House Erikku

House Erikku is a noble house entirely made up of Aevum Yoakumaen Vampires. It primarily ruled in the lands that Visio made up once, but was spread throughout Maddrak, mainly in Lutum & Swardia. 
The Phoenix in their crest comes from the original Visian flag, and is imagery that had cropped up time & time again in Maddrakki history. The motto of House Erikku is "May the Dead Reign Eternal."
== History ==
==== Titles/Customs ====
Erikku is placed as a title before the names of all house members because "Erikku" means "undead", "vampire lord" and "immortal being" in different languages.
=== Pre-history ===
Visio was a ancient kingdom populated by the Valdics, but they were not its first inhabitants. Vampires and undead had long before ruled and 
populated the lands of Visio, known then as Visio Aeternae, with different Vampire groups and noble houses constantly fighting each other for control of the lands. Visio Aeternae came simply to be known as Visio over the years, with different groups migrating to the land, and other's populations thinning. Visio eventually became Andliria after being warred by Lafros, one of their own territories.
=== Kallierora's Curse ===
The Archdemon Kallierora, a powerful demon sealed away in a decaying castle in Skjoldibrodir. Hokolm Kunekari, the duke of Konimu at the time, visited this castle trying to escape from his troubles, but only found more. Kallierora, an ancient demon of the Visian land, and the very origin of Aternean Vampires, cursed Hokolm because of his family's bloodline, turning him into the first generation of his kind. Soon after this, Hokolm took back what was rightfully his via noble vampiric blood, Visio. Hokolm soothed the curse of Kallierora with cleansing rituals of Solonism, led by Rai Solonéc. Due to this, he and Rai got rather close, eventually having a son known as Carter, heir to Hokolm's throne.
=== Aevum Yoakumaen ===
Seved and Evzen z Červenliška-Adalwölf as well as Nyava Fynx-Arbastor were all be turned by Hokolm with Evzen later discovering a sort of cure to the curse. via the Aevum Yoakumaen; allowing them to trade direct contact with Kallierora for an insatiable hunger for knowledge and memories. The three became prominent government figures in Diregon, a nation made up of Visio, Lutum, and Swardia, before its collapse back into its three original countries. After this, Evzen was found as a plain fox, showing no real signs of his original intelligence, and Seved went back to taking care of Valkyr, his town. Nyava went on to turn more however. He also attempted to steal back Jurkoir (originally called Konimu, and on occasion refered to as Agorna-Vyrdd) from Swardia, as they stole most of Visio's land after the Second Phoenix Crisis, during which Diregon ccollapsed; however, this led to his home country, Shurida, being threatened & integrated into their overlord. In the end, he was unsuccessful in his endeavors of capturing the ancient city. 
=== Nyava's continuation ===
Nyava, due to Evzen turning into a regular looking fox, became de facto head of house, and would go on to make House Erikku far more prominent in Lutum. He turned Evzen's son, Antek z Červenliška-Kyan, into an Aevum Yoakumaen, due to his wish to continue his father's work. Nyava also later turned his wife and adopted son, Azeliya Lannien and Bobree, for their want for immortality and help to the Berrist cause respectively.
All would not be well, however, a side-effect of removing Kallierora's hold on their curse became clear after some of Nyava's kids had their own children; some of the Erikku's descendants had a chance to naturally develop Vampiric traits without having to be turned, meaning that it had become part of their genetics rather than something more magical or disconnected. Through this, Asvar II, Zsunia, and Bobree's children were all born into the Erikku line.
== Ends & Beginnings ==
=== End of Eldham ===
During the comet years, in the last breaths of Eldham, House Erikku would not do very much outside of their usual business (Excluding Asvar II, who became a great pain in his plan of conquest, separate to the noble family after they condemned his acts.) They prepped for the comet alongside the other Lutumite royals, though only Gentian (Bobree's son,) Zsunia, Asvar, and Raikan (only a newborn at the time,) would make it onto the new world of Abexilas.
In the new world, Gentian would have one child, Gabriel Fynx-Lime, and would die soon after completing Erikku Keep in the city of Umbar, Mizlarai.
Zsunia & Asvar would move in together after their hardships in trying to get to the new world. They live in Luden, Mizlarai, and would raise Raikan together until she was 27, when she set out into the world to explore.
=== Beginning of a new era ===
Raikan, now 44, would return to Mizlarai after spending many years in Kamtargaa, Ashkavar. In this time, she had now fully become a Berrist, and was looking to restart the religion proper, but more urgently, she would ask Zsunia & Asvar to crown her as head of House Erikku & House Fynx respectively. A bit hesitant at first, they soon agreed to this, and Raikan, originally barred from some of the perks of nobility & uncaring of her heritage, was now head of 2 Lutumite remnant families, and would merge them into House Fynikku.
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