House Valois

[Galendar 631]

House Valois


Guivret History

The
official name Guivret can be traced back to Balian’s Great Grandfather,
Arthur Guivret. Arthur was a minor noble to a small kingdom created
from the splintering of a larger Kingdom. His holdings were mainly
forests, so the family made its name as hunters and woodsmen. Arthur and
his wife Sebille (née Iwain) bore two sons, Avanc and Bladud. Avanc
left the family’s holdings and was later found to have changed his
surname to Briefbas and was living as a baker in lands far from his birth
place to avoid the pressures of politics and nobility. Balian’s
Grandfather Bladud became head of the house when his father died,
leaving him there small lands in the forests. Through favors to the King
and service in the military Bladud doubled the family’s holdings and
took on a wife named Fenice (née Jren) from another minor noble family
to the North. Times were good through the rest of Bladud’s reign, and
through the early years of Balian’s father reign. Balian’s father was a
man named Antoine and was a treacherous goat. Through an affair with a
woman named Ana Ettarre, Balian gained a sister named Gwenavere who died
at a young age due to fever. In favor of this new woman, Antoine had
Balian’s mother, Elsa (née Argante) burned as a witch. A few years after
this, around the time of Balian’s 23rd birthday, a neighboring kingdom
conquered much land from the kingdom Balian lived in. This new kingdom
slew many noble families, including Balian’s, to give their land to more
favored Nobles. Balian escaped by pretending to be nothing more then a
serf, and traveling through the forests. After 3 years of hiding Balian
signed on with House Silverblade of the kingdom of Renatus as a
bannerman, but upon hearing the founding of a new Duchy within the
kingdom set off to Norjun to seek his luck in the small village of
Ursakar. After only 2 years of ruling over Ursakar, Balian had not only
found a wife, but had gained 2 children. His land holdings have
increased greatly, and he has attained the rank of Duke in the Holy Oren
Empire.

Balian, Helaine, and one of their daughters Arya were on
the road from Arethor to Ursakar when in the thick of the Mallowlyn
Woodlands on the outskirts of the Duchy of Auvergne they were ambushed
by a group of bandits. After the a search of the Woodlands, their bodies
were found in a shallow grave, striped of precious goods. One body was
not recovered though, Arya's body was never found. Nobody knows if she
is alive or not. Control of the Duchy was passed down to Balian's only
son Maris, at Balian's own behest in his will.
((Credits to Lugarthecougar))
Gracchi History

The house Gracchi originated in Aegis
much like many of the other nobles houses of Oren. Their ancestral
lands were in the far southeast of the empire. Due to the fact that many
of the house's records were lost in the fall of Aegis, details remain
spotty about the true origins of the House. It is known that the first
leader of the House Gracchi was Peter Gracchi who was an important
general for the king of Oren was granted land and titles. The line
continued uneventfully until the fall of Al'khazar. Durring that event,
the undead ravaged the lands of the House Gracchi killing all it's
members except for Marius Gracchi the youngest son of Lord Alexander
Gracchi. Marius alone fled from Aegis to Asulon and reestablished his
house with the city of Ascella. Upon his death, the house ruled Ascella
along with Jullius. In the following events, Ascella merged with the
nation state of Seventis and the Gracchi were among the most prominent
of the Houses in Seventis. Durring the split of Seventis into Nojurn and
Auvergne, the house Gracchi's lands of Carcassonne placed them in
Auvergne. The merge with House Guivret eventually turned the two into
House Valois, which is currently a Greater House in Oren.
((Credits to Nppeck))

Valois History

With
the joining of Houses Guivret and Gracchi House Valois was formed. The
marriage of Maxamillian Gracchi and Chrestienne Valois is what combined
the two, in essence forming what is now House Valois. Maris was the Duke
at the start of this new House. Becoming very powerful quickly it
seemed the family would become one of the most powerful in Oren if they
were not already. Being a Greater House they had become well known
throughout Asulon.

As the
old world crumbled and the new land was in sight the Valois family lost
track of Maris. They looked everywhere for him but he was not to be
found. To this day his whereabouts are unknown. Grief struck the entire
family as their leader was assumed dead. With no leader the family got
together in a meeting to see who would become the new Duke/Duchess.
With blood line flowing to Chrestienne and Maxamillian they happily took the role.

Only
a few short days after the announcement of a new leader Max went
missing. The House feared losing another member and sent hundreds of men
out in search of him. Desperate to get her husband back Chrestienne
also joined the hunt. As the days stacked upon each other there was
still no trace of Max. Hope began to wither away and the family accepted
his death. As they tried to move on Relgard brought home a disturbing
find. It was the body of Max, from the looks of it he had been dead for
awhile.

Max's body was
torn and ripped in a gruesome fashion. Stab marks and dried blood caked
everywhere, obviously showing signs of a struggle. Relgard was positive
that he knew who the culprits were. He proclaimed them to be a group
known as the Frozen Thorns. Chrestienne ordered her men to keep a look
out for anyone suspicious. To this day she has not been able to find any
Thorns. With the loss of her husband she became a widowed duchess, and led the house and duchy well for a long time, before abdicating the title to Rose, her sister.
((credits to Cruzazul8))
Rose lead the house for around twenty years, making strong allys with such familys as the Chivays, Nassers, and Carrions. In such time, Emperor Godfrey Horen I died and his son Horen became Emperor. Then after a long period of time, it danced about until it reached King William III's turn to rule, in witch she supported. She also had begun working on the house's holdings, which had depleted to that of just a county. Through years of work, she gained the duchy, Auvergne and ruled that until she became tired, abdicating the title to her little brother, Marcel.

Marcel was raised by King Hiebe of the dwarves for a large majority of his life, leading him to be more like a dwarf in ways. During his short time of leadership, King William died, passing the Kingdom of Renatus over to Silus Horen I, who was largely unsupported by his vassals for several reasons, one being signing off the Kingdom of Renatus to be vassals under the newly reformed Empire of Oren with Carrion as the Imperial house. He lead only for a short period before he began to conspire leaving the Empire of Oren and joining Salvus. Once this was discovered by King Silus, his liege, Marcel abdicated all titles to Alexander Valois I, his cousin.

Alexander stood on his balcony, reading the letter of abdication before a letter was delivered by courier from the king, stating all lands were revoked aside from the old Valois county in witch they received once arrived in Anthos Alexander works vigorously to keep the house alive and together in these troubled times of the weakened kingdom and Empire.
((Credits to Galendar_Aveere))



Living Valois Family Members
((All people who played listed characters below are requested to make an app so I know you still play them. If you do not respond within the next month, these characters will be terminated or given to someone else to play. If you play a Valois, just make a post here stating you do so I may add you to the list, thanks.))

Alexander Valois
[Galendar_Aveere]

Chrestienne Valois
[cruzazul8]

Jean Valois

Marcel Valois
[cruzazul8]

Maris Valois


Ariana Valois


Rose Valois
[ski_king3]


Vivian Valois
Aidanhd500/sugaryhobgoblin

 

Rose Valois II

 

Skyyobee

Julia Valois


Aeman Tyrre


Isabella Valois


Cassandra Valois


Arya Valois






Rules

OOC:

1. You must have a decent amount of knowledge of the House before joining.

2. Meta and Power gaming is not allowed. If caught doing it you could be stripped of your character.

3. Any crude or offensive language should not be said aloud, unless it is in skype chat and we are poking fun at each other. ;)

4. Please refrain from flaming or anything of the sort.

5.
Our sole purpose is to have fun and make generally fun roleplay so if
you are unable to do that please do not fill out an app.

IC:

1. All Family members must show respect to each other.

2. Serving and respecting His Imperial Majesty and the rest of Oren and Renatus is a must.

3.You must obey your leaders and not argue their decision, no matter how foolish it may seem.

4. Proper etiquette and mannerism must be shown at all times.

5.If
you find a reason to become hostile with another house, town, or nation
proper justification must be presented to the leader of the House
before anything is to be done.

Available Characters

((Send me a PM for characters and their personalities. Or you can add me on skype: galendar.aveere I will permit a few characters to be made up, but they'll need a substantial backstory behind them and you'll need to speak with me on skype first.))
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((Whole post originally by Cruz, thanks buddy ))

[Galendar 631]

((Reserved))

[3andD 1722]

(( The history is quite inaccurate, for the modern that is. ))

[Galendar 631]

((Perhaps you should elaborate on it, AiiM...))

[aron. 427]

(( Vivian Valois, first born daughter of Bran and Rose Valois.))

[Jibuis Winterborn (Vinnie) 72]

(Yo Ill come on)

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