House Vaelthorne
Motto: "Truth Shall Rise Anew."
Sigil: A crimson phoenix rising from a burning scroll.
Status after the Gilded Rebellion: Rebelled and lost nearly everything.
Vassal to: House Varethian
Capital: Phoenix Hall
Before their catastrophic fall from grace during the Gilded Rebellion, House Vaelthorne occupied a position of unparalleled influence within the high families of Eldoria. Their ancestral specialty—diplomatic mediation reinforced by unique truth-compelling enchantments—made them essential facilitators of every significant treaty and alliance in the kingdom's recent history. The Vaelthorne Accords, which established peaceful relations with the southern barbarian tribes (since wiped out by the Valtareth Imperium) after centuries of border warfare, represented the pinnacle of their diplomatic achievement and cemented their reputation as indispensable servants of the realm.
The family's defection to the rebel cause therefore struck with particular devastation, not merely as a military setback but as a profound symbolic rupture. House Vaelthorne did not merely join the rebellion—they legitimized it, applying their considerable diplomatic expertise to formulating manifestos and declarations that transformed scattered discontent into a coherent political movement. Their ancestral estate, Phoenix Hall, was subsequently razed by loyalist forces led by Karolis Duskbane in a punitive action that deliberately echoed the family's own sigil—a conflagration from which they were not expected to rise again.
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