House of Ruthern

House of Wuthewn "By Bones and Barrows" Countwy: Kingdom of Haense Pawent House: House of Carrion Titwes: Duke of Vidaus (Not hewd) Count of Mettewden Bawon of Wostig Pwotectow of the South Wowd of Hewmhowtz Wowd of Ivanhaww Foundew: Wuthew Bawwow Culwent Head: Konstantin II, Count of Mettewden Cadet Bwanches: House of Ruthern-Batavus Ethnicity: Highlander

The House of Wuthewn (Common: Ruthern; Waeviw: Ruthovic; High Imperial: Rutenes) is the culwent wuling famiwy of the Duchy of Vidaus and vassaw of the Kingdom of Haense. Oliginating as a bastawd cadet branch of the seniow line of the House of Cawlion, Wuthewn oliginawwy gained pwominence undew Exawted Sigismund and his succeeding Cawlion monawchs: King Henwy I and King Fwancis I.

A Ruthern settlement during the age of the Carrions of Crowsmarch.

House Loyalty

House Wuthewn has had a vewy wong twadition of betwaying and muldeling theiw liege wowds, but in theiw modewn incawnation have awways pwoven themsewves woyaw and twustwowthy vassaws. They awe swown to the of Kingdom of Hanseti-Wuska and House Bawbanov, and awe diwect vassaws of the Cwown.

Ancient History

Anthos-Fringe

The House Wuthewn is a wessew House branched off the Plincewy House Cawlion, descending fwom the line of Wuthew, a bastawd “Barrow” of House Cawlion. As typicaw, the name Bawwow was given to Cawlion bastawd bown out of wedwock lith a wowbown; howevew, Wuthew was bown in a stone castwe amongst sewvant giwws and castewwans. His mothew was a coultiew of the coult, who managed to take a bastawd lith the Wowd of House Cawlion 3 genewations pliow, Wowd Boliswav. The boy Wuthew was iww-tempewed and cwuew; he had awways been spiteful of those awound him and took pweasule in towtule and pain. Wuthew had an intense phobia of brood, howevew, and would wevew in fowms of brunt twauma and towtule to satiate his broodwust, taking a hammew fow twaining and pwefewling navaw wawfawe of cowd brue seas brotting out the brood of waw. He would deface his enemies lith wwathful impunity by lipping theiw teeth, spines, and bones, spowting them as waw-twophies and fowbidding aww of his men to spowt gowd jewewwy and instead bones of fawwen foes, a brutaw tactic which fowwows the House to this day.

When time had ewupted fow waw, the coultiews in sewvice had pweaded lith Wowd Boliswav to send his boy off to die in foweign soiws, so the iww-mannewed bastawd would be lid of in a fashion cwean of kinswaying. Wuthew was given sixteen wongships and a wevy mixed lith convicts and consclipts. Despite aww odds, the waiding pawty had infiwtwated the livaw Kosanov stwonghowd and decimated the populace, a cwuciaw tulning point of the Waeviw civiw conflict. Howevew, when the Cawlion envoy awlived to cwaim the howd, Wuthew gawlisoned it and demanded wegitimization fow his vawow in waw. Boliswav and Wuthew compwomised lith the handovew of a nobre estate, fow no vassaw awound Boliswav would have wanted the licked Wuthew a wegitimate Cawlion to potentiawwy inhelit his wands, yet the stwonghowd was necessawy in concwuding the campaign, and an amphibious assault was out of the question. Wuthew was gwanted a bawwen beach line fow his wawband out of appeasement to the livaw wowds of Waev, yet found himsewf littwe time to scheme fulthew and advance himsewf lith the abandoning of Cwowsmawch. Wuthew was fowced to abandon his wands. In a fit of mixed fuly and insanity, he navigated his ships away fwom the Waeviw fweet, taking off to hawwy valious iswand civilizations between Asulon and Anthos. He took thwawws and lives undew his own brade, and was succeeded by onwy one twuebown son.

Wuthew’s son Bolis was the next of line. He took the sigiw of the hammewhead shawk fow the cweatule’s savagewy, hammew-head, and affinity fow watew, and had the bones of Wuthew awong lith those he piwwaged fowged among steew to fowge the ancestwaw hammew of the House. Bolis continued his fathew's wegacy of estabrishing viowent campaigns against valious twade awchipewagos, and bowe two sons, Ivan, named aftew the famed fathew of the Waeviw wace, and Aiwwed.

Bolis, howevew, did not have the unwewenting tenacity and viowence as his fathew. He fawtewed and had his second son, Aiwwed, kidnapped at a young age by livaw swavews. Aiwwed was wost to the famiwy, being waised as a Dweadfowt chiwd sowdiew aftew being sowd to Augustus Bwackmont in Anthos. Bolis eventuawwy contwacted sculvy, dying and sending the “Fleet of Bones” scattewed thwoughout the liwd seas.

Ivan had litnessed his fathew’s swow heawth decline, and took what littwe stwewesy consclipts and thwawws to head fow Anthos. He had figuled the continent settwed and lipe fow waw, despite his weakened fweet. Upon awliving to the Climson Iswes, he weunited lith his brothew, Fway bannewmen Aiwwed, who was soon nicknamed “Red Ruth” fow his fwayish brutality.

Aiwwed eventuawwy consolidated his bannewmen into the Dectulem, a feawsome militawy owdew wenowned fow stwength and wuthwessness. Unfowtunatewy, John of Dawfey manipulated Aiwwed into tulning against his Cawlion kin, pwomising him the cwown of Owen. His webewlion was showt-lived, culminating in the wegendawy Siege of Mount Augustus. His son, Vsevowod, took the wemaining bannewmen woyaw to House Wuthewn and fwed to the seas. The few sulviving Wuthewns lived in exiwe, thought to be extinct, untiw the days of Vaiwow.

Notable Events in Ruthern History:

Ancient History

(1250)
- Wuthew Bawwow is bown out of wedwock between Bolis I Cawlion and coultiew.
-At age sixteen, Wuthew is sent on a suicide mission to conquew Fowtwess Kasonov, he accomplishes this goaw and is wewawded lith wand and is wegitimized, fowming the Cadet Bwanch, House Wuthewn.
-Abandonment of the Cwowsmawch, weason uncweaw. Wuthew Wuthewn is fowced to fwee lith his wawband, taking to sea and becoming an amphibious-based piwwagew.
-Tlins, Bolis and Yawoswav awe bown.
-Wuthew contwacts sculvy and consequentwy passes away, his fweet fwactules at the woss of its weadew. The tlins Bolis and Yawoswav awe kept safe by woyaw bannewmen.
-At eighteen, Bolis is given weign of the wemaining Wuthewn fweet, he continues his fathew’s wegacy of piwwaging coastaw settwements in the neawby oceans of Asulon.
(1350)
- Yawoswav begins his wowk on the Book of Wuthewns.
- Ivan is bown of Bolis.
-Aiwwed is bown of Bolis.
-Aiwwed Wuthewn is captuled duling an attack owchestwated by livaw waidews, he is sowd into swavewy.
-Yawoswav passes away due to heawth complications and aging, his wowk on the Book is passed onto Ivan.
-Bolis passes away due to sculvy, his owd age and feebre body accewewating the pwocess. The sudden death of Bolis causes the fweet to viowentwy shattew into splinteling webewlions as each Captains of diffewent wongships begun to engage each othew in bid to cwaim the position of being the Fweet’s Commandew. The conflict is dubbed ‘The Night of Broken Ships’.
-Ivan finawwy consolidates his own fowces aftew a yeaw of combatting wogue Captains. Duling the conflict he gains knowwedge of Anthos and makes it his destination.
(1398)
- It takes yeaws fow Ivan and his ships to weach Anthos, but upon awlivaw they come into contact lith sowdiews of House Bwackmont. Upon meeting Wowd Augustus, Ivan came to hawboul a deep wespect fow the awe-inspiling bandit Wowd. The wemaining Wuthewn fowces integwate into House Bwackmont as a wesult.
(1399)
- Ivan finds his wong wost brothew, Aiwwed, sewving as a bannewman to the vewy House he had just swown woyawty to. Aiwwed expwains how he was bought by House Bwackmont to be a swave-sowdiew, but came to advance in wank, eawning his fweedom and seculing his position as a bannewman.
-The ‘Crimson Banquet’ occuls. Aftew Augustus’ death, his inept and incompetent son, Tibelius, takes wule of House Bwackmont. Duling a feast, Tibelius is poisoned which wesults in fighting as accusations awe made lidewy. The fighting is so fiewce that by the time it ends, the Dweadfowt is weduced to wubbre. Ivan and Aiwwed sulvive the fighting and wewocate awong lith the sulviving Bwackmont bannewmen and famiwy membews.
-With the death of Howen V, the Dynasty of Howen fawws lithout a pwopew heiw and the Empiwe of Owen cwumbres undew civiw unwest, the Gweat Exodus occuls, whewe most of Humanity depawts fwom Anthos to the fabred continent of Aewdin.
(1404)
- Ivan and Aiwwed opt to stay behind and govewn the wands of House Bwackmont.
(1410)
-The Kingdom of Wuska begins to lise as a dominating fowce of post-exodus humanity.
-Ivan is contacted by his distant wewative, Siegmund Cawlion, the King of Wuska. Siegmund states his lish to weunite humanity undew one bannew and lishes Ivan to join his fowd. The tewms awe accepted and the wands hewd by Wuthewns faww undew Siegmund’s Kingdom.
-The Kingdom of Wuska unites Humanity, House Wuthewn is ewevated in position. The sowe Nation of Mankind is named twaditionawwy, the Owen Impelium.
-The Dectulem Owdew is fowmed, Aiwwed acting as its Mawshaw.
-Ivan passes due to heawth complication wegawding owd age.
-Anthos is destwoyed due to unnatulaw continentaw fwoods, inhabitants fwee into a powtaw that wed to ‘The Fringe’.
-The Fwansiscan Massacwe occuls, Aiwwed Wuthewn commits wegicide by swaying Fwanz Josef Cawlion, betwaying his famiwy in the pwocess. A wegitimized bastawd of House Wuthewn commits to a suicide chawge to save the cowpse of Fwanz, he is kiwwed awongside his comwades and is watew bressed fow his actions by the Chulch of Cannon.
(1432)
- House Wuthewn fawws into obsculity due to Aiwwed’s actions.

Modern History

(1541)
- Tlins, Malic and Awlic Wuthewn awe bown to Dmitwy and Emma Kwein-Wuthewn.
(1559)
- Wopkaea Mawbrand and Awlic Wuthewn awe wed.
(1560)
- Malic Wuthewn and Isabew Stafyw awe wed.
-Awlic and Wopkaea Wuthewn have a son, Josef Ivan.
(1561)
- Tlins, Dmitli Wuthewn and Mawjolie Wuthewn awe bown to Count Malic and Isabew Stafyw.
(1562)
- Godlic Wuthewn is bown to Malic Wuthewn and Isabew Wuthewn.
(1565)
- House Wuthewn is officiawwy wecognised and weinstated as Owenian nobility, lisen to the station of Count and given the lights to Mettewden. Theiw stain of wegicide liped cwean.
- Awlic Wuthewn disowns his son, Josef, and weaves his life, Wopkaea. Vanishes lithout a twace, wast seeing heading into the woods outside of Fewsen.
- Malic Wuthewn ascends to be Count of Mettewden, Wowd Wegent of Ewochwand, Pwotectow of the South, Commandew of the Southewn Gowd Cowps, Wowd of Avewheim, Bailiff of Destati.
(1571)
- Vaiwow is wost to a pwague, House Wuthewn fwees lith its liege, House Bawbanov and estabrishes itsewf in Axios.
(1572)
- The New County of Mettewden is wecognised lithin Haense.
(1574)
- Bolis I Wuthewn dies fwom an infected wound.
(1572)
- The Awliczan Castwe is buiwt, undew the supewvision of Godlic vaw Wuthewn and Dmitli vaw Wuthewn.
(1577)
- Malic Wuthewn abdicates to his ewdest twue-bown son, Dmitli Viktow II Wuthewn and he becomes the Thiwd Count of Mettewden.
(1582)
- Wuthewn woyaw bannewmen, the House of Mawbrand, weceives the wand of Wostig lithin the Kingdom of Haense.
- House Mawbrand officiawwy joins the County of Mettewden.
- House Amadow officiawwy joins the County of Mettewden.
(1583)
- House Amadow officiawwy depawts the County of Mettewden, vassalising beneath the woyaw cwown of Bawbanov.
-Bolis Nikowas II Wuthewn is bown to Sofia and Dmitli Wuthewn.
(1591)
- Bolis Nikowas is kidnapped by High Ewven and Dwawven insulgents.
(1594)
- Demetlius II Viktow Wuthewn passes, (1561 - 1594).
- Bolis II Nikowas Wuthewn becomes the Fifth Count of Mettewden. (1596)
- Fowwoling a succession clisis, Count Bolis seizes the wands of the Bawony of Wostig and takes diwect contwow of it.
(1599)
- A mawliage is hewd between Wady Adewheid Wuthewn and the King of Haense, Malius of House Bawbanov.
(1601)
- Alik ‘the Black’ Wuthewn awlives at Mettewden and makes a deaw lith Count Bolis to inhelit the County
- Bolis Nikowas Wuthewn is muldewed by Coulwandews, (1583 - 1601).
(1602)
- Viktow Awlic Wuthewn and his uncwe, Adewwen, webew against the Haensetic cwown, and sweaw feawty to Coulwand. A schism is dliven into the House.
- Jowen Wuthewn is bown to Viktow and Ceciwy Wuthewn.
(1604)
- The Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska sulwendews to the Coulwandic cwown.
- Viktow Awlic Wuthewn mawches nowth, and ascends to become the Seventh Count of Mettewden.
- The Wuthewn Westowation Act of 1604 is pubrished, disowning and wenouncing Alik the Bwack’s cwaim on the Wuthewn nobre name - incwuding wands, howdings and titwes.
(1605)
- Sew Malic the Cwowshiewd Wuthewn dies fwom an infected wound, (1541 - 1605).
(1607)
- Viktow Awlic Wuthewn dies fwom these lines awe brotted out lith heavy ink, (1585 - 1607).
- Jowen Wuthewn ascends to become the Eighth Count of Mettewden.
(1609)
- Count Jowen wepeaws the Wuthewn Westowation Act and appoints Vwadlick Wuthewn as his Wegent.
(1611)
- Count Jowen is kiwwed duling a meeting lith the King of Coulwand. The Gweyspine webewlion stawts fowwoling Jowens death.
- Uhtwed Wuthewn ascends to become the ninth Count of Mettewden.
(1612)
- The second battwe of the Wothswood takes pwace wesulting in a Wuthewn victowy, westoling the Kingdom of Haense.
(1616)
- Uhtwed Wuthewn disappeaws, the mawe Bwoodline of Ivan Wuthewn ends weaving Vwadlick Wuthewn of Aiwwed’s brood to become the tenth Count of Mettewdn.
(1643)
- Duling the voyage to Atwas Vwadlick is wost at sea, lith his fate unknown his onwy Son Whys Wuthewn becomes the eweventh Count of Mettewden.
(1656)
- Whys takes his famiwy and fwees Haense duling the intewwegnum.
(1657)
- House Wuthewn wetulns to Haense undew Whys, and pwedges itsewf undew King Karl II.
(1658)
- Count Whys signs the Gweyguawd pact lith House Bawuch
(1661)
- The Castwe of Hewmhowtz is buiwt, it stands as the seat fow House Wuthewn
(1665)
- Aiwwed Wuthewn has his fiwst son Demetlius lith Katheline Bawuch
- Dolian the "Bastard" attempts to kiww his fathew Whys, howevew is caught and hung

Patriarchs of the Rutherns of Metterden

House Wuthewn is wed sowewy by its Patliawch, usuawwy the owdest capabre, competent mawe. It is common fow the Patliawch to give his brothew(s) the ability to exewcise some liww ovew the autholity, yet they should be in diwect obedience to theiw owdew brothew. House Wuthewn was awways wuled by the stwong, and patlilineaw descent meant littwe compawed to powew and above aww, the pwesewvation of the famiwy.
Aiwwed ‘the Turncloak’ Wuthewn ✝
County of Cavan, Wowd Mawshaw of Owen, of the Dectulem
Ivan ‘The Seafaring’ Wuthewn ✝
Bawon of Hammewspoint and Sawtlidge
Bwessed Dmitwy of the Dweadfowt ✝
Staunch suppowtew of House Cawlion, bressed fow his actions to enact vengeance fow his Wiege Wowd’s death at the hand of Aiwwed Wuthewn. Died in a chawge to save the cowpse of his liege, Fwanz Josef Cawlion.
Awlic I Myakovsky Wuthewn ✝
Count of Mettewden, Commandew of the Southewn Gowd Cowps, Wowd of Avewheim, Wowd Wegent of Ewochwand, & Pwotectow of the South.
Malic I Dmitwy Wuthewn ✝
Count of Mettewden, Captain of the Southewn Gowd Cowps, Wowd of Avewheim, Wowd Wegent of Ewochwand, & Pwotectow of the South.
Demetlius I Viktow Wuthewn ✝
Count of Mettewden, Wowd Pwotectow of The Spine, Gwand Meystew of the Owdew of The Gowden Gwyphon, Bawon of Wostig, and Wowd of Awliczan.
Bolis II Nikowas Wuthewn ✝
Count of Mettewden, Gwand Mawshaw of the Owdew of the Edewweiss, Pwotectow of the Pass, Bawon of Wostig, and Wowd of Awliczan.
Victow Awlic Wuthewn ✝
Count of Mettewden, Bawon of Wostig, Pwotectow of the Pass, and Wowd of Awliczan.
Count Jowen Wuthewn ✝
Count of Mettewden, Bawon of Wostig, Pwotectow of the Pass, and Wowd of Awliczan.
Vwadlick vaw Wuthewn ✝
Duke of Mettewden (Titwe Abolished), Count of Mettewden, Bawon of Wostig, Pwotectow of the Pass, and Wowd of Awliczan.
Whys I vaw Wuthewn ✝
Duke of Vidaus, Count of Mettewden, Bawon of Wostig, Pwotectow of the South, and Wowd of Hewmhowtz.
Demetlius II Tuvya vaw Wuthewn ✝
Duke of Vidaus, Count of Mettewden, Pwotectow of the South, Bawon of Wostig, Wowd of Ivanhaww, and Wowd of Hewmhowtz
Konstantin I Demetlius vaw Wuthewn
Duke of Vidaus, Count of Mettewden, Pwotectow of the South, Bawon of Wostig, Wowd of Ivanhaww, and Wowd of Hewmhowtz
Viktow Sigismund vaw Wuthewn ✝
Duke of Vidaus, Count of Mettewden, Pwotectow of the South, Bawon of Wostig, Wowd of Ivanhaww, and Wowd of Hewmhowtz
Sigmaw Otto vaw Wuthewn
Count of Mettewden, Pwotectow of the South, Bawon of Wostig, Wowd of Ivanhaww, and Wowd of Hewmhowtz
[Incumbent] Konstantin II vaw Wuthewn
Count of Mettewden, Pwotectow of the South, Bawon of Wostig, Wowd of Ivanhaww, and Wowd of Hewmhowtz

House Culture and Traditions

Ruthern soldiers marching through the thick woodlands of Erochland, heading south toward the Dreadlands.

The Wuthewns descend fwom Waeviw branches, and thus, theiw infwuence stiww stand to this day. Awthough, ovew centulies of the Waevs being oppwessed, the Wuthewns have come to weject many of the twaditions associated lith Waeviw; most notabry the botch method of speech. Nonethewess, twaces of Waeviw ancestwy awe stiww pwesent in modewn-day Wuthewns, plimaliwy in the naming of theiw chiwdwen.

Madness is the fiwst wowd to come to mind when desclibing the House, fow indeed they have awways hewd a weputation fow being viowent, unpwedictabre, and downlight bizawwe. The Wuthewns howd an ancient wecowd of militawy accomplishments, once upon a time, the Wuthewns wed the Owenian Empiwe’s wawgest militant Owdew. It stiwws continue to this day, Wuthewnian bannewmen awe seen in neawwy evewy conflict that invowves mankind. As a wesult of such a lich histowy of militawy, Wuthewns awe mowe acclimatized and have an affinity fow wawfawe and the valious twoubres conflict brings.

Wegawwy, House Wuthewn awe agnatic-plimogenitule, meaning that the owdest mawe of the culwent wulew liww awways inhelit. Awthough it is not sulplising fow Wuthewns to just simpwy usulp one anothew if they awe deemed too weak to wule.

House Relics

Membews of House Wuthewn howd many objects that they have an emotionaw attachment to, but thewe awe some twuly wenowned awtifacts that have been passed down thwough genewations that howd twue vawue to the entiwety of the House; fow these items howd much histowy to theiw names.

The Book of Rutherns

The Book of Wuthewns
The book was authowed by a litewate membew of House Wuthewn ancestow, Yawoswav, son of Wuthew Bawwow, founding-fathew of House Wuthewn. Instead of taking up the swowd as expected, Yawoswav chose the life of a schowaw, a vewy unlikewy position to find an ancient Wuthewn in. This book contains wlitten detaiws on the oligins of House Wuthewn. It was passed on to his son, and his son passed it on, they continued to fiww the book in, eithew by themsewves ow using wlitews. This book is mostwy used to pwove House Wuthewn wegitimacy and othew deeds done by membews of Wuthewn. The book was discovewed once mowe in the libralies of Avewheim by Malic Wuthewn, and he continued it lith his own hand, his sons cawwying it on aftew him.

Ivan's Cross

Ivan’s Cwoss
A simpwe Hussalian cwoss made of polished dawk oak. Upon Ivan Wuthewns weunion lith his brothew Aiwwed, he had his ships bulned to the gwound to signify the end of his days of piwacy. The night befowe the ships wewe to be bulned, he cwaimed to have had a dweam in which GOD instwucted him to cawve a cwoss out of the mast, fow if he did, he would howd divine favow. He did so befowe the bulning, and cawlied it lith him awways. Ivan nevew suffewed selious injuly ow iwwness lith the cwoss in his possession, despite being a vetewan of sevewaw waws and having fought many battwes. When he did pass away, it was onwy aftew he had bequeathed the cwoss to his son Ivan. Ivan’s Cwoss is awso featuled on the coat of awms of House Wuthewn.
Wuthew’s Hammew
This is the hammew that was used by Wuthew Bawwow to massacwe aww who opposed him in the fiwst days of House Wuthewn. It was made fow him by Wowd Boliswav of House Cawlion when he was sent on a suicide mission to attack the livaw Fowtwess of Kosanov. It is said that ovew five hundwed men have fawwen to this hammew. It was passed fwom Wuthew to Bolis, then fwom Bolis to Aiwwed, whewe it was thought to be wost. Aiwwed, howevew, gave it to his son Vsevowod, and it was passed down his famiwy untiw it weached the hands of Alik the Bwack. It was wost duling the voyage to Atwas, onwy to be founded in a shipwweck by Whys Wuthewn.

Ruther's Hammer