House Thorson

History
The ruling house of the kingdom of Serth, formerly the ruling house of the kingdom of Archerus. This is the only house to ever rule more than one kingdom throughout the lifetime of the family, at least officially. Queens and bastards and random heirs have ruled before, brought over from other royal families, but they always take on the name of the house they replace, they do not bring their old family name with them, all except the Thorsons, who just slowly integrated into the Serthi people while maintaining a documented ancestry.

This house has a reputation for producing mad and/or brutal kings, which is why they were chased out of Archerus. The Serthi people tolerated them because they brought many cultural improvements to Serth with them, such as architectural improvements and Thor worship, which they believed helped them with flooding and seasonal rains.

The newest king of Serth, Rehrgar the Patient, is actively trying to repair relations and apologize for his family's crimes as recent as his own father King Damford, who, in a fit of random madness decided to try to eliminate the Coterels, the house that replaced them as kings in Archerus. Queen Ellyn Coterel ended up being murdered and the assassin was caught, admitting who hired him under torture. Rehrgar's tactics include relying on his good reputation as well as creating marriage pacts with his large family in order to ease tensions and blend loyalties. Immediately after Damford was implicated in the assassination plot, Waltyr Coterel marched his armies, without waiting for allies, to Stormgard, and was met with Serthi armies led by Damforth Thorson and his son Rehrgar. Just before battle was about to break out, Rehrgar and the royal guard surrounded Damforth and arrested him to cheers from both sides. Waltyr left in grief without thanking Rehrgar. The Serthi had a feast all through the night and executed Damforth in the morning, crowning Rehrgar the new king, and bestowing him with the title of "the Patient" due to him waiting until just the right moment when Damforth could not somehow regain loyalty of his subjects, so that his shame and thus the shame of the Serthi was on full display, with an enemy hot on their back, so that they would be willing to be firm in turning against their king.

Major Figures:
King Damford Thorson- Hired assassin in fit of madness to kill the Coterels, father of Rehrgar Thorson.

King Rehrgard "the Patient" Thorson- Current king and reformer, has made a radically good reputation for himself.

Queen Shattrah Thorson- King Rehrgar's wife, described as a very passionate but kind woman.

Keitlbjorn- Eldest child and only son of Rehrgard, known as a hot head and great warrior. Married to Phaedra Naemes.

Esme- Eldest daughter of Rehrgar and Shattrah, a warrior princess, married to Theodar Kilroy.

Bera- Daughter of Rehrgar and Shattrah, a shy girl just reaching her teen years, married to Darion Coterel.

Hallvor- The youngest daughter of Rehrgar and Shattrah, only a child.

Part of a series on Noble Houses.