House Macewood

"By Mace and Shield, these are the words of House Macewood." - Maester Oswald to the young masters of Castle Macewood.

## House Macewood

### Sigil

Two Maces Across on a Field of Orange and Charcoal Stripes.

## Background

### Titles

Shields of Blue Forrest, Lords of Macewood

## Information

### Heir

Ferrell MacewoodJonas Macewood

Oliver Macewood

Osha Macewood

Leonard Macewood

## Strength

### Navy

15 ships (10 sloops, 5 caravel)

**House Macewood of Blue Forrest** is a **minor vassal** of **House Estonia**, and a small house from **Easternburg**. House Macewood was founded in 176 CE by a sellsword from the Free Cities who was knighted by the Lord of Easternburg for valor in battle, **Ser Brandon of Crowhood**.

House Macewood are loyal vassals to House Estonia, and the Family have served the Kingdom of Easternlands since before its foundation.

## Traits

The Macewood Family has dabbled in craftsmanship and alchemy. They are known for their crafting of strong weaponry and enhanced ships. The Macewoods are known for being silver and dark-haired, with shining grey and green eyes. In addition, the Macewoods are known wide for their wisdom and fearsome fighting style.

## History

### Background

In 172 CE, a sellsword accompanied Lord Briam Ester after saving his life to the Easternlands where he was awarded for the kingdom's debt in him. The sellsword named Brandon served House Estonia and accompanied Lord Briam to the Easternburg as his household guard and traveled for three years in the Easternburg.

In 175 CE, Brandon was appointed as Captain of Crowhood's Guard during which Lord Briam served as the Lord of Crowhood. The following year, the **Siege of Finwood** took place where Brandon fought in the vanguard. He was known for his deadly fighting skill, wielding two bastard swords in battle. He managed to kill the Lord of Finwood, and for his valor in battle, he was knighted by the Lord of Easternburg. During the battle, Ser Brandon lost his sword, and forged a new weapon with the aid of sorcery, a mace made from the Steel of Blue Forrest, suiting well to Ser Brandon, a huge man with massive strength.

After knightood, Ser Brandon returned to Crowhood and served as the Lord of Crowhood in the Lord Briam's stead. In 176 CE, when he served as Captain of Crowhood's Guard, it was attacked by pirate mercenaries on the Eastern Coast. Ser Brandon led the vanguard against the pirate mercenaries and led a fearsome naval attack by using the merchant ships to secretly ambush by the sea. This led to a fearsome naval battle, known as **Crowhood's Skirmish**. This left the mercenary pirates outmatched and Ser Brandon successfully subdued the attack. For his fearlessness in Crowhood's Skirmish, Ser Brandon was awarded with lordship and founded House Macewood in 176 CE.

### Lords of Macewood

During the time, Ser Brandon served as Captain of Crowhood's Guard. He had built a fort above the Port Easternburg, a top hill. This fort was known as Castle Macewood, named after its strength and the use of maces by Ser Brandon.

When Ser Brandon became the Lord of Crowhood in 176 CE, he made Castle Macewood the seat of House Macewood. During the Lordship of Crowhood, a coup took place in Easternburg, when Commander Belton of the Southern Armies attacked Easternburg's Capital, **Knightmore**. Lord Brandon along with major houses of the Easternburg launched an attack on Knightmore. While Lord Brandon rallied his forces by land, a secret fleet attacked Knightmore by sea, led by Lord Brandon's nephew, **Captain Isaac** who attacked the Capital Port in 182 CE.

After capturing Capital Port, Knightmore went into siege by sea, while Lord Brandon attacked it by south, and the Kingdom's Royal Forces attacked by North, recapturing Knightmore and executing Commander Belton along with his supporters. Following the Siege of Knightmore, Lord Brandon married Lady Annabel of House Ferrell in 183 CE following his wife's death the previous year.

### Rise to Power

In 184 CE, Lord Brandon was appointed as the Lord-Bishop of Easternburg for his past valors in battles and loyalty to the Royal House of Estonia. As Lord-Bishop of Easternburg, Lord Brandon formed Easternburg's First Council and made changes in policies of the Vassal Region of the Kingdom. Lord Bishop appointed Captain Isaac as the **Captain of Ships**, Lord **Salmon Terry** as the **Head of Laws**, **Ser Andrew Finwood** as the **Captain of Guard**, and Lord **Rowan Royce** as **Commander of Arms**. Together, they became the **Council of Easternburg**.

Following the assassination of Lord Brandon in 198 CE, he was succeeded by his eldest son as Lord of Crowhood, Ser **Ferrell Macewood**, a knight of House Macewood and a Master Sergeant of Easternburg's Guard. Lord Ferrell was an experienced war lieutenant and had been fighting since he was sixteen. After becoming Lord of Crowhood, he was appointed as a War-Lieutenant in Lord Typhon's War Council. Ser Ferrell went on to served the Kingdom as a War-Lieutenant until 204 CE, when Lord Ferrell was appointed as the **Captain of Arms** under Marshal Robar as Commander of Arms.

During the time period, Lord Ferrell appointed his sister, Lady **Mary Macewood** as the **Lady of Crowhood** in his stead. While Lord Ferrell served as the Captain of Arms, Lady Mary formed new policies in Crowhood that led to the love and support of the people towards her and House Macewood. In 207 CE, Lord Ferrell returned to Crowhood as Commander of Arms and stayed there until ordered by **Lord-Bishop of Easternburg**. The following year, Lord Ferrell married Lady **Evelyn Sinclair** and had twins, **Oliver Macewood** and **Osha Macewood**. Sometime in 211 CE, Lord Ferrell served as the Lord Advisor of Easternburg, commanding both its guard and fleet, Lord Ferrell became a known military and naval commander. During this time, House Macewood had the strongest fleet in Easternburg, known by the name, **Shadow Creepers**.

In 213 CE, Lord Ferrell was appointed as the Lord-Bishop of Easternburg after the death of the former. To strengthen his support, he married his sister, Lady Mary Macewood to **Lieutenant Terry Weasley**, a minor vassal of the North-East Hills. Lieutenant Terry served Easternburg as the Captain of Ships in 214 CE. The king appointed Lieutenant Terry as Lord of Capital Port, forming **House Weasley of Capital Port**, a vassal of House Macewood.

By the quarter of the second century, House Macewood became a minor vassal of the Crown of Easternland. In the reign of **King Donald of Estonia**, the kingdom fell into rebellion, with the king on his deathbed as he fell victim of **Sickworm**. The Kingdom fell into a chaotic state, and the houses rebelled, each supporting their respective prince to succeed the throne, which also led to the **War of the Three Kings**. During this time, Lord Ferrell served as the Lord-Bishop of Easternburg, gathering much support in the war. Lord Ferrell supported the third prince, **Prince Winsley of Estonia** in the succession of the crown, and to further strengthen his support, he married his son, Commander **Torrhen Macewood** to Lady Lucy Ferrell, gaining Hilton's Support.

Lord Ferrell supported the second prince, Prince Winsley of Estonia in the succession of the crown, and House Macewood along with their vassals fought in the War of the Three Kings, with the middle prince, Prince Eston became King in 228 CE, but only to succumb to his own death by Sickworm, and his daughter marrying her uncle, Prince Winsley in 229 CE, with the third heir of King Donald becoming king.

For their loyalty in the succession of the crown, Lord Ferrell became the Lord-Advisor of the Crown in 231 CE, following his second marriage to **Duchess Dyane of Estonia**, the niece of the king. Lord Ferrell married his daughter, Lady **Osha Macewood** to Ser Richard Potter, to gain support by western borders.

### Kings of Easternburg

After the death of assassination of King Winsley in 241 CE, he was succeeded by his nephew, Prince Jayden as king. Weak-willed and controlled by his advisors, the Kingdom of Easternland fell into rebellion once more, with its regions apart. During the second chaotic state of the kingdom, Lord Ferrell, the advisor and nephew-in-law of the former king, formed his defensive stance by the borders of Easternburg, and led a coup in 244 CE, after the death of **King Jayden I of Estonia**, who was succeeded by his steps-son, **Sea Lord Casper of East Sea**.

Lord Ferrell sized Knightmore in 244 CE, and founded the **Kingdom of Easternburg**. King Ferrell I Macewood ruled the kingdom till 257 CE, when he was poisoned on a royal voyage to the Southern Kingdoms, as a tactic by King Casper. King Ferrell was succeeded by his eldest son, King Torrhen Macewood in 258 CE.

## Household

* **Ser Brandon of Finwood**, the founder of House Macewood.
	+ **Captain Isaac**, his nephew and the **Captain of Ships**.
	+ Royal Captain **Arya Cornell**, his first wife and mother of his twin children. A Naval Captain of the Easternland, whom he married after the **Battle of Hamburn** in 173 CE.
		- Lady **Mary Macewood**, his firstborn, daughter from Captain Arya and elder twin.
			* **Lord Terry Weasley**, her husband. Naval Lieutenant of the Kingdom of Easternland and the Lord of Capital Port. Founder of House Weasley of Capital Port.
		- Ser **Ferrell Macewood**, his firstborn, son from Captain Arya and younger twin.
			* Lady **Evelyn Macewood**, his first wife and a mage of Tyrinia.
				+ Lady **Osha Macewood**, his daughter, firstborn from Lady Evelyn and elder twin.
					- Ser **Richard Potter**, her husband. A knight of House Potter and Captain of Suncoast's City Guard.
				+ Ser **Oliver Macewood**, his eldest son, firstborn from Lady Evelyn and younger twin.
			* **Duchess Dyane of Estonia**, his second wife and duchess of Estonia.
	+ Lady **Annabel Ferrell**, his second wife and mother of his other children. Third Lady of Hilton.
		- Ser **Jonas Macewood**, his secondborn from Lady Annabel.