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House Ivanovich
IvansHost.png
Country: Oren, Dreadlands, Renatus, Empire of Man, Kingdom of Ruska
Titles:
montalt.png Count of Mardon (jure uxoris)
Founder:
CarrionCOA.png Yakov Carrion (Progenitor)
Ivanovich.png Ivan Barrow (Founder)
IvansHost.png St. Arpad of Vilacz (Legendary)
Current Head(s):
montalt.png Paul Dmitrievich Montalt, Count of Mardon
Ethnicity: Highlander
Cadet Branches:
Ivanovich.png House Volvakovic
Vilac.png House Vilac
"Your line, however, descends from bastards of bastards of bastards, many of which are notorious bandits and traitors. Could Marius really be surprised when you turned your cloak as well?" - Sariant Philipp of Metterden

The House Ivanovich is a small, insular noble family that 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 Sir Cato re-founded the House Ivanovich in Modern Oren, pledging fealty to Philip III, Holy Orenian Emperor and being knighted for exemplary service to the Crown during the Urguani-Orenian War. After the death of Sir Cato, his barony fell into the hands of his daughter Vladyslava, who became Baroness of Cherskavy.

After her death and the fall of the Kingdom of Oren during the Battle of Vienne, the legitimized squire Pavel Ivanovich would go on to become the patriarch of the main line of House Ivanovich residing in the Heartlands. The last heir, Sir Stefan, had perished to gout in the intervening years between the Brothers' War and the foundation of the Harvest Confederacy. His son, Saveliy, was to be next-in-line as heir but opted out of the line of succession.

The Barony of Cherskavy was established by Sir Dima Cato Ivanovich and inherited then visualized under Sedan for a time as the seat of House Andrevich, a cadet branch of the family established by Andrezj the Black, the legitimized bastard grandson of Sir Dima Cato Ivanovich, son of his son Arpad's daughter by way of Ivan var Ruthern. His son Ser Sveneld Ivanovich of the line of Andrevich would go on to take the Andreviches and move to the United Kingdom of Aaun after the dissolution of the Harvest Confederacy towards the end of the 18th Century. The main line by way of Pavel Ivanovich would be reconstituted as the lineage of Montalt, hailing from the Commonwealth of the Petra.

History

Athera

1470-1513

Origin

The coat-of-arms of Ivan's Host, an organization of Raevo Cossacks and Highwaymen under Ser Ivan Barrow's employ in Akovia. Famous for enforcing poll taxes on travelers and acts of wanton banditry in the region.
  • 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.
  • The Fourth Holy Orenian Empire enters a state of civil unrest. Grand Knight Maric Varodyr enters open rebellion alongside Aesterwald, warring against the Carrion Vochna and Crown Loyalists. Aesterwald destroys Polaris, the Norlander duchy in their territory that remains loyal to the Crown. Emperor Tuvya Carrion successfully puts down the rebellion. King of Renatus, formerly the Grand Knight of the Fourth Holy Orenian Empire Maric Varodyr and his followers are corrupted into Undead. The ancestral seat of House Varodyr at Kaer Angren is turned into a foothold of Iblees.
  • Holy Orenian Emperor Tuvya Carrion disappears while fighting the Undead Yakov Carrion. Aleksandr Carrion is anointed Holy Orenian Emperor.
  • Yakov Carrion's 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, 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.
  • Ivan Barrow, now Ivan the Outlaw, is made an officer in the regiment and increases his influence as a famed highwayman.
  • Ivan Barrow becomes peerage under King Andrik Vydra of Akovia and retains close alliances with the Sarkozics, Vladovs, and Montforts.
  • 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

1513-1570

The Dukes' War

See also: 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 as a priest.
  • After the Sack of Brelus, Vsevolod founds the second Hetmanate of Krajia to the North for displaced Raevir to congregate. It is a wild, untamed frontier town roamed by throes of Raevo Cossacks.

The Johannian Empire

See also: Horen Restoration

  • 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.
  • Sveneld Ivanovich, son of Hetman Vsevolod, rises to become Hetman of Krajia. He allies himself with the Duke of Carnatia Jan Kovachev and Brittanus Vanir.
  • Sveneld Ivanovich marries Melina Kovachev. After years of being unable to conceive any heirs, his uncle Archbishop Svatabor Ivanovich annuls the marriage. Sveneld remarries with a new wife by the name of Bogdana Sarkozic in 1557.
  • 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

See also: Third Rurikid Uprising, Riga War, & Krajian Rebellion

  • 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.
  • 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. The Dreadlands, Warhawkes, Haelun'or, Norland and Grand Kingdom of Urguan join the coalition.
  • 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 of the era.
  • King 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.
  • King Sveneld Ivanovich perishes from age and disease on the front lines of the Krajian Rebellion.

Axios

1571-1642

Fall of the Dreadlands

  • The Ruskan people enter a diaspora after the Principality of the Dreadlands is seized by the Holy Orenian Empire in the aftermath of the Krajian Rebellion. The principality is dissolved officially in the year 1574. In the aftermath, the first King of Haense, Peter I, is coronated in 1578 while claiming the title of King of Ruska after the fall of the Kingdom of Ruska led by King Sveneld years earlier during the Krajian Rebellion in The Anarchy.

The Great Northern War

See also: Great Northern War

  • House Ivanovich is granted the Barony of Godansk in 1598 by King Marius I of Haense. Baron Ostromir Ivanovich and his brother Ser Arpad Ivanovich take up residency in Godansk with their levy.
  • In year 1600, Prince Meric Staunton, the Lord Ambassador of Courland is killed in the streets of St. Karlsburg by an angry member of King Marius' privy. The following year, Leitsieg Romstun and Arpad Ivanovich kidnap Princess Annabelle of Courland, holding her captive. The Duke of Marna attempts to negotiate her release but is slain by Ivanovich cossacks. An attempted raid by Courlanders is repelled before Annabelle is moved to the Duchy of Carnatia and held in the dungeon cells of House Kovachev.
  • The King of Haense Marius I declares war against Courland with the backing of House Ivanovich and the other Haeseni houses. This begins the conflict that would come to be known as the Great Northern War.
  • Arpad falls ill to pneumonia and disappears into his keep, Leitseig goes on a pilgrimage and ditches the war effort. In their absence, Baron Ostromir continues to serve King Marius I.
  • Courland successfully routes Haense at the Battle of Elba, 1603, during the Great Northern War and then grants Ostromir Ivanovich the title of Arch-Duke of Haense, solidifying his hold on formerly Haeseni territories as a vassal to Courland following the fall of the Kingdom of Haense.
  • King Marius I goes into self-imposed exile in Mardon following his surrender and the dissolution of the Kingdom of Haense. In subsequent years, he has a reputation for alcoholism after the loss of his homeland.

Arch-Duchy of Haense

  • Arch-Duke of Haense Ostromir Ivanovich has the Raevir architect Vladislaus construct his hold of Vsevograd, the capital of his new Northern Realm and the seat of House Ivanovich.
  • Clan Father Kerwyr Frostbeard requests land from Arch-Duke Ostromir. The request is granted. He forms the Kingdom of Kaz'Ulrah.
  • The Arch-Duchy of Haense enters a pact with Herendul led by Duke Harold Winter V called The Northern Agreement. This cements the existence of the Northern Union.

Coup of Adelburg

See also: Coup of Adelburg

  • Upon the arrival of Canonious Horen to the lands of Arcas, Arpad Ivanovich pledges his loyalty to the nascent King of Renatus in return for the title of King of Ruska if the reconstituted Kingdom of Haense is subjugated by Renatus.
  • In 1638, the forces of Renatus led by King Canonious Horen overwhelm Sixth Holy Orenian Empire loyalists, pushing into the throne room at Adelburg after taking heavy losses while outnumbered. Ser Arpad Ivanovich and Leitsieg Romstun enter the throne room and then slaughter scores of Orenian noblemen and women. It is here that Arpad slays the fifteen-year-old Emperor John VI, decapitating him and paving King Canonious' way to the throne. The dead Emperor's body was paraded around the city as Renatian soldiers flaunted Aurelian banners.
  • Frederick Victor of House Horen-Marna forms a resistance against King Aurelius' authority and this culminates in the Battle of the Bastion when King Aurelius and Frederick Victor held a diplomatic meeting at the ruins of Bastion, the capital of the fallen Kingdom of the Westerlands. Renatians and Reiter mecenaries, heavily outnumbered and led by King Aurelius, Ser Leitsieg and Ser Arpad Ivanovich, manage to push and rout Loyalist forces and achieve victory.

The Third Crusade

See also: Third Crusade

  • The Kingdom of Norland forms a coalition with the Warhawkes, Kaz'Ulrah, and Krugmar.
  • In the Siege of Vjorhelm, 1641, Ser Arpad Ivanovich and Ser Leitsieg use eleytra gliders to soar over over the enemy and reign devastation with Alchemist's Fire from above. The Crusaders successfully besiege Vjorhelm and hold the city captive to end the war.
  • In the years following the war, Ser Arpad Ivanovich had sired four children: Istvan, Lazslo, Konyves and Maria Viktoria Ivanovich.

Atlas

1643-1704

Founding of Belvitz, Adria

See also: Republic of Vrakai, Duchy of Adria

The official stamp of House Ivanovich ensuring the veracity of official documents, records and proclomations. The practice began with Lord Istvan Ivanovich, who devised the symbol and used it to lend credence to official missives, proving they were done by his hand and not a relatives.
  • The three houses of Sarkozic, Vladov and Ivanovich march into the Duchy of Blackmarsh and stake their control over the holdings. Duke Brandt and his men fled and the abandoned city of Belvitz, once the flourishing Republic of Vrakai at the Whispering Crossroads, was revitalized as the Duchy of Adria in 1647.
  • Ser Arpad Ivanovich constructs Castle Vilac; the seat of House Ivanovich in the lands of Atlas.
  • Initially, the Adrians and the Reiters are at odds over the claim of Vrakai, causing civil unrest within the territory as both factions have pledged their claim to the stake of land.
  • Istvan and Laszlo Ivanovich enter a dispute over the rite of succession for Castle Vilac. Istvan issues a notice: The Investiture of the Ivanovich Vochna. In this address, Istvan says that Laszlo Ivanovich has failed in his duties by pledging fealty to Duke John Sarkozic instead of achieving their father Duke Arpad Ivanovich's goal of reforming the Kingdom of Ruska. He passes his claim to the Kingdom of Ruska to Konyves, whom he refers to as "Konyves the Chosen" in his public address, before disappearing.
  • Konyves is awarded a knighthood and builds a reputation for being able to fight multiple foes at once. He survives a fight against a party of attackers, slaying all three of them and achieving infamy at the Whispering Crossroads.

Margraviate of Styria

  • There is a land dispute between the Duchy of Adria and Konyves Ivanovich after Captain of the Belvitz Watch Vladan Valic stakes his claim to Vilacz and then uses it as his base of operations. Ser Konyves threatens war and then the Duchy of Adria turns the keep back over to him.
  • In the absence of Ser Arpad Ivanovich, Konyves Ivanovich is made the Margrave of Styria; the domains encompassing the Castle Vilacz and its vassals.
  • Konyves' third-born son Ilya Ivanovich is dubbed Marshal of Styria. At the request of his father, he forms the Styrian State Army, Margrave Konyves' levy presided over by his son and his knights.
  • Ser Konyves Ivanovich's son Ilya Ratibor Ivanovich is made Marshal of Styria. He establishes a small, centralized force of spear men to hold Castle Vilacz.
  • Ser Konyves arranges a marriage between his son Ilya and the Duke of Lorraine's daughter. The marriage does not end up transpiring due to a persistent feud between the bride and groom.
  • Tensions grow once again between the Adrians led by Duke John Sarkozic and the House of Ivanovich. Ser Konyves and Marshal Ilya Ivanovich march into the town while outnumbered and then slaughter the local guard force and citizens. In response, Ser Konyves is called upon by Emperor Aurelius to answer for his crimes. The Emperor, however, holds a small trial in he acts dis-favorably towards the Adrians due to their attempt of employing Anti-Imperial dissidents such as the Reivers and other bandits against House Ivanovich. Aurelius declares that if the Adrians are not willing to send somebody to duel Margrave Konyves, that they ought not to press the matter any further.
  • As the Empire of Man reaches its zenith, so does the House Ivanovich. Without enemies to fight and borders to protect, the knights and soldiers in service of the family grow complacent. Eventually, they begin taking contracts throughout the land or searching out other knightly engagements and the keep falls into disuse once again.
  • Ser Konyves Ivanovich disappears. Ilya Ivanovich is disinherited by Augustus I, Emperor of Man and the Margraviate of Styria is formally dissolved.

Arcas

FA 1705 – SA 0

War of Two Emperors

See also: War of Two Emperors, Three Months War

  • After the Dissolution of the Empire of Man, Ilya Ivanovich, now an Imperial Legionnaire is called to service to wage war against the rebels led by Joseph I, Holy Orenian Emperor following the Nenzing Proclamation.
  • Ilya Ivanovich marries Caitlin Vallberg and has one child, Rickard Ivanovich.
  • The House Ivanovich, destitute and without noble peerage, remains insignificant for the majority of this period of history.
  • Posthumously, the Church of Canon under High Pontiff Siegmund I legitimizes the claim of Arpad Vsevolod Ivanovich, now recognized as Arpad Vsevolod Carrion according to Coronation of the King of Ruska.

Almaris

SA 0 - Present

The Eighth Empire

See also: Sedan Rebellion, Tenth Nordling War

  • Sir Dima Cato Ivanovich is born in Providence, Year 0 of the Second Age. His mother Anastasia perishes while giving birth to him, dying from blood loss.
  • He grows up in one of the wealthier suburbs of the city, his father Rickard a merchant of ill repute who sells illicit substances and practices quack psychiatry.
  • Falling under the employ of a rogue sorceress, Dima takes to a profitable career as an assassin and highwayman.
  • Rickard Ivanovich perishes of old age, leaving Dima nothing in the will and requesting as a last act of penance to the Church that his remaining assets be given to the Providence Cathedral.
  • Dima Ivanovich sires his three bastard children afterwards but does not stay to raise them. He sends his meager earnings from the I.S.A to sustain them as he pursues new lines of mercenary work.
  • Moving to the City-State of Luciensberg, Dima receives a new formal job as the bodyguard of a high-ranking official.
  • Dima Ivanovich participates in the Tenth Nordling War as a Luciensburg mercenary in the Metinan Company.
  • Simultaneously, he participates in the war against the Ratiki; a species of rat-men emerging from the depths who besiege the city and then destroy it.

The Urguani-Orenian War

See also: Urguani-Orenian War, Storming of Kal'Darakaan, Battle of Lower Petra, Siege of Haverlock, Battle of Eastfleet

  • Dima Cato Ivanovich is knighted after the Storming of Kal'Darakaan.
  • Dima Cato Ivanovich under the pseudonym Cato Perea acts as an agent to the Minister of the Nauzican Gentlemen. Upon the group's existence being revealed, Dima drops the pseudonym and leaves the Nauzican Gentlemen, instead acting as a loyal knight in personal service to Emperor Philip III.
  • After the Battle for Lower Petra, Dima Ivanovich is granted the Barony of Krajia. He requests that the Emperor bestow the title King of Ruska to his cousin Gaspard van Aert, yielding his believed claim to Ruska. The Ivanovich Vochna, a claim preceding Dima by nigh two-centuries of history, yields much historical controversy to the present-day as the feud between King Sveneld and the Carnatians is relived by House Ivanovich and House Barbanov.
  • Prior to the Siege of Haverlock, Dima Ivanovich disappears. Stefan Ivanovich, his second born, is made the Regent of Krajia. In the siege, Regent Stefan Ivanovich slays five men as apart of the Blackvale-Ferryman charging unit. Stefan Ivanovich was a former member of the Nauzican Gentlemen while under the tutelage of his father Dima, and struck down two members of the enemy's Nauzican Brigade during the siege - Maxim Attenlund and William Alstion.
  • After the Battle of Eastfleet, Sir Dima Ivanovich and Duke Joseph d'Azor route an assassination attempt on the Princess Lorena Theodosia Novellen. Dima warned Joseph not to kill the assassin, so that the perpetrator might be hung after being questioned. He announced forthcoming that he would challenge the Duke of Azor to a duel were he to kill the assassin extra-judicially. As the assassin was struck to the ground and on the precipice of being disarmed, Duke Joseph d'Azor stabbed him through the throat killing him instantly. He walked away from the scene and was pursued by Sir Dima, who insisted that they settle the score with a duel. Initially reluctant and refusing, the Duke d'Azor finally agreed after thirty-minutes of arguing, and Sir Dima proceeded to strike him to the ground with the Mace of Krajia. As the Duke lay there, the Baron Dima placed his foot upon his neck and asked for him to yield. When Duke d'Azor refused, Dima shattered his arm with his boot.
  • On the 13th of the Sun's Smile, Year 71, Sir Dima engaged in a duel with a woman from the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska by the name of Angelika of Vidaus, and was killed by an explosion from a blasting potion she pulled out mid-fight at 71 years old. As he lay dying, he crawled towards his grandson Andrezj Barrow and laid the Mace of Krajia at his feet, before passing away in a fit of manic laughter.
  • Upon the conclusion of the trial regarding Sir Dima's death from his injuries in the explosion on the 18th of the Amber Cold, Year 71 of the Second Age, his second steward Bartholomew Derfey released his will to the public entitled LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SIR DIMA CATO IVANOVICH.
  • Peace is achieved by diplomatic talks between Emperor Philip III, Empress Anastasya, and the Tripartite Coalition. The war ends after sixteen years.

The Brothers' War

See also: Brothers' War

  • After the death of Sir Dima Cato Ivanovich, Angelika of Vidaus is put on trial for her part in his death. Prince Peter Augustus Novellen declares that she pays a fee of 300 minas to the grieving family and his widow. Angelika of Vidaus never pays the fee and is allowed to leave the city. The Ivanoviches and van Aerts interpret this as a slight and resentment builds between House Ivanovich and the Prince of Providence, Peter Augustus.
  • Lady Vladyslava Ivanovich falls ill after the death of her father Sir Dima, falling into a deep depression and suffering from acute nervousness and anxiety.
  • Emperor Philip III and his wife Empress Anastasya die and a succession crisis begins. Prince Frederick Novellen declares himself King of Oren and declares that the Holy Orenian Empire is dissolved. His older brother, Peter Augustus Novellen, declares himself Emperor of Oren, and in doing so begins the Brothers' War.
  • At the Battle of Vuillermoz, Andrezj Barrow takes part in the conflict and assists with the capture of his father Duke Ivan vas Ruthern. The Duke of Reutov, Ivan, is bludgeoned to death by his own son with the Mace of Krajia, and then King Frederick Novellen legitimizes him as Andrezj Ivanovich.
  • Following her bedridden state of illness, Lady Vladyslava Ivanovich declares that her nephew Andrezj Ivanovich is the new Baron of Cherskavy.
  • Baron Andrezj Ivanovich scouted the Duchy of Reutov on behalf of King Frederick and found a secret way into his patrimonial family's ancestral fortress. He rallied the King's levies and then sparked the Battle of Reutov, capturing Emperor Peter IV, with the force of Royalists numbering 2,500 versus 2,000 Imperials.
  • Upon bringing Emperor Peter IV back to Aster Hall in New Providence, a force of 7,600 Imperialists rallying to attempt and rescue him from the capitol. A force of 9,500 Royalists led by Baron Andrezj Ivanovich, Marshal Darius of Mardon, Prince Lucien of Savoy and King Frederick of Oren himself spurring the Battle for New Providence.
  • After the Battle for New Providence, Baron Andrezj Ivanovich executes Emperor Peter IV with the Mace of Krajia after Cardinal Adrian of Albarosa performed last rites. At the same time, late Sir Dima's bastard son Pavel Barrow executed the rebel Floryan Carrion with a crossbow bolt to the back of the head.
  • Following the battle, Baron Andrezj Ivanovich helped maintain the peace in the city, and formed a cadet branch of his own called House Andrevich.

The Acre Rebellion

See also: Acre Rebellion

  • Upon the withdrawal of Acre from the Kingdom of Oren, Pavel Ivanovich, legitimized by King Frederick I of Oren is called back into service.
  • Squire Pavel Ivanovich is mentored in knighthood, jousting, and a formal education by his mentor Sir Gustaf de Vilain.
  • Appointed the Captain of the King's Guard after being recruited by King Frederick's daughter Maude Novellen, Pavel fights against the insurgency spearheaded by his former mentor Sir Gustaf de Vilain in the Acre Rebellion.
  • After the regicide that transpired perpetrated by Sir Gustaf and his father Hannes de Vilain, Captain Pavel Ivanovich attempted to ride his charger towards Sir Gustaf, challenging the knight to a duel. The fighting in the throne room escalates between the Acrean regiments and the Royal Army. The Acreans greatly outnumbered the Royal Army, and subsequently there was a massacre in which King Frederick and his queen are both slain in the midst of the fighting. Hadrian van Aert engaged Pavel and wounded him. On the cusp of death, Pavel was dragged from the field by a relative, and Hadrian mistakenly burned another mutilated corpse and buried it in his place. Simultaneously, his relative Saviley Ivanovich rescues Maude Novellen from House von Draco. House Ivanovich retreats to Yong Ping and joins a group of rogue corsairs, with the Princess Maude in exile with them. Pavel recovers slowly from his injuries over the course of three-years, afflicted with some form of acute retardation from being bludgeoned over the head.
  • The Kingdom of Oren collapses and is replaced by the Harvest Confederacy.

The Commonwealth of the Petra

See also: Commonwealth of the Petra

  • After years in self-imposed exile in the ruined straits near Yong Ping, Pavel Ivanovich returns to the mainland and travels to the Commonwealth of the Petra. Living in the town of Old Vienne, he strikes up an unusual friendship with Ser Thomas of Balmena and Ser Emilio d'Annaplais.
  • Pavel Ivanovich is entrusted the military of The Pikes by Regent Paul Temesch and Dame Catherine of Furnestock. He reforms the military into the Petran Republican Forces (PRF).
  • Pavel Ivanovich is knighted by Grand Master Ser Bernard of Brasca for his service in the Commonwealth during the Crusades against the witches of Serheim.
  • The Commonwealth of the Petra is granted independence as a consequence of A Pact Sealed.
  • Sir Pavel Ivanovich resigns from his position as the Captain of the PRF at the end of his first term. He does not pursue re-election.
  • An unknown assailant tries to assassinate Archduchess Renilde Temesch-Novellen as she leaves a soiree at Brasca. Sir Pavel was injured in the attack, taking the arrow that was intended for the Archduchess in his bursa shoulder muscle. Sir Bernard helped him to his feet and then Sir Darius Halcourt assisted him with removing the arrow. The adolescent Alexander Novellen-Temesch and Sir Sven Vallberg escort him to the dark elven city of Nor'Asath for the assistance of their physicians, where he is given care by Valyris Wynn'asul, Qudlia Jusmia, and Felin'ar Des'Nox.
  • During peace talks between the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska and the Kingdom of Aaun, Sveneld Andrevich was politically abandoned by the King Charles Alstion of Aaun, and used as a means of brokering peace. Enraged, Sveneld attacked King Karl III of Hanseti-Ruska, stabbing a clergywoman before being killed from behind by the King Charles. The Brotherhood of St. Karl, the military of Hanseti-Ruska, executes the remaining Andrevich bannermen.
  • Sir Pavel Ivanovich takes Jan Andrevich, the son of Sveneld Andrevich, as his ward.
  • Sir Pavel Ivanovich and Countess Matilda Fredericka Novellen marry on the 13th of the Snow's Maiden, Year 102 S.A. (IST - 14th of Horen's Calling, 1898).
  • Sir Pavel Ivanovich changes his legal name to Sir Paul Montalt to reflect his marriage.
  • The House of Novellen-Montalt is created, its founding predicated upon the joining of the lineages of Dmitrievich and Novellen-Mardon. Sir Paul becomes the consort of Matilda of Mardon and branches off into the creation of a new house altogether.
  • In the aftermath of disputes between Count Paul Montalt and the government of the Commonwealth of the Petra, he enters self-imposed exile to Sedan, and then to an island near Yong Ping.
  • Years later, in the Petran Civil War, Paul Montalt leaves exile and returns to the Commonwealth to fight for Archduchess Renilde I against her husband the consort Archduke Constanz Novellen. Paul is made the uncontested commander of Loyalist Partisan Forces, bringing back the Petran Republican Forces (PRF). Paul hires the Ferrymen for 2,500 minas and then contests the Sons of Petra in battle twice, defeating them in battle and capturing Constanz.
  • On the cusp of murdering Constanz when he doesn't sign a forcible peace treaty arbitrated by the clergy Father Blackwater, Dame Catherine intercedes and attempts to take the intended stabbing, and Sir Paul swept her aside with a strike to the chin. Upon the realization that when she fell, he was responsible for crippling her, he gouged out Constanz's eye and then let him go as penance for crippling his mentor.
  • Sir Paul Montalt commands the Battle for the Commonwealth and then routs the Rebel forces led by Sir Edmond of the Blackwald and Archduke Constanz. In the aftermath of the victory, all 19 Loyalist Partisans who commanded during the fight were knighted as members of the Circle of the Petrine Laurel.

Traits

Genealogy

  • 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 lineage of Arpad perseveres, and men of his descent are born brown or black-haired, possessing the dominant traits of fair skin and blue eyes. The height of Ivanovic males tends to range from 5'11" to 6'4" much like other Highlanders.
  • Within the lineage of Ivanovich, the majority of its members are prone to outbursts and suffer from chronic mental illness. The Curse of Yakov is believed to make them vicious and untamed, while the women of the family consider themselves shrewd and low cunning.

Culture

  • The Ivanovichs are Raevir hailing from the Kingdom of Ruska as well as the Third Holy Orenian Empire. Predominantly Ruskan in ethnicity, the Ruskan Cossacks are fiercely independent and tend to have a loathing for large unitary polities. Throughout most of the tapestried History of Man, the Ivanovichs have pledged their swords in service to sovereigns not in exchange for protection or wealth, but instead for commissions in war. As displayed by the number of knights and military men who have been produced by House Ivanovich throughout the ages, the Ivanovichs take great pride in their military heritage and seek glory through conquest.

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 Emperor Tuvya's 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.

Lineages

The direct descendants of Sir Dima Cato Ivanovich, the founder of the house in Modern Oren, and inherited by his legitimized son Sir Paul Montalt.

  • Andrevich

The direct descendants of Sir Dima Cato Ivanovich's legitimized grandson Sir Andrezj Petyr Ivanovich.

Past Titles

The House Ivanovich has existed for centuries and many of its members have held positions in the Holy Orenian Empire, the Apostolic Kingdom of Ruska, and the Duchy of Adria primarily. In the past, Sveneld Ivanovich became the King of Ruska; but his fledgling Raevir kingdom was destroyed and annexed by the Holy Orenian Empire in the late 1500s. This has led to a number of conflicts between the two far-flung Carrion bastard houses of Ivanovich and Barbanov over the claim to the title of the fallen kingdom. The Barony of Cherskavy, likewise, was the dominion of Dima Cato Ivanovich in the latter stages of the Novellen Empire, and was last held by his daughter Vladyslava Ivanovich. However, the line of Andrevich has taken on the title, which is considered to be disputed by their kinsmen in the Commonwealth of the Petra.

Margrave of Styria (Konyvich)

Hetman of Krajia (Defunct)

Warden of the North (Defunct)

Baron of Cherskavy (Disputed)

King of Ruska (Disputed)

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 "The Greater" 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 (Empire of Man)

† Marshal Ilya Ratibor Ivanovich, Heir to the Margraviate of Styria (Empire of Man)

† Sir Dima Cato Ivanovich, Baron of Krajia (Eighth Empire, Inferi War, Sedan Rebellion, Urguani-Orenian War)

† Sir Stefan Ivanovich (Eighth Empire, Urguani-Orenian War)

† Lady Vladyslava Ivanovich, Baroness of Cherskavy (Eighth Empire)

Baron Andrezj Petyr Ivanovich (Eighth Empire, Urguani-Orenian War, Brothers' War)

† Baron Sveneld Andrezj Ivanovich (Brothers' War, Second Kingdom of Oren, The Acre Rebellion, The Commonwealth of the Petra)

Grand Knight Paul Dmitrievich Montalt, formerly Pavel Dmitrievich, Count of Mardon as the consort of Maude Fredericka Montalt (Brothers' War, Second Kingdom of Oren, The Acre Rebellion, The Commonwealth of the Petra, Petran Civil War)

Count Jan Arpad Ivanovich of Vaška (Second Kingdom of Oren, Harvest Confederacy, The Duchy of Adria, United Kingdom of Aaun)

"The personal coat of arms of House Ivanovich in Modern Oren"
"The personal coat of arms of House Montalt in The Republic of the Petra"

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