House Tyristan

The richest noble house on Auire, and sworn servants of Royal House Bellicote, whom they recently began a military coup against.

History:
The house was started by hedge knight Nedanyel Tyristan, who built his home on some craggy rocks out of the way, in hopes he would be difficult for the tax collector and his liege lord to find. He would later discover he had settled on the largest vein of gold ever recorded. While inspecting his property, he discovered the gold, and secretly, spent all his savings to marry a local woman and hire her brothers. By all accounts, it was a happy marriage, and by the time his liege lord discovered his little mining operation, Nedanyel had half a castle built and an entourage of guards. None of that was necessary of course because Nedanyel happily paid his taxes knowing he had told his lord about only a tenth of his true wealth. More gold went to his workers to keep them happy and quiet about the sheer volume of gold the mines produced. House Tyristan quickly gained fame and good will from the villages that would eventually pop up and form around the castle. Tyrsgard, as they called it would later expand into an unofficial second capital city of Kadesh, all paid for by the generous Tyristan family. The ruling family, House Bellicote, was always suspicious and paranoid that the Tyristans would one day try to buy their throne right out from under them.

Over the generations, the Tyristans went through the original vein of gold, but kept expanding with equal luck, though their reputation as generous went in the opposite direction, they paid their workers less and less, and their fellow lords and enforcers more and more. Today, Lord Vassilus Tyristan leads the house with an iron fist, keeping his children sharp and merciless so they do not squander the family wealth when he is gone.

Males:

Lord Vassilus Tyristan- Patriarch of the Tyristans, a hard, unempathetic, greedy, and hyper intelligent man.

Sir Tehmet Tyristan- The Knight of Glass, a tourney and Agican War hero, killed King Bellicote, as his body guard.

Sir Viggo Tyristan- A former royal guard for King Bellicote, along with his brother Tehmet, has a sadistic personality.

Edwyn "the Broken" Tyristan- A handicapped young man punished by his father for fancying a whore, missing.

Females:

Lady Ilsa Tyristan- Mother of Tehmet, Viggo, and Edwyn, died giving birth to Edwyn.

Lady Lisbeth Tyristan- Tehmet's wife, generally considered an ugly woman who was married for convenience.

Livyanna Tyristan- Tehmet and Lisbeth's daughter, she lives with Lisbeth in Mythgar to be near Tehmet.

Pronunciation
Ty-ri-stan, pronounced "tie'-wrist-anne"

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