House Pineston

== Overview ==
House Pineston was a prestigious house operating in Southern Contra for hundreds of years, ruling over the region - first as Great Lord/Lady, then as Duke/Duchess - until its usurpation in 29 AG. The house ultimately became extinct after the death of Vae Pineston in 45 AG. They were tight-knit and frequently only had two children, sometimes one. Incest was common.
== History ==
House Pineston was founded hundreds of years prior to the Unified Retaliation, and at some point grew influential enough so that its heads were known as the Great Lady and Great Lord of the region that was southern Contra by 301 AG. Lannyn and Vae Pineston played a key role in coordinating with the other forces of the Continent during the Unified Retaliation, particularly in their evacuation of nearby areas during the Deerhold Landings. In 29 AG, when Lannyn died, Eldryd Armitage married former heir, Awela Armitage (neé Pineston), thereby dethroning House Pineston as the rulers of Contra, and making Seuldor Ridge Castle, their historical seat, now the seat of House Armitage. The house officially became extinct when Vae died in 45 AG, after spending years a prisoner in her own home. She was the last member of House Pineston, a metaphor for its irrelivence and death; slow, alone, and surrounded by those who usurped her - even her own daughter. 
== Legacy ==
House Pineston was mostly confined to tales of failed houses who kept to themselves and grew to be an anachronism for the people of Contra, unfit and oudated. Their example was frequently touted as how not to rule a region by scholars such as Uriah Hiedlande.
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