House Dane
The predominantly Suloise house was a pioneer to the Urnstlands. It held the region that comprises Urnst prior to the Oeridian incursions and was heavily supported when the Duchy was forced to sell the County to the Great Kingdom. House Dane is considered by other Suel Houses of the County to be submissive, having surrendered before the overwhelming number of migrating Oeridians. Since that time, the Danes have maintained a strong if not decisive role within Urnst. The House is without a doubt the most powerful of the Suel houses in the County of Urnst.
In recent years, they have been forced to dilute their strong Suloise bloodlines in order to keep their holdings, and this is a source of contention among many of the older family members. The Danes are the most independent house in the County, and are known for ignoring Royal directives when it suits them. Unlike most rulers of free cities, the Lord Mayor of Brotton is a hereditary one, and not appointed by the Count - thus they retain "Baron" as part of their title.
Recently, Lord Mayor Baron Artin Delar Dane has refused to pay taxes to the Countess and speaks openly of revolt. The administrators on his staff largely ignore him, knowing him mad, and have sent their taxes along without his knowledge. His madness is one of the reasons that the family has been broadening the bloodlines of late.
In 588CY, he granted to the Lord Ranger Omin Far-Raven sovereignty over the Dreerwode (the woods surrounding Brotton), a move that enraged most the rest of his house. Omin Far-Raven is a hero of the war, and personally saved Brotton from a horde of Iuz's minions that gated into the Dreerwode. House Dane also controls much of the trade of the famous Urnstian horses; creatures rumored to have been brought here from the Imperium of a millennia ago.
House Dane's elite house guard are known as the Brotton Banshees
Notable Members
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