House Talhor

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**House Talhor** is the founding royal house of the Kingdom of Talamhor, and is nearly as old as Talamhor itself. First rising to prominence around 750 AGU, where they ruled the First City as petty lords, it was seven-hundred years later when Arthyr Talhor, the First King, unified the south in the Great Unification and then gained the Northern Freehold as a sworn vassal after coming to their aide during the Witching Hour. House Talhor then became the royal house of the united Continent, founding the title of High King of Talamhor, and taking the Throne-Of-Old-Bones and the Old Palace as their united royal seat.

For all of the Old Age and the Dark Age, House Talhor would rule, with seven rulers sitting the throne. The last Talhor High King, Emrys II Talhor, was the ruin of the house, his treacherous deal with the chromatic dragon Namru leading to his assassination and the flight of his family. The Raven's Rebellion was the result of Emrys II 'Dragonspawn', and following it the Talhors were rulers in exile from the Halfling city of Star-Run. House Corwyll, then-led by Maelog Corwyll, would take the place of the Talhors as the High Kings.

Even in exile the Talhors were not left to their own devices; Emrys II's widow, Arianna Helbend, had taken her three children by the dead High King with her into exile. Famously, her twin sons, Arthyr II Talhor and Rolant Talhor were assassinated when they reached the age of eighteen. Their sister, Rhian Talhor, was fiercly guarded by her mother as her father's last living descendant, and was rumoured to be locked in a tower on the Talhor Estate in Star-Run for the rest of her days. They say the line of Emrys II Dragonspawn died out, as Rhian starved to death.

The Talhor line now lives in through the descendants of Prince Edric Talhor, the third-born son of High King Emrys Talhor.

The sigil of House Talhor was a golden skull on a black field, surrounded by a strange silver wheel.

## Known Kin

### Historical Talhors

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All historical Talhors are documented rulers of the Kingdom of Talamhor, or were their siblings.

* Arthyr Talhor
	+ Eadric Talhor
		- Athella Talhor
			* Emrys Talhor
				+ Hadyn Talhor, who died in the Fire of Redgallows.
				+ Darren Talhor
					- Emrys II Talhor
				+ Edric Talhor

### Contemporary Talhors

* Reginus Talhor, the oldest-living male Talhor, descended from Prince Edric Talhor.
	+ Ren Talhor, his first-born son.

## Culture & Customs

The Talhors were known to be a morbid family, having been the ones to originally commission the Throne-Of-Old-Bones when the Old Palace was first built, though the sorcerer who built the great seat from the bones of Fey was executed shortly after. This death-bound nature of theirs continued into their High Gift, as the Talhors had the ability, as it was described, to 'scry the soul', reading the intentions of any before them and often revealing truths that neither party wished to know.

It was a powerful form of mentalism, some believed, a subset of magic beneath divination tied to emotions. A Talhor could always tell if one was lying or being truthful, and could 'taste' emotion. This often trended them towards being a rather sullen family, always knowing the truest feelings of one another, not a secret between them. Some, like Athella Talhor, were even known to be able to exert control over the emotions of others, not just sense them. In excessive use of their power, their eyes were known to turn completely black, a sight that most-often inspired fear at court when it was noticed. It quickly became known that dark eyes meant the Talhors were lurking in one's soul, searching it for treachery.