House of Palaiologos
House Palaiologos is an Aktrian house with a rich history, filled with tragedy as all male leaders of the house thus far have ended up being executed.
Vailor
Demetrios Palaiologos II, also known as Ser Demetrios, founded House Palaiologos sometime during Vailor. This occurred under Richard Staunton’s reign of the Duchy of Courland, when Richard Staunton Granted Ser Demetrios the keep of Kraken’s Watch, which was then renamed to Nikea.
For years, House Palaiologos ruled over Nicea under the service of the Stauntons, siding with Aleksander Staunton when he challenged Adrian’s right to rule. Not long after this, Emperor John II removed House Palaiologos from Nikea and gave it to House Vanir. Soon after this, tensions arose between the Stauntons and Vanirs, which lead to the Riga War. Following the defection of Percival II to the Imperial side, Ser Demetrios was captured by Fiske Vanir III and executed in front of his children.
Axios
Upon the death of their father and the arrival in Axios, Constantios Palaiologos joined the Dreadlands forces. He managed to survive the war despite the Dreadlands loosing and went into hiding for many years, living as a commoner. The only notable Palaiologos left at that point was Demetrios’s sister, Theodora Palaiologos, who lived in Haria for some time in some minor position of power.
Then, from seemly out of nowhere, Constantios came out of hiding with a group of his fellow Akritian men and sought out Archduke John d’Amaury. John d’Amaury agreed to give land to Constantios, who them founded the small barony of Pyrgos. From then on, House Palaiologos loyally served house d’Amaury. Even during The Coalition War, during which the rest of Lorraine’s vassals had either rebelled against them or remained neutral, House Palaiologos remained loyal from start to finish.
Soon after the war ended, John d’Amaury passed and his eldest son, Lothar d’Amaury took over with a regency council ruling in part. Following this, whispers arose that Constantios was to be executed and, upon finding Lorraine’s forces rallied against him outside, he declared independence from Lorraine. He was summarily executed by one of the soldiers after they had stormed the keep. Following this, House Palaiologos, now lead by Constantios’s nephew, Romanos, left Lorraine with a handful of men still defending Pygos, and left to serve the Stauntons in the second formation of the Kingdom of Courland.
Upon arriving in Courland, King Tobias Staunton granted Romanos Palaiologos the title of Holy Ser and allowed him to establish a holy order in Courland.
