House Vollney

House Vollney is a minor noble house of Orzammar.
== Background ==
The House was founded within the last 500 years.As the work of Scholar Gertek involves the Paragons of the last 500 years. Despite its low position within the Noble caste, House Vollney is still represented in the Assembly by a deshyr because it was founded by a Paragon.
== Known members ==
* Paragon Vollney – known for being elected to Paragon status by the narrowest margin in the history of the dwarves; his ascension however has been tainted by allegations of corruption as the single vote that carried the motion to make him a Paragon was rumored to be influenced by intimidation, intrigue and outright bribery—all of the events that unfolded were recorded in the MemoriesAs mentioned by Scholar Gertek.
* Lord Vollney[note] – on the eve of the Fifth Blight, he makes a 100 illegal bet that Everd Bera will defeat Mainar during a Proving; he used Beraht, the boss of the Carta at that time, to fix the match in Everd's favorAccording to Jarvia right after Captured started during the Dwarf Commoner Origin.
* Lord Darvianak Vollney – he is a four-time Grand Proving champion, having fought to clear his name which was implicated in his brother's murder
* Lord Sardirak Vollney – the deshyr of House Vollney in 9:41 Dragon; he sends a letter to Lord Vollney informing him of the balance of power in the Assembly in regards to Bianca Davri's nomination for Paragon
* Bruntin Vollney – a low ranked member of House Vollney who intended to kill Scholar Gertek for writing a book on Paragon Vollney—which he believed was based on slander and hearsay
* Randar Vollney – Oghren mentions that he fought his second in a Proving match after having fifteen lichen-alesMentioned by Oghren the first time he leaves Orzammar if he is told to take his time.
* Varlan Vollney – for reasons unknown, he joins the Legion of the Dead and becomes a close friend of Sigrun; he dies during the Legion's assault on Kal'Hirol in 9:31 Dragon; Sigrun takes his gold ring (with the crest of House Vollney on it) and keeps it as a reminder of her lost friendMentioned by Sigrun during the last part of Sigrun's Roguish Past.
== Notes ==
* The unnamed "Lord Vollney" may potentially be Lord Darvianak Vollney, there however is no additional or clarifying information to confirm this.
== Trivia ==
* According to Gorim, if Bruntin eventually kills Gertek, major noble Houses that had Gertek's patronage like House Meino will crush House Vollney.
== Gallery ==
Bruntin image.jpg‎|Bruntin Vollney
Lord Darvianak Vollney.jpg|Darvianak Vollney
== References ==
Category:Dwarven houses
Category:Noble caste
Category:Dwarven lore