House Karsten

**House Karsten** (カルステン家, *Karusuten-ka*) is a noble house in the Kingdom of Lugunica, currently headed by matriarch Duchess Crusch Karsten, who is also currently participating in the Royal Selection as a candidate to become the 42nd King of Lugunica. The family holds the court rank of Duke.

## Information

Throughout centuries, the noble House of Karsten found itself as one of the most faithful supporters of the Lugunica monarchy, dutifully serving them without fail. Due to their unyielding loyalty, the House has been recognized as the King's most subjects and was in turn, granted the **Lion Crest** - a symbol which once belonged to non other than the Lugunica family itself, which served as the kingdom's coat of arms.

After the covenant with the Dragon was made, the old crest, the Lion Crest, gave way to the new crest; that of the Dragon. The gift of the Lion Crest to the Karsten house is a consistent reminder of the House's greatest accomplishment, that being its many centuries of loyalty to the crown, and is pridefully displayed in all manners by its members and associates.

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As expected of a house so highly regarded, the Karsten family is fabulously wealthy as well; able to sport the finest estates in some of the best lands in the kingdom. For example, within the Nobles' District in the Capital, the one villa that stands above every other is in possession of non other than the Karsten family. Despite it being as luxurious and extravagant as the main Mathers domain, it is only used when the House's patriarch has important business in the Capital. In that case, it is large enough to act as a military base. Its estate front lawn itself is vast in size, about to field a makeshift camp and hospital. The main mansion is located in the very south of the Lifaus Plains. It's stated to be much more spacious and luxurious than the one in the Capital.

## History

Note: The characters within the story rarely describe historical events within helpful context, so the unit BA, “Before Arrival”, and AA, “After Arrival”, will be used to place moments in time with the best available knowledge. Both are in reference to Natsuki Subaru's arrival in the new world. Also note that the units are not official.

### Roughly 400 years BA

* Farsale Lugunica creates a covenant with the Divine Dragon. Once the covenant was established, the Kingdom became known as the **Dragon Kingdom of Lugunica** and the royal family coat of arms shifted from a symbol of the *Lion* to that of the *Dragon*. The king decided to pass the insignia down to a noble family which helped the Kingdom out the most- and so the Lion emblem was passed to the House of Karsten.

### Roughly 21 years BA

* Crusch Karsten was born to Meckart and Helena Karsten. Some time after Crusch's birth, Helena passed away due to unknown reasons.

### Roughly 5 years ago

* The Fourtour Plains located in the Karsten territory is ravaged by one of the Three Great Demon Beasts- the Oousagi. Crusch Karsten fended off the calamitous Demon Beasts, earning her the nickname of the **Valkyrie**.
* A couple of months after the incident, Crusch took her father Meckart Karsten's position as the patriarch of the Karsten House.

### Approximately 2 months AA

* Crusch Karsten, the current head of the Karsten Family, shows qualifications for participating in the Royal Selection, making her one of the five candidates for the throne of the Dragon Kingdom of Lugunica.
* Crusch Karsten signs an alliance with Emilia Camp. Using Anastasia Hoshin's help, they first defeat one of the Three Great Demon Beats known as the Hakugei and soon after aid in defeating the Witch Cult's Sin Archbishop of Sloth.
* On her way back, Crusch's convoy was attacked by the Witch Cult's Sin Archbishop of Greed and Sin Archbishop of Gluttony. The convoy got completely annihilated. Causalities were high with Crusch losing her right arm and getting her memories eaten by Gluttony.

### Approximately 1 years and 2 months AA

* Alongside the other camps participating in the Royal Selection, Crusch is invited to the Watergate City of Priestella as Anastasia Hoshin promises her info regarding the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony. Soon after their arrival, the city is besieged and taken over by the Witch Cult. The camps are forced to work together in order to defeat and drive off the 6 Sin Archbishops who simultaneously made their appearance in the city; Gluttony included.

## Members

* Meckart Karsten
* Helena Karsten
* Crusch Karsten
* Felix Argyle (adopted)
* Maloney (butler)
* Badak (military officer)

## Trivia

* After saving Ferris from his family, Meckart welcomed him into the familiy, later even adopting him. He treats him as his own son.