House Comtenis

The **Comtenis family** is a noble family from Sirradra which holds the titles Equis and Archon.The family stands back 200 years but have gone with poor financial management.The members of this family are proud, head strong, and being brave while also cunning.

## History

The family started when Septimous had had joined the army at the age of 17 and started his journey to success.While in the army(which he stayed for 6 years)he saved a small village, stopped a assassination plot, and made a canal to make travel easier between to nations.While doing this a nomadic tribe named him Von which he accepted gracefully,After he left the army he started a mercenary group which ended after two years due to achieving the wealth they wanted.A few months later he bought a villa and that is where he met his wife the beautiful Julia Regusma soon to be Julia Comtenis.He would sing the her and give her sweets and roses and take her on lovely dates.But her father wanted her to marry a more higher up man.So Septimous challenge the man known as Drusus Decastris to a duel.Septimous would win thus starting a blood feud that would go on for years to come.After the duel Julia's father begrudgingly let Septimous marry her after he paid a big dowery.Septimous and Julia would go on to live a happy life together and have 6 kids.

### Feud

The Drusus wanting to get back at Septimous for stealing Julia from him so he hired a bunch of thugs and with them killed the second eldest and youngest Comtenis child.Septimous after burying his sons would seek a devastating revenge on Drusus for this act.Septimous with his own hands and blade kill 6 out of the 12 Decastris children and burn the heads in front of their father.About 10 years later the eldest Comtenis son now the patriarch of his family Corvelius I would have his first love poisoned by Luvarus seeking revenge for his fallen kin.30 years later Corvelius I and Luvarus would try to settle the score by having a battle.They would each bring 400 mercenaries and whoever was left alive won,Corvelius I walked away that day.60 years later Corvelius II after being discarded for Tersarus Decastris for a position at court had enough with the family.That night him and 30 armed men bursted into their villa and slaughtered every Decastris he could see.

### Wealth

The family always had a soft spot for illegal things weather it was substances or ale they illegally traded it with some other legal things.They eventually got caught and had to give half the profits to the rex at the time.So then they dabbled in the slave trade but they were immediately off of it when one of the woman of the family got kidnapped and sold into slavery herself.

## Members

At its peak the house had over 89 members in it but due to diseases and the often blades they would take up with would dwindle to about 46 members in total as of now.But the family has had many branches over time and they have been all over the world as warriors,criminals,mercenaries,pirates,and merchants.

### Current members

The head of house Brandul Comtenis I is a Senator in Fortunaii and Archon of Rena.His Sister and heir Drulsa has a son named Verstance a young boy and her husband is a warrior of another house of Fortunaii that became part of their family.Brandul also has four cousins Alexios III being the eldest out of them while only being 16-17,then there are the twins Cladis and Claudia who are always together and happy, and lastly Menerva she is a dark and brooding girl who has taken her love with the family and she seems always to be in the shadows lurking.

## Titles

The family has gathered three titles each with their own purpose for different reasons.The first one is Von they got this one when Septimous helped a nomadic tribe and they named him Von.Equis from getting up to the rank of a noble and for the wealth they had gotten from all of the adventures that had happened.And the last and latest is the Archonate of Rena which Brandul had started and has now become an integral part in their family image and honor.