De'Seditus

House de'Seditus (Euluska: Ylvala de'Seditus, Old Euluska: Elvaütta de'Zedituz) was a famed noble family, They were one of the Great Seven Euluskan Noble Families, which united in the year 0 into the Euluskan Empire. They made their fortune as rulers of the city at the end of the Morna'la, the 700-mile long gulf that cut into the Horn and facilitated trade around the Euluskan homeland.
== Brief History ==
The noble house were first recorded in the -300s TE as the de'Zedituz' (de short for derava) house, around the northern end of the Morna'la, the gulf that carves deep into the Horn. Their ancestral hold was the now-city of Forta Morna, City of the Gulf, which was a large walled castle keep and a large inland port. This port was the fastest way to trade goods and move up and down the 600-mile inlet, so it became highly wealthy from a smörgåsbord of varied trade. Forta Morna was, in antiquity (from the -200s to the 600s when Sanctum became larger) the largest city in the Horn and Fallo besides Lyskaön - for these eight centuries, the de'Seditus family were one of the richest of the Seven Great houses. 
The de'Seditus family, throughout their existence, showed subtle-to-moderate evidence of a bloodline mutation, that being a faint swarthy purplish complexion, dark veins, and slightly better low-light vision. It was subtle, and most of the family passed for humans (good thing too, as the Empire was prejudiced against non-human-looking people), but certain members showed it more than others. 
== Seats of Power ==
=== The Duchy of Sedia ===
Once the Danderillon was colonised in the first four centuries TE, the de'Seditus family was made governors of the dukedom of the then-town of Sedia (Sediyä) some time later in the 7th century. They held this position as the Duchy of Sedia until the fall of the Empire in 1519. However, their descendants maintained their hold on Sedia from thereon, under their own independent isolated rulership. Sedia was a warm, gorgeous small coastal city at the ultimate NW point of the Indrateran mainland, surrounded by the cold hills.
=== The Province of West Wolcott ===
During the Euluskan colonial administration of Lakay and the Wolcott Straits (early 13th century to 1513) the de'Seditus family ruled part of the proximal straits, with their seat of power at the mountain palace on Pharox Thas Isle. They technically had dominion over the populous shipbuilding paradise isle of Heather's Vineyard, but the Vineyard became more autonomous and hard to rule in the last few decades. Their hold here entirely crumbled in 1510, 3 years before the colonial administration's collapse due to a revolution, because much of the Euluskan-Lakayan nobility died in the Pharox Thas Catastrophe.
=== The Grand Duchy of the Morna'la ===
Morna'la, and the city of Forta Morna were the family's ancestral seat of power throughout history. They rarely lost their hold on these areas for more than a few decades in times of really bad civil wars or infighting. They became rich due to the lucrative trade connections and highly coveted location - the Morna'la was a large 700-mile long inlet that cut the Horn in two, with the capital Lyskeiön at its mouth, and Forta Morna at its origin.
== Notable Members ==
The de'Seditus family contributed numerous great nobles to the throne of the Euluskan Empire, to the governorship of its protectorates, etc...
* Rexia de'Seditus, Duchess of Abavale Shire (Abavërixa) in the 270s and 280s. She befriended the wandering immortal Rychárd Dread, and fell in love with him. He took care of her in her old age and eventual death. 
* Vaselka de'Seditus - Grand Admiral of the Lakayan Fleet from the 1490s to 1510. She was a cunning naval tactician. However, she was killed during the Pharox Thas Catastrophe, where pirates drew a Kraken to her manor during her birthday party with hundreds of nobles present. 
* Rekuölos XIII de'Seditus - Emperor from 1494-1514. Antepenultimate ruler of the Empire, Regulus (anglicised) ruled during the age of decline - he witnessed the independence of Lakay and Felonil, as well as the Disforza Conspiracy orchestrated by the Calinezzi family, as well as his own cousin:
* Valaneä de'Seditus. Duchess of the Shire of Helgot (Valaxko ka Rixathin ka Helkotyrmixë) - active during the 1500s, she was the secondary organiser of the Disforza Conspiracy, and tried to assassinate Colombo di'Sforza with a bomb, but only injured his daughter and killed an army captain. Valaneä was cousin of the Emperor. She also had an extramarital affair with her co-conspirator Jakobo Euvristhim Calinezzi.
* Betryz II de'Seditus - Empress for two weeks from 1514 to 1515. The penultimate ruler, she abdicated because she sensed the coming end.
* Rómlaz XIII de'Seditus - Emperor from 1515 to 1519. Final emperor. Youngest brother of Rekuölos XIII and Betryz II, he ruled for four years before the Sack of Lyskeiön occurred. He was shot dead by Lakayan soldiers and his body was hung from the royal castle walls.
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