House Courland

The Lords of Hillbrook, House Courland is a martial house with highly assertive and fiercely loyal attitude in the name of Mirwood. House Courland is an exceptionally proud and noble house, even among those in Mirwood. They are responsible for the breeding and training of warsteeds and workhorses that populate Mirwood and Westridge. With idyllic rolling hills and fields, there is certainly plenty of room for this industry in Hillbrook. If Westridge were to send out postcards of life in the Duchy, they would most likely have images of Hillbrook painted on them. Despite the peaceful region, the ruling house of Courland is far from gentle.
House Courland is seated at Woodfort, a massive wood-built fortress just outside Caledon that is both imposing and defensible.
Rules over the Barony of Hillbrook
== History ==
== Current Status ==
House Courland also forms the final point of the ‘Mirwood Triumvirate’, serving as the martial arm of the arrangement. House Courland protects the idyllic lifestyles of their Jolley cousins and backs the words of their De Vries lords. While not xenophobic as such, House Courland is largely intolerant of those outside Mirwood and nurse a storied martial history that only proves to them their own superiority. Those of House Courland have a mindset that a man who has not proven himself astride a warsteed in the heat of combat is no man at all. Nobles within House Courland who have not mastered the reins and do not ride in service to the realm at some significant period in their lives are routinely barred from inheritance. Due to this, Courland has a higher than average number of Knights-Errant seeking to prove their worth, but few who have passed the test.
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