Eldris Dynasty Grayton

Lady of the South

The Graytons are unique among Aorlisian dynasties because their lands, Eldton, aka East and West Eldton, exist across national borders. West Eldton lies in southern Eldris, and East Eldton is in southern Gwyfned. That makes Countess Madeline Grayton a high level peer in both countries. So far she had threaded political needle well with both overlords, but make no mistake—she is quietly ambitious for a unified Eldton as a palatine principality in its own right.
Grayton etymologically descends from Grey Town. She is the countess of Elton and baroness of Eldton in Eldris, and she is the countess of East Eldton and baroness of Horngate in Gwyfned. For offices, she is the Lord Chief Keeper of the Gwyfned Forests, and the Marshall of Eldris and Warden of the Nremurt Silva Forest. Her unofficial title is Lady of the South, and she keeps her capital in Eldton City in West Eldton, Eldris. She keeps townhouses in Ignarth City, Gwyfned City, Fenwidden City, and a hunting lodge in Eofwin.

The Grayton motto is “Strongest when United,” their color is turquoise, and their badge is two axes above an uprooted tree. The Grayton family in Eldris was preceded by the Golfoy dynasty, and they acquired their Gwyfnedi holding by marrying into the house of Mantz. One of their mythic progenitors through the Golfoy's is Ebenezer the Wolf-Mage, who himself is a descended from Father Wolf. The Grayton's landed cadet families in Gwyfned are Huddle (Eddleton) Strathorne (Ceredth) Bernetz (Eddleton), in Eldris they are Slaytor (Aldwin), Agist (Laicy), Kempth (Obrigon), and Boldt (Vgarl), and their combine unlanded cadet lines are Golfe, Wimble, and Seaton. As mentioned, the Graytons tend to be ambitious, independent, and masters of statecraft. They are enthusiastic supporters of poets, painters, sculptors, and writers.

Advantages

Authority Figure

Cunning

Discriminating Listener

Heroic Ancestor—Ebenezer the Wolf-Mage

Heroic Ancestor—Father Wolf

Locate Lost Objects

Opportunist

Patronage—The Arts

Social Privilege

Out-of-the-Box Thinking

Disadvantages

Dangerous Associates—Vyrek, Witches Coven, Father Wolf

Impatient

Overt Sex Drive

Secretive

Very Ambitious

Skill Pool

Diplomacy

Rhetoric

Statecraf

Magik

• No healing powers, but they know family charms for finding lost things, winning in court, and compelling thieves to return stolen property.

Regalia

Combined crowns of Eldton

Sword of Justice (was Grayton's sword)

Star of the Sagitarry

Generations

Grayton 1024-1055 (East Eldton)

Philipe 1055-1071 m. Genevieve

Henri I 1071-1110

Philipe I 1110-1152 m. Madeline Mantz of East Eldton 1111

Henri II 1152-1152

Odwin I 1152-1160

Odwin II 1160-1173

Odwin III 1173-1181

Kalvin 181-1197

Madeline 1197-Present

Immediate Family

Madeline Grayton—b. 1187, r. 1197, m. (1) 1218, m. (2) 1232

Brother—Kalvin the Younger b. 1199, d. 1224

Brother—Emory b. 1201, d. 1211

Dowager Mother—Madelyne Pentossa Grayton b. 1169-present

Consort (1)—Damiann Wortcunning m. 1218, d. 1232

Daughter—Maegin b. 1219 (intended heir i.h.o.r.)

Daughter—Stephanie (Edgart's twin) b. 1221

Son—Edgart (Stephanie's twin) b. 1221

Consort (2)—Sir Geaffrey Huddle of Collinswort m 1232-present

Son—Dalton b. 1232

Son—Herold b. 1234

by Scott A. Story