}
(https://www.planetminecraft.com/banner/ice-bat/)
Customs: Loyalty to the crown, Arranged Marriage
About: A wealthy family of the upper district. Often enlisting into the kings army as
officers and high rank officials at young ages. A lot of gold is spent training the sons
of house Westcolt to be leaders and great soldiers. Drinking is prohibited under house Westcolt
as it clouds judgement. Marriage of the sons and daughters is often pre arranged by Lord Tyran and
other high house sons and daughters. House Westcolt commands a private militia used for in city escorts.
When crime rises House Westcolt will hire additional guards and increase the number of patrols and black market
raids. Slaves are treated well under Westcolt ownership. Proper food portions and a small wage is given. Many slaves
are often given the ability to buy their freedom. Serving as Estate servants and additional guards when crime is high.
House Roonte
Specialty/Role: Law
Ruler: Lady Roonte
Colors: Blue, Blue Grey, Gold
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Symbol:Golden Stag
Customs: Matriarchy, Manorialism, Merchant Markets
About: House Roonte is a fairly wealthy house that functions on a Matriarchy which means it is ruled by a Women, mostly by Lady Roonte. While men and women assist in decisions in court, it is up to Lady Roonte to come to a decision. They do not partake in the trading of slaves as they are a house of justice and do not view slaves as proper workers (The Slaves aren’t paid so they don’t think it’s fair). Once per year they hold a meeting to discuss what has happened in said year and how to act upon it. They hold a 5 day merchants market every 3 months to allow people to trade and buy supplies.
House Lintosh
Specialty/Role: Lumber
Ruler: Atticus Ryker Lintosh "Ol' Ironside"
Colors: Brown, Dark Green, Bright Green
Flag: See Picture
Symbol: Double-bladed Axe (sometimes depicted with the shaft wrapped with red cloth), though not an official symbol wolves are quite synonymous with House Lintosh, as they are well known for being strong and loyal to their pack.
Traditions: Feasts, Bonfires, and Competitions.
About: About: House Lintosh is a fairly large house consisting of wood cutters, lumberjacks, and expertly skilled carpenters. They have moderate influence(mainly middle and lower class), showing their ability to provide for their people, push for reforms, and provide strong moral example. The house is lead by Atticus Lintosh who rules fairly and wisely over his house, everyone within house Lintosh is a skilled craftsman and has great strength to boot as a result from hard manual labor. They also have some extensive combat training, as is required for such a dangerous profession. Though not solely bred for combat, members of house Lintosh can certainly hold their own, as well as have a strong sense of camaraderie which makes them protective of one another and their benevolent leader. Though their primary focus is agriculture and as such they try to avoid conflict whenever possible, with their military function serving more or less as a last resort militia. There are no rankings per se in House Lintosh(minus the house leader of course), merely those with varying levels of mastery over a certain skill are given different jobs. However, those whom Atticus deems worthy to be his advisers share slightly greater privileges. But nonetheless, all members are treated with the same respect. After a long hard days work most head to the meeting hall for an extravagant and jovial late dinner, with feasting and on occasion... some drinking games.
House Outmuss
Specialty/Role: Economics
Ruler: Lady Astrid Outmuss
Colors: Red, Orange and Yellow
Flag: {BlockEntityTag:{Base:1,Patterns:[{Pattern:sc,Color:11},{Pattern:mr,Color:14},{Pattern:bri,Color:1},{Pattern:ms,Color:1},{Pattern:flo,Color:11},{Pattern:tt,Color:1},{Pattern:bts,Color:1}]}}
Symbol: Yellow Bird
Customs: Matriarchy, Celebrations of Wealth, Slave Auctions, Merchant Markets
About: House Outmuss is a rather wealthy house that functions on a matriarchal system, meaning women are in charge of major decisions, most notably Lady Astrid. Men and slaves serve as defense or servants, or are at least preferred as so. Every year or so, Outmuss holds a Celebration of Wealth, in which the middle class, upper class, and leaders of the other houses gather for a week to do just that: celebrate their wealth. They hold a grand feast, complete with copious amounts of wine, mutton, and other delicacies. This is also when a grand Slave Auction is held, so leaders of houses may purchase slaves and hire commonfolk as help. Most profits are cycled back into the economy, though individual slave owners and Royal Houses take a portion of the proceeds they earn from selling their own slaves. The entire week of festivities also feature merchants and vendors who wish to sell their products to individuals, other houses, or House Outmuss itself.
House Rossaird
Specialty/Role: Royal Guard
Ruler: General Mian Rossaird
Colors: Light blue and Cyan
Flag: {BlockEntityTag:{Base:0,Patterns:[{Pattern:ms,Color:6},{Pattern:flo,Color:4},{Pattern:hhb,Color:0},{Pattern:cr,Color:6},{Pattern:cs,Color:15},{Pattern:tr,Color:0},{Pattern:tl,Color:0},{Pattern:gru,Color:12}]}}
Symbol: Glowing Sword
Traditions: Battle victory parties, fencing tournaments, monthly gathering
About: House Rossaird is a smaller house consisting of the royal guard. They have great influence, showing their ability to protect the people, guard the royals and stay loyal to the kingdom. The house has many highly trained fighters and are always ready for battle. The house is lead by General Mian who always keeps everyone in her house in shape and well accommodated. The house uses a ranking system as a guard does, having healers and foot soldiers at the bottom and higher ranks such as lieutenants being just below the general. After every victorious battle, the house organizes a party to celebrate. This includes many alcoholic beverages, roasted meat and freshly baked bread. The house also hosts occasional fencing tournaments to test their reflexes and keep up the skill of guards, and also for entertainment. The heads of the house host monthly gatherings to discuss the months work and training quality as well as to have a feast.
House Sterdnai
Speciality / Role : Mining
Ruler : Arthur Sterdnai
Colors : Grey, Black, White.
Flag :
Symbol : A Crossed Pick and Sword.
Traditions : Aggressive Expansion, Self Negotiated marriages (male) , and Slave trading.
History:
-
House Sterdnai-
Originally the house was nothing more than a peasant group attempts at exploiting any mineral wealth they could muster from meager tools in an attempt to establish a reliable source of metals. Poorly equipped and struggling to bring in any metal, eventually their luck turned around when a group of local merchants and metallurgists began funding their operations, soon after the upstart mine began to yield results and crates of raw ores began flooding the smithies. Soon after to price of metal dropped and became more affordable to fund the excursion, and thus began the metallic wheels of production’s turn.
After several years the operation began to resemble something close to a guild, headed by four prosperous merchants, one of particular note was a man named Robert Sterdnai. Over the course of the next few months Robert began to aggressively make moves to take over more and more of the “Guild”, using his shares of the wealth to buy out other share holders and expand his wealth. In addition he began a small complementary mine to supplement and further control the influx of metal. With his preparations made he moved to take control of the whole “Guild”.
After a complicated moves he finally had sole control over the mineral wealth of the city, now looking to make ties to the nobility of the city. Using his wealth and influence he began searching for a wife with bluer blood than his own, unsurprisingly he found his wife with the most natural of matching houses.. Esmeralda Outmuss of house Outmuss, they held a tight control over the main economics of the city, and would gain much through the marriage. Through this Robert Sterdnai founded his own house to hold control over any mineral operation of the city.
House Sterdnai under Robert tightened his grip on the monopoly on the mines, he bought out would be upstarts or intimidated them into abandoning their camps. Simultaneously he expanded into more branched tunnels and began buying slaves to replace many workers, while typically putting his paid workers into positions of supervision of the now slaving work force. Over the course of this transition he had his first child, a son, whom in the following years would be followed by two daughters. Arthur would be the Solidification that the Sterdnai house needed, and would grow up being the pride and joy of his father Robert. He was afforded the best of what the city had to offer in both education and clothing. Robert had him work alongside some of the mining officials to learn how to manage their source of wealth and in many ways made him his proper heir. Both his daughters he had also groomed to be perfect brides, to which Victoria and Brittany excelled.
By the time Arthur was age 21 his father fell
with a fever, and despite the best efforts of the healers of the city, he died in his bed, passing on full control of House Sterdnai to Arthur. To which Arthur continues his father’s legacy of aggressive control, and management of the metallic life blood of the city.