List of Dweller Houses & Dynasties

Many noble **Houses and Dynasties** of the Dwellers' Realm operate as administrative families which govern certain regions and islands under the King's domain. All Dwellers Houses and Dynasties are expected to swear fealty to the King and, when they don't, they are considered to be in open rebellion. There are hundreds of noble families across the islands, ranging from significant houses like House Tartary of Greenholm to lesser houses like House Baygor of the Nestle Fields. Many noble houses have cadet houses or houses that sit beneath them and pledge fealty to them, creating a feudal structure of power.

## Royal House of Murcia

The **Royal House of Murcia**, or more commonly referred to as **House Murcia**, is the oldest noble house in the Stormring. Claiming to draw their descent from the Scarb Kings of the Forging Age, House Murcia is said to be 5,000 years old. The House is based in Anvil's Forge, a castle at the foot of the Ashmount on Heartholm. The city that surrounds it is Margrave and is the capital of the Kingdom.

The current head of House Murcia is Efros IX, who rules from Anvil's Forge as King. Efros' son, Lewys, is his heir but he has two other sons, Peter and Idris.

## The Station Lords

The King's Isles is divided into five stations, with each Station Lord serving as the King's closest bannermen. They are considered the most senior non-royal noblemen in the Realm.

### House Tartary of Greenholm [Northern Isles]

House Tartary of Greenholm is the family of the Station Lords of the Northern Isles. Currently led by Lord Kamari Tartary, House Tartary's domain of the large island of Greenholm has gifted it significant influence across the Kingdom owing to its agricultural produce. Greenholm, and the other Northern Isles under its domain, control a vast majority of arable land in the entire Stormring (outside of Landfall). Greenholm's port at Tartown is a significant port in the sealanes that feed the populations of the other islands.

Since the eruption of the Ashmount ninety-six years ago, the capital city of Margrave has failed to sustain its large population. This dynamic has gifted the Tartary Lords significant negotiating power with the Crown.

House Tartary has ruled Greenholm for almost as long as the Murcians have ruled as Kings. House Tartary is, however, the oldest pure-blood Dweller house. Prior to the Ashmount's eruption, House Tartary was a less important house and the eruption gave the Tartary Lords the opportunity to replace House Tristan as the Station Lords of the Northern Isles. Milford Acres.

### House Alba of Castle Raglan [The Ice Sheets]

House Alba of Raglan Hold is the family of the Station Lord of the Ice Sheets. The Ice Sheets are a series of archipelagos which are characterised by their cold weather and typically icy geography. Sometimes referred to as the Farlands, the Ice Sheets are among the furthest isles from the capital. House Alba has ruled them for close to five-hundred years, after the previous Lords, House Manfred, rebelled in the Secular Uprising of 4482.

House Alba has risen to recent political prominence owing to the fact that Lord Iwan Alba's daughter, Arina Alba, has become the second wife of King Efros IX to become Queen.

### House Rayner of the Hyde [The Silent Sea]

House Rayner of the Hyde is the family of the Station Lord of the Silent Sea. Based in the Hyde, a beachfront castle with the only access being by a narrow strip of quicksand, House Rayner is a direct cadet branch of House Alba, having split off formally around 10 years ago. House Rayner is the newest House in the Kingdom. Lord Iwan Alba recommended House Rayner's inception and promotion to Station Lord status, leading to many to suspect the ploy was one of political scheming.