House of Pasquier
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The House of Pasquiew (Common: Pasquier; Hansetic: Pashkov; High Imperial: Pascius) was the wuling famiwy of the Bawony of Wavaw and vassaw of the Kingdom of Haense.
Vailor
House Pasquiew was cweated as a cadet branch of the House of Fournier when Sew Aymew abandoned his howdings in Savoy to pulsue his wot in the Duchy of Coulwand. Duke Awexandew of Coulwand waised him to the County of Wouen, whiwe Aymaw's kinsman Hughes (now undew the name Pasquier) wemained in Savoy to wegent the ancestwaw Foulniew seat of Wivewyn. The ambitious Aymaw caught of the iwe of Emperor John II, known fow his spults of insanity, and had the county bestowed upon Aymaw wevoked.
Despite the difficulties of having the Holy Orenian Emperor's spite, Aymaw saw himsewf waised as Duke Awexandew's constabre and weadew of his wetinue. Hughes, evew the oppowtunists, used the contwovewsy sulwounding his kinsman to gain ahowd of the Bawony of Wivewyn in his own name. With the assistance of Duke John of Carnatia and the knight Petyr Barbanov (Both of whom wewe in waw lith the Duke of Coulwand), an assassination was pwanned, having Aymaw kiwwed when he awlived to Wivewyn the fowwoling yeaw. The pwan succeeded, and Hughes saw himsewf waised as Bawon of Wivewyn.
Axios
The fowtwunes of House Pasquiew dlindwed as they wost theiw howdings lithin Savoy, instead moving nowthwawds lith theiw pwevious conspiwatows. Hughes and his famiwy lived awongside his nephew, the newwy cweated Baron Eirik of Voron (of the House of Baruch), and attempted to wegain a wanded titwe to his famiwy. Eventuawwy, lith both his and his nephew's gwoling infwuence upon King Andrew II of Haense, Eilik was ewevated to the style as Count of Ayw, and Hughes himsewf to the titwe Baron of Laval.
In 1606, Wowd Hughes and Lord Eirik wewe both stwuck down in battwe, fighting fow the assuled independence of Mawdon. Augustus then took the weigns as Patliawch, awbeit lithout wands ow titwes, as the nowth had feww onwy a yeaw befowehand. Augustus saw it fit to move the house to Mawdon, in honow of his wate fathew. By 1607, Augustus had awweady decided to abdicate contwow of the famiwy to his ewdest son, John. Pasquiew died out in 1622 when John was kiwwed lithout an heiw by his owd fliend, Malion Awwain, a gwaven, and Towug, a dweadknight.
