Corshuret Family

The Corshuret Family is a Laaningardian Noble Family. The exact extent of the Corshuret Family Power changed significantly depending on the time era.

Structure

The Corshuret Family is a standardized fuedal noble family, with the family led by a Dynasty Head, and several smaller 'House Heads' controlling smaller domains.
By 500 .3E there were 3 Houses within the Dynasty

1. Corshuret - The Primary Dynasty House, originally established from the Duke of Anechester.
2. Corshuret-Vitera - Formed when a young son of Corshuret married a Viteran Noblewoman from Sasende. Corshuret-Vitera would end up denouncing the Empire of Laaningard, not recognizing the Corshuret head authority, and support the Viterans during their war of independance.
3. Corshuret-Oliscaster - A subfamily formed during the brief Corshuret rule of Oliscaster. After the Vinsiths retook Oliscaster, the Corshuret-Oliscasters held their minor estates within the city, and remained minor nobles.

Assets

Corshuret Family by 500 .3E had several various assets that depended on which house.

Corshuret

Notable Members

There is a total of nine living members. A drastic collapse from the 84 living members by 450 .3E

1. Lodris Aep Corshuret - Human Male - The current living head of the house.
2. Phaswi Aep Corshuret - Female Human - Wife of Lodris Aep Corshuret
3. Ganeva Aep Corshuret - Female Human - Second Wife of Lodris Aep Corshuret
4. Horwa Aep Corshuret - Female Human - Third Wife of Lodris Aep Corshuret
5. Eetcif Aep Corshuret - Male Human - Son of Lodris and Phaswi Aep Corshuret
6. Xartrest Aep Corshuret - Male Human - Son of Lodris and Phaswi Aep Corshuret
7. Hertha Aep Corshuret - Female Human - Daughter of Lodris and Phaswi Aep Corshuret
8. Lera Aep Corshuret - Female Human - Daughter of Lodris and Horwa Aep Corshuret
9. Rorwin Aep Corshuret - Male Human - Son of the deceased Urin Aep Corshuret
10. Anise Corshuret - Female Human - Sister of Urin Aep Corshuret and daughter of the second to last head of the family, Derin Aep Corshuret, Anise was captured by vampires where she lives in the Black Hills

Land

The main Corshuret Family has a total of three different estates located in and near Anechester

1. Nintinuk Estate - A large manor house located outside Anechester
2. Uldwer Keep - A small keep located outside Anechester
3. Goldwin Manor - A large manor house inside Anechester

Military

The Corshurets have a total of 100 House Guards and Soldiers along with 2 Wizards who support the family with magic.

Corshuret-Vitera

Notable Members

Corshuret-Vitera is a large house. (Roughly 50 Members).

1. Sexbald Corshuret - Male Human - The leader of Corshuret-Vitera is a loud, fat obnoxious and proud nobleman with a total of six wives and two concubines, along with ten children.
2. Edusa Corshuret - Female Human - The head wife of Sexbald is a cruel, bitter and evil woman who seeks her own power and pleasure. Even secretly killing one of her children and blaming it on someone else to spark a family feud.
3. Aethelwaerd Corshuret - Human Male - The brother of Sexbald, Aethelwaerd leads a much smaller but in many ways more influential subfamily. Aethelwaerd is more diplomatic and more restrained, with only two wives and four children, he seeks to bring peace to the family, while remaining a Viteran Nationalist.
4. Hunlaf Corshuret - Male Human - Hunlaf Corshuret is the eldest son of Sexbald and Edusa. Growing up in an abusive family, Hunlaf has become ruthless and cruel. Raping multiple women and committing murder and openly sharing it, Hunlaf has a bounty among an elvish tribe for raping and killing one of their members. Hunlaf despite this, remains popular among the nobility of Vitera.

Land

The Corshuret-Viterans have 2 large primary estates along with a manor in the capital.

1. Sasende - The Corshuret Family are the Lords of the County of Sasende. Ruling over the county from their castle just outside of town.
2. Sasende Keep - Just outside of Sasende is a large castle surrounded by a moat. The Corshurets rule their lands from Sasende Keep.
3. Corshuret Vitetri Estate - In the capital of Vitetri, the Corshuret-Viterans have a large multi-family estate where they throw lavish parties and impress the other nobility.

Military

Corshuret-Viteran has a total of 1 regiment of 300 men-at-arms longswordsmen, and 1 regiment of 200 men-at-arms bowmen. The Corshurets can also increase their forces to about a full thousand when properly leveraging their subjects.

Corshuret-Oliscaster

Notable Members

Only five living members of Corshuret-Oliscaster remain.

1. Galmaf Aep Corshuret - Male Human - The extremely old Galmaf Aep Corshuret reigns from his estate in Oliscaster, controlling the small amount of holdings of the Oliscaster Corshurets. Galmaf married a young noblewoman in hopes of producing a male heir.
2. Ali Aep Corshuret - Female Human - Being very young, Ali Aep Corshuret is the wife of Galmaf Aep Corshuret whom he married in an attempt to produce a male heir.
3. Laise Aep Corshuret - Male Human - The nephew of Galmaf, Laise is a middle aged man with a wife, two concubines and no children. Being sterile it seems, Laise claims he suffers from a curse.
4. Saphi Aep Corshuret - Daughter of Galmaf and heir to the Corshuret-Oliscasters, Saphi had an affair with a lizardkin mercenary, which ruined her reputation. Galmaf had her lover killed, and Saphi refused to remarry because of it. She technically has a half-lizardkin son.
5. Thagoz Corshuret - Half-Lizardkin - Thagoz is the son of Saphi and her affair with a lizard mercenary, also named Thagoz, who was murdered by Galmaf in an attempt to stop the insult. Thagoz is usually not allowed outside the family estates or to show his face in public and has been stricken from the family records. However if Saphi actually inherits the Corshuret-Oliscaster name, Thagoz will likely be reinstated to the line of familial succession.
6. Dephe Aep Corshuret - Female Human - Daughter of Galmaf, Dephe is a sorceress who joined the military and acts as a support soldier with her magic, Dephe largely doesnt have much to do with the Corshurets, though there is no hard feelins or issues.,

Land

The Corshuret-Oliscasters have 2 main estates.

1. Newvan Estate - A large manorhouse located in the Hilltownm area. The Newvan Estate has its own yard and garden, a fully stocked staff, dozen bedrooms and a servants wing.
2. Corshuret Vineyard - A large vineyard outside of Oliscaster, the Corshuret Vineyard provides the majority of income for the Corshuret-Oliscasters. Being nearly 180 acres in size, with a hundred guards, overseers and workers, the Corshuret Vineyard is a lucrative business.

Military

The Corshuret-Oliscasters employ roughtly 60 guards for protection and to act as reserve units in case of an emergency. Lacking any real population, serfs or significant land, the Corshuret-Oliscasters cannot levy anymore than 60.

History

The Corshurets are an old family in Laaningard. Though they originally came from exceptionally humble beginnings. Being lowborn initially.

Second Age

The founder of the Corshurets was a knight named Ser Oswin Corshuret, who fought in campaigns against Elyrim and Aeruta. During a war with Elyrim, Ser Oswin Corshuret saved the life of the Laaningardian Empress, who was so impressed, she not only took him as a concubine, but also gave him the city of Anechester to govern and rule over in her stead. The original family, the Anechesters, having fallen out of favor of the Empress.
For the rest of the Second Age, the Corshurets would continue to rule over Anechester and the surrounding regions, as Dukes and Duchesses of the region. The Corshurets also provided the Empire with some of its best generals, tacticians, admirals, engineers and mages. Being of 'Pure' Laaningardian Blood, the Corshurets were often viewed upon as the prime example of how Laaningardians should act.

Ninth Crisis of the Second Age

During a 5 year period during the latter portion of the Second Age, the Laaningardian Empire descended into what would become known as the Ninth Crisis, in which the Corshurets would play a pivotol role.
The empire ruling family of the time had been assassinated by a magical power, leaving the country headless except for a 2 year old who was the son of the previous Emperor. When the Duke of Oliscaster, Duke Ladrin II Vinsith, took the young Emperor in and proclaimed himself 'regent', a thinly veiled attempt to seize the throne. The Corshurets, along with the other major noble families, were outraged.
However instead of trying to resecure the throne for the young Emperor, Duke Xadwist of Corshuret, declared himself Emperor by right of the founding Corshuret being the Empresses concubine, and their children being literal children of the Royal Family, and invaded Oliscaster. The ensuing war ended with a complete defeat of both Xadwist and Ladrin by loyalists. Both being executed. However both families retaining their positions of power. This mark on Corshuret history left many skeptical of the once loyal family.

Third Age

The third age saw the decline of the Laaningardian Empire, and the Corshuret Family. Increasing unrest as a failed war with the Daevirn Reich left the country massively in debt. And the royal family levied harsher taxes on the noble families such as the Corshurets, who in turn levied harsher taxes on the people of Anechester.
However the truly crippling blow would be the Viteran War of Independence. The Corshurets had previously, relied heavily upon a large sect of the family which lived in Vitera for wealth, military power and in-roads of other families. Formed when the Corshurets married into a Viteran noble family and took them over, taking over the County of Sasende. However during the Viteran War of Independence, amazingly, the Corshuret-Viterans sided with the Viteran Kingdom and denouncing their Laaningardian relatives. The brutal war saw the Laaningardian Corshurets lose much of their military.

Deathblow

While these multiple conflicts were going on, the rivalry between the Corshurets and the Anechester families were harsher than ever. With the Anechesters slowly gaining more power and momentum, promises of reform and a charismatic house leader led to greater popular support for the Anechesters.
When the Corshurets raised taxes yet again as the Empire descended into civil war, with the Vinsiths making a play for the throne, the Anechesters struck. Inviting much of the town to a large ball, a 'game' was played where different families would work together in different rooms. While a large number of the Corshurets, oblivious to the Anechesters nefarious plans, gathered in a large single room. A number of orcish mercenaries were unleashed on the Corshurets. Most 80 members of the Corshuret family were slaughtered. In the ensuing three days, the surviving Corshurets throughout the Empire were hunted and slaughtered by agents of the Anechesters.
In every massacre theres always survivors though, and Lodris Aep Corshuret, who was in Vitera as an ambassador along with his entire family, were safe from the extermination. As were the Oliscaster Corshurets who remained under the protection of the Vinsith Emperor, who kept a close eye on the situation.
By the end of it, Lodris returned to find the Corshurets wiped out. However royal decrees protected some of the lands from falling into Anechester hands. However the city of Anechester was returned to Anechester control after two thousand years of Corshuret control.

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Type

Political, Family

Leader

Lodris Aep Corshuret

Parent Organization

Empire of Laaningard

Location

Ledorian Peninsula

Notable Members

• Ithiria

Related Species

• Human