House Graves

**Head of House**
 **Heir**
 **Seat**

**House Graves** is a Stormwindian noble house, previously a Lordaeronian noble house, that rules over the County of Wraithelm in the Blasted Lands.

## History

### Founding

House Graves is an ancient House that stems back from early in the history of Lordaeron's founding. Much of its early lore has long been lost.

### Second War

The House's patriarch fought valiantly in the Second War against the Orcish Horde, leading a sizable group of men and women in the vanguard of the Alliance. Many Alliance victories had the banner of Graves flying among its ranks though it was noted the brutality shown to Orc soldiers and captives when left to their own devices. Known to take suicide missions readily, the outfit was well regarded as prolific Orc hunters. The banner was present at the final battle at the Dark Portal where a plot of land was granted to their House Head.

Back at home near Andorhal, the House was a reliable supplier of food and leathers to the army front, though it was well known that the amount provided paled in comparison to prior years' yields. Inquiries into the matter showed no signs of withheld resources whatsoever, an unfortunate circumstance given the dire need for these goods. At the war's end, the regent Lord Orsted was found deceased within the manor. Soon after, House Graves withdrew loyalty from House Menethil and gave it to House Wrynn with the former's blessing to aid in reconstruction and early stability.

### Present Day

House Graves has seen better days. Potentially only as wealthy as the average Baron yet having to support and rebuild a territory of a county with few hands on deck and even fewer familial ties left to support the process, the House as a whole struggles to maintain its grip on its own titles, only capable of such thanks to the rather lack of worth the lands hold.

## Notable Members

Many notable members of the old name have been lost to time, closely guarded in secrecy by the current house patriarch, Aurélion.

* Asterios "The Grey Lord" Graves
	+ Lived 300-392 KY
	+ Ruled the Graves lands in Lordaeron for nearly 60 years

* Aldrick "The Boar" Graves
	+ Lived 376-416KY
	+ Eldest brother of the warring Graves, noted as the physically strongest of the three.
	+ Known for heavy drinking and a violent personality.
	+ Once cleaved an armored knight in two with a single swing of his greatsword.

* Lothair "The Mad Lion" Graves
	+ Lived 377-416KY
	+ Middle born of the warring Graves, known to be the most skilled fighter of the three.
	+ An infamous ladies man, known for dozens of affairs.
	+ Won the most one-on-one battles during the civil war.

* Benedict "The Flayer" Graves
	+ Lived 381-411KY
	+ Youngest of the warring Graves, easily the most violent and cruel of the three.
	+ Frequently flayed the agents of his brothers and sent back their skins.
	+ Was betrayed by his people and crudely flayed, his skin left on display until the end of the civil war.

* Voletta "The Beauty of the North" née Graves
	+ Lived 391-473KY
	+ Youngest sibling of the generation that held the warring Graves.
	+ Was known across all the human kingdoms for her near-unnatural beauty.
	+ Courted dozens of Lords across the lands and held many lovers of her own even throughout her own marriage.

* Tereza "The Crone" Graves
	+ Lived 424-492 KY
	+ Head of House Graves for just over 50 years, the only child of her parents' to survive childhood.
	+ Struggled to rebuild House Graves following the devastating civil war.
	+ Great-Great Grandmother of Aurélion Graves

* Aurélion "The Wraith" Graves
	+ Lordaeron native, minor Lord of the kingdom.
	+ Veteran of the First, Second, and Third Wars, the Northrend Campaign, and the Iron Horde Invasion.
	+ Aided in the reconstruction of Stormwind following the Second War through household funding and organization of workers.
	+ Sided with nobles against the proper payment of the stonemasons.
	+ Staunch supporter of the Alliance, paid more than due for his position to fund its needs up until right after the Northrend Campaign.

* Alice Graves
	+ Daughter of Aurélion Graves through an unwed union with an entertainer

* Nahva Graves
	+ Granddaughter of Aurélion Graves by his firstborn son

* Valeria Graves
	+ Granddaughter of Aurélion Graves by his secondborn son

* Asterios Graves
	+ Grandson of Aurélion Graves by his firstborn daughter

* Anarius Graves
	+ Grandson of Aurélion Graves by his firstborn daughter

## Families in Relation

Families by which have a relation with House Graves through marriage and children

## Lands

### Barony of Wraithelm

Long abandoned by its inhabitants, the only source of activity around the newly retaken manor is that of a minor plot of pipeweed agriculture.

### Barony of the Yards

The newest Barony to form, the yards is the most productive region of the entire county, responsible for major lumber exportation and hunting to feed the populace.

### Vassals

Briala Evermorn of House Evermorn, of Averill, Baroness

Carmelide Wildbloom of House Wildlboom, of Nandil, Baroness

Allayna Elison of House Graves-Elison, of Elistead, Knight

Sen Silvermourne of House Silvermourne, of Riverbend, Knight

Jacen Valentine of House Valentine, of Valenfork, Knight