House Shore

**House Shore of Dolphins Den** is an extinct Noble House from the Winter Lands. They ruled over the large island of Dolphin Isle from their seat of Dolphins Den a modest keep made of white stone.

A wealthy and powerful family the Shore's commanded the Shore Fleet the third largest fleet in Ukoris. They were founded around 4500 OE by Prince Evyan Fertile the son of King Orlon Fertile who was gifted the island on is 16th year.

The house went extinct in 271 NE when the whole family succumb to the Red Plague.

## **History**

#### **Background**

House Shore was founded in around 4500 OE when King Orlon Fertile gifted the island of Dolphin Isle to his youngest son Prince Shormon Fertile on his 16th year and was given the title Lord of Dolphins Den.

in 2439 OE the Fertile Kings were defeated by King Torren IX Varg and bent the knee becoming vassals to the Winter Kings, the Isle of Dolphins was left to Garlan Fertile ,the son of the defeated Lord of Dolphins Den, who would rename the house to House Shore after their founder Prince Shormon.

#### **Plamonte Conquest**

During the Plamonte Conquest House Shore aligned themselves with the Liege Lord House Varg and would supply them with the Shore Fleet which gave the Vargs a huge advantage over the Plamonte's at sea outnumbering them 3 to 1 in war ships.

When the Plamonte's fleet arrived in the Bay of Bears the Shore Fleet crushed them and forced the Plamonte's to retreat. The second time the Plamonte's arrived in the Bay of Bears they had already conquered the Diamond Isles and now had command of the Diamond Fleet which easily crushed the Shore's Fleet leaving them to retreat back to their islands which was later taken by the Plamonte's.

While Harveston was under siege by the Diamond Fleet the Shore's tried to take down the fleet and relive Harveston from the siege but had no luck and the Marshlands were conquered by the Plamonte's.

#### **Plamonte Rule**

During Plamonte rule the Shores never showed much love for the Plamonte's preferring to follow their liege lord instead of being loyal to the crown.

During the Slash of the Trident, House Shore declared for the Tridents early in the civil war Lord Tarten Shore sent the Shore Fleet to Harveston to aid in Damisa's cause. Lord Tarten would die in 199 NE during the Battle of Four Cross where he was said to have been sliced in half by King Darwyn himself.

In 271 NE Ukoris was hit with the deadly disease The Red Plague which could kill within a day of contracting the disease, it caused the victims to first become boiling hot and then their skin would turn bright red and they would begin to cough up blood and blead from their eyes, nose and ears. During the epidemic Lord Gage Shore caught the disease and succumb to the disease the next day, his children and their partners and children were called to Dolphins Den to attend his funeral. Within a week of them arriving the whole family began to show symptoms of the disease and all succumb within the next three days apart from Lady Anna Shore who was adopted by her mothers brother Lord Meyer Fertile and she became Lady Anna Fertile rendering House Shore legally extinct.

#### **After Extinction**

After the extinction of the house their lands were given to Gareth Smallson the smallest of all men for his service to House Fertile, and the Shore Fleet was taken by House Fertile giving them the second largest fleet in Ukoris just behind the Shining Fleet of the Shinewalls.