House Lordrath

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House Lordrath, formed shortly after the Gnoll Wars of King Barathen of Stormwind,

**House Lordrath** is a Lordaeronian noble house that rules over the Barony of Rothanava in the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

House Lordrath is a re-created Lordaeronian house, originally created for the purpose of military training and magical research under the banner of Lordaeron.

## History

### Founding

House Lordrath was founded in 518 K.Y. when Mathias Rath returned to his family's lands in Lordaeron, and used his spoils of war from serving under King Barathen in the Gnoll Wars to elevate his family to nobility.

### The Augmentation

Roughly 20 years after the Gnoll Wars, Mathias Rath, in an effort to provide better soldiers for the Kingdom of Lordaeron, began to employ Quel'Dorei magisters to imbue voluntary infantrymen to undergo Arcane experimentation, increasing their size, strength, and speed immensely, in addition to increasing their lifespan to rival that of the very mages that performed the rites.

One in three men died during the experimentation, or soon after. The experimentation, although infusing magic with the bodies of the volunteers, blocked their mana channels, ensuring that they would never be able to cast magic on their own.

### First War

House Lordrath, upon being rallied to the call to war, assisted in the re-capture of Stormwind, and the driving out of the Orcish Horde. The efficiency of the Augmented soldiers is first shown on the battlefield. House Lordrath is presumed to dabble in dark magic, but no public accusations are made.

### Second War

House Lordrath, despite rumors of unnatural magic, join with the Alliance of Lordaeron, and assist in driving back the Orcish Horde. Mathias Rath, now known as "The Lord Wrath", due to extreme training regiments, marches south with a contingent of soldiers, intending to invade the Swamp of Sorrows alongside other Alliance forces, to drive the Horde back through the Dark Portal.

### Third War

House Lordrath falls during the Fall of Lordaeron. Surviving members of the House flee into the wilds on order of Mathias Lordrath, in order to save the lives of his people. Raven's Light, the royal estate of House Lordrath, is placed into a magical stasis, and is transported to a meta-physical plane, where it awaits resummoning. The few remaining survivors of House Lordrath scatter to all corners of Azeroth.

### Present Day

House Lordrath, under the guidance of Natasha Noxuvis, has brought itself out of it's fallen state, and currently lives under the banner of the Duchy of Summerfast. Mathias Lordrath comes out of self-imposed exile to assist in the re-creation of the House, ceding his title and political power to his adopted daughter, Natasha.

Natasha Noxuvis, with the help of other mages of Summerfast, recently resummoned the estate of Raven's Light into Summerfast's lands, and it currently resides along the river just south of the Summerfast capital.

Current magical experimentation is being conducted in an effort to place the lands around Raven's Light, as well as the estate itself, onto a floating platform, similar to the Dalaran City, where it will remain safe from external threats, as well as serve as a mobile base of operations for when House Lordrath eventually retakes the Barony of Rothanava from the remaining Scourge.

## Notable Members

### Mathias Ambrosia Noxuvis-Lordrath

Mathias Lordrath was the First Lord of House Rath, and has since ceded his title and political power to his adopted daughter, Natasha Noxuvis. He currently serves as the protector of Baroness Natasha, and leads the small, but growing, army of House Lordrath. He currently has sworn fealty to Duke Theodore Bennas, and serves Summerfast with loyalty to a fault.

### Natasha Noxuvis

Natasha Noxuvis, a Half Arathi, Half Quel'Dorei, who came from a family that became known to Mathias in the Gnoll Wars, war adopted by Mathias Lordrath after the fall of her House to troll attacks and sickness. She was adopted by Mathias Lordrath so that she would retain her noble status, and since living under the Banner of House Lordrath, has all but accepted it as her own.

After the Third War, Natasha fled south to Stormwind, and has since reformed House Lordrath under the banner of Summerfast.

## Lands and Vassals

### Rothanava

House Lordrath previously ruled over Rothanava, a stretch of land located between mountains on the oceeanic border of southwestern Lordaeron.

### Vassals

House Noxuvis, the fallen Arathi family, has very few surviving members. The ones remaining have sworn fealty to House Lordrath, following in Natasha Noxuvis' footsteps.

## Coat of Arms

**Crest:**
Raven Feathers

**Background:**
A star, representing the Light.

**Banner:**
A deep violet banner, to subtly represent the Arcane magic that House Lordrath dabbles in.

**Torse Colors:**
Black, Orange, Yellow, Purple, Blue.

**Description of Crest:**
Black feathers, with a golden sun behind them, on a deep violet banner. The feathers representing the Storm Raven, signature bird of House Lordrath, the golden sun representing the Light that is meant to shine down on all of House Lordrath.

**Motto:**
"Never Settle."
**Provincial Compartment:**
Lordaeron