House Reyne

**House Reyne** **of** **Whitehill** is the Great House of the Coastlands. The leader of House Reyne holds the title of Lord of Whitehill and Lord Paramount of the Coastlands. The sigil of House Reyne is a black lion on a red background.

## History

### Robert Maddox's Rebellion

House Reyne remained loyal to House Beaufort during Robert Maddox's Rebellion. House Reyne played a relatively minor role in the war by primarily supporting their vassal House Murad in Lazar Murad's campaign to reclaim the Dunes. At the very end of the war, Clovis Beaufort's brother in law Isaac Reyne, served briefly as Master of War after Lazar Murad had assumed the mantle as Lord Paramount of the Dunes.

### Beaufort Civil War

After Octavian Beaufort assassinated his father, he formed a new small council and appointed Lord Alexander Reyne as his new Master of War and thus House Reyne joined The Coalition. The decision to appoint Alexander Reyne as Master of War proved to be a prudent one. Alexander quickly and efficiently lead the forces of the Coastlands into the Reach and laid siege to both Old Stone and Goldreach. Alexander would continue to occupy the Reach under Coalition rule until The Alliance beat back his armies and drove House Reyne back to the Coastlands. After the fall of The Palace of the Kings and the Reach, Whitehill became the de facto center for the Coalition and House Reyne managed to hold out against Alliance forces until the full might of Maximilian Beaufort's forces laid siege to Whitehill and forced the surrender of House Reyne and House Murad. Enraged that House Reyne was being treated so leniently after causing the death of his son, Hadrian Osorio resigned his post as Master of War and returned to the Reach where he would construct The Citadel against any further incursions. Despite being on opposing sides during the war, Maximilian was impressed with Alexander's aptitude for war and offered the newly vacant seat of Master of War on his Small Council.

### War of the Heirs

During the War of the Heirs, House Reyne remained loyal to the crown as indispensable allies to Jacques Beaufort. Lord Haris Reyne sat on Jacques's Small Council as Master of Laws, while his younger brother, Roland Reyne, remained at Whitehill. At the outbreak of the war, Lord Roland repelled an attack on Whitehill from House Arx in which Scipio Arx had attempted to take control and pledge the Coastland armies to his wife, Emelia Arx. As the war progressed, Lord Haris defended the capital, alongside loyalist families such as House Fairfax and House Corvinus, from Emelia Arx's forces as they attempted to storm The Palace of the Kings. While Jacques Beaufort's forces were able to defeat Emelia's, Lord Haris was among the casualties of the battle.

After his brother's death, Lord Roland Reyne undertook a much more proactive role in the war. Alongside his powerful vassal, House Karras, Lord Roland and Lord Elias Karras were tasked with the invasion of the Dunes and assaulted Raphael Beaufort's home of Serpent's Keep in order to pull him from the Alpines and lead him into a trap. After Raphael's death in the Battle of the Alpines, Lord Roland continued to help Jacques and lead his armies alongside House Beaufort in the Great Battle of the Reach and in the final assault on The Citadel. At the war's end, Lord Roland attended the Meeting of The Great Council as a supporter of Jacques and was appointed as one of the new King Emeric's regents.

### Conquest of the Sunset Isles

House Reyne played a considerable role in the Conquest of the Sunset Isles. Lord Roland Reyne who was of considerable old age and his son, Lord Leon Reyne, proved to be extremely valuable to regain control of the Coastlands as well as defeating the forces of the Sunset Isles. When Queen Samaria Rovos seized control of Kinross, Roland and Leon lead their armies to liberate their vassal with some assistance from House Murad who had joined the war to render aid to the Reach and Coastlands. After King Taito Rovos took the remainder of his army and navy back to the Sunset Isles, House Reyne was among the royalist forces that brought the House Rovos to heel with Leon leading Reyne army as Roland was too old and frail to leave Whitehill.

## Notable Members

* Queen Elizabeth Reyne- Wife of Clovis Beaufort and Second Queen of the Realms.
* Lord Isaac Reyne- Served briefly as Clovis Beaufort's Master of War and later as Hand of the King to Dorian Beaufort.
* Lord Alexander Reyne- Renowned warrior and veteran of The Beaufort Civil War. Served as Master of War to both Octavian Beaufort and Maximilian Beaufort, the only person to serve both Kings. Additionally, the only member of Octavian's small council who was not killed or imprisoned.
* Lord Haris Reyne- Served as Jacques Beaufort's Master of Laws
* Lord Roland Reyne- Veteran of both the War of the Heirs and the Conquest of the Sunset Isles. He served as one of Emeric Beaufort's original regents and later as Hand of the King until he was dismissed alongside the rest of the council of regents.
* Lord Leon Reyne- Served as Master of Whisperers to Emeric Beaufort and Gaspard Beaufort as well as Brother-in-Law and Hand of the King to Gaspard Beaufort
* Queen Cassandra Reyne- Wife of Gaspard Beaufort and Ninth Queen of the Realms.
* Lord Cyrus Reyne- Served as Laurent Beaufort's Master of Ships
* Lord Rynan Reyne- Served as Bastien Beaufort's Master of Ships
* Lord Cleitus Reyne- Served as Bastien Beaufort's Master of War