Houses are branches of dynasties, but like twigs on a tree, not all houses were created equal. Some are barons, others are princes, sometimes burghers, other times rulers. Every nation has a class system of its own, even within the nobility, and it is more often than not the name of one’s house that determines whether one man is insignificant or revered.223Please respect copyright.PENANA5fPDM9DMcg
In the Western world, there are few houses that sit above such trivial categories and are considered legendary among nobleblood. The Kennedys of the Thirteen States rose to prominence when their charismatic son, Sean, led the Entente to victory over the Triple Axis during the Second Calamity and resulted in their monopoly over many government and military offices in the States. In the Rus are the Eos, one of the oldest families in the continent which began as a knightly order for hire some three hundreds years before the Albrecht Era. Warneńczyk is often attributed to Władysław, Count of Krakau, a hero of Lechen during the Second Calamity, but the house gained fame over four hundred years prior when the grandson of King Władysław the Third, Jan, avenged his family by driving the Osmans out of central Europen, saving his great uncle’s throne. But above these houses lay one that was thought to be extinct: House Regen.223Please respect copyright.PENANA2bSxTdMACn
The Regens were exterminated on the orders of Sean Kennedy, who was chief of an international organisation called the Protectorate. They were briefly the ruling house of the Fifth Kingdom of Zhermannen, but when the Second Calamity came to a close, they were evicted from their homeland. Erwin, the forefather of the Regens, altered his name and those of his descendants, but he made certain that only men of value knew of this new house.223Please respect copyright.PENANAGBMn688wS0


