De la Munte

House de la Munte is a near-extinct Lacrivian noble family. Seated in the mining town of Roumur, they held the settlement for fifty years before being ousted by House de Caringois in 155.
== Coat of Arms ==
The coat of arms of House de la Munte are 'Argent, a pall inverted Gules between three escutcheons Sable'. The symbolism behind this design is unclear.
== History ==
Originally House de la Munte were a band of travelling chevaliens, only twenty strong and landless. The head of the house in the late 1st Century, Geoffrois de la Munte, heard of the new settlement of Roumur and made a proposition to the people of the town. He offered the protection of a noble family, a force for good to stand up to any raiders or aggressors. His offer was accepted and Geoffrois built his motte-and-bailey fortress on a hill overlooking the town shortly afterwards. He was welcomed by the populace as he brought with him a sense of law and order, and promised to provide caravans for the traders as they passed through his territory.
The gold ran dry in 101, giving way to a much more lucrative vein of iron. In the war-torn region of Lacrivia, iron was in short supply and high demand, making Roumur a strategic target for every warlord within fifty kilometres.
Roumur came under attack several times over the next century. House de la Munte successfully defended the settlement against House Bois in 114 (the First Siege of Roumur Castle) and House Erlinghard in 152 (the Second Siege of Roumur Castle). However, their luck did not hold and Roumur fell to House de Caringois in 155 after the Third Siege of Roumur Castle. In its entirety, this period of local history is referred to as the Struggles of House Munte.
Following the loss of Roumur, only the youngest son of House de la Munte, Demechard, managed to escape. He found refuge in Clernois, becoming a baker to eke a living. Though he and his immediate successors tried to keep the pride of the house alive, eventually the heirs of House de la Munte forgot their heritage. Nowadays the line of the house still exists, though they are unaware of their nobility and claim to Roumur.
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