House Simpleton

**House Simpleton** is a vassal house of the **Portlands**. It holds fealty to the crown, and the bloodline of King **Harold II the Strong**. The Family controls the Coasts by the **East Watch**, where they rule beside noble houses of the land, **House Crowe**, their rival house, and **House Darry** and **House Moore**, their ally houses. Their seat is **Castle Bridgemore** located in the northern region of the **Portlands**.

House Simpleton's **heraldry** consists of a large black anchor on a vertical field of dark and light grey. And their words are **"Ever Vigilant"**.

## History

### Background

In 134 CE, near the end of King **Harold II the Strong**'s middle reign, his eldest son died in a campaign against rebels against **Kingdom of Vale**. During the rebellious campaign, **Prince Sandor** died in battle. In the campaign, a priest and shepherd, **Eddison Landerman** fled his people to the ruins by the East Watch, and led a strong defense by the manor ruins.

To his valor in the rebellion, King Harold rewarded Eddison Landerman with a smallholding and land. Eddison Landerman was a clever and cultured man. He used his land to cultivate it into a field and the unwaged group of men and women helped build the land into a growing field of its natural resources, **Barley** and **Wheat**. Eddison Landerman constructed a market of barley and wheat in the region, and attracted coins to his family.

Near 138 CE, Eddison Landerman became one of the richest nobles of the region. Following a naval skirmish by the **East Watch**, the king ordered the construction of province of the kingdom by the East Watch to defend the lands and the bay from invaders, and six noble families of the region, known as **Portlands**, were formed. Among them were Crowe Family, Landerman Family, Darry Family, Moore Family, Potter Family, and Valmont Family. These noble families of Portland became known as the **Six Swords of Portlands**, and its six noble houses.

In 138 CE, **House Simpleton** was founded by **Nobleman** **Eddison Landerman**. House Simpleton was located in the Northern Region of Portlands, controlling one of the three strongest ports of the East Watch, known as the **Pipeline City**, and **Castle Bridgemore** was constructed upon the manor ruins where Lord Eddison once defended the region of Portlands for nearly half a decade ago.

Near the end of King Harold's reign, House Simpleton became one of the strongest naval and richest houses of the **Sternlands**. House Simpleton intermarried with noble and minor houses of the Sternlands, growing stronger with each decade.

## Members

* {**Eddison Landerman**}, nobleman. Founder of **House Simpleton** and **House Landerman**.
	+ Lady {**Fiona Easternling**}, his second wife.
		- Lord {**Jacob Simpleton**}, firstborn and elder son of Eddison Landerman. Head of House Simpleton.
		- Lady {**Olivia Simpleton**}, secondborn and only daughter of Eddison Landerman.
			* Captain {**Ivan Potter**}, her husband and middle son of **Lord Franklin Potter**. **Captain** of the East Watch's **Royal Fleet**.
		- Ser {**Isaac Simpleton**}, thirdborn and younger son of Eddison Landerman. Knight of House Simpleton.
			* Lady {**Meera Hunter**}, his wife and middle niece of **Lord Harry Hunter**.
	+ Lady {**Joana Gilbert**}, his first wife.
		- Lady {**Asha Landerman**}, firstborn and only daughter of Eddison Landerman. **Steward of House Landerman**.
		- Ser {**Thomas Landerman**}, secondborn and elder son of Eddison Landerman. Knight of House Landerman.
		- Ser {**Edward Landerman**}, thirdborn and younger son of Eddison Landerman. Knight of House Landerman.
	+ Lady {**Nyssa of Tyrinia**}, his third wife. **Lady of Alton's Fort**, and Head of **House Landerman of Tyrinia**.
		- Ser {**Petyr Landerman**}, his firstborn. Knight of House Landerman of Tyrinia. Served **King Robert Warwick**'s **Crownsguard**.
		- Ser {**Meryn Landerman**}, his secondborn. Knight of House Landerman of Tyrinia. Served **King of Hilton** as **Guard Captain**.
		- Lady {**Ella Landerman**}, his secondborn. Lady of House Landerman of Tyrinia. **Steward of Alton's Fort**.
			* Commander {**Gregor of Altor**}, her husband. Commander of Tyrinia's Legion Guard.
	+ Lady {**Orella Landerman**}, his mother. **Head of Landerman Family**.
	+ Ser {Jacob Landerman}, his brother. Knight of Landerman Family.
	+ Lady {Osha Landerman}, his sister. Lady of Landerman Family.
	+ Ser {**Ewan Landerman**}, his nephew. Knight of Landerman Family.

## Cadet-Branch

House Simpleton is a wealthy and naval strong House of the Sternlands. Due to the various marriages of Eddison Landerman, there are various houses that descend from him with his various marriages. The most notable are two major houses, **House Landerman of Portland**, and **House Landerman of Tyrinia**.

* **House Landerman of Portland**

**House Landerman of Portland** is a vassal house that holds fealty to **House Simpleton of Portland**, of which they are a cadet branch. Their seat is located at the ports of House Simpleton, **Pipeline City**.

* **House Landerman of Tyrinia**

House Landerman of Tyrinia is a vassal house that holds fealty to the **Crown of Tyrinia** and has direct allegiance to **House Simpleton of Portland**, of which they are a cadet branch. They come from the noble bloodlines of **Eddison Landerman** and **House Rhymes**, and their seat is **Alton's Fort**, located in Tyrinia's South-West Coasts, also known as '**Tyrant's Bay**'.

## Allegiance

### Vassals

* **House Florent** of **Highwater Keep**.
* **House Lincoln** of **Saint Lincoln's Stead**.
* **House Landerman** of **Pipeline City**.

### Prominent Allies

* **House Potter** of **Sunmeadow**.
* **House Isenwood** of **Castle Isenwood**.
* **House Hunter** of **Lincoln Town**.
* **House Flynn** of **Fort Silvers**.