House of Alstion
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The House of Alstion (Common: Alstion; High Imperial: Johannes) is a Human house formed upon the dissolution of the House of Horen.
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History
As House of Horen
While the House of Horen was founded by Horen himself and can be traced back to the first realms of Man, the House of Alstion is traced back only to the oft-quoted founder of the Fifth Empire, John I. Born in exile in Pronce, Aeldin, and living within the court of the Chivay governor there for much of his younger years, his sailing to Oren would change the course of Human history for generations, leading to a span of over a hundred years of Johannian dominance.
The Horen Restoration of 1526, orchestrated by Charles Henry, known as the Polycarp, would see the assassination of King Guy of Oren and coronation of John I as Holy Orenian Emperor. His reign was marked by a series of scandals, wars, and plots against the Imperial Crown, though doubling the size of the Empire in his time. His untimely death would be noted by many as a chief reason for The Anarchy, a time of massive instability within the Empire. His succession laws, however, and the titleage afforded his line, continue to be used by his descendants to modernity.
John II would not fare so well. Under him, the nobility grew in power, and his incendiary nature, which garnered him the moniker 'the Quarreler' among opponents, would eventually be his undoing. His eccentricities and oft strange behaviors discomforted his vassals, and on the 16th of Sigismund's End, 1568, after eight long years of incapability and a regency headed by his son, which saw such events as the Riga War, he abdicated and retired to the countryside.
John III's reign is remembered for his closing of John I's many attempted conquests. His victories in the Riga War, the Axis War, and his subjugation of the War Uzg solidified the Empire's place on the global stage as the preeminent power, but whilst he was lauded as a war hero within the Empire, foreign states and recently subjugated vassals had deep-seated hatred of both him and his nation.
With John III's assassination and the beginning of the Year of Four Emperors, this hatred surfaced - his first son was slain by King Andrew II just two months after his coronation. His second son, Robert II, abdicated to John III's thirdborn, Philip Frederick. Just fourteen on the day of his coronation and eighteen in the first battles of the Coalition War, his loss at the Siege of Johannesburg, and his infamous thanhium-bomb explosion that destroyed the city and landscape for leagues in any direction, would mark the end of the Fifth Empire.
The Sixth Empire founded just under twenty years later would only see glimpses of the zenith reached by the Fifth Empire - John V's rule was marred by internal turmoil, external losses, and a succession nearly usurped by a returned Robert II (called in his later years Robert of Marna and styling himself Lord Protector). John V's heir, Peter II, fared little better; while he defeated the House of Romstun, he lost the War of the Beards in the tenth year of his reign, leading to his abdication. His son, John VI, would be assassinated in his throne room by forces of Canonius Horen, ending the Sixth Empire and with it, Johannian rule. In the coming years, the vast majority of Johannians would either be executed or die mysteriously, leaving only the line of Charles Elliot alive, descending as the fifth child of Peter II
Charles Elliot as last of the Johannians worked with the line of Pertinax, securing his and his family's survival into modernity. His statesmanship and close relations with the various Emperors of Man would gain for his family the ear of the Throne, and his work in orchestrating the rise of the new empire solidified their place in the new nobility. He is the last patriarch of the Johannian lines not to be included in the Dissolution of Horen in 1721.
As House of Alstion
On the eve of Godfrey II’s edict declaring the dissolution of House Horen in 1720, the dynasty had expanded to encompass several distinct branches. Bloated, tired from war, and mourning the spilt blood in the War of Two Emperors, the patriarchs of each offshoot acquiesced and four mutually independent Houses were formed. House Alstion was left the sole survivor of the Johannian inheritance by the dissolution, being granted suzerainty over its cadet houses of Marna, d'Anpalais, Rothesay, Pruvia, Joannes, Wett, Balain, and Beaufort - with those born out of wedlock commonly referred to as Jrent. Upon the conclusion of the War and the passing of Prince John, the House began its slow descent from influence within the empire.
The Alstionite cause saw a brief resurgence in 1725 as Charles Edward made a bid for the Imperial Throne of Oren following the abrupt abdication of John VII, ruling the Capital of Helena as an uncrowned emperor for a month. However, the claim never saw fruition, as promises made were never fulfilled, and Charles instead abdicated his efforts to his uncle, Alexander de Joannes, who would become the emperor proper. Disillusioned by the Orenian ideals during this failed effort, Charles pledged his services elsewhere, Morsgrad notably, further compounding the House of Alstion into obscurity.
House Alstion formally departed the Orenian Empire when its patriarch at the time, Henry Alstion, was killed by Imperial State Troopers in his efforts to save Robert Helvets in Providence. His son, James, fled the Empire and settled down with a small band of Daelish attendants in some ruins later called Alba. Upon his deathbed, he granted the Duchy of Corazon to Olivier de Savoie, who would later become the Serene Prince of Savoy.
James’ sons, Leopold John and William Corwin formally reunited the Alstion family once again, though they remained dormant within the Principality of Savoy. While William went on to become the Chancellor of Savoy, Leopold remained within cloisters in lay-servitude to the Church of Canon - later emerging as the Prince of Alstion, and asserting his claim to the Holy Orenian Empire.
Historical Coats of Arms
As House of Horen
Whilst ruling the Holy Orenian Empire and in the years between the dissolution of the Sixth Empire and the dissolution of the House of Horen, the Johannians took up the sigil of the three-headed dragon, holding in each arm clockwise a scepter, a globus cruciger, an olive branch, and a blade.
As House of Alstion
Whilst the House of Alstion, the Johannians took up the sigil of the Aeldinic dragon, gold upon a party per pale field of purpure and white, within its mouth a red Marnan serpent.
Notable Members
John I, Holy Orenian Emperor
John II, Holy Orenian Emperor
High Pontiff Daniel III
John III, Holy Orenian Emperor
Philip I, Holy Orenian Emperor
John V, Holy Orenian Emperor
Peter II, Holy Orenian Emperor
Prince Charles of Alstion
John Alexander, Prince of Alstion
William, Lord of Jrent
Adeline of Alstion
Patriarchs of Alstion
| Name | Portrait | Birth Parentage |
Marriage(s) Issue |
Death | Coat of Arms | Title(s) |
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| In the Fifth Empire | ||||||
| John I Johannes Fridericus Orenii |
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10 Horen's Calling 1498 Pronce, Agathor First son of Charles Henry Horen |
Adelheid de Sola John Sigismund Alexander Louis Philippa Maria Charles Francis |
12 Tobias' Bounty, 1547 Eroch River, Vandoria aged 49 |
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Holy Orenian Emperor King in Oren King of Savoy King of Kaedrin King of Haense King of Renatus King of Salvus |
| John II Johannes Sigismundus Orenii |
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1 Owyn's Flame, 1521 Dour Watch, Istria First son of John I and Adelheid of Istria |
Amelie Staunton Arielle Horen-Rothesay John Owyn Alexander Sigismund Madeleine Francesca Eleanore Theresa Joseph Frederick Alexandra Maria |
25 Owyn's Flame, 1595 Johannesburg, Oren aged 74 |
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Holy Orenian Emperor King in Oren King of Savoy King of Kaedrin King of Haense King of Renatus King of Salvus |
| John III Johannes Ovenius Orenii |
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2 Sun's Smile, 1549 Anpalais, Felsen First son of John II and Arielle of Leone |
Julia Adelheid Horen John Augustus Robert Henry Philip Frederick Charlotte Sophia Marie |
18 Sun's Smile, 1585 Johannesburg, Oren aged 36 |
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Holy Orenian Emperor King in Oren King of Savoy King of Kaedrin King of Haense King of Renatus King of Salvus |
| John IV Johannes Augustus Orenii |
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14 Sigismund's End, 1568 Johannesburg, Oren First son of John III and Julia of Furnestock |
16 Sigismund's End, 1585 Johannesburg, Oren aged 17 |
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Holy Orenian Emperor King in Oren King of Savoy King of Kaedrin King of Haense King of Renatus King of Salvus | |
| Robert II Robertus Henricus Orenii |
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11 Sun's Smile, 1570 Johannesburg, Oren Second son of John III and Julia of Furnestock |
Unknown, 1622 Alban, Haense aged 52 |
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Holy Orenian Emperor King in Oren King of Savoy King of Kaedrin King of Haense King of Renatus King of Salvus | |
| Philip I Philippus Fridericus Orenii |
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26 Harren's Folly, 1571 Johannesburg, Oren Third son of John III and Julia of Furnestock |
Adelina Augusta de Savoie John Frederick Augusta Maria Peter Sigismund Philip Charles |
25 Owyn's Flame, 1595 Johannesburg, Oren aged 24 |
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Holy Orenian Emperor King in Oren King of Savoy King of Kaedrin King of Haense King of Renatus King of Salvus |
| In the Sixth Empire | ||||||
| John V Johannes Fridericus Orenii |
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3 Sun's Smile, 1590 Johannesburg, Oren First son of Philip I and Adeline of Savoy |
Claude d'Amaury John Peter |
8 Tobias' Bounty, 1619 Trier, Evreux aged 29 |
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Holy Orenian Emperor King in Oren King of Savoy King of Kaedrin King of Renatus King of Salvus King of Seventis King of Vandoria King of Aesterwald King of Telemar |
| Peter II Petrus Sigismundus Orenii |
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21 Sigismund's End, 1591 Johannesburg, Oren First son of Philip I and Adeline of Savoy |
Elisabeth Christine de Morvelyn John Maximillian John Renault Elizabeth Adelina Margaret Louisa Charles Elliot |
Unknown, 1651 aged 60 |
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Holy Orenian Emperor King in Oren King of Savoy King of Kaedrin King of Renatus King of Salvus King of Seventis King of Vandoria King of Aesterwald King of Telemar |
| John VI Johannes Maximilianus Orenii |
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17th of Owyn's Flame, 1625 Adelburg, Oren First son of Peter II and Elisabeth of Alba |
14th of Horen's Calling, 1638 Adelburg, Oren aged 13 |
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Holy Orenian Emperor King in Oren King of Savoy King of Kaedrin King of Renatus King of Salvus King of Seventis King of Vandoria King of Aesterwald King of Telemar | |
| Post-Sixth Empire | ||||||
| Charles Elliot Carolus Ellios Orenii |
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22 Godfrey's Triumph, 1633 Adelburg, Oren Third son of Peter II and Elizabeth of Alba |
Aloisia-Seia Horen Alexander Frederick Amelia Philippa Thomas Elliot Jamie Oliver Livia Vladov William Yanalia Kavietsby Anne |
13 Harren's Folly, 1721 Pronce, Aeldin aged 88 |
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Prince of Alstion Duke of Alba |
| Alexander Frederick Alexander Fredericus Orenii |
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17 Horen's Calling, 1654 Nova Horos, Aeldin First son of Charles Elliot and Aloisia-Seia |
Analiese Barbanov John Alexander Ailsa Gromach Joanna Jrent Anthony Jrent Mariya Barbanov Adrian of Alba Cesarina of Marna Alexander II Francis of Ponce Robert of Ponce |
14th Owyn's Light, 1754 |
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Duke of Furnestock |
| As House of Alstion | ||||||
| Amelia Philippa Aemiliana Philippe Johannes |
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2 Sun's Smile, 1674 Nova Horos, Aeldin First daughter of Charles Elliot and Aloisia-Seia Horen |
Cassius Horen Hadrian Leviticus Kaiser Horen Owyn Alexander Eleanor Helena |
Unknown |
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Princess of Alstion Duchess of Alba |
| John Alexander Johannes Alexander Johannes |
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13 Horen's Calling, 1688 Carolustadt, Empire of Man First son of Alexander Frederick and Analiese Barbanov |
Vivienne d'Amaury Adeline Margaret Henry Stephen Charles Edward Julia Adelaide |
Dead |
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Prince of Alstion Duke of Alba Duke of Balemena |
| Charles Edward Carolus Eduardus Johannes |
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13 Horen's Calling, 1705 Walden, Alba, Aeldin First son of John Alexander and Vivienne d'Amaury |
Magdalena Helane Henrietta Karenina Heidemarie Jane |
Missing |
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Prince of Alstion Duke of Corazon Duke of Balemena Duke of Alba |
| Henrietta Karenina Henrica Catharina Johannes |
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7 Sigismund's End, 1735 Nova Horos, Alba, Aeldin First daughter of Charles Edward and Magdalena Helane |
George de Sarkozy Peter Amadeus George Ulysses Philippa Casimira |
14th Deep Cold, 1758 |
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Princess of Alstion Duchess of Furnestock Duchess of Alba Duchess of Balamena Countess of Enswerp |
| Henry Stephen Henri Stephanus Johannes |
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13th Horen's Calling, 1705 Walden, Alba, Aeldin Second son of John Alexander and Vivienne d'Amaury |
Aileen d'Anpalais James Francis Elisanna Mary |
10th Sigismund's End, 1812 |
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Prince of Alstion Duke of Furnestock Duke of Alba Duke of Balamena Count of Enswerp |
| James Francis James Franciscus Johannes |
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20th Tobias' Bounty, 1766 Walden, Alba, Aeldin Second child of Henry Stephen and Aileen d'Anpalais |
Mairi Adelheid Gromach Leopold John William Corwin Joan Catherine Apollina Drăghicescu Caitlin Béitris |
17th Sun's Smile, 1833 |
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Prince of Alstion Count of Yves Lord of Alba |
| Leopold John Leopoldus Ioannes Johannes |
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12 Sun's Smile, 1820 Alba, Almaris First child of James Francis and Mairi Gromach |
Victoria Elisabeth de Ravensburg Charles Leopold Alstion Sophia Adeline Alstion Ferdinand Francis Alstion |
Alive |
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Prince of Alstion Count of Yves Lord of Alba |
| Charles Leopold Carolus Leopoldus Johannes |
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23 Horen's Calling, 1849 Merryweather, Principality of Savoy First child of Leopold John and Victoria de Ravensburg |
Eleanor Lucienne Pruvia James Leopold Alstion Charlotte Henrietta Alstion Emil Caius Alstion Anna Lucilla Alstion |
Alive |
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King of Aaun Prince of Alstion Duke of Corazon Lord of Alba |
