House Stane of Estermont

"**Stane** is Látin for '**Stone**', where we get our names, '***The Stanes***', after my father and your grandfather, Lord Albert Stane, first of his name and the **Founder of House Stane**.

-Lady Daria talking to her nieces and nephews about her father, Lord Alberteus Stane, the **Founder of House Stane**.

## House Stane of Estermont

### Sigil

Greyhound on Field of Blue and Brown Gyronny.

## Information

### Heir

Alberteus II Stane, Francis Stane, Arstan Stane, Lara Stane, Lucan Stane, Gregory Stane, Samwell Stane, Olson Stane, David Stane, Jamie Stane, Ethan Stane, Bart Stane

### Allegiance

House Clayton, House Blackgard, House Darkwing, House Lawson

### Vassals

House Davis of Arkwood, House Benfry of Fort Stane

## Strength

### Military

140 men; 60 guards, 50 bannermen, 30 cavalrymen

### Navy

10 Ketches

**House Stane of Estermont** is a knightly house located in **Northeast Estermont**, just below the Porté Francésco in the Arkwood Forrest. As a member of the **Order of St. Christopher's**, Ser Albert, a young knight led a group of men to three skirmishes of victory by the Arkwood Forrest to which he was appointed as the Captain of the Townsguard of **Arkwood Forrest Belt**.

## History

### Foundation

In Late 107 CE, the **Northeast of the Great Stern** faced a rebel attack by eastern docks towards Vale with the capture of **Fort Glöin** by exiled knights and outlaws. The **Lord-Viceroy of Northeast**, Lord Addam Byrch ordered the Sheriff Captain of Arkwood Forrest Belt, Lord **Tylar Hill** to crush the rebels. After the beheading of the Lord Commandant of **Fort Glöin**

In Mid of September 107 CE, Fort

assembled his council of war lieutenants, and organized a plan to defend the **Eastern Shores** from pirates while taking the offensive and defensive stance towards the rebels and the recapture of Forts **Gloin** and **Hale**.

In Early 108 CE, a war lieutenant of Lord **Tylar Hill**, Lord **Leonard Ivanstar** (the **Son of Late Lord Romulus Ivanstar**) rallied an army of noblemen loyal to the cause of guarding their motherland, tasked Ser Ethan Rivers, his bannerman and war sergeant of gathering a group of mercenaries from the Free Cities to fight at the forefront on the sieges of Forts Gloin and Hale. Ser Ethan brought with him a group of mercenaries numbering one-hundred men to fight at the forefront, including exiled knights of Tyrinia such as Ser Jacob the Mercenary, Ser Garrick Thorne, Ser Olson the Frank, and Ser **Alvarr Seaborn**, while they also included of sellswords such as Kenyan Rogers, Alton Easternling, Harrion Rivers, Alberteus Seaborn, and Mandon Seaborn.

From **June to September 108 CE**, the **Sieges of Forts Gloin and Hale** took place where an army of three hundred men including mercenaries under **War Lieutenants** Lord Leonard Ivanstar, Ser Gareth Rivers, Lord Jason of Fork, and Lord Tyland Blount marched against the rebel army numbering up to one hundred and twenty men, but an ambush of eighty archers awaited the northeastern army at the **East Rivers Valley**. Sellswords **Alberteus**, **Alvarr**, and **Jacob** as mountain warfare experts advised the war lieutenants to scout and counter if an ambush awaits the valley. Having the trust of **Lord Ivanstar** and **Ser Gareth**, the army of three hundred divided into three groups, one led by Jacob to scout and patrol