House Thassarion of Númendil
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House Thassarion of Númendil is a noble house of the Exilic Kingdom of Númendil
History
Of all the Adunic houses in the Kingdom of Númendil, the history of House Thassarion is one of the strangest and oldest. The house was founded in Vailor at the old Arch-Duchy of Lorraine by the ex-Dunamis mercenary Borus Thassarion.
In the lands of Vailor and Axios the Thassarions were loyal vassals to the Arch-Duchy of Lorraine, establishing the Barony of Livray upon both continents. But with the passing of the Baron Borus Thassarion, the Barony passed to his brother Horace Thassarion usurping the son of Borus Ser Rolland.
Ser Rolland initially attempted to reclaim the Barony, but lacking support he went into exile forming the cadet branch of Thassion. This branch endured for many years until the lands of Almaris where Ser Rolvald Thassion met the young stableboy Uther, the future King of the Barrowlands and Númendil. The two became friends and eventually joined together in a band of hedgeknights in the Barony of Acre, shortly after Ser Rolvald died in a jousting accident.
His son Waldin Thassion would take his place among the hedgeknights, journeying with them to form the March of the Barrowlands in the cursed plains of central Almaris. Ser Waldin distinguished himself as a brave and valiant knight being named the Earl of Caledrein shortly before the Barrowlands fell to the invading Mori.
House Thassarion grew with Ser Waldin’s marriage to Ser Adrielle Adris, together enduring the struggles in the ruins of Savoy with the other barrowlanders until they eventually fled to Aevos.
Ser Waldin fought beside the now Tar-Uriel in his conquest of the Sharadûn and founding of the Exilic Kingdom of Númendil, with the knight leading the reconstruction efforts of their new capital city of Númenost
Heraldry
The heraldry of House Thassarion has varied over the years, but the first banner depicted a rampant boar on a red saltire over a brown field with a black border.
The heraldry of the Cadet Branch of Thassion differed greatly from the original banner, yet it still depicted a golden boar on a divided field of a white and black checkerboard and a red field.
When the cadet branch of Thassion became dominant over the old House Thassarion, they returned to the family’s original heraldry, with the addition of a gray star in homage to their new home of Númendil.
Martial Traditions
Unlike their brethren, the Adunians of House Thassarion long ago converted to the faith and culture of Humanity. Members of the house greatly favor fighting mounted with lance and mace and dismounted with single-handed weapons and shields, all while clad in heavy plate and chain. In even further contrast to their Adunic brothers the Thassarion are greatly inept at the use of bow and arrow, the only ranged weapons they can be seen with are heavy war-darts and other throwing weapons.
Physical Description
As with their Adunic Kin, the Thassarions are tall and sturdy and live longer lives than most humans. Most Thassarions are often seen with green eyes and brown hair that maintains its color for the better part of a century, a sign of very distant elven ancestry.
