House of Hsu

The **House of Hsu** is the royal house reigning in the Kingdom of Oasis Springs. Its founder was King Kash. The current Head of the House is the current monarch of the country, Queen Naya, and its heir is Naya' eldest child, Crown Princess Arya.

The House of Brindleton is a cadet branch of the House of Hsu, which is technically its senior branch.

## Official members

To be a member of the House of Hsu, a person has to be born with the surname "Hsu", being bestowed with it, or being married into the family. Being born with the surname "Hsu" means the parent someone gets the surname from posses a higher title than their spouse (for example, Princess Arya is a Hsu because her Hsu mother used to posses the title of Queen Regnant, which is higher than Arya's McWilliams father's title of Prince Consort).

There have been a total of fifty-one blood members of the House of Hsu (fourty-nine if Countess Tierra and Lord Ajay, who were born out of wedlock, are not counted, although they did get the surname "Hsu" upon their birth), sixteen of them being currently alive (seventeen if Lord Ajay is counted). They are listed below:

* King Kash of Oasis Springs.
	+ King Jarrod of Oasis Springs.
		- King Sahar of Oasis Springs.
			* King Easton of Oasis Springs.
				+ King Jarrod of Brindleton Bay (founder of the House of Brindleton).
				+ King Adrian of Oasis Springs.
					- **Queen Naya of Oasis Springs**.
						* **Crown Princess Arya of Oasis Springs**.
						* **Princess Kimberly of Sulani and Oasis Springs** (her offspring will belong to the House of Sulani).
						* **Princess Ayesha of Oasis Springs**.
						* **Prince Manuel, Duke of Oasis Springs**.
							+ **Lady Priya of Oasis Springs**.
					- **Prince Francisco of Oasis Springs, Count of Brindleton Bay** (his offspring belong to House of Brindleton).
					- **Princess Megan of Oasis Springs, Duchess of Windenburg** (her offspring belong to the House of Windenburg).
					- **Prince Michael, Marquess of Oasis Springs**.
						* **Lord Ajay of Oasis Springs**.
						* **Lady Rosalind of Oasis Springs**.
			* Queen Elena of Willow Creek (her offspring belong to the House of Willow).
		- Princess Amaya of Oasis Springs, Marchioness of Windenburg (her offspring belong to the House of Windenburg).
		- Princess Gia, Marchioness of Oasis Springs.
			* Marquess Lucian of Oasis Springs.
				+ Duchess Jillian of Willow Creek (her offspring belong to the House of Willow).
				+ Baroness Natalie of Windenburg (her offspring belong to the House of Windenburg).
			* Duke Consort Davion of Windenburg (his offspring belong to the House of Windenburg).
		- Princess Evita, Baroness of Oasis Springs.
			* Baron Hassan of Oasis Springs.
				+ Baron Walter of Oasis Springs.
					- Baron Daniel of Oasis Springs.
						* Lord Aryan of Oasis Springs.
						* Lady Veena of Oasis Springs.
					- **Marchioness Tina of Willow Creek** (her offspring belong to the House of Willow).
			* Baroness Abigail of Windenburg (her offspring belong to the House of Windenburg).
	+ Queen Isla of Windenburg (her offspring belong to the House of Windenburg).
	+ Princess Amina, Duchess of Oasis Springs.
		- Duke Milo of Oasis Springs.
			* Duchess Stella of Oasis Springs.
				+ Baroness Shayna of Willow Creek (her offspring belong to the House of Willow).
				+ Duke Adison of Oasis Springs.
					- Duchess Lorelei of Oasis Springs.
						* Duke Sebastian of Oasis Springs.
					- Lady Cara of Willow Creek.
					- **Lord Benjamin of Oasis Springs**.
				+ Countess Tierra of Windenburg (her offspring belong to the House of Windenburg).
			* Queen Isabelle of Windenburg (her offspring belong to the House of Windenburg).
		- Countess Elisa of Oasis Springs.
			* Count Frederick of Oasis Springs.
				+ Lady Harmony Smith.
				+ **Prince Consort Dean of Sulani** (his offspring belong to the House of Sulani).
				+ **Countess Aria of Oasis Springs**.
					- **Prince Gabriel of Oasis Springs**.
					- **Lady Minerva of Oasis Springs**.
			* Duchess Alivia of Willow Creek (her offspring belong to the House of Willow).

## Agnatic members

*NOTE: This is NOT how, in the game, a person is a member of the House. This is only out of curiosity and in relation to the real world.*

In the real world, belonging to a Royal House is defined by agnatic-descent; this means a person belongs to their father's House, and he belongs to his father's House and so on. Usually, when a Queen Regnant passes away and a child of hers becomes monarch, the Royal House would change to the name of his father's House. For example, Queen Victoria was a member of the House of Hanover, but her son and successor King Edward VII was a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, as it was his father's House.

There are cases where a monarch combines the name of their father and their mother's Houses. For example, when Queen María II of Portugal (of the House of Braganza) died, her son did not take the fame of his father's House (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha). Instead, it was created the branch of "Saxe-Coburg-Braganza", although it was commonly used the simplified and tradicional form "Braganza".

Other people, such as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, used entirely their mother's House as surnames.

So, if the House of Hsu would be based on agnatic-descent, there would be, excluding the Brindleton cadet branch, eighteen members by blood, seven of them being alive (eight if Lord Ajay is counted).

* King Kash of Oasis Springs.
	+ King Jarrod of Oasis Springs.
		- King Sahar of Oasis Springs.
			* King Easton of Oasis Springs.
				+ House of Brindleton.
				+ King Adrian of Oasis Springs.
					- **Queen Naya of Oasis Springs**.
					- **Prince Francisco of Oasis Springs, Count of Brindleton Bay**.
						* **Lady Ariana of Brindleton Bay**.
					- **Princess Megan of Oasis Springs, Duchess of Windenburg**.
					- **Prince Michael, Marquess of Oasis Springs.**
						* **Lord Ajay of Oasis Springs**.
						* **Lady Rosalind of Oasis Springs**.
			* Queen Elena of Willow Creek.
		- Princess Amaya of Oasis Springs, Marchioness of Windenburg.
		- Princess Gia, Marchioness of Oasis Springs.
		- Princess Evita, Baroness of Oasis Springs.
	+ Queen Isla of Windenburg.
	+ Princess Amina, Duchess of Oasis Springs.