House Tyrionis

### Coat of Arms

*Purpure, a moon increscent argent surmounted by a portcullis sable, all within a bordure bronze charged with ancient runes of the olden druids*

### Seat

Tirano. Located in the passageway to the hills in the northern flatlands of Vecciar, Tirano in the past served as the formidable fortress guarding Vecciar from northern incursions. Nowadays, it is a wealthy rubber producing market town along the Trans-Arracian rail-line.

### Former Titles

Bronze King, Warden of the Stoneway, Prince of the Pass, Duke of Northern Vecciar, Count of Tirano, Honourary Mayor of Tirano

### Current Affiliations

Owners of Tirano Holdings Ltd, Supporters of Vecciar Regionalism, Political donor to the regional Liberal Prosperity Party in the Vecciar Assembly

### Ancient History

   An ancient family of native Vecciar origin, the Tyrionis built the castle of Tirano in the foothills of Northern Vecciar during the early years of the confederation era. Tirano was built to control the main passway towards the inland of Vecciar. This strategic location allowed the Tyrionis to become quite wealthy by charging toll fees for those who use the passage. They emblazoned their coat of arms with bronze paint and ancient Vecciarian runic symbols, druidic traditions rooted in the hills of Northern Vecciar. The black gate and the moon a later addition to emphasize their role as guardians of the Northern Pass.

### Castle Tirano

An unintended consequence of controlling one of the only Northern passes towards Vecciar is that that valuable piece of real estate will be fought over by many an ambitious men. As such, the usually quite mercantile ancestors of the Tyrionis had to fortify their castle and muster their forces. This military might and steadfast defence of the stony passageway lead to them being called “Wardens of the Stoneway”.

### **Confederation Era**

    During the chaotic confederation era of the 1400s, House Tyrionis rose to become petty kings of Northern Vecciar, using their wealth to muster an army that dominated the hills of North Vecciar. Then came Síevenson of Cíavar who fought many wars to become King. Yorwyck IV Tyrionis, nicknamed Bronze King for his bronze runic armour, was one of the many lords in Vecciar that were defeated by the now ascendent King Síevenson of Cíavar. Their many titles stripped and their military disbanded; House Tyrionis receded into irrelevance, slowly edging towards destitution and extinction.

### **Age of Parliamentarianism**

Then, a stroke of luck came during the parliamentarian era. The growing colonial empire of the Arracian Kingdom needed ports to transport merchants and soldiers to maintain the colonies, and the warm water ports of Porta Veccia became the ideal place for this endeavor. Thus the Northern Passageways of Vecciar became relevant once more and the near extinct Tyrionis became part of the rising merchant class that spun the gears of empire. This resurgence of influence and wealth allowed the Tyrionis to become influential merchant lords. They sponsored many artworks that depict the lands and history of Vecciar, taking pride in their beautiful region. This extravagant spending on sponsoring artwork earned them fame and prestige, immortalizing them as the stock image of wealthy Vecciarian aristocracy. They became so wealthy and influential that the sea south of Porta Veccia become known as the "Tyrionisian Sea" due to the family commisioning explorers and navigators who honoured their employers with that name. However, this extravagant lifestyle was not to last

### Fall during the Lost Decades

Due to the period of the “lost decades”, the fortunes of the house reversed due to the economic recession. The Tyrionis sold their many possessions and artworks to keep their lifestyle afloat, however their fortunes never reversed and they sunk into poverty. Their fame and prestige did nothing to keep them from homelessness and hunger.

### The Rise of House Tyrionis

During the revolutions of the 1800s, the Tyrionis went almost extinct without money or influence. Their ancestral seat of Tirano reflected the decline of the family; neglected and near abandoned. Then, came the rubber boom of the mid 1800s, hundreds of tonnes of rubber were being imported from the colony of Nekeland to be used in the industrial revolution. These rubber products landed in Porta Veccia and were manufactured into rubber products in the hinterlands of Vecciar. One of these manufacturing areas was the tiny town of Tirano. Once a destitute orphan working in a rubber factory in Tirano and sleeping in the homes of kindly elders, Maron Tyrionis rose through the ranks into becoming the rubber factory owner and then exploited this rubber boom to revitalize the fortunes of house Tyrionis. Maron founded a new company called Tirano Holdings in honour of his hometown and the kind residents that never abandoned him. He vowed that the fruits of his labour will always go to enriching his beloved Tirano. Maron almost exclusively employed people from his hometown in his company, this deepened the loyalty the town had for his family and cemented House Tyrionis as the leaders of Tirano

### House Tyrionis under Yoren

Yoren Tyrions, son of the late Maron and current head of house Tyrionis, was a business associate and AUP political donor of Simone Rigano before he ascended into the presidency. Due to this close relationship and excessive amounts of sleaze and corruption, the Tirano Holdings company grew stratospherically in size during Rigano’s presidential reign. They began dabbling in the import and logistics business, moving their headquarters from Tirano to the booming Porta Veccia to better reflect this transition. In doing so, Yoren broke the tradition and vow of his father who once promised that the profits from his Tirano Holdings company will first go to enriching and bettering the town of Tirano. This soured relations between Yoren and his family's ancestral town of Tirano.

### Support for Vecciar Regionalism

Yoren Tyrionis took his family's stance towards Vecciar regionalism into whole new levels. His Tirano Holdings company only exclusively employs people who were born or raised in the province of Vecciar. The company only exclusively communicates in the traditional Vecciar dialect and would promote it throughout the country. Yoren funded artists, musicians, writers, academics, and institutions to create works that would emphasize the distinct traditional culture of Vecciar. He would even court Ralence, viewing the Ralencians to be more related to the Vecciarians than the rest of Arracia. Due to this excess of fame and recognition, Yoren was well known to be one of the first “Vecciar Nationalists” and one of the most prominent Vecciarian of the time. When the market liberals under Francisco Arazione - successors of Riganoism - defected to the RPF, Yoren would halt his donation to the AUP and instead donate money to the regional Liberal Prosperity Party. However, His attempts to sway the LPP towards Vecciar nationalism have borne no fruits. Yoren, seeing market trends and predicting the rubber boom will soon end, sought to diversify Tirano Holdings by also dabbling in asset management in the region of Vecciar. Secretly however, he was working on a synthetic alternative to organic rubber.