[ The crest of House Ealmund; an axe over a white field. It is meant to symbolize their strength and unity, shown by the gold band over the axe blade and handle. Their motto is 'We Conquer All We See.' ]

Lady Olga is the lady of Lambcastle, Wavehall, Stonebeach, and Plunderbay. She is age 18, average of height and heavier of weight, pale of complexion, brown of hair, dark of eye, and possesing of a voluptuous figure. She is married to Lleold, age 38, born to and heir of House Dunsch-Taxi, the vassal of House Bloodsun. She has one son [ Osguid, age 1 ]. She has no siblings, cousins, nephews, nieces, or grandparents, and is effectively the last member of House Ealmund with any legitimate claim to its lands.

House Ealmund had long inhabited the northern islands, and joined House Strongheart in all its campaigns, including their rebellion [ if it could be called one ] against Lord Fulmar. The House had once been the fiercest of all the raiders, providing weapons and ships if the other Houses could not make ends meet.

But the once proud House has gotten soft of late. The late Lord Guldelic died a natural death at the age of sixty-three, leaving behind only a single eight year-old daughter, Olga. The old friends of Guldelic collectively ran the lands affairs, until the lady came of age at sixteen. Even then, the girl had been so accustomed to having things done for her, and Guldelics old guard had gotten so used to running things, that things had changed in names only.

That is, until Olga unexpectedly married an older man she had been meeting in private for some time: Lleold of House Dunsch-Taxi. Not months after getting married was a child concieved. Despite the difference in age, the two seem to show a genuine love for each other, but the marriage was not matrilineal. As Lleold is the heir to the House Dunsch-Taxi, this means that upon Lady Olga's death, House Ealmund would become extinct, and their lands would fall to the Dunsch-Taxis.

Concerned about this, Guldelic's old guard confronted Lleold. Words quickly escalated to violence, and the whole old guard were killed in court on charges of treason.

It has been two years since that affair, and the once insufferable lands of House Ealmund are looking more welcoming each day. Everywhere, the influence of Lleold and his wealthy House is spreading. Even their feasts have become Mainlander affairs of sophistication, dress, and fine food.

"The warriors of my land have become better dressers than fighters; they can chug a wine pitcher faster than they can swing an axe," one guardsman recalled of a recent feast.

It is something of an open secret that Lleold now runs all aspects of House Ealmund's lands, when he's not busy defending his inheritance against his haughty younger brother, Phylls. He is man to keep an eye on.

Fiefs

Lambscastle

Infertile [ 10,000 pop. ( 7,000 from fief, 3,000 from infrastructure ), 4.4 crops per person, +.5% growth. ]

Some Resources [ +7,000 bullis ]

Advanced Infrastructure [ +3,000 to starting pop., +1,500 bullis, +600 crops, +.2% growth ]

Stone Manor

Stone Wall

Wavehall

Scrubland [ 3,000 pop., 4.2 crops per person, .3% growth ]

Resourceless

Basic Infrastructure

Fortified Manor

Stone Walls

Stonebeach

Scrubland [ 3,000 pop., 4.2 crops per person, .3% growth ]

Resourceless

Basic Infrastructure

Wooden Manor

Wooden Palisade

Plunderbay

Scrubland [ 4,000 pop. (3,000 from fief, 1,000 from infrastructure ), 4.2 crops per person, .3% growth ]

Sparse Resources [ +3,000 bullis ]

Improved Infrastructure [ +1,000 starting pop., +500 bullis, +200 crops, +.1% growth ]

Wooden Manor

Wooden Palisade

5 Points converted to 25,000 bullis

Military

100 Heavy Horsemen [ Mail Armour, Spear, Sabre, Horse ]

200 Horsemen [ Leather Armour, Spear, Shortsword, Horse ]

750 Sheildwallman [ Leather Armour, Spear, Javelin ]

325 Axemen [ Leather Armour, Axe ]

500 Bowmen [ No Armour, Bow, Dagger ]

50 Great Longboats

350 Longboats

Lordship Receipts

Total Population: 20,000 [ 7,000 from Lambcastle, 3,000 from Wavehall 3,000 from Stonebeach, 4,000 from Plunderbay ]

Population in Towns: 0

Crops Produced per Annum: 86,800 [ 10,000 * 4.2 = 42,000, 10,000 * 4.4 = 44,000, +800 from infrastructure ]

Total Growth Bonus: 1.7%

Income per Annum: 32,000 bullis [ 20,000 from taxation, 10,000 from resources, 2,000 from infrastructure ]

Current Treasury: 57,000 bullis

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[ The crest of House Reaver; two crossed, purple-handled axes tied by golden bands to gray blades, over a field of purple. It has not been said to represent anything, other than its founder, Lady Inga the Bear's favorite colour, and weapons of choice. Their motto is 'We Take What We Want.' ]

Lord Dougan is the lord of Rabbit's Eye, Axecobble, Ogre's Den, and Grindings. He is age 76, tall of height and thin of weight, pale of complexion, gray of hair, and rheumy-eyed, though they used to be blue. He was married to Lady Dyda, but she died a natural death two years earlier at the age of 70. He has three sons, [ Ceric, age 54, Tom, age 50, Roger, 44 ], and two daughters [Frida, age 46, Helga, 42 ]. Both daughters have caught an illness, and are currently under quarantine. Each child has their own children.

House Reaver was founded by Inga the Bear, a huge, ferocious woman who lived two centuries ago. Much of what is known comes through legends that perhaps once had a grain of truth to them, but are now clearly stories that have been embellished over the ages. What is agreed is that she was a fierce pirate and raider, who would charge into battle with an axe in either hand.

House Reaver has followed the Stronghearts loyally since their founding, and remain the islands most prolific raiders. Their love of raiding is no mystery; their lands are the smallest and some of the least fertile on the islands.

Lord Dougan used to be a man of great muscle and battle prowess, but that was many years ago. He considers himself unlucky to have gotten to his age, as he is too weak to die an honorable death in battle. As can be imagined, he sees civilian occuptaions as a necessary evil to provide for his campaigns. He scorns House Ealmund for having been given to a weak girl, and put under the sway of a Mainlander man.

Each of his sons take up much after their father, but even they have their best days behind them, and have sons and daughters of their own to continue the family legacy.

Frida and Helga have recently caught a very strange and violent disease, for which they have been suffering from for quite awhile now. They remain locked up in the manor at Grindings, where no one is allowed to visit them. As Lord Dougan believes, they shall either overcome their afflicition by their own strength, or deserve to die for their weakness.

Rabbit's Eye

Scrubland [ 3,000 pop., 4.2 crops per person, +.3% growth ]

Resourceless

Basic Infrastructure

Stone Manor

Stone Walls

Axecobble

Scrubland [ 3,000 pop., 4.2 crops per person, +.3% growth ]

Resourceless

Basic Infrastructure

Wooden Manor

Wooden Palisade

Ogre's Den

Scrubland [ 3,000 pop., 4.2 crops per person, +.3% growth ]

Resourceless

Basic Infrastrucutre

Wooden Manor

Wooden Palisade

Grindings

Scrubland [ 4,000 pop. ( 3,000 from fief, 1,000 from infrastructure ), 4.2 crops per person, +.3% growth ]

Sparse Resources [ +3,000 bullis ]

Improved Infrastrucutre [ +1,000 starting pop., +500 bullis, +200 crops, +.1% growth ]

Wooden Manor

Wooden Palisade

20 points converted to 100,000 bullis

Military

100 Horsemen [ Leather Armour, Spear, Shortsword, Horse ]

1,450 Spearmen [ Leather Armour, Spear ]

1,020 Axemen [ Leather Armour, Axe ]

1,000 Bowmen [ No Armour, Bow, Dagger ]

100 Great Longboats

300 Longboats

20 Ladders

Lordship Receipts

Total Population: 13,000 [ 3,000 from Rabbit's Eye, 3,000 from Axecobble, 3,000 from Ogre's Den, 4,000 from Grindings ]

Population in Towns: 0

Crops Produced per Annum: 54,800 [ 13,000 * 4.2 = 54,600, +200 from infrastructure ]

Total Growth Bonus: 1.3%

Income per Annum: 16,500 bullis [ 13,000 from taxation, 3,000 from resources, 500 from infrastructure ]

Current Treasury: 106,500 bullis

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[ The crest of House Bloodhorn; a rampant gray yale with red spots and horns over a black field. It is meant to symbolize the House's origins from the far north, where Yale was hunted in abundance. Their motto is 'Your Home is Ours.' ]

Lord Svipold is the lord of Noordlanding, Neuland, Godestone, Bludden, Wodynwall, Gootgrund, and Cleeft. He is age 44, shorter of height and heavier of weight, pale of complexion, black of hair and brown of eye. He is married to Lady Ghelre, age 40, a lowborn by the family name of Gutmandottir. He has one son [ Ivar, age 22 ].

House Bloodhorn are descended from the Suehans, who migrated from their far northern islands to the Ironstone Islands long ago. Compared to their old land, the Ironstones were a promised land, where they could finally settle down and live a stable life. Though they came with peaceful intentions, they were no strangers to violence, and proved worthy of holding their own slice of land, even conquering several lesser Houses in the process.

However, they were not entirely unaffected by the culture already present there, and soon came to blend their peaceful philosophies with the raiding ways of the natives, raping and pillaging alongside their new brethren.

Lord Svipold is the perfect embodiment of this blending. He is a hearty, jolly man, who treats raiding as both a competitive sport, and excellent way to make up for the shortfalls in harvesting. He is quite short, standing just an inch shy of five feet, but is nonetheless stout, and an excellent fighter. His only son, Ivar, is quite a ways taller than him, and has already proven to be an excellent fighter in both tourney and battle. His wife, Ghelre, he picked for her lovely beauty, and though she had little say in the matter, and she was not exactly the woman he expected her to be, the two make for a darling couple.

Fiefs

Noordlanding

Scrubland [ 4,000 pop. ( 3,000 from fief, 1,000 from infrastructure ), 4.2 crops per person, +.3% growth ]

Resourceless

Advanced Infrastructure [ +3,000 starting pop., +1,500 bullis, +600 crops, +.2% growth ]

Fortified Manor

Wooden Palisade

Neuland

Scrubland [ 4,000 pop. ( 3,000 from fief, 1,000 from infrastructure ), 4.2 crops per person, +.3% growth ]

Resourceless

Improved Infrastructure [ +1,000 starting pop., +500 bullis, +200 crops, +.1% growth ]

Wooden Manor

Wooden Palisade

Godestone

Scrubland [ 3,000 pop., 4.2 crops per person, +.3% growth ]

Resourceless

Basic Infrastructure

Wooden Manor

No Walls

Bludden

Scrubland [ 3,000 pop., 4.2 crops per person, +.3% growth ]

Resourceless

Basic Infrastructure

Wooden Manor

No Walls

Wodynwall

Scrubland [ 6,000 pop. ( 3,000 from fief, 3,000 from infrastructure ), 4.2 crops per person, +.3% growth ]

Resourceless

Advanced Infrastructure [ +3,000 starting pop., +1,500 bullis, +600 crops, +.2% growth ]

Stone Manor

Stone Wall

Gootgrund

Scrubland [ 3,000 pop., 4.2 crops per person, +.3% growth ]

Resourceless

Basic Infrastructure

Wooden Manor

Wooden Palisade

Cleeft

Scrubland [ 3,000 pop., 4.2 crops per person, +.3% growth ]

Sparse Resources [ +3,000 bullis ]

Improved Infrastructure [ +1,000 starting pop., +500 bullis, +200 crops, +.1% growth ]

Fortified Manor

Wooden Walls

5 points converted to 25,000 bullis

Military

100 Horsemen [ Leather Armour, Spear, Shortsword, Horse ]

900 Spearmen [ Leather Armour, Spear ]

800 Axemen [ Leather Armour, Axe ]

1,000 Bowmen [ No Armour, Bow, Dagger ]

100 Great Longboats

300 Longboats

Lordship Receipts

Total Population: 28,000 [ 6,000 from Noordlanding, 4,000 from Neuland, 3,000 from Godestone, 3,000 from Bludden, 6,000 from Wodynwall, 3,000 from Gootgrund, 3,000 from Cleeft, 3,000 from Wocke ]

Population in Towns: 0

Crops per Annum: 119,800 [ 28,000 * 4.2 = 117,600, +1,400 from infrastructure ]

Total Growth Bonus: 2.9% [ 2.4% from fiefs, .5% from infrastructure ]

Income per Annum: 34,500 bullis [ 28,000 from taxation, 3,000 from resources, 3,500 from infrastructure ]

Current Treasury: 58,000 bullis