Anastasia O'Rourke, Countess of Halstaig

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Anastasia Cassia O'Rourke
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"The Distort Countess" by Rayehm Wynsehn, c. 1793
Countess of Halstaig
Tenure: 15th of The Amber Cold, 1791 - 23rd of The Amber Cold, 1828
Predecessor: Padraig Pious O'Rourke
Successor: Iduna Anne O'Rourke
Magistrate of Providence
Tenure: 24th of Sun's Smile, 1814 – 23rd of The Amber Cold, 1828
Predecessor: Bram Cardinal Providenti
Successor:Prince Philip, Duke of Adria
Race: Adunian
Born: 11th of Snow's Maiden, 1770, Owynsburg, Commonwealth of Kaedrin
Death: 24th of Harren's Folley, 1828, Providence, Holy Orenian Empire
Spouse: Carter Komnenos II (m. 1800; died. 1813)
House: orourkecoa.png O'Rourke
Father: Padraig O'Rourke
Mother: Illaena Elendil
Military Service
Allegiance: OrenianFlag.png Holy Orenian Empire
Years of service: 1786 - 1826
Rank: Lieutenant Grenademaster
Unit: Imperial Grenadiers
Wars/Battles:
Awards:
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Lion

Anastasia Cassia of Halstaig also known as Azariah of Halstaig was a renowned warrior of humanity, Countess of Halstaig, and lady of many firsts in city government during her lifetime. She was born on the 11th of Snow’s Maiden, 1770, of the House of Rourke, in Owynsburg, Kaedrin. She lived a reality peaceful life until age thirteen when she left home and picked up proficiency in marksmanship and dueling. For a time, she went by the name Azariah Northguard and served as a rouge sword-for-hire, for coin until she was caught by the Haeseni Royal Army who then delivered her to the Imperial State Army. After some compromising with Joseph Clement, Duke of Helena she was forcefully conscripted into the I.S.A. in 1786. During the span of the next five years, she reunited with her family, ran for Alderman, and became a city clerk of Helena until her father's untimely passing in 1791.

Following her father’s passing, she was made the Countess of Halstaig, having been the eldest child of her sonless father. Anastasia continued to climb the ranks of the Imperial State Army while fighting in the Inferi War. In 1796, when the descendant population evacuated Arcas, she established a small town on the Daeperician Archipelago known as Daleport. Upon arriving on Almaris, Anastasia with the help of her grandfather, Jonah Stahl-Elendil constructed Erin Hall in the newly granted lands of Halstaig. In addition, she returned to the world of politics, becoming the first female Alderman of Providence and the first Speaker of the City Assembly. Eight years later Anastasia resigned from the Assembly and was appointed as the Head City Clerk of Providence after being given a healthy recommendation by Joseph II.

She served as the Head City Clerk for six years before being appointed as the first female Magistrate of Providence by John VIII. Over this period, she partook in the Sedan Rebellion and the Tenth Nordling War as a Lieutenant and the command of the Imperial Shock Infantry division. In 1826, Anastasia passed up the opportunity of being promoted to the Captain of the 1st Brigade and instead resigned to focus on her political career as Magistrate. She passed away two years later after defending her Master-of-Arms, Akello Cenobia from an assassination attempt by Raev insurgents.

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Childhood; (1770-1786)

Anastasia Cassia O'Rourke was born into House O'Rourke as the eldest child of Padraig O'Rourke & Illaena Elendil. During her formative years, she was moved between Aeldin & Arcas due to her father's work in the coal mining industry. Growing up constantly on the move, she had precious little time to make friends in either realm which led her to remain an introvert which later molded her political career and ideologies. In 1783, the young Anastasia was awakened by a crude knock at the door by a house servant who came bearing a request for her presence downstairs. Peaking through a window in her room, she spotted a well-maintained carriage bearing the crest of an Aeldinic house. Knowing full well what this meant, she climbed out of her second-floor bedroom to the ground, seeking to escape. Almost seconds after her feet touched the soil the sound of a door splintering rang out from her bedroom prompting Anastasia to flee.

By nightfall, Anastasia found herself lost in the woods. Without a compass or map, she settled down and slumped against a tree to sleep the night away. The next day she was harshly awoken by the sounds of horses. A norlandic patrol had spotted her. The riders introduced themselves & befriended the young girl, asking her questions about who she was and where she was from. Not desiring to return to her home in Kaedrin she fashioned herself the name Azariah Northguard and & said she was a stray from Curon; a former kingdom of Oren that was dissolved over a decade prior.

Feeling sympathetic for her, the Norlanders took her back to their home in Morsgrad & raised her until the age of sixteen. Through these three years, they taught Anastasia how to wield a blade, hunt & ride. During this period, Anastasia picked up a job as a sell-sword; a sword for hire. On the 10th of Sun's Smile, one of her assignments took her to Helena, the capital of The Holy Orenian Empire where she was to distract the guards of the city so a small raiding party could kidnap an imperial nobleman. She was successful in doing such & due to that success, she was hired to do the same thing multiple times throughout the same year. Her targets included the recently wed, Viktoriya Pruvia, and the Grand Heir to Orenia, John Charles Novellen.

Her attack on the Pruvia proved mildly successful, as she was able to lodge a crossbow bolt into the woman's neck before fleeing from the Imperial garrison. However, her attempt on the grand heir proved to be a different story. She had planned the assassination for the morning of John Charles's wedding to Wilhelmina of Cathalon. By this point, she had already risen the ranks and had become one of the Empire's most wanted individuals. Posters of her were plasted in the streets of Helena and she wanted to make a public spectacle out of this assassination to cement her legacy as one of the most skilled warriors in Arcas.

Right before the ceremony was to begin, John Charles and his best man, John Pruvia, the heir to the County of Pruvia had mindlessly taken a stroll across the bridge that led into the confines of Helena. Anastasia was able to position herself in a nearby tree and draw her bow, aiming to shoot the Imperial Grand Heir. However, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted the Imperial Garrison lurking behind the gatehouse walls, awaiting her attempt. Noting it was an ambush, she hastily fired the shot which landed in the back of John Pruvia's head, hospitalizing him for a month. The Imperial Garrison quickly gave chase but Anastasia was able to disappear in the forests of Selm.

After waiting out the Imperial garrison for a week, she began to make her way back to Norland, utilizing the King's Road. Unfortunately, she had encountered a joint Haeseni-Imperial patrol which was quick to pursue her. She managed to evade the majority of the patrol however, a lone Haeseni guardsman who lost the patrol ended up defeating the young woman in a duel. She was quickly apprehended and placed in Imperial custody.

Once in custody, she was given the choice of death or joining the Imperial State Army by Joseph Clement, The Duke of Helena. Without a second thought, Anastasia chose the ladder. She spent the next two years in basic training which she completed with ease having already been proficient in combat since a young age. For this, she earned the admiration of many of her peers who became quick to seek her out as an ally.

The Fledgling Orenian; (1788-1791)

While being introduced to Oren, Anastasia kept what she thought, was a low profile. At this point, she still went by Azariah Northguard and her true heritage remained a mystery, even to the eyes of the Imperial government. Her father, Padraig had found success in the coal industry in Kaedrin and thus immigrated to Helena to pursue a life of politics. He had managed to secure himself a position in the litigious House of Commons along with recruiting several Adunian, Illatian, and Raev immigrants to serve as "fixers". This became the foundation that set the stage for the infamous Josephite Mafia which Padraig became very keen on including his secret daughter in on.

Padraig and Anastasia had a series of meetings in the upper floors of Varoche Hall where Padraig eventually pursued Anastasia to run for a seat as an Alderman in the local government. She agreed and in 1788, she made her political debut by running for office against nine other opponents, making the 1788 elections, the largest Helena had ever seen. Anastasia had her reservations about winning the election but when the votes were announced two months later, she had won the first seat with forty-one thousand votes.

Shortly after her victory, she announced her true heritage, as a member of the O'Rourke Clan. This came as a surprise to both the Imperial populace and the Imperial government. During the campaign, her father had inherited the titular County of Halstaig which, for the Imperial government meant that the heir of an Imperial county was a sell-sword turned conscript, an unsettling notion. While the Imperial government frowned upon this, the Imperial populace celebrated it. It gave the commoners hope, someone who was raised an Orenian among them was to be an influential figure in the future. This additionally prompted a flurry of courtship requests to land on the desk of Padraig from several houses. Most notably, a request came from the House of Reyne, the descendants of the old Archdukes of Suffonia who were slanted to soon become nobility themselves. Anastasia started a short courtship with the Patrich of Reyne before ending it due to his mysterious disappearance.

During both the elections and her brief courtship, the Inferi War raged on in the background. The Holy Orenian Empire became one of the foremost figures in the conflict against the otherworldly demons, providing the majority of soldiers for every engagement. She fought in a total of six engagements against the demons, the first of which was the Siege of Vanmark. During the siege, she was assigned to a suicide squad led by Velhrun Darkwood. Large mammoth creatures patrolled the outskirts of the city and the objective of her unit was to climb aboard these massive beasts and divert them away from the main force whether by death or redirection. The attempts to board the mammoths failed with many soldiers in her unit ending up dead or heavily injured. Anastasia's unit continued to engage the beasts until the norlandic naval force arrived off of the coast of Vanmark and was able to obliterate the mammoths with artillery. After the battlefield was cleared of all hostiles, Anastasia sought to attend to the wounded.

Her next few engagements with inferi forces came through small skirmishes on the south coast of Arcas and scouting expeditions into the demonic territory. During this period, one of Anastasia's friends and former assassination target; Viktoriya was captured by inferi forces. Viktoriya's husband, Alaric DeNurem; the head of the military intelligence brought Anastasia, an imperial fire mage and a band of mercenaries to free the imprisoned Vik. Initially, the group attempted to negotiate with the inferi but the attempts at bringing the situation to a peaceful resolve were shot down. Hostile methods were tried shortly afterward & unfortunately for liberators, they were pushed back with no success from their initial mission.

In 1787, the allied descendant forces chose their next offensive target, Vitenna. Within a few weeks, siege preparations began to take shape on the beaches of Vanmark. On the 12th of Sun's Smile, infantry from both the Holy Orenian Empire and the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska mobilized on small landing crafts along the Vanmark shore. At 17:00 the allied infantry made their move. Norland and Dwarf artillery were able to open up a breach in Vitenna’s western walls which the allied infantry stormed into. Anastasia was one of the last through the breach but she was immediately met with inferi forces. Through the fray demonic hellhounds were released, and one of the mutts was able to rip a chunk of flesh out of Azariah's left leg, rendering her unable to carry on the fight for some time while she underwent medical treatment.

After a temporary fix, Anastasia was sent back onto the battlefield. When she rejoined her comrades on the frontlines, the allied infantry forces had been able to push their way into the palace grounds. The fighting continued until a large demonic gargoyle was shot out of the sky, landing on the bulk of the descendant infantry host, forcing the lines of infantry to retreat to the shores of the Korvassa. Even with the retreat of imperial infantry, the battle was considered a victory as the majority of the inferi armies occupying the fallen city were destroyed, rendering Vitenna no longer a threat.

In the following year, Anastasia received orders that placed her at Foward Camp Sabari; an imperial fortress near the front. At her new station, she took part in many scouting missions in the Korvassa that paved the path for the eventual Second Siege of Al-Faiz. Unlike the other sieges Anastasia took part in, she only played a minor role as a cannon loader upon the H.I.M.S. Duke of Marna.

After the Second of Seige of Al-Faiz came The Final Battle where the descendants laid siege to the main inferi encampment. The Imperial State Army served as a flanking force among the allied armies. Their object was to sweep around Al-Faiz & hit the encampment walls from the west. The siege proved to be the hardest engagement in the entire Inferi War. For much of the siege, Anastasia resided in make-shift medical tents to treat various wounds sustained by the descendant armies. She only joined the front-line action towards the last week of the battle.

When the war was over Anastasia returned to Foward Camp Sabari where she spent the new few months hunting down remaining inferi forces with the assistance of Elvenesse infantry. On several occasions, these monster hunts brought her closer to death than any of the sieges she fought in.

Reign as Countess of Halstaig; (1791-1828)

On the 15th of The Amber Cold, 1791, Padraig O'Rourke was discovered deceased in his office in Varoche Hall. Anastasia was only able to greave for a few short hours before she was visited by the Duke of Crestfall while attending a dinner party in Selm. The Duke confirmed her as the new title bearer of Halstaig. Nervousness immediately struck the young woman, fear of failing to lead her house haunted her dreams. These fears went on to provoke the young woman to fall into a state of depression where she developed a colder outlook on the world. It was a meeting with the Grand Heir, John Charles that finally pulled her out of her depression. The Grand Heir was tasked with collecting data for the Imperial Government on the state of their vassal Lords. The questioning from the heir left to Anastasia left a notion in her mind that her title and everything her father worked for were at risk. This prompted her to begin turning House O'Rourke from a ragtag bunch of chaos-inducing immigrants into a proper noble house in the eyes of the government.

She began a courtship with Carter Komnenos II, a gentryman a mutual friend had introduced her to. The courtship remained brief and by the end of their second year together, they were engaged. Shortly after, remnants of the inferi armies had set to work on the complete and utter destruction of Arcas, prompting the descendants to flee the continent in search of a new one. While traveling away from Arcas, the descendants came across the Daeperician Archipelago where their combined fleet stopped to gather supplies for the continuation of their voyage. They remained on the Archipelago for three months during which, Anastasia with the help of her new fiance, established the Barony of Daleport on the southern coast of the island chain. This became her first true test in sovereign administration. Daleport grew to become one of the most prosperous villages on the Archipelago and included several different decedent races and nationalities. She took this time to recruit travelers to her Imperial cause which became useful when in 1796 when the descendants arrived on Almaris.

Almaris served as a playground for Anastasia's political ingenuity. A new realm and a new capital city meant that the government had to be filled and completely redesigned. Once more elections opened for the offices of the now, Providence City Assembly, and Anastasia was quick to throw her hat into the ring. Just like the 1788 Helena elections, the Providence elections became quickly contested with over a dozen candidates vying to fill the seven Alderman slots. Despite doing minimal campaigning, Anastasia once again won the first seat with a total of forty-thousand votes. She quickly won the subsequent Assembly election for Speaker of the Assembly due to the Josephite majority the assembly held.

While campaigning, Anastasia was approached by the Head City Clerk of Providence, Annabelle Kelmenour, and offered the position of Deputy City Clerk. Anastasia accepted and her role as Deputy City Clerk combined with Speaker of the Assembly made her a center point of Providence politics. Her grandfather, Jonah Stahl-Elendil was at the time, the Archchancellor of the Empire and the head of the Josephite Party. His politics soon became Anastasia's politics and she set about ensuing Josephite superiority in both the Clerk's Office and the City Assembly. Due to a military law passed by Alren DeNurem in Arcas, Imperial soldiers were unable to openly support a political faction therefore, leading the young Countess to remain subtle and openly impartial about her intentions while still ensuing Pro-Josephite laws remained passed in the Assembly in secret.

Anastasia's positions led her to form friendships with other high-ranking members of both the City and Imperial governments. This led her to meet one such member, Henrik Komnenos, the magistrate of Providence. As magistrate he oversaw all local elections and he had a live count of votes. Anastasia quickly befriended him and it didn't take Henrik to show her the polls of an upcoming election. The way Assembly elections worked, allowed voters to vote for three candidates for the Assembly. This meant Anastasia didn't have to just secure a Josephite majority but if she was able to influence the votes in such a way she could block candidates of opposing political parties from being elected entirely. In the 1800 Assembly elections, she enacted her plan.

Henrik was quick to vent to her about the state of the elections along with showing her the polls. She was then able to inform her supporters who to vote for. This led to the 1800 elections ending in a total Josephite victory. Not a single member of the Assembly was non-josephite affiliated and Anastasia was easily able to retain her seat as Speaker of the Assembly.

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Due to the lack of O'Rourkes it proved to be a difficult challenge at first. However, with the support of her grandfather, Jonah Stahl-Elendil, Anastasia was able to gain support in building her county, Halstaig. Multiple drafts for the design of Halstaig were made until a final one was settled upon. With the help of her brother, Patrick O'Rourke who returned from a voyage to Aeldin in 1799, Halstaig was able to be built with haste, being the first noble estate completely built in the Empire. After the estate was complete, Patrick & Anastasia went on to create the majority of the western highway with the assistance of their cousin Dimitri Orlov.

"From Humble Beginnings" (circa 1810), by Miss Nora James of Halstaig. The portrait depicts Anastasia with her eldest daughter Iduna Anne

The Sedan Rebellion; 1811-1813

With tensions rising in Oren over the eviction the Sedan Manor faced, Anastasia was recruited into the Corroded Company, a detachment of the Imperial State Army that specialized in road combat. For the first two months in the company, Anastasia helped with the construction of a fort on the southern imperial highway along with creating fortifications for the town of Redenford which bordered Sedan. The following month on the 2nd of Tobias' Bounty, the sedanites stormed the imperial capital of Providence which led to a series of small skirmishes to follow. For the rest of the month of Tobias' Bounty, Anastasia fought in multiple skirmishes with all of them seeing an Orenian victory.

Oddly enough after all the fighting that took place during Tobias' Bounty, the month of Sun's Smile remained relatively quiet. No skirmishes were to be found across imperial lands & Oren took this time to reinforce their defenses. Once Sun's Smile had passed, the month of Harren's Folly filled in as a replacement for all the missing action of its prior month. On the 13th, Oren & Sedan had its first major battle which came to be known as the Battle of Southbridge. To Anastasia's disappointment, the division which she led was rerouted to a fortress on the southern highway to watch for sedanite movement & by the time a message was sent to her of the battle it was already over.

In 1812, Anastasia took part in several small border skirmishes with sedanite troops which led up to the Battle of Robert's Folly on the 17th of Godfrey's Triumph.

The Providence Cold Front; 1810-1813

Starting in 1810, an unnatural cold front hit Providence & the greater Holy Orenian Empire, causing many hinterland farmers to rebel against the Empire. As these rebels posed a minor threat to the Empire, Anastasia ignored them due to the ongoing Sedan Rebellion until 1813, when a rebel fleet was discovered anchored off of the coast of the Empire. After a scouting party was sent out to survey the enemy fleet's numbers, it was announced their flagship was a thirty-six gun, Man of War; a major threat to Oren's shipping routes.

On the 16th of Tobias's Bounty, Anastasia had traveled to the Grand Kingdom of Urguan with one of her old friends, Alistar Brashton to join the crew of the dwarven sloop, the U.S.S Armakak's Coffer; one of the three ships which later went on the assault the Orenian rebel fleet. For the next day, the Armakak spent its time sailing from the dwarven port on the southern shore of Almaris to Henry's Wharf on the eastern shore where the rest of the Orenian fleet sat waiting. Upon the arrival of the Armakak, the allied fleet set course and engaged the rebel fleet in what came to be known as the Battle of the Kahaen Sea.

The Tenth Nordling War; 1818-1823

When the Tenth Nordling War broke out, Anastasia rejoined Corroded Company and took part in several raids against the Kingdom of Norland & in specific, the Duchy of Elysium. On the 1st of Sun's Smile, 1818, she had led a successful raiding party in enemy territory alongside three other commanders. Returning to Providence afterward, the Countess received several letters from the Canonist Church, demanding she repented for her sins. Confused as to why the Church had sent these letters, she turned to her personal advisors who informed her that Norlandic propaganda made it out that the Orenians had slaughtered children. Anastasia proceeded to then ignore the Church and toss the letters into a fireplace in Halstaig.

Anastasia engaged in several more skirmishes and minor battles with the Norlandic host, notably the battles of The Elysium Encounter and Operation Maiden's Rescue, both of which ended in Orenian victories. On the 4th of the Grand Harvest, 1821, Anastasia rallied almost one thousand Adunians to join the fight in the Battle of Outer Arentania which ended up as yet another Orenian victory. Afterward, the emperor, John VIII had scolded her for providing her own custom armor to equip her rally with.

The Risorganist Scheme; 1826-1827

In 1826, a political ideology known as Risorganism spearheaded by members of the Church of the Canon emerged in Oren. Risorganism encouraged and pushed for soldiers of the Imperial State Army to have a louder voice in Imperial politics along with removing the non-partisan clause all soldiers must follow. However, in 1827, Cardinal Gawain, the vice-chancellor of the Church of Canon published a novel titled Rebels in Oren [1]. The novel mocked the Adunian race & culture which did not sit well with the Adunian community in Oren yet it became rapidly popular with the Church and its most loyal supporters, even receiving praise from the High Pontiff.

No less than months later, the Risorganist published a manifesto, detailing their political ideology. In particular, the Rigsorganist manifesto address the Harrenite Curse where Adunians was quoted to be "afflicted by Iblees to demonstrate an urge for deception". Furthermore, the Risosorganists suggested that Adunians become second-class citizens are treated the same as Kha's and Wonk's. Outraged with the Risoganists and the Church of the Canon itself, Anastasia in combination with leaders of other Orenian Adunian clans such as Napier, Elendil, Armas & Wittenbach published an official response [[2]] where they called upon Emperor John VIII to address the issue and consider adding Protector of Adunians to his official title. Unfortunately during the Emperor never publicly made a response to the Countess's missive.

Death; 1828

In 1828, Anastasia returned to her home in Providence to find it under attack by foreign mercenaries, claiming they were looking for Akello Cenobia; one of the Countess's personal advisors. The Countess attempted to redirect the mercenaries, claiming she saw Akello minutes prior in another resident section of the city. Unconvinced, the mercenaries proceeded to burn down the home, revealing the location of Akello who was hiding in the basement of the home. A battle ensued, leaving many members of both sides severely wounded. The Countess, herself gained several shades of ice, lodged into her back and neck from a mercenary mage. This left her gravely injured. Despite her condition, she was able to depart from the battlefield to find medical help. However, when her son, Auden Thein O'Rourke went to search for her afterward, the Countess was nowhere to be found. After a year had passed with no sign of the missing Countess, she was presumed dead and thus her daughter and legal heir Iduna Anne O'Rourke assumed the position of Countess of Halstaig and Matriarch of House O'Rourke. At the Emperor's Court of 1828, she was publicly announced as dead and was then proceeded to be knighted posthumous Knight Commander of the Order of the Lion for her extensive military and political work within the Empire.

Titles, Styles and Honors

Military Ranks

Holy Orenian Empire

  • OrenianFlag.png 1786: Recruit
  • OrenianFlag.png 1787: Private
  • OrenianFlag.png 1789: Private Specialist
  • OrenianFlag.png 1791: Corporal
  • OrenianFlag.png 1793: Senior Corporal
  • OrenianFlag.png 1795: Sergeant
  • OrenianFlag.png 1811: Lieutenant

Honors

Orders

  • 1828: Knight Commander of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Imperial Order of the Lion

Medals

  • Red Star 4th Class
  • Red Star 3rd Class
  • Red Star 2nd Class
  • Bronze War Eagle
  • Petrine Heart
  • 10th Nordling War Campaign Medal
  • Sedan Rebellion Campaign Medal
  • Inferi War Campaign Medal

Titles and Styles

  • 1781-1791: Lady, Anastasia Cassia of Halstaig
  • 1791-1814: The Right Honorable, Countess of Halstaig
  • 1814-1828: The Right Honorable, Anastasia Cassia O'Rourke, Countess of Halstaig, Magistrate of Providence
  • 1828-Present: Dame, Anastasia Cassia of Halstaig, Knight Commander of the Order of the Lion

Armorial Bearings

The Arms of Anastasia and the House of Rourke: Quarterly, first and fourth sterling, on an argent cross, second and third, on an eagle auric. Overall a sable shield finish on an argent pecan tree.

The Countess of Halstaig's arms were granted and confirmed in 1827 by the Adunian Artisan, Rayehm Wynsehn. Originally the Countess had used the arms of her father and grandfather; a sable shield on an argent pecan tree. However, during her reign, the House of Colborn adopted the same arms as their own. Annoyed with the Colborn decision, the Countess commissioned Rayehm Wynsehn to design a new coat of arms for her and her family.

Issue

Name Birth Death Marriage
Gareth Padraig O'Rourke 7th of Sigismund's End, 1803 1852 Lorena Anastasya Carrion Firstborn son of Anastasia & Carter. Moved to Aeldin with his grandmother during his childhood, thus losing his right to inherit the County. Later returned to Oren and wed Lorena Anastasya Carrion-Tuvyic, daughter of Tuvya-Konstantin Carrion-Tuvyic and Josephine Natalya Othaman. Together they have produced two children, Lyanna Lucia, and Calahan Antonious.
Auden Thien O'Rourke 7th of Sigismund's End, 1803 1892 Unwed Secondborn son of Anastasia & Carter. Refused to take on the role of Heir to Halstaig, believing his sister would do a better job.
Iduna Anne O'Rourke 16th of Horen's Calling, 1804 1849 Elias Asul'onn Firstborn daughter of Anastasia & Carter. Made Heir of Halstaig upon her brother's absence to the title. Married Elias Asul'onn, an adopted Haeseni noble. Together they have sired one child, Theodosia Illaena.
Maeve Rose O'Rourke 5th of Owyn's Flame, 1806 1847 Unwed Secondborn daughter of Anastasia & Carter.