House Var Dallano

The arms of House Dallano; depicting Ordion, the Black Griffin of King Dalakhan.

## Details

### Notable Places

Tere-Velor, Dalakhan Bridge, Griffin's Roost

### Organizations

The Kingdom of Tere-Velor, The Duchy of Var Dallano, The Royal Inquisition, the Swords of the King, The Order of the Griffin

## House Var Dallano

Formerly head of a Duchy that made up a vast swathe of the burgeoning Tere-Velor, now the Royal House of the entire kingdom. This ancient and noble house descends from the first King of Tere-Velor, Argos Dalakhan I, and is the third dynasty to rule over the kingdom.

They are ruled currently by King Kaspar Var Dallano, whose titles include the King of Tere-Velor, the Duke of the Southern Reaches, Lord of the Greystone Sea, the Defenders of the Kaladan Coast and Keepers of the Grand Canal.

### The Dukes of Var Dallano

Since the days of the Kings of Var Dalakhan, the House of Dallano has been held in high esteem. They were originally granted dominion over the hinterlands around the city of Tere-Velor, and assumed control over the city itself when the Royal House of Lanaris died out in the 450s AR.

They were first named Dukes at the unification of the Kingdom in 157 AR, and were the first Lords raised by King Eldar Dalakhan II to the office of Duke (or Lord Paramount) over a vast swathe of his kingdom. Since then, their borders have grown, and over the years they expanded both the size of their realm and their influence in Tere-Velor's political landscape.

### The Duchy itself

Stretching from the southern Bank of the Tagua River, to the shores of the Silverine Sea, the Duchy of House Dallano is a beautiful land to behold. It is bordered in the east by the city-state of Liraxis, and to the west by the fellow Veloran Duchy of Var Ryker, and holds most of the kingdoms farmlands within its border. Fields of grain, garlic and beans cover most of the land east of Tere-Velor, along with grazing pastures for the livestock that belong to the King.

There is always hunting to be had in the outskirts of the Veridian Wood, but travellers are urged to avoid offending the resident Clans of Wood Elves.

### The Iron City

House Dallano's command of the Iron City has been unwavering, in the years since they made it the capital of their realm. Their firm control over the Greystone Sea and the mouth of the Halceron river give them a direct trade route north and east, through the dense jungle and the deserts beyond it. With the lands of the Red Empire, Andhara, in the grips of its dying throes, refugees have streamed south in great numbers to the safer lands of Tere-Velor and the Jekulan League. To guide all of these ships through to the rest of the world, the Kings of House Lanaris cut the city in two. The Grand Canal took a dozen years to build, as buildings were demolished along the Canal's planned path. When the work had finished, Tere-Velor was two cities in the place of one.

The textiles made and traded behind the city's walls are sent out to sea, with their merchant ships returning laden with gold and jewels. The Ikarian Cobalt Company and the Golden Wheel Trading Company vie with one another for trade monopolies within the city walls, and the Veloran merchant Guilds scrabble for whatever trade is left.