Noble Estates

## The Estate Catalogue

The Estates decorating the various freeholds and kingdoms of Omnia are far older than the Noble Families that steward over them, with their walls having witnessed countless generations of prolific Nobility and sometimes even Royalty since their construction. These Estates are lent out by the ruling powers of particular freeholds to up-and-coming Noble Families for two reasons. Primarily, it is awarded as recognition for the Family’s service and loyalty to their freehold. Secondarily, it is a test for the Noble Family to one day overwrite the old histories of the Estates with their own great tales and reputation.

This page serves as a catalogue of the Estates available to Nobility that have reached the Title of Count within the Noble Court, with each Estate tailored to a specific cultural and racial history. As more Estates are added to this catalogue, they will be listed with their own unique lore.

## The High Hold

The High Hold, owned by the Low Kingdoms, is located in the heart of the Grimrook Pass and overlooks the Grimrook Homestead built in its shadow. It was once known as ‘the Citadel’ when built by the Duke of Bettlebrook more than three centuries prior, acting as a border between the Human-ruled Heartlands and the untamed reaches west of it. As of 934 PE, the Citadel was ceded to the freehold of Korrindor by the late Duke Bertholdt Jangels IV, the grandfather of the current ruling Duke, as a show of good faith. Since falling under the stewardship of the Low Kingdoms, it was renamed the High Hold, symbolic of the Talamh’s greatest (and only) Hold located above the protection of the ground.

The High Hold is currently in the Stewardship of no Noble Family.

## The Walton Estate

The Walton Estate, owned by the Bettlebrook Duchy, is located at the shore of the Hearthlands on Verloren and overlooks the Cliffshore Homestead built uphill from it. It once belonged to House Walton who once ruled New Ivyport as prolific Dukes and political rivals to the Noble House of Jangels, where the Estate served as the local Port’s overseer. Following the collapse of House Walton, the late Duke Bertholdt Jangels IV, the grandfather of the current ruling Duke, maintains the Port attached to it as the primary means of passage between Minaar and Verloren. Though the late Duke would retreat his Family to the safety of the Stadbergh, the Walton Estate remains a magnanimous ode to the Hearthlands’ rich political history.

The Walton Estate is currently in the Stewardship of House Faizen.

## The Cypress Keep

The Cypress Keep, owned by the City-State of Blackhallows, is located west of the Autumngrove Homestead. It once belonged to House Lark, a Noble Family greatly responsible for Blackhallows’ initial construction as one of the first Families to colonise the land following their emergence from the Low Kingdoms. The Cypress Keep was constructed through the efforts of the House Lark’s many timber and logging companies, which today are prolifically known for almost driving the Black Cypress tree to extinction. As such, the Cypress Keep was named such as a double entendre- both as ‘Keepers of Cypress’ and a Keep made from Cypress. The Cypress Keep has witnessed both Noble Families and Crime Families as its Stewards, though the line between the two in Blackhallows has become more faded by the generation.

The Cypress Keep is currently in the Stewardship of House Ostentus.

## The Crownvale Castle

The Crownvale Castle, owned by the Protectorate of Verendell, is located above Northvale’s hillside and overlooks the Northvale Homestead built in its shadow. It once housed the Royalty of Verendell, the Noble House of Rojor, and served as their vacation home away from the humdrum of the Eternal City and their Palace at the heart of Verendell. Preceding the mysterious disappearance of the Royal Family and the institution of the Trimedeism’s theocracy in present-day, the Crownvale Castle was used for a short time by the Royal Family as a primary home during the initial earthquakes that led to the slow sinking of Verendell’s southmost borders. The Crownvale Castle has witnessed scores of Rojor Royalty across many generations, and stands as a milestone monument of how far into Verloren the Laore-Hoj Empire has once occupied.

The Crownvale Castle is currently in the Stewardship of House Ivory-Rose.

## The Hornspring Palace

The Hornspring Palace is located north of the Trinitarium and overlooks the Mudd Homestead to its west. It was originally known as the Hornspring Fortress and constructed by the Laore-Hoj for Count Eredil Dreth, who spat into the Trimedium’s Font and cursed the land as the ‘Spring’ from which the first Tel 'Horns’ grew- as per the 'Ballad of the Horns'. Here he became the first Laore-Tel.

Following the ascension of the Fara Matriarch, Elora Fara, into the Titled Prestige of Duchy, the Fortress was renovated into the Hornspring Castle. The name 'Hornspring' was kept out of respect for the First Laore-Tel and his legacy. Today it stands as a testament to House Fara's survivability, with Duchess Elora Fara having evolved beyond the doom of their familial deaths, and cementing the Fara Family as the cherished 'Heart of the Trinitarium' by its Laore-Tel citizens for the laughter they've spread.

The Hornspring Fortress is currently in the Stewardship of the House Fara.