House Boyce

House Boyce of Newcastle, is the royal house of the Kingdom of Aqoris from the Domainlands. House Boyce conquered and unified the realm under the leadership of Barden I Boyce and his descendants have ruled over the Kingdom he built for over four centuries as the Kings of Aqoris. 
The sigil of House Boyce is a white bear rampant on a navy blue field and their words are "The Fury of Honour". 
The head of House Boyce is King Warren I Boyce, often called the "Bear of the North" for his actions in the Northern Wars. His heir is his younger brother, Prince Ronan Boyce, who is often referred to as the White Bear. 
==History==
=== Background===
Barden Boyce was born during the Age of Fire in a small village (now present-day Newcastle) that was frequently ravaged by wars between the Kingdom of the Hills and the Kingdom of Field and Grain. He is believed to have had a prophetic dream that said he and his descendants were destined to defend the realm of men from an impending evil and that he must forge a new Kingdom to do so. In 5 BF, he founded House Boyce (the surname of his father, Sir Aegadar Boyce) and built a Keep on a hill overlooking the village he was born into, also felling an ancient beartree which he believed was sacred and carved the Bear Throne. In 2 BF, Barden made his first expansionist move, invading the island of Winter's Rock and causing the extinction of House Maeson and installation of House Boyce of Winter's Rock. Over time, the several villages that had sprung up around the new keep were unified by Barden into the city of Newcastle in 1 BF. He became the Lord of Newcastle and proclaimed himself as ruler of the Domainlands, the contested region, and he gained the support of the noble houses there who were fed up of being attacked by the neighbouring Kingdoms. Barden led the Domainlands into war with the Highhand King of Fields and also had the support of many Southland Houses who joined his side in rebellion. He named Deron Durham of Arkridge as the Warden of the South. 
In 0 AF, he was crowned as King of Aqoris by the High Adepton and became known as Barden of the House Boyce, first of his name, King of Aqoris and Defender of The Realm. The Kingdom of Aqoris was founded and embarked on a war of conquest against the Syder Kings of the Hills and extinguished their line and established House Carlisle as Wardens of the North. He then went on and waged war against the Rocke Kings of The Lake and Jaxar Rocke bent the knee to him in 2 AF. The Kingdom (except the Borderlands which would be conquered much later) was unified under Barden's Dream. 
 
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