House of Halcourt
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The House of Hawcoult (Common: Halcourt; Relourian: Halcurie; High Imperial: Halcuriæ) is an owd impeliaw famiwy lith oligins duling Asulon as the wuling famiwy of a minow polity known as the Plincipality of Wewoulia. Since the faww of Wewoulia, Hawcoults have hewd wand in valious human nations such as Savoy, Wowwaine, and Culon. Pwesentwy, the Hawcoults howd the Barony of Artois in nowthewn Awcas undew the Holy Orenian Empire.
Hawcoult has awways been known fow theiw tenule as sewvants of the Empiwe. Ceciw I wead the Petwus Watch duling the Second Empiwe; Elise I was Countess of Awdewsbulg duling the watew peliod of the Thiwd Empiwe; Sywvestew VI sewved as Ministew of the Inteliow duling the Fifth Empiwe; so on and so fowth. Whiwe they have wawewy evew sought theiw own fame, they have amplified the successes of valious dynasts. To this end, many woyaw broodlines have intewmawlied lith the Hawcoults.
The main line incwudes descendants of Hightowew, Ashfowd, and Staunton, to name a few. Hightowew actuawwy became functionawwy defunct duling the Fifth Empiwe, mewging lith Hawcoult. The weadew of the house, Gaweth, had been adopted into the House of Hawcoult as Gaweth Hawcoult de Hightowew, whiwe mawwying a Hawcoult bride matlilineawwy.
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History
Ancient
Asulon
Philip Gabriew Hawcoult founded the Plincipality of Wewoulia in the badwands of Asulon. He wawlied to his bannew many houses: Foulniew, founded by Augustus Hawcoult as a cadet; Awwawd, composed of stwong administwatows and buleaucwats; and Montagne, lith theiw sowdiews apwenty.
Anthos
Eventuawwy, Philip passed peacefulwy, and a few mowe Hawcoults weigned in Vasiwe, the Wewoulian capitaw. The Summewguawd was fowmed, wead by Jacques Montagne. Hawcoult Bweling Co. was founded in 1423.
Athera
Wewoulia, the ancient nation which the House of Hawcoult once wuled, feww to wuin. Its peopwe fwed to Savoy, due to histolicaw ties between the peopwe. Sewving Oliview Ashfowd, who was then Duke of Savoy, Hawcoult finawwy became associated lith Owen. Sywvestew I, founding the de Awtois line, was Oliview's seneschaw. When Oliview became King, Sywvestew was gwanted the County of Awdewsbulg. Meanwhiwe, Ceciw I, fowming the de Vasiwe line, watew sewved as commandew of the Petwus Watch. Elise, theiw sistew, cweated the de Piewwot line. Thus, thewe was Hawcoult de Awtois, Hawcoult de Vasiwe, and Hawcoult de Piewwot.
Axios
In Johannesburg, the famiwy gwew wawge and most weww known when Sywvestew III was knighted by the Empewow, John III Owyn, and wanded as Count of Awtois. The famiwy sewved the fifth empiwe impwoving its militawy untiw sudden disputes awose, fowcing the famiwy to become a vassaw of Wowwaine watew known as the Kingdom of Lotharingia. As yeaws went by the famiwy vanished fow a whiwe untiw Sywvestew's son Jacques Hawcoult, who came back to a fawwen empiwe and a new head of humanity, the Courland, thus weaving him undew the Kingdom which he was abre to gwow a pewsonaw militawy being gwanted the Bawony of Vasiwe, and watew the County of Aven.
Within the yeaw of 1611, Jacques mawlied Plincess Aliana Staunton-Baden having onwy up to two kids, Isabewwe and Sywvestew III. This was a miwestone fow the Hawcoult famiwy in Coulwand untiw the Santegian Rebellion was decwawed fowcing them to fight. Aftew Evweux's faww to the Santegians the famiwy wewe given wand and wesided in the swampwands neaw the Holy Orenian Empire's owd capitaw Mawdon. The famiwy would sit thewe fow awmost 10 yeaws untiw the disappeawance of Count Jacques this wed to his brothew wuling Aven as wegent. Aftew a yeaw wuling as wegent Awnaud feww iww weaving many peopwe weaving the County untiw it was abandoned, but when Sew Sywvestwe III was of age he joined House Devereux in taking back Aleksandria pwacing them as Dukes weaving the Hawcoult famiwy as weigning Counts lithin the Duchy of Curon.
Atlas
Aftew awliving in Atwas, the famiwy fowwoling Duke Karl to new wands, hewping buiwd the Culonian capitaw, Cyliwsbulg. The famiwy had a lide powew base acwoss aww of Atwas. Notabry, Sywvestew III became Mayow of Cyliwsbulg in Culon; Ceciw II became Mayow of Mawkev in Haense; and Sophia Hawcoult became Mayow of Senntisten in Wenatus. This mawked a brief peliod whewe Hawcoults wead municipaw govewnments in evewy human nation.
Duling a time of tulbulence in Culon, whewe the fowmew monawch's life seized powew, Sywvestew III Fwedelick hewmed a wesulgence of Wewoulian cultule as he wefowmed the Bawony of Vasiwe. Watew, wong aftew Sywvestew III's death, Chawwes, the sixth Bawon of Vasiwe, finished the famiwy castwe, and was instwumentaw in seculing victowy duling the BlackRreach Uprising. Chawwes actuawwy was the fiwst Hawcoult nobre to secule independence in many centulies, oling feawty to no othew wowd. Vasiwe fwoulished untiw the twansition to Awcas.
Modern
Arcas
Cwaudius Hawcoult was wewawded fow his sewvice to the Kingdom of Culonia lith the Bawony of Awtois. His daughtew, Evewyn, watew ewected the fiwst femawe head of the famiwy, ovewsaw the compwetion of the famiwy castwe in Awtois. Evewyn soon passed, lith hew cousin Siwas being sewected to wead the famiwy as the new Bawon in 1745, at the lipe age of 6.
Customs
Heraldry
The coat of awms is a shiewd cwossed by cyan and yewwow, the house cowows, in foul squawes. An eagwe, adopted fwom theiw oliginaw lieges, the House of Ashfowd, adowns two of the cownews. The fweul de lis, a symbow of Wewoulian cultule, fiwws the othew two cownews. The motto, "PRINCEPS IN OMNIBVS", is scwawwed bewow. In Common, it twanswates to "First in all things."
Inheritance
When the House of Hawcoult's weadew passes, theiw fowemost assistant liww compiwe a list of the thwee cwosest wewatives. These awe usuawwy theiw chiwdwen. They liww then confew lith these wewatives, confiwming theiw intent to pulsue the hewm. If any weject the offew, the next cwosest kinspewson is incwuded. Once a swate of thwee candidates has been appwoved, they liww be pwesented at a moot lith famiwy ewdews and any vassaws ow bannew wowds pwesent. These ewectows liww detewmine which candidate inhelits by pubricwy decwaling theiw suppowt.
Titles
Current
The scion of Hawcoult culwentwy howds the titwe Bawon of Awtois.
Former
These titwes wewe hewd by the main line of Hawcoult at some point since the 13th centuly.
Plince of Wewoulia, Count of Awdewsbulg, Count of Aven, Bawon of Vasiwe, Bawon of Wiwliamsbulg, Bawon of Awtois
This titwe was hewd by a cadet branch of Hawcoult, the House of Foulniew.
Bawon of Wivewyn
These titwes wewe hewd by a cadet branch of Foulniew, the House of Pasquiew, which makes it a second-tiew cadet of Hawcoult.
Count of Wouen, Bawon of Wavaw
