House Ivanovich of Oren
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The House Ivanovich is a small, insular noble family who claims descent from the third son of Holy Emperor Tuvya Carrion, Prince Yakov Carrion, a Knight during the Schism Era. The family's namesake, Ivan Barrow, was the bastard born son of Yakov and after his father's demise would be raised by Emperor Aleksandr Carrion in his absence. The present-day incarnation of House Ivanovich claims direct patrilineal descent from St. Arpad Ivanovich, who rose to prominence as a Raevir warrior conscripted by House Romstun. When House Romstun pledged its loyalty to Canonious Horen, St. Arpad pledged the newly anointed King of Renatus his blade and became one of his chiefest, most brutal enforcers. St. Arpad is most well-known for his presence as a commander during the Coup of Adelburg, where alongside Leitseg Romstun and another warrior he took the life of John VI, Holy Orenian Emperor, decapitating him and then violently cleansing the Imperial Court.
In modernity, a descendant of St. Arpad from the line of Ser Konyves Ivanovich by the name of Ser Cato re-founded the House Ivanovich Modern Oren, pledging fealty to Philip III, Holy Orenian Emperor and being knighted for exemplary service to the Crown during the Urguani-Orenian War.
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History
Athera
Origin
- Yakov "The Accursed" Carrion perishes; being conscripted by the Undead for service to Iblees as his one last spiteful retaliatory act against Grand Knight Maric Varodyr, who raised his sword in rebellion against crown authority, rebelling against Holy Orenian Emperor Tuvya Carrion. Yakov had suffered from a string of visions that implied the fall of the Carrion Vochna, and believed it to be a message from the Creator. However, it was the forces of Iblees and his soul was stolen from him in his attempt to save his family.
- His son Ivan Barrow is raised by Emperor Aleksandr Carrion and tutored in the Imperial Palace. The secret of Ivan's parentage is withheld from him; but like his father, he sought to be a knight and was tutored in swordplay and the arts.
- Ivan participates in a raid against the Heartlander city of Leeuvarden, the capital of the Duchy of Savoy. The Chancellor of Oren called for his execution; but he was rescued by a princely relative from the Carrion Vochna who drafted him into the Imperial Army instead.
- Ivan Barrow emigrates to the Kingdom of Akovia once King Voron Kovachev declares war against the Crown, settling in Karovia and using his education in architectural and structural design to construct the Mt. Letholdus fortress. During this time, Ivan also joins the Akovian Second Regiment and participates in Maric's Rebellion.
- Ivan Barrow, now Ivan the Outlaw, is made an officer in the regiment and increases his influence as a famed highwayman.
- Ivan Barrow fights in the Schism War and participates as a high-ranking officer in the Canonist League, alongside contemporary powers such as the Duchy of Savoy and the March of Adria.
- Ivan Barrow becomes peerage under King Andrik Vydra of Akovia and retains close alliances with the Sarkozics, Vladovs, and Montforts.
- Ivan is lost at sea and King Andrik Vydra's assassinated by Sohaer Kalenz Uradir of Haelun'or. Chancellor Olivier de Savoie, now King, forms the Reformed Kingdom of Oren and annexes all three Elven polities of Laureh'lin, Ker'nor and Haelun'or.
- Ivan returns and finds employ with the Vladovs as a merchant, mercenary, and pirate. He is granted the title of Knight of Esheveurd after the integration of the Kingdom of Akovia into the Reformed Kingdom of Oren.
- Ivan Barrow formally establishes the House of Ivanovich.
- Ivan perishes of old age at his home in the first Steppes of Krajia. He is succeeded by his sons Vsevolod and Svatobor Ivanovich.
Isles of Vailor
The Dukes' War
- Vsevolod becomes Patriarch and joins the Camel Bandits, fighting in the Dukes' War against Savoyard Loyalists following the Redmark Massacre in 1516. Svatabor, his brother, joins the Church of Canon.
- After the Sack of Brelus, Vsevolod founds the Hetmanate of Krajia to the North for displaced Raevir to congregate.
The Johannian Empire
- Vsevolod pledges fealty to John II, Holy Orenian Emperor in 1548 with a caveat. Emperor John II would be pronounced the Duke of Krajia and Vsevolod would be dubbed the Hetman of Krajia.
- Vsevolod is executed by John II, Holy Orenian Emperor for attacking the Empire's vassals and inflicting mental retardation upon an Ashford noblewoman by means of the golden Mace of Krajia. It is believed Vsevolod assaulted her for proclaiming his brother Svatobor Ivanovich, a priest, was corrupt with his office.
- Svatobor Ivanovich and Archbishop Boiendl assassinate High Pontiff Daniel III and consolidate church control under the Synod. In a strange turn of events, High Pontiff Daniel III, who had died is resurrected and tries to proclaim himself a Prophet of the Canon - as a consequence Svatobor and Boiendl are excommunicated. High Pontiff Theodosious I succeeds High Pontiff Daniel III, who is deemed "The Mad" and reverses the excommunication.
- Seveneld Ivanovich, son of Hetman Vsevolod, rises to become Hetman of Krajia. He allies himself with the Duke of Carnatia Jan Kovachev and Brittanus Vanir.
- The Northern Alliance consisting of Carnatia, Krajia, and House Vanir is established after the Storming of Kraken's Watch which saw the Vanirs lose their ancestral seat at Kraken's Watch to Courlander invaders. Jan Kovachev, Sveneld Ivanovich and Brittanus Vanir join forces against Courland, which is spearheaded by Duke Alexander Staunton. Their alliance would be known as the Carnation League and so began the polarizing Riga War.
- Sveneld sallies to recapture the Vanirs' castle of Kraken's Watch. The Carnatian League besieges the fortress while it lays under Courlander occupation and succeeds in taking it over after a year-long siege known as the Siege of Kraken's Watch from 1562-1563.
The Anarchy
- The Carnatian League uses the war to try and form the first Kingdom of Haense. Hetman Sveneld switches sides to Courland after having friction with other members of the alliance, predominantly over Lord Britannus Vanir's treatment of Sveneld's son-in-law, Ser Jaromir, after his affair with Lord Britannus' daughter Emma Vanir is revealed. Furthermore, the Hetman Sveneld and Duke Jan Kovachev enter a series of disagreements that culminates in Krajia defecting to align with Duke Alexander Staunton.
- Hetman Sveneld Ivanovich of Krajia, Duke Alexander Staunton and Prince Danis Silverblade of the Dreadlands achieve victory in the Battle of Westmark against the Carnatian League, which retreats to their fortress in Kraken's Watch in late 1563.
- Hetman Sveneld and Duke Alexander Staunton are declared traitors to the Crown by Emperor John II, who decrees that the Riga War was won by House Vanir and the Carnatian League. The usage of foreign mercenaries was prohibited as decided in the Second Diet of Saltstone.
- Sveneld proclaims himself King of Ruska, his relative Svatabor Ivanovich, Archbishop of Ayr and Pentarch of the Synod in the Church of Canon crowns him. At the same time, his ally Alexander Staunton, Duke of Courland, proclaims himself King of Courland in opposition to the Emperor John II's verdict.
- Svatabor Ivanovich, Archbishop of Ayr and Pentarch of the Synod, is excommunicated by High Pontiff Theodosious I.
- High Pontiff Theodosius I excommunicates Sveneld Ivanovich from the Church of Canon for fighting alongside the Dreadlanders, who the Church considered to be heretics for revering Augustus Flay as a Saint. Augustus Flay was not sainted by the Church of Canon and was viewed as illegitimate and not worthy of veneration according to the High Pontiff and the Synod.
- Krajia and Courland plan to march upon Kraken's Watch to try retake it from the Carnatian League. In opposition to Hetman Sveneld and Duke Alexander Staunton stand Lord Paramount Fiske Vanir, Duke Jan Kovachev, Lord Brittanus Vanir, and Ser Peter Barbanov.
- Duke Alexander Staunton faces a coup d'etat from the Holy Orenian Empire in 1564, which sees him removed from power and his son Duke Percival II of Courland installed as the new ruler, consequently resulting in the newly-minted noble making peace with the Empire in the Treaty of Ambrosa. The people of Courland are oppositional to this arrangement and protest.
- Duke Percival II of Courland flees Riga to meet with the Holy Orenian Emperor John II in Felson. In his absence, he gives the keys of the city to the Carnatian League encamped outside of the city. The Carnatian League and Imperial legionnaires storm the city beginning the Sacking of Riga in 1566 and perform an ethnic cleansing on the local population; turning to murdering, looting and maiming the local residents. In the aftermath, survivors flee to the Dreadlands.
- In response to Emperor John II's decree that Krajia and Courland were traitors to the crown, the Duchy of Courland and Hetmanate of Krajia declare themselves in open rebellion. The coalition of Krajia and Courland spearheaded by Hetman Sveneld Ivanovich and Duke Alexander Staunton is diametrically opposed by the Fifth Holy Orenian Empire resulting in the Krajian Rebellion.
- Sveneld Ivanovich perishes from age and disease on the front lines of the Krajian Rebellion.
- The Holy Orenian Empire conquers the Dreadlands and uses their political hostage Fyodor Ivanovich to reimpose Orenian rule on the lands. Fyodor is made Baron of Vsenk after his father Sveneld's death.
- A cadet branch of Ivanovich survives in the Dreadlands and forms the Principality of Vlachia but dies out. The line of Fyodor Ivanovich in the Holy Orenian Empire survives.
Arcas
- House Ivanovich, led by brothers Ostromir and Arpad Ivanovich, being granted a vassal barony loyal to the Kingdom of Haense by King Marius I.
- Arpad Ivanovich and Leitseig Romstun kidnap a Courlandic woman and bring her to Castle Godansk, Courlandic forces raid to attempt and rescue her but are routed. The noblewoman is executed afterwards by Ivanovich, Romstun and Haeseni loyalists.
- The King of Haense Marius I declares war against Courland with the backing of House Ivanovich and the other leal Haeseni houses.
- Arpad falls ill to pneumonia and disappears into his keep, Leitseig goes on a pilgrimage and ditches the war effort.
- Courland successfully routes Haense at the Battle of Elba, 1603, during the Great Northern War and then grants Ostromir Ivanovich, Arpad's brother the title of Arch-Duke of Haense, solidifying Ostromir Ivanovich's hold on Haeseni territories.
- Arch-Duke Ostromir Ivanovich of Haense releases a treatise called A Response to the Northern Opinion in 1607.
- The Haeseni mass exodus from the Duchy of Haense. King Marius I goes into self-imposed exile in Mardon following the dissolution of the Kingdom of Haense. Arch-Duke Ostromir Ivanovich sells the land in rebuttal.
- Arpad Ivanovich recovers from his illness and becomes a mercenary in service to House Romstun.
- Fights in several wars against Lorraine, Norland, etc... (Expand when you find more records).
- Upon the arrival of Canonious Horen to the lands of Arcas, Arpad Ivanovich pledges his loyalty to the nascent King of Renatus.
- Battle of the Bastion
- Third Crusade
- Maria Viktoria of Krajia, the daughter of Duke Arpad Ivanovich, marries Prince Antonius of Renatus-Marna. From their union the cadet branch of House Vilac is born.
Traits
The bloodline of Ivanovich is thought to be cursed due to their descent from the royal blood of Prince Yakov Carrion. The lineage has a reputation for producing some of the most draconian Knights in Orenian history; such as Ser Arpad Ivanovich and Ser Konyves Ivanovich. Their rebellious nature has earned them a special place in the history of Man and many who come from their stock are considered to be wild and untamed. In the present-day, the line of Arpad perseveres and men of his descent are born brown or black haired, possessing the dominant traits of fair skin and blue eyes.
Heirlooms
- Mace of Krajia
Symbol of the Hetmanate
- Eye of Sigismund
A cursed gem that belonged to Sigismund Carrion. It acquired the curse upon being passed to his third son Yakov Carrion, who was cursed in death, becoming a member of the Undead.
- Blade of Arpad
A shard of Arpad Ivanovich's blade that decapitated John Maximillian Horen during the Coup of Adelburg reconstituted as a humble saxe.
Notable Figures
† Prince Yakov Carrion (Fourth Empire, Schism Era)
† Ser Ivan Barrow (Fourth Empire, Schism Era, Reformed Kingdom of Oren)
† Hetman Vsevolod Ivanovich (Reformed Kingdom of Oren, Dukes' War, Fifth Empire)
† Archbishop of Ayr Svatobor Ivanovich (Reformed Kingdom of Oren, Dukes' War, Fifth Empire)
† King of Ruska Sveneld Ivanovich (Fifth Empire, The Anarchy)
† Baron of Vsenk Fyodor Ivanovich (Fifth Empire, The Anarchy, The Coalition War)
† St. Arpad Ivanovich, Duke of Krajia, Knight of the Order of the Red Dragon (The Coalition War, Coup of Adelberg, The Third Crusade, Empire of Man)
† Arch-Duke of Haense Ostromir Ivanovich, Baron of Godansk (Fifth Empire, The Coalition War, The Great Northern War)
† Empress-Mother Maria Viktoria of Krajia, Princess of Oren (Empire of Man)
† Lord Istvan Ivanovich (Empire of Man)
† Ser Konyves Ivanovich, Margrave of Styria (The Empire of Man)
† Ilya Ratibor Ivanovich (The Empire of Man)
Ser Dima Cato Ivanovich (Eighth Empire, Inferi War, Sedan Rebellion, Urguani-Orenian War)
