Houses of Vox Orenis

This is the page dedicated to notable houses of the nation Vox Orenis. This document is mainly used to document their histories, family trees, and to give information about the royal succession. These family trees follow the crown, listing who holds it and their children, but their sibling's/children's children do not show. When a member of a family dies they will get a short description, when a king dies they will get a longer description.
==Family Trees==
===House Fortuna===
House Fortuna is the house that effectively founded Vox Orenis, only effectively because the common folk are the ones who elected a king. That king was Virgil, a at the time young man who was generally good natured, intelligent, and charismatic. To the people he was a charitable and kind ruler who protected them from the dangers of the wild. Far more importantly he was an amazing leader who ensured that many people lived through the trails of the long march. Many believed him to be blessed by the spirits and sent to protect them. In Virgil's advanced age he set out on an adventure to find a legendary item, he was never seen again and there was no body to be buried. Virgil's children are as follows:
*Alessa 'the Wicked' - A distinctly cruel woman who was a known murderer and adultery who whelped many bastards. Extremely capable at intrigue, and a torturer in hobby. After her brother, Edwyn, died she initiated a coup which led to the death of the entire family, except one. Died in a cold, dark cell.
*Maris - Died of natural causes. Lived the life of a house-wife and gave birth to two children.
*Merydyth - Originally Edywn's heir, was later changed once he had a capable child. Extremely capable woman and the most blessed of Virgil's children. She was a diplomat that ensured peace was maintained within the kingdom after the coup. Died of blood loss due to a severed hand, caused by the coup.
*Molianne - Died stillborn, her death sent Virgil is a spiral of depression and stress that he never truly recovered from.
Edwyn 'the Good' was well known to be a very honorable person. Kind, just like his father, many easily accepted his rule after his father assumed death. Growing up he wanted to be a scholar but, his father forced him to learn how to fight. Perhaps due to this, Edwyn had a hobby of scholarship and spent lots of time talking with the various priests. With the help of those priests, he discovered a way to domesticate wild cows. Edwyn was also well known to be fat, often holding feast where the nobles invited would revel. He eventually died of old age.
*Rodik - Died stillborn, it was Edwyn's first child and made the realm worry that it meant a bad omen, this was proven wrong by the future.
*Walys - Not as blessed as his siblings he tried his best to keep up with them. Due to this he quickly became stressed and injured himself in his youth trying to learn swordsmanship. After that, he gave up trying to be like his siblings and found his own way in life. His scar attracted many beautiful woman which he enjoyed until he later married one. Died capturing Alessa by impalement from a hidden dagger.
*Will - Just as capable as Anwyn but too young to be king. He grew salty of that and to get away from it would often leave the territory to explore. Earning himself the title of scouts commander. These explorations eventually led to the colonization of Mysteryinn. He died from his trusted scouts that Alessa had bribed.
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*Bwyin - Died stillborn, although people no longer though it was a bad omen it was still something that distraught the people. King Edwyn and his wife were still as affected though.
Anwyn 'the Unprepared' led an extremely short rule and died before the crowning ceremony. She was a woman capable of many things, a real expert jack of trades. Would've been the first queen. She died from poisoning but, luckily she already had a child that Alessa had failed to kill.
Raylon 'the Hideous' was a good but, hated king. The realm was in a state of poverty after the Bloody Coup which Raylon spent his entire life fixing. He was a hideous person and quite boring to talk to. He was not greedy however his entire life did revolve around money and that made him quite stingy with the national funds. He was a very diligent and intelligent man when it came to administration, though he lacked in everything else. He was truly a king that the realm needed at the time. Many nobles hated him because he would give most of the landed titles in Mysteryinn to new nobles instead of the old guard nobles. These nobles went so far as to create a faction against him, even though he tried his best to reconcile it never worked. Another achievement of his happened when he tamed an animal into being a pet, a cat he named Yndros. He eventually worked himself into an early grave at the age of 40.
* Derwa 'the Diligent' - She was a women well versed in managing the realm. Much of her life was in spent managing the realm and ensuring the next generation of the dynasty were up to par. She was known to be a prideful woman and that pride was well deserved. She was the regent and teacher of Queen Tinessa when she was a child and due to that Tinessa had a strong connection to her. One of her children founded House Cidis, a cadet family of house Fortuna.
* Ammara - She had the personality of a snake as well as it's stealth. She was married into a vassal's family and later died a boring life.
* Damina - She was an amazing instructor in the military. Known to be strong, honorable, and authoritative she was a great fit ensuring the army was well trained. She was also known to read books and spent a lot of her time conversing with the more learned people of the realm. 
Owen 'the Fairest in Orenis' was a known reveler and often organized game events. He was considered extremely attractive, so much so, that many people believed that Raylon 'the Hideous' was not actually his father. Even so, he was a very chaste man that only had one child. He was also a known liar and there are several accounts of him being extremely rude to people. In his short reign he squandered much of the money that his father had died obtaining. The only reason he was chosen as king was because his young, and better, brother was too young at the time. He died of mistreatment when dealing with an illness and ruled for only one year.
Halmon 'the Friend' was king Owen's brother. Where Owen was a reveler, Halmon was a capable diplomat. He mended the relationship between the royals and nobles due to the reign of Raylon and Owen. This allowed the realm to flourish as the nobles were now paying their full taxes. Halmon got his epitaph due to the amount of friends he had, many of which were from the common background. People viewed him as kind and just, however he was also very proud. He was the first king to wear a crown and during his realm he went on a journey to find a family heirloom. He went out with a group of followers and returned with a beautifully crafted sword that seems to not rust or dull, however his followers did not return with him and he refusing to talk of the manner. He died of a plague that ravaged the realm killing lots of his friends, his daughter, and most important to him his beloved wife. Many assumed that he was in an extreme amount of mental and physical pain because, on his death bed he was smiling.
* Delani - Died of a plague along with her father and mother. 
Tinessa 'the Lady of Blades' was known to be a great queen who brought prosperity to the land. This was an unexpected outcome and many people believed that her reign would be a bad one because of her arbitrary and deceptive personality. She was a very strong fighter and personally led many battles in a very aggressive fashion. She had gotten her nickname from the countless fights that she had been involved in, and won. In her youth she had spent the majority of her time fighting people, so much so, that the taxes piled up progressively. Thanks to the efforts of her aunt, Derwa, that money was spent wisely and with the approval of Tinessa it was invested into the economy. Later, when Derwa had died, she had to spend less time fighting and managed the realm quite well. A few years before her death she had built a monument, a large tower that dwarfed all other buildings in the realm.
* Ormond - Died a stillborn.
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