House Carter

The Witherlands has been ruled by House Carter for thousands of years. The seat of House Carter is also the capital of the Witherlands, known as Grand Stead. One of the most formidable castles in the world, with high, strong walls located atop Mount Bliss, or “The Snow Leopard’s Den” as the common folk refer to it as, in reference to the Carter’s sigil. The Carters are derived as cold, unforgiving and utterly merciless, much like the land they rule, as well as being strong leaders, with great military tact, and skilled, lethal warriors, with the Rulers having to obtain a Knighthood before even being considered in the line of succession. The Caters are famous for their cold blue eyes, with very few people in all the Kingdoms wanting to be at the end of one of their glares. Typically, Carter men are known for being tall, with a muscular build and broad shoulders, where as the women are fairer, with small waists, and petite build.
The Carters were formerly known as Kings in the Witherlands, but Prince Mycah Carter renounced them as such after the battle of Fire and Ice, during the peak of the rivalry between House Skyfyre and Carter. At that point, the Carter Kings had become increasingly cruel and ruthless, adopting many unsavoury traditions and practices, including incest. In the battle, King Caelan the Callous was slain by Lord Arsten Skyfyre, the Bleeding Star. However the numbers of the Carter army overwhelmed the Skyfyres, capturing Arsten. Ultimately, it was a pyrrhic victory, as they lost their last King. When they looked to Mycah to execute Arsten, he refused, and freed him, along with denouncing himself, and all the Carters after him as Kings, giving up their brutal traditions and practices in the process. From then on, they became known as Lord Rulers.
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