House Blackhorn
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Head Down, Hooves Flashing
Realm: The North
Liege: Lord Josian Wisent, Lord of Wisenwood
Lord: Lord Kromley Blackhorn, Lord of Blackhorn Vale (age 68)
Lady: None
Heir: Ser Thomas Blackhorn (age 45)
Other Scions: Emma Blackhorn, wife to Ser Thomas (age 41)
- Thomas and Emma's children: Yasmin Cerwyn (age 24, wife to Ser Mallory Cerwyn), Ser Danyk Blackhorn (age 22), Ser Garwyn Blackhorn (age 17; in service to House Wisent, Marten (age 9)
Seat: Blackhorn Tower, Blackhorn Vale, southern portion of the Wolfswood
Age: Recent, in the time of the Blackfyre Rebellion
Traits
- Defense: 18
- Influence: 22
- Lands: 19
- Law: 19
- Population: 20
- Power: 32
- Wealth: 22
Defense
- Blackhorn Tower: X
Influence
Lord Kromley Blackhorn is the aging Lord of House Blackhorn. He took to his wife a minor noblewoman of the Tallhart line, one Ballia by name, though she passed nearly a decade ago of a winter fever.
Of all Blackhorn's children, only his second son, Thomas is alive and heir. Thomas is himself married to Lord Wisent's cousin Emma, and the two of them have four children: their eldest Yasmin (now married to a minor Cerwyn knight, their heir Danyk, Garwyn (currently a knight in service to Lord Wisent) and their youngest son Marten, at age 9.
Land
House Blackthorn possesses rich but mostly untouched lands. They possess a reputation as "hunter lords," and rightly so.
- Blackhorn Vale: A small, richly wooded portion of woods with a hamlet of crofters and woodsmen. (Plains; Lightly Wooded, Hamlet; 18)
Power
The military forces House Blackhorn can call upon are as follows:
- The Blackhorn Archers: Two units (200 total) of Veteran Archers. (16)
- Blackhorn Lancers: Two units (40 total) of Trained Cavalry. (16)
Wealth
House Blackhorn's investments include:
- Godswood of Blackhorn Vale: A godswood less than an hour's walk from Blackhorn Tower proper. (5)
- Artisan: The bowyers of Blackhorn Vale are well-known for the strength and quality of their bows and arrows. (10)
History
- Ascent: +6 Influence, +3 Lands, +6 Power, +4 Wealth
Lords of House Blackhorn
- Taenis Blackhorn (202 - 226 AL)
- Urdall Blackhorn (226 - 246 AL)
- Danyk Blackhorn (246 - 259 AL)
- Kromley Blackhorn (259 - 293 AL; Current Lord)
The Founding of Blackhorn
Taenis Blackhorn was a knight in the service of Korvan Wisent. The two were more than liege and knight, however - they were fast friends, and always fought side-by-side. House legend has that it was Taenis who helped his friend muster the men and the courage to go to war with his own brother, Lord Maegris Wisent, called "the Mad" by his own smallfolk and family. When the battle was over, and Maegris had cast himself from the battlements of his weirwood-constructed Palewood Tower, Korvan's first act as Lord Wisent was to raise Taenis to lord status as a vassal, and grant him part of the Wisent lands deeper in the Wolfswood. (Ascent: +6 Influence, +3 Lands, +6 Power, +4 Wealth)
Blackhorn Tower
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