House Agundar

House Agundar

"Like lightning, we strike!" (traditional; in little use)

Personages

Patriarch: Relavarr Agundar Consort: Yulysree Agundar Heir: Empiirl Agundar (younger sister) Membership (Nobles): 36 Predominant Faith: Talos

Faction Details

Common Descriptors: Brutal, mercenary, taciturn. Primary Classes: Fighters, Barbarians, Cleric (Tempus) Alignments: CN

Faction Ranks

• Favored: Rank 1. You are a favored member of the House. If you are a scion of the House, you have pleased the patriarch sufficiently to gain his notice. If you are an agent or retainer of the House, your efforts to aid the House have gone well-noted. • Lynchpin: Rank 3. You are given a position of some responsibility in the House's operations. If you are a scion of the House, the patriarch considers you one of the favored scions of the House, and consults with you on matters of House importance. If you are an agent or retainer, your contributions and skills in service of the House have won you a position of no small regard and respect in the patriarch's eyes - although that may earn you the jealousy of his blood kin who are less favored than you. • Matriarch/Patriarch: Rank 10. You are the acknowledged and legal head of the household.

Interests

Trade & Interests: Mercenary fighting, warrior training; formerly sword forging Holdings: Waterdeep

History

Ethnicity: Tethyrian Founded: 1116 DR Previous Eras: 1354 DR

One of the Houses to sell their title, the Agundars left Waterdeep and focused on their business as mercenaries. During this time, the family lost its smithing holdings (most of which were in Waterdeep) in favor of its mercenaries and the training of fighting forces. The Agundars returned to Waterdeep two decades ago, but have only taken up their titles since the coming of Laeral.

Members of the Family

• Lord Relavarr Agundar: Patriarch (Rank 10) • 27 years. A scraggle-bearded young lordling, Relavarr is every inch the stereotypical young noble patriarch: in love with his power and wealth, addicted to his vices, and wholly unconcerned with the serious affairs of running his House. Fortunately, he has a bevy of uncles and older cousins who are only too capable of doing so in his stead, and eager for the rewards thereof. Relavarr married his mysterious bride a year ago, though he still carries on as though he were yet a bachelor.
• Yulysree Agundar: Consort (Rank 3) • 28 years. A lovely maid whose hair color changes often, shifting from one improbable alchemical hue to the next. Yulysree attended the requisite events with her husband shortly after their marriage, but has sworn off most Waterdhavian social events since. This, of course, only increases her mystery in Waterdhavian eyes: who is she? Where is she from? Why does she fancy herself better than the highest of society?
• Empiirl Agundar: Heir, patriarch's younger sister (Rank 2) • 22 years. Well-established as a fiery-tempered young woman with very little use for her brother's crowd, most Waterdhavians in the social set agree that she dislikes the parties and revelry so much mostly because her brother loves them so. The two have always had an adversarial relationship; when they were young, while Relavarr was trying to get out of sword-lessons, Empiirl was showing up to linger in the salle doorway, desperate to take up the blade herself. As soon as their Uncle Maspryth put a sword in her hand, Relavarr never picked his up again, and neither of them could have been happier for it.

Holdings

• Resources Limit: If necessary, House Agundar could probably generate about 25,000 gp in liquid coin and valuables within a month.

Agundarhalls (Villa)

Hassantyr's Street, North Ward

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• Agundarhalls: 3
• Stables: The Agundars are a horse-riding family, to the extent that they usually eschew carriages and the like, save for their elderly or infirm. This single-story building has a small carriage-house in it, with the rest of its space dedicated to a full and proper stables. The back of the building has a short staircase down into basements with stablehand quarters. This basement also has a short tunnel connecting it to Agundarhalls, and is the family's usual means of getting to and from the stables during the day.
• The Old Smithy: 1
• The Grand Salle: 3

Known Faction Perks

Scions and agents of House Agundar in good standing might receive the following benefits:

• Living Quarters: Rank 1+. Those in good standing with the House are given quarters within the House's Waterdhavian villa appropriate to their role in the House.
• Living Expenses/Salaries: Rank 1+. Those in good standing with the House also receive a stipend of 1gp plus 5sp per day per point of Rank. This is not actual cash, but simply familial credit towards payment of Lifestyle costs. This stacks with the same kind of familial credit received from the Waterdhavian Noble Background (see Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide).
• Business Opportunities: Rank 3+. Lynchpins to the House's operations receive access to a variety of business opportunities within the House's money-making endeavors. This is handled as "Running a Business" in downtime months. This does not incur a business expense, but if too many of the character rolls results that end in a loss of money, he can and will find his Rank in the House reduced.
• Heir or Consort (Title): Rank 3+. The holder of one of the legal titles Heir of House and Consort of House, as recorded with the city of Waterdeep, is entitled to an additional 2gp per day in familial credit, per the "Living Expenses/Salaries" entry above. The heir is also accorded certain privileges within the legal system of Waterdeep, including the ability to speak on behalf of his House in some legal proceedings and the like.
• Sword Instructor (Title): Rank 5+. A House member or retainer of this rank has demonstrated a skill not merely with sword-work, but with the teaching thereof. Sword Instructors of the Agundar salle are responsible for drilling students of beginning skill levels, and seeing that they have the degree of proficiency that will warrant them time with the Sallemaster directly. This title comes with a stipend of an additional 2gp per day in familial credit, per the "Living Expenses/Salaries" above.
• Sallemaster (Title): Rank 7+. The master of the Agundar salle is responsible for training all members of the House in sword-work, and for taking on paying students. They usually have a small staff of Sword Instructors working with them to teach the lower-skill students while the Sallemaster sharpens the upper class. This comes with a stipend of an additional 4gp per day in familial credit, per the "Living Expenses/Salaries" above.
• Wealth of the House: Rank 10. The patriarch of the House is in total control of the House's finances and various holdings, established by the laws of Waterdeep.