House Kylervus

House Kylervus

Three-Rivers

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Status: Warden Noble House (Status 7) Seat: High Falinthoss, Taversil, Sindanthus Vale Head of House: Lord Artoran Kylervus Consort: Lady Entonie Kylervus Heir: Sir Mithrad Kylervus Liege: Crown Evginda Ylrat Cadet Branch: House Kylervus of Aspenhill (Greensward) Vassals: House Asterum, House Atembus, House Durwald, House Filendus, House Segmundus, House Stannum, House Thielbus, plus three others Founder: xxx Founded: xxx CR

House Traits

Defense: 64 (High Falinthoss, Myrnal's Watch, Ebarmin's Crag; 2 remaining) Influence: 67 Lands: 78 (Sindanthus Vale 56, Rilistus 10, Tarjoran 10) Law: 48 (+0) Population: 53 (+0) Power: 88 (10 Vassals; Veteran Garrison 7, Trained Archers 6) Wealth: 122 290px

House Kylervus has extensive mercantile investments, and a close personal alliance with several Habersi trading cohorts. Their domain extends between two of the three rivers of the realm, and their seat, the city Taversil, is arguably the largest trading hub in the Crowndom, possibly including Crownhold itself.

• House Fortune Rolls: +4
• Resource Gain Bonuses: +1 Defense, +2 Influence, +1 Law, +3 Population, +5 Wealth
• Resource Loss Mitigation: +2 Influence, +1 Population
• Resource Exchanges: Influence to Wealth; Population to Law
• Holding Cost Reductions: Power Holdings: -2 Cavalry, -2 Criminal, -2 Garrison; Wealth Holdings: -2 Artisan, -2 Festical, -2 Scholar, -2 Tourney Master
• Miscellaneous Benefits:
  • Purchase destriers for 40% normal cost
  • +2 bonus to Knowledge tests; +2B to Knowledge (Research) tests
  • House members gain +1 Intrigue Defense and Disposition
  • Those healing in domain gain +1B
  • May use Research Sorcery action for Arts of Benediction and Warding
  • Reduce high Population penalties to House Fortune by 2
  • Reduce cost to throw Tourney by 1

Sindanthus Vale

Domain: Hills; Large City, Grasslands, River, Road (Lands 56)
Sindanthus Vale is the seat of House Kylervus, and in many ways the cultural and political center of the Three-Rivers. A land of rolling green hills that abuts the Crownflow River, Sindanthus Vale is cut through by the royal road, which splits once it hits the great city of Taversil.

• Gaol (5P, 10W; -2 cost of Criminal or Garrison; may trade Population for Law)
• Sewer (5W; +2 Population gain, Population Mitigation 1; reduce high Population penalties to House Fortune by 2)
• Marketplace (10W; +4 Wealth gain) + Trade Connections (5W)
• Tournament Field (1L, 5W; -2 cost of Festival and Tourney Master; reduce cost to throw Tourney by 1)
• Sorcerer (10W; Arts of Benediction and Warding)
• Trophy Room (5W; +1 Influence gain) + Curator (5W; +1 House Fortune, +2 bonus to appropriate Knowledge tests)
• Court (5W; Influence mitigation 2) + Beautiful People (5W; may trade Influence for Wealth) + Movers & Shakers (5W; +1 Influence and Law gain)
• Standard of Living (10W; +1 House Fortune, House members gain +1 Intrigue Defense and Disposition, those healing in domain gain +1B) + Entourage (+2W; maintain standard of living away from domain)
• Library (2D, 5W; +2B to Knowledge (Research) checks, -2 to cost of Scholar Holding) + Sorcerous Library (5W; may use Research Sorcery action for Arts of Benediction and Warding)

Rilistus

Domain: Hills; River (Lands 10)
A rougher, hillier domain than Sindanthus Vale, the valleys of Rilistus are home to many of the horse ranches of House Kylervus, whose war horses are the envy of all the Three-Rivers and beyond. Rilistus runs up against the Barrowwash River.

• Horse Husbandry (10W; +1 House Fortune, +1 Wealth gain, war horses cost 40% for House members) + War Herds (5W; -2 cost of Cavalry units)

Tarjoran

Domain: Hills; River (Lands 10)
Similar to Rilistus, the craggy domain of Tarjoran runs along the Barrowwash. Its crumbly hills are home to many of the workaday granite quarries of House Kylervus, ubiquitous white and grey stone often flecked with silver that sees use all throughout the Three-Rivers.

• Quarry (10W; +1 House Fortune, +1 Defense gain) + Stoneworks (5W; +1 Population gain, -2 cost of Artisan)

Forces

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• Taversil Garrison: Veteran Garrison
• Oakencrown Bows: Trained Archers

Members of the House

	Warden Lord Artoran Kylervus Head of House (Status 7) • Warden of Three-Rivers • 43 years The Warden of Three-Rivers inherited lordship of his House and wardenship of Three-Rivers just a little over ten years ago, after his mother died in a horse-riding accident. He is a serious man, very aware of what is expected of him by legacy and liege, and has never given anyone cause to doubt his ability or commitment. Still, he is notoriously humorless, and seems to cultivate no close friends of any sort.
	Lady Entonie Kylervus Consort (Status 6) • 44 years As a girl, Entonie eschewed a position as a handmaiden in favor of squiring for a knight. Though she was awarded her spurs by her sponsor at the age of 20, she did not go on to undertake her Summer Vigil for a single reason: she became pregnant by Artoran, then a dashing young knight. Although tradition maintains that she had the right to her knighthood if she wanted it, she never did, instead becoming Artoran's consort and the mother to his children. It was she who trained her children (including Sinelle) in the use of arms, and she always sits on her husband's war councils.
	Sir Mithrad Kylervus Heir (Status 6) • 24 years Oldest of the Kylervus scions, Sir Mithrad spent the first few years after his knighting in the court of the Crown. His last few years have been spent beside his father, learning how to rule the family's domain and ideally preparing for a role as Warden one day. Mithrad spends several months out of the year in Crownhold, and is a regular in the courts there.
	Sir Walrech Kylervus Secondborn Son (Status 5) • 22 years Knighted when he was 16, Walrech is every inch the young knight. Although he was brash and self-assured, he has spent the last three years at the Gatewatch Academy in Houndsreach. Nearly ready to graduate, Walrech has become a serious young tactician, his natural talents honed by the lessons at the academy.
	Sinelle Kylervus Thirdborn Daughter (Status 4) • 18 years One of the handmaids to Crown Evginda Ylrath herself, Sinelle has been in the midst of courtly intrigues since she was twelve. She has recently returned home to spend some time with her family before she marries her betrothed, Enfendis Vyranthal, of the great House Vyranthal.
	Kedmond Kylervus Fourthborn Son (Status 3) • 12 years Having served as a page at the Crownhold Court for the last four years, Kedmond is a canny young man who knows when to shut up and listen. His father wishes to find him a reputable knight to squire with, although Kedmond himself isn't sure he wants to be a knight.

Sworn Companions & Cousins

	Lady Mabielle Lady Entonie's Sworn Companion • 38 years A renowned beauty, Lady Mabielle is Entonie's devoted lover and boon companion (as well as that of the Warden, some whisper). A courtier of great charm and wit, she is a central figure in the active social set of the Warden's court, ensuring that the ebb and flow of the court continues in such a way as to give the maximum benefit to the Warden and his lady without inconveniencing them overmuch. She takes her social director role very seriously. Though she is clearly of wrightfolk blood, the wise do not inquire overmuch – it is a point of sensitivity that she has no wrightfolk surname, as their culture has no name for someone who does what she does, due to the contempt in which industrious wrightfolk normally hold someone like her.
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Retainers of the House

	Magus Adargand Fendil Court Sorcerer • 32 years The boyish-looking sorcerer serves the Warden and his court, bringing the arts of Benediction and Warding to their best use for the lord and his vassals. Adargand hails from a line of sorcerers with roots in Steelvale; the Fendil clan traces its origins to one of the original Legionary Sorcerers back in the founding of the Crowndom. Adargand's constant companion and sorcerous familiar is a moon-white owl; court gossip says that in order to discern where Adargand's true attention is focused, do not follow his gaze, but that of his unblinking familiar.
	Herald Sylathis Qirendis Court Herald • 64 years A man in service to the Kylervus lords since his mid-twenties, Sylanthis is arguably a member of the Kylervus family. He is a primary advisor to both Lord and Lady Kylervus, and took charge of teaching their children the ins and outs of court and its etiquette.
	Sir Ymathis Asterum Master-at-Arms • 59 years The one-eyed Master-at-Arms of House Kylervus is a quiet bear of a man. In a court of graces and charm, he often stands out by his simple silences, a polite nod being the general extent of his courtesies. Woe to those who choose to mock the knight's lack of graces, however, for he is well-loved by the Kylervus children. Ymathis is the uncle of the current lord of House Asterum.
	Dame Lanera Qirendis Castellan • 35 years The daughter of Herald Qirendis, Dame Lanera grew up in the Kylervus court, squired for Sir Ymathis, and has served House Kylervus since her Summer Vigil. She serves High Falinthoss as its Castellan, and frequently accompanies Lady Entonie as a bodyguard when the lady ventures out of the castle. Lanera is a woman of distinct humor, with a smile for most folk, and a simple disarming charm.
	Sir Marint Kamardan Household Knight • 26 years Sir Marint is a handsome young man, one who has the lords and ladies of the Kylervus court sighing and swooning. He is every bit the courtly knight, with skill at lance and song alike.
	Sir Kordus Asterum Household Knight • 24 years The nephew of Sir Ymathis, Sir Kordus represents the newest generation of Asterum knights to serve House Kylervus, a fact that the Asterum take a great deal of pride in. Sir Kordus is learning all he can from his uncle, but has higher aspirations: he desires to be admitted into an order of knights-cavalier, and so looks for opportunities to comport himself on the battlefield. To date, this has been solely tourneys.

Servants of the House

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History

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