House Greenhand

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 **Overlords**
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**House Greenhand** is a Stormwindian noble house that rules over the Barony of Sunhome in Northern Deadwind Pass.

House Greenhand can be considered an outlier among the noble Houses of Stormwind, as it was founded only during the Gurubashi War, when a Kul Tiran hero was knighted by House Cheatgrass, the former overlords of Sunhome. However, its members take pride in their young Stormwindian heritage.

For the hundreds of years that House Cheatgrass ruled Sunhome, they were infamous for their exploitation of the land and citizenry, seen as distant and tyrannical, separate from the populace. Conversely, even since before their rule over Sunhome began shortly after the Fourth War, House Greenhand have been champions of the people, with each Lord earning their place among the Sunhome River Wardens.

## History

### Origins

The first Greenhand was a Kul Tiran named Gosrick, who left the island nation with his wife Amapola a few decades after the Gnoll War, arriving to a Stormwindian town at Blackwater Bay in Stranglethorn, and eventually founding a small frontier village in the jungle north of the bay. Not much is known about who Gosrick and Amapola were before arriving in Azeroth, except that Gosrick was an avid hunter and ostensibly from a noble line, while Amapola was a commoner and a skilled herbalist.

In the first days of the Gurubashi War, the Trolls raided Gosrick's village, forcing his family and the villagers to flee. While travelling north, they happened upon a group of Sunhome River Wardens and their Lord fighting off a Troll ambush on the Nazferiti. With the help of Gosrick and his men, the Trolls were defeated, and the parties combined to escape the jungle. During this time, Gosrick earned the name of 'Gosrick the Greenhand' for the Gurubashi blood that he spilled.

### Sunhome

Once they had arrived in Sunhome, Lord Cornelius Cheatgrass knighted Gosrick as Sir Gosrick Greenhand for his tenacity in battle, granting him a parcel of land for his family and people to take residence upon, as well as a place within the ranks of the River Wardens. Sir Gosrick went on to become captain of the River Wardens, and his son Gideon followed in his footsteps, becoming a River Warden himself.

Although Sir Gosrick the Greenhand was never a Stormwindian noble, he is still considered to be the founding father of House Greenhand.

A couple of years after, Sir Gosrick's son Gideon was wed to Lady Celesnia, the firstborn child of Lord Cornelius Cheatgrass.

About a year later, their first son, Garruk, was born. Then, just a few years before the first opening of the Dark Portal, they had their second son, whom they named Gottfried.

### The First War

When the Orcs began to near the borders of Sunhome, Lord Cornelius ordered that the River Wardens escort the nobility of Sunhome to Stormwind City, but Lady Celesnia and Gideon refused to abandon the Sunhomians, so Lord Cornelius and his contingent left without them. Their boats would never make it to Stormwind, as their voyage was intercepted by Orcish raiders, who swiftly overpowered the Sunhomians with their superior strength. Sir Gosrick the Greenhand perished in the ambush, along with Lord Cornelius and most of the other passengers, leaving Lady Celesnia as the Baroness of Sunhome.

At Lady Celesnia's decree, the residents of Catarcton fled the city, scattering into the wilderness.

### Restoration

The Orcs were driven out through the war efforts of Gideon Greenhand with the aid of his men, including his son Garruk. Wanting to usher in a new era for Sunhome, Lady Celesnia renounced the actions of House Cheatgrass and donned her husband's name, becoming Lady Celesnia Greenhand and declaring House Greenhand the Lords of Sunhome. This development emboldened the Sunhomians, invoking a sense of unity within the populace, and driving them on to rebuild their home. During this period of reconstruction, Amapola Greenhand passed away of old age.

### The Northrend Campaign

When the Scourge invaded the south, the River Wardens were dispatched to aid the neighboring lands, and Lord Gideon Greenhand fell in battle, leading to Garruk becoming the new Lord-Captain.

### Fourth War

Once contact with Kul Tiras was reestablished during the Fourth War, Garruk was granted leave to visit Kul Tiras with Grotto in order to discover the ancestral House of their grandfather, Gosrick.

### Severance

Garruk and Grotto remained in Kul Tiras for two years, until they received word of the demise of their lady mother, the Baroness Celesnia Greenhand, at the hands of the wild Scourge that were running rampant across Azeroth, and the wilderness of Sunhome. The brothers swiftly returned home, and in the subsequent battles, Grotto Greenhand was slain by the Scourge along with the bulk of the remaining River Wardens, and Garruk was left severely injured.

### Present Day

Since that day, Garruk Greenhand has been the Baron of Sunhome, leading with no family to support him, aided only by his advisors. Although Sunhome has mostly seen relatively peaceful days since Baron Garruk's ascension, some still remain suspicious of the circumstances surrounding the most recent deaths of his family members.

## Notable Members

### Gosrick Greenhand

Sir Gosrick the Greenhand was the first Greenhand, a Kul Tiran, knighted by House Cheatgrass about twenty years before the First War.

### Amapola Greenhand

The wife of Sir Gosrick; not much is known about her, except that she was a gifted alchemist, and that she also hailed from Kul Tiras.

### Gideon Greenhand

The son of Gosrick and Amapola, famed hero of the First War, and husband to Lady Celesnia.

### Lady Celesnia Greenhand

Formerly Celesnia Cheatgrass prior to the First War when she became the Baroness of Sunhome; remained so until her death after the Fourth War.

### Garruk 'Gol Gary' Greenhand

The elder son of Gideon and Celesnia, Lord-Captain of the Sunhome River Wardens since the War Against the Lich King, Baron of Sunhome since the death of his mother.

### Gottfried 'Grotto' Greenhand

The younger son of Gideon and Celesnia, former Westfall Brigade soldier known to some as "Sir Grotto the Favored" during his service in the Grizzly Hills, and avid adventurer until his death after the Fourth War.

## Lands and Vassals

### Catarcton

The seat of the Barony of Sunhome is Catarcton, a city that spans the forested banks and singular island of Lake Miramere at the valley's center. The island is occupied by the Greenhold, the residence of both House Greenhand and the Sunhome River Wardens.

### Vassals

While House Greenhand lacks any noble vassals, the valley's more prominent landowners abide by a similar hierarchy.

### Overlords

Neither House Greenhand nor the Barony of Sunhome have ever been vassalized by a larger fief of Stormwind, kneeling only to House Wrynn.

## Coat of Arms

**Crest:**
Iron Anchor

**Helm:**
Morion Helmet

**Coronet:**
Baron Coronet

**Torse Colors:**
Black, Red, Blue, and Yellow

**Supporters:**
Seagulls

**Description of Shield:**
A green bear claw over an orange field, with black lines containing a stream of sky blue on both sides, and the same orange on the outer edge of the crest.

**Orders:**
Stormwind Knighthood

**Motto:**
Keep Me Wild

**Provincial Compartment:**
Sunhome

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## Gallery

Baron Garruk GreenhandShield of House GreenhandA Sunhome River WardenSunhome (Map ratified by Baron Garruk Greenhand)