House Galicia

**House Galicia of Summerhall** is a vassal house of the Dunes that swears fealty to House Murad of Serpent's Keep. The leader of House Galicia holds the title of Lord of Summerhall. Their sigil is a red bull on a yellow background. The now extinct cadet branch of House Galicia was known as House Galicia of Starhold, whose leader held the title of Lord of Starhold.

## History

### Robert Maddox's Rebellion

During Robert Maddox's Rebellion, House Galicia followed their liege lords at the time, House Nazari, in rebellion against House Beaufort. Leon Galicia, who was the younger brother of Alfonso Galicia, the leader of the family, was even appointed to Robert Maddox’s War Council to serve as his Master of Whisperers. After House Murad seized control of the Dunes during the war, House Galicia put up a valiant if ineffective revolt. By the end of the war House Galicia submitted to House Beaufort and to their new liege lords House Murad after the key players of House Galicia were executed for treason.

### Beaufort Civil War

House Galicia fought on the side of The Coalition along with the rest of the noble houses of the Dunes during The Beaufort Civil War. Lord Ferdinand Galicia was a renowned spymaster in the Dunes and was appointed as Master of Whisperers by the new King Octavian Beaufort. The majority of House Galicia's forces were put under the command of Lord Paramount of the Dunes, Emir Murad, while Ferdinand stayed in The Palace of the Kings with only his personal guard. When The Alliance seized control of the Palace of the Kings, Lord Ferdinand, along with the rest of the surviving members of Octavian's Inner Circle, was imprisoned and eventually exiled. Following his exile, Lord Ferdinand's younger brother, Guillermo Galicia, began a liaison with his wife, Kalila, and fashioned himself the new Lord of Summerhall despite the fact that Ferdinand's son, Miguel, was by all rights the legal heir.

### War of the Heirs

Prior to the beginning of the War of the Heirs, Guillermo Galicia's son Javier had overthrown his half-brother Miguel and seized control of Summerhall. Lord Miguel, outmaneuvered and endangered, fled the Dunes where he sought sanctuary with Carlo Giovanni at the Giovanni Mansion. Lord Carlo had become acquainted and friends with Miguel's father during The Beaufort Civil War and thus offered to grant Miguel asylum and help him take Summerhall back. When the War of the Heirs broke out, the new Lord Javier supported Raphael Beaufort's claim to the throne and committed the vast majority of House Galicia's forces to Raphael's cause. Lord Javier personally lead House Galicia's forces during the early stages of the Alpine campaign but was killed in battle alongside Raphael Beaufort when they were waylayed by Jacques Beaufort's forces in the Battle of the Alpines. After Javier's death, Lord Miguel returned from the Reach where he was able to take his rightful place as Lord. While Miguel had nominally supported Emelia Arx's claim alongside House Giovanni, he did not offer any assistance to her once he returned to Summerhall.

### Conquest of the Sunset Isles

House Galicia entered the war alongside their liege lord House Murad midway through the war. After the death of the Hand of the King, Gunther Lothair, King Emeric Beaufort called upon the now elderly Lord Miguel Galicia to serve as his new Hand. Miguel had been a member of Emeric's council of regents and was reportedly one of only a few that Emeric trusted. Miguel's forces assisted the royal armies in retaking control of the Reach and Miguel followed the royal armies to the Sunset Isles where he proved extremely valuable in bringing about the end of the war. After the war's end, Miguel relocated to the Palace of the Kings where he continued to serve as Hand of the King and help King Emeric restore order to the realms.

## Notable Members

* Lord Leon Galicia- Served as a member of Robert Maddox’s War Council, was executed for treason at the end of the war.
* Lord Ferdinand Galicia- Served as Octavian Beaufort's Master of Whisperers.
* Lord Miguel Galicia- Appointed as one of Emeric Beaufort's regents and occupied a seat on Emeric's Regency Council. He later returned to serve as Emeric's Hand of the King during the Conquest of the Sunset Isles.
* Lord Andreas Galicia- Served as Gaspard Beaufort's and Laurent Beaufort's Master of Coin