House Osorio

**House Osorio of Goldreach** is the Great House of the Reach. The leader of House Osorio holds the title of Lord of Goldreach and Lord Paramount of the Reach. The sigil of House Osorio is a golden stallion on a green field. The cadet branch of House Osorio is known as House Osorio of Old Stone and the leader of this branch holds the title of Lord of Old Stone

## History

### Robert Maddox's Rebellion

During Robert Maddox's Rebellion, House Osorio stayed loyal to House Beaufort, as several members of House Osorio and by extension, other noble houses of The Reach held prominent positions in Clovis Beaufort's government. House Osorio played an integral role in the support of House Beaufort during The Battle of the Reach as well as in the subsequent battles that turned the war in House Beaufort’s favor. The commander of House Osorio’s army, Otho Osorio, was so impressive and successful that he would later be appointed as Master of War by Clovis’s successor Dorian Beaufort.

### Beaufort Civil War

House Osorio was at the center of many of the conflicts during the Beaufort Civil War and was among the primary military powers of The Alliance. Maximilian Beaufort had married Julia Osorio, eldest daughter of Cimbar Osorio, the Lord of a cadet, but still very powerful, branch of House Osorio. During this point in time House Osorio was an enormously powerful House in the realms, second only to House Beaufort in resources and wealth. Lord Gordian Osorio previously served as Christophe Beaufort's Master of Coin prior to the war and was appointed as Maximilian's Hand of the King when he joined Maximilian's War Council along with his wife and brother. By the end of the war House Osorio had endured considerable losses and their seat of Goldreach had been seized, leaving the House in an extraordinarily weakened state compared to their status in the beginning.

### War of the Heirs

House Osorio supported their vassal, House Arx, during the War of the Heirs and backed Emelia Arx in her campaign to become Queen. The cadet branch of House Osorio, lead by Lord Seneca Osorio, was a part of Emelia's early attempted takeover of the Coastlands. Additionally, House Osorio made up a large portion of Emelia's army during her failed attack on The Palace of the Kings with Lords Cassius, Cicero, and Seneca serving as principal lieutenants in the battle. Following the defeat suffered in the Royal Vale and Seneca falling in battle, House Osorio began to mitigate their commitments to Emelia's forces with only Cicero's forces assisting her in the Great Battle of the Reach which saw the destruction of most of Emelia's army. As the war came to an end, Lord Cassius Osorio agreed to foster Emelia's surviving children at Goldreach before her death. Cassius was later invited to the Meeting of The Great Council as a member of Emelia's delegation and was appointed as one of Emeric Beaufort's original seven regents.

### Conquest of the Sunset Isles

House Osorio played a large role in the Conquest of the Sunset Isles as they were one of the prime targets of House Rovos during their invasion of the mainland realms. During the beginning of the war, Goldreach was seized and occupied by King Taito Rovos and his forces which lead to the death of Lord Cicero Osorio and Lady Lana Osorio fleeing to her family home, the Giovanni Mansion, with her twin children Drusilla and Domitian. House Osorio would retake the Reach soon after with Lord Domitian Osorio leading his surviving forces from the attack on Goldreach and Lord Vatia Osorio, the Master of Whisperers, returning to the Reach with his forces garrisoned at Old Stone. Together with royal reinforcement and the support of the other noble houses from the Reach, Domitian and Vatia successfully expelled the invading forces back to the Sunset Isls while killing Queen Samaria Rovos and Lords Kimo Tong and Thiago Portell in the process.

Lord Domitian proved to be a very effective commander as he lead his forces to the Sunset Isles and laid siege to Rainmont, the ancestral seat of House Portell, alongside Lord Leon Reyne effectively taking House Portell out of the war. Furthermore, Lord Domitian also contributed his forces in the final attack on Hasbrook. King Emeric Beaufort named Lady Drusilla Osorio as the new Master of Laws once he had returned to the Palace of the Kings as Drusilla had a keen mind for administration and politics despite her relatively young age.

## Notable Members

* Lord Otho Osorio- Served as Dorian Beaufort's Master of War.
* Lady Morvella Osorio of House Blackstone- Served as Clovis Beaufort's Master of Laws and served concurrently as Dorian Beaufort's Master of Laws and Hand of the King.
* Lord Severus Osorio- Served as Dorian Beaufort's Master of Coin.
* Lord Gordian Osorio- Served as Christophe Beaufort's Master of Coin and as Maximilian Beaufort's Hand of the King.
* Lady Ali Osorio of House Murad- Member of Maximilian's War Council.
* Lord Cimbar Osorio- Served as Maximilian Beaufort's Master of Coin.
* Queen Julia Osorio- Wife and Hand of the King to Maximilian Beaufort, Sixth Queen of the Realms, and The first ever Queen to serve as Hand of the King.
* Lord Cassius Osorio- Served as one of Emeric Beaufort's original regents and held a seat on The Regency Council.
* Lord Vatia Osorio- Served as Emeric Beaufort's Master of Whisperers.
* Lord Domitian Osorio- Served as Gaspard Beaufort's Master of War.
* Lord Janus Osorio- Served as Bastien Beaufort's Master of Laws.