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Aili
House Colours
Blythdin Cavall blue and silver of personal house, royal colours of gold and red
northern mountainous holding, neighbour to Stone Mountain and Aili green and white
Kennan
King's Reach
in the southwest hills Fief Legann, including the city of Port Legann, the third richest city in Tortall.
Legann
Linden Macayhill Malorie's Peak Marti's Hill Masbolle the Great Southern Desert, including the city of Persopolis and governship of the tribespeoples of the Bazhir
Meron
Mindelan Naxen
barony ducal house near the coastal hills, contains rich farmland (assumed, Sir Hallec died defending lands described as this)
Olau
barony
Pirate's Swoop
ducal house
northern mountainous holding, neighbour to Dunlath and Aili neighbour to Pirate's Swoop
Tasride Tirrsmont northern holding, north of the fortress town of Bearsford originally a family of The Book of Gold, converted to a barony when the name died in the male line.
Trebond
Veldine Wellam Malven Tirragen Seabeth and Seajen (possibly two houses) Aminar Vikison Lake Mandash Princehold Halleburn Buckglen Yolen ducal house purple and black
House Badge
Known Members Harailt of Aili - Dean to the Royal University of Tortall, powerful mage
Wayland (??) of Darroch, conservative knight unhorsed by Lord Sir Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak Sebila of Disart - great aunt of Lord Sir Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak. Balduin of Disart
Lady Maura of Dunlath Lerant of Eldorne. Lady Delia of Eldorne - traitor to the crown. Emmet of Fenrigh Vinson of Genlith - a rapist, forced to confess by the Chamber of Ordeal Lord Sir Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak Ansil of Groten - conservative knight unhorsed by Sir Keladry of Mindelan Padraig haMinch - replacement training master to Lord Wyldon of Cavall and head of haMinch house. Emry of Haryse - author of histories and famous historical general. Grandfather of Sir Nealan of Queenscove (mother's father, making her a Haryse) Glaisdan of Haryse - Captain of First Company of the King's Own Merric of Hollyrose Owen of Jesslaw - page, squire and later knight in similar years to Sir Keladry of Mindelan Cleon of Kennan - page, squire and later knight in similar years to Sir Keladry of Mindelan. Squire to Inness of Mindelan. Former lover of Sir Keladry of Mindelan. Now married to Ermelian of Aminar. Faleron of King's Reach - page, squire and later knight in similar years to Sir Keladry of Mindelan Lord Imrah of Port Legann - knight-master to Prince Roald the Second, close council to King Jonathon the Fourth.
Ulliver of Linden
Lord Sir Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak Quinden of Marti's Hill - yearmate of Keladry of Mindelan Domitan of Masbolle
Hildrec of Meron. Geoffrey of Meron - yearmate to Alanna the Lioness. Lord Martin of Meron Sir Anders of Mindelan. Sir Inness of Mindelan. Sir Conal of Mindelan. Baron Piers of Mindelan. Baroness Ilane of Mindelan Duke Gareth the Elder. Duke Gareth the Younger. Queen Lianne of Conte was originally of Naxen Sir Hallec of Nenan - killed by the ceatures known as "Skinners" during the Immortals War. Jerel of Nenan, friend of Lord Sir Raoul, knight-master of Garvey of Runnerspring Esmond of Nicoline - yearmate of Keladry of Mindelan Paxton of Nond - knightmaster of Joren of Stone Mountain. Francis of Nond Sir Myles of Olau - adoptive father of Sir Alanna the Lioness of Pirate's Swoop and Olau (nee Trebond), official spymaster of King Jonathon the Fourth. Baron George Cooper of Pirate's Swoop - husband to Sir Alanna the Lioness of Pirate's Swoop and Olau (nee Trebond), second-incommand of Tortall's spynetwork. Known as The Whisperman. Father to Alianna Crow (nee Cooper), spymistress of the Krypish Islands. ex-King of the Rogue of Tortall
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Duke Baird of Queenscove - royal healer. Sir Nealan of Queenscove, yearmate and dear friend of Sir Keladry of Mindelan. Former squire of Alanna the Lioness. Yancen of Renroha Nualt of Rosemark - knightmaster of rapist Vinson of Genlith Garvey of Runnerspring - page, squire and later knight in similar years as Keldry of Mindelan Muirgen of Sigis Hold
Joren of Stone Mountain - page and later squire of a similar time to Keldry of Mindelan. Convicted kidnapper. Killed in the Ordeal of Knighthood. Buchard of Stone Moutain - father of Joren, lord of Stone Mountain Prosper of Tameran - page, squire and later knight in similar years as Keldry of Mindelan. A light mage.
Seaver of Tasride - yearmate of Keladry of Mindelan Voelden of Tirrsmont - conservative knight unhorsed by Sir Keladry of Mindelan
Glides of Veldine - King's Own. Douglass of Veldine - yearmate of Alanna, knight guardian of Lady Maura of Dunlath Turomot of Wellam - Lord Magistrate. Sacherell of Wellam yearmate of Alanna Ralon of Malven - traitor to the crown Alexander of Tirragen - traitor to the crown Baroness Ilane of Mindelan was born Ilane of Seabeth and Seajen Ermelian of Aminar, betrothed to Cleon of Kennan Iden of Vikison Lake - cousin to Owen of Jesslaw Warric of Mandash - cousin to Owen of Jesslaw Lady Sabine of Princehold and Macayhill Lady Nomalla of Halleburn Lazamon of Buckglen Gershom of Haryse, made Count of Yolen in 249
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(notes)
(mentioned as a fief visited by the Grand Progress of Protector of the Small - Squire, the location of Kel's first joust with Lord Wyldon)
The holdings of King's Reach and Kennan are near each other, possibly even neighbours Faleron is a kinsman to Merric of Hollyrose, most likely a cousin. The holdings of King's Reach and Kennan are near each other, possibly even neighbours
known to exist as of the reign of King Roger and Queen Jessamine - possibly defunct
one of the most powerful noble houses in Tortall. Part of the "shield of Tortall", along with haMinch
Queenscove is related to the house of Masbolle, Neal and Dom are cousins. Tammy possibly contradicts herself between First Test and Lady Knight. Duke Baird is described as being in mourning for a son killed in action in the Immortals War but in Lady Knight Neal refers to himself as "Duke Baird's oldest son". Either Neal's only older sibling was that killed in the war or Tammy has simply contradicted herself
Seaver's complexion is said to "suggest Bazhir ancestors", indicating that Tasride is mostly likely a neighbour of the Great Southern Desert
the original line of Trebond died in the male line with the dead of Lord Thom of Trebond at the hands of Socerer Duke Roger of Conte. The barony is now held by Baron Coram and his wife, the Baroness Rispah.
known to exist as of the reign of King Roger and Queen Jessamine - possibly defunct known to exist as of the reign of King Roger and Queen Jessamine - possibly defunct known to exist as of the reign of King Roger and Queen Jessamine - possibly defunct known to exist as of the reign of King Roger and Queen Jessamine - possibly defunct
Political views of the Noble Houses of Tortall during the Reign of King Jonathan the Fourth 43
10 conservative 14 progressive 3 unaligned 5 unknown
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Number of houses
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Political views of the Noble Houses of Tortall during the Reign of King Jonathan the Fourth
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Progressive
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