House Beetroot

**House Beetroot of White Mills** is a vassal house of landed knights in the **West Hills**, sworn to **House Westernling**. House Beetroot have been rewarded by the title of **Knights of the West Hills**. Their sigil is a large fruit below and two minor fruits on a vertical field of purple and grey.

## History

### Background

In 216 CE, during the **Battle of Altmore Forrests**, an injured lord was saved by three brothers, a farmer, a shepherd, and a sailor who nurtured the lord back to health, sheltering him under disguise with his cattle, and was returned to his homeland under the alias of a merchant ship. For their bravery, the noble house of the region, **House Westernling of Timberland**, rewarded the brothers with a smallholding and lands in the West Hills bordering the **Altmore Forrests** and the **Western Coasts**.

In 219 CE, three years after the Battle of Altmore Forrests, Captain Neuman aided House Westernling in a naval skirmish by the **Western Coasts** against pirate-mercenaries, defeating them. For his service, House Westernling raised Captain Neuman from a nobleman to a lord, who founded his own house, a lesser house of the Western Coasts and vassal to House Westernling, **House Beetroot**, symbolizing three beetroot fruits as banners on field of purple and grey. The three beetroots symbolized an old saying in their family, "Three in home, and there shall always be one at the bay."

### Strong Kinships

In 223 CE, in the **Tourney of Toreyn** in honor of Prince Edmore's name day, the newborn grandson of **King Lotte**, Lord Neuman along with Lord **Oliver Westernling** and **Lord Thomas Black**. During his travel there, he saved the life of **Lady Camille Kite** from the savage Lord Oliver Westernling, despite accompanying him in the first place. Lord Ademlo Kite, head of **House Kite** was already looking for a suitor for his daughter and offered her hand in marriage to Lord Neuman, who after much convincing agreed. By marriage, House Beetroot and House Kite became closely related, and their relationship traveled throughout the years.

### Battles/Wars

In 221 CE, a small group of rebels stood up against the **Upper Kingdom**. Various noble and lesser houses aided the kingdom including **House Isenwood**, **House Fields**, **House Beetroot**, **House Moore**, and **House Richmore**. Lord Neuman led his guards against the rebels in the **Greenmore Forrests** in the Summer of 221 CE, alongside military leaders of House Moore and House Richmore. Lord Neuman alongside **Ser Oliver Isenwood**, **Commander Brandon Moore**, **Lieutenant Oston**, and **Ser Rickson Richmore** defeated the rebel attacks in Greenlands. For House Beetroot's loyalty, they earned 1,000 silver coins from the crown.

In 225 CE, King Lotte called the noble lords of the kingdom to prepare for an attack by the Eastern Coasts against pirate-mercenaries led by a rising pirate king, **Captain Stoak Hilt**. The Noble Lords from West to East to South gathered around, including various noble and lesser houses like **House Richmore**, **House Pentmore**, **House Brookside**, **House Potter**, **House Isenwood**, **House Bridgebow**, **House Beetroot**, **House Fields**, **House Rodney**, and **House Newt**. The **Battle of Eastern Coast** waged on till 227 CE, when Pirate King, Captain Stoak Hilt was defeated in a skirmish by Captain **Antonio of Andrin**. But during the battle, **King Lotte** was wounded and died to his wounds. In battle, his eldest son and crown prince, **Prince Christopher**, and his second son **Prince Grayson** died in battle. Various noble lords and knights of noble houses also lost their lives such as Lord **Owen Simpleton**, **Commander Andrew Black**, and Lord **Walter Westernling**. King Lotte was succeeded by his grandson, the thirteen-year-old son of Crown Prince Christopher, **Prince Nathan**.

King Nathan was coronated as king in the February of 227 CE, a few days after the death of King Lotte. The reign of King Nathan was tyrannical with various noble lords and military leaders executed for treason in letting the king and crown prince die whilst they lived. Lords were executed as the king pleased. A year later, the king was deposed when the kingdom fell under a military coup by **Commander Walter Black**, only to be defeated by an alliance between the loyal nobles of the kingdom led by the king's younger brother, Prince Harold.

### Rise to Power

When restored to his power, only days after sick and tired of the king's tyranny, he was again deposed. The king's younger brother, the sixteen-year-old Prince Harold along with notable houses, city guards, and kingsmen sieged a secret coup and assassinated the king in his sleep, after a feast, when most of the city, along with the palace guards drugged. The kingsmen and guards who defended the king were executed and branded as traitors to the crown, and in the Winter of 228 CE, King Harold was coronated. Among the notable houses that supported King Harold in the secret coup were **House Beetroot**, **House Bridgebow**, **House Isenwood**, **House Fields**, and **House of Altmore**, while other nobles who supported Prince Harold were made lesser lords and given smallholdings, who founded their own houses like **House Crowe**, **House Rosewood**, **House Lincoln**, and **House Greyhall**.

In the Court of King Harold, House Beetroot gained favor and subsequently, Lord Neuman Beetroot was appointed as Vice-Roy of the **Edmore Bay**, where then he reconstructed the smallholding of House Beetroot and appointed skilled engineers to the construction of a small fort and wharves by the port town of **Hill Port**, and built a fort that would stand for years to come a top a cliff, the seat of House Beetroot, **White Mills**.

## Sworn to House Beetroot

### Vassal Houses

* **House Kippling** of **Bottomtown**.
* **House Fisher** of **Bottomtown**.

### Prominent Allies

#### Noble Houses

* **House Potter**
* **House Brookside**

#### Lords of Easternlands

* Lord {**Brandon Moore**}, **Lord of Fort Moore**.

#### Lords of Western Coast

* Lord {**Martin of Altmore**}, **Lord of Altmore**.
* Lord {**Timothy Lincoln**}, **Lord of Lincoln Stead**.
	+ Ser {**Nathan Lincoln**}, his son. Slain at a rebellion skirmish in the Northeast Forrests.
	+ Lady {**Darya Lincoln**}, his daughter and **Lady of Lincoln Stead**.
* Captain {**Charles Sirman**}, former **kingsmen** to King Lotte, and **Lord of Saint's Port**.

#### Lords of Greenlands

* Lord {**Edgar Richmore**}, **Lord of Richmond**.
* Lady {**Annalise Boremont**}, **Lady of Fort Bridge**, and member of King Harold's Court.
	+ Ser {**Ewan Gregory**}, her nephew. Former Captain of Greenland's City Guard, Castellan of the Eastern Gate, and Commander of Greenland's Elite Knights.
* Lord {**Andrew Bridgemore**}, **Lord of Bridgemore**.

## Members

* Lord {**Neuman Beetroot**}, founder and **Lord of House Beetroot**.
	+ Lady {**Camille Kite**}, wife of Lord Neuman and **Lady of House Beetroot**.
		- Lady {**Wenda Beetroot**}, firstborn and elder daughter of Lord Neuman. **Steward** of White Mills.
		- Ser {**Isaac Beetroot**}, the thirdborn and only son of Lord Neuman. A Knight of House Beetroot.
		- Lady {**Annalise Beetroot**}, the thirdborn and younger daughter of Lord Neuman. Maiden of House Beetroot.
* Master {**Jacob of Edmore**}, younger brother of Lord Neuman. A trader and farmer of House Beetroot.
	+ Ser {**Oston Beetroot**}, his son. A Knight of House Beetroot.
* Lady {**Mary Beetroot**}, sister of Lord Neuman.
	+ Ser {**Alan Moore**}, her husband.
* Master {**Egbert Rivers**}, father of Lord Neuman, Master Jacob, and Lady Mary. Priest of the Port Town.
* {**Ser Collins**}, cousin of Lord Neuman. A knight of House Beetroot.
* {**Asha Rivers**}, cousin of Lord Neuman. Maiden of House Beetroot.

## Household

* Ser {Patrick Rivers}, knight of Lord Neuman's Guard.
* Ser {**Anders Lincoln**}, knight of Lord Neuman's Guard.
* {**Tanya**}, handmaiden of Lady Camille Kite.
* {**Nadir**}, formerly prisoner-turned-page of Lord Neuman and squire of Ser Collins.
* {**Ser Collins**}, Captain of Lord Neuman's Guard and Castellan of White Mills.
* {Osha}, slave-turned-handmaiden of Lady Camille Kite.
* Ser {**William Fields**}, knight of Lord Neuman's Guard.
* {**Miller's Boy**}, page of Ser Isaac Beetroot.
* {**Master Donald**}, Kennelmaster of White Mills.
* {**Master Ed-Beer**}, Master-at-Arms of White Mills.
* Ser {**Dennis Wittmore**}, knight of Ser Isaac's Guard.