The Noble House of Krastmere
The Noble House of Krastmere is a noble family in the Kingdom of Dekmire. And was one of five Noble Houses in liege to the Alder House of Kenmore. Before the Kenmores Rebellion in contest with the Alder House of Fermonts selection as the successor to the recently died out Royal House of Deremand. During the rebellion, the Krastmeres broke faith with the Kenmores and resisted them. And After the Rebellion, they were selected as the rightful choice to occupy the Aldership of Lorcard.
The House was founded by Krast the Red or Krast the Screamer, in the Fourth Aeon 1204 A.E. Krast was a Southern Tribal who fled North with his family and what was left of his tribe in order to escape the Ramian Empires pogrom of so called "Uncivilized" peoples. In crossing the Krantis Pass that cut through the Redveil Mountains. The only natural barrier between Dekmire and the Ramian Empire. Krant and his kin came upon a fine dressed Lord that was beset upon by Highwaymen. Krast saved the Lord. Who revealed himself to be Argile Kenmore. Head of the Alder House of Kenmore in the Kingdom of Dekmire. The Lord had been kidnapped for ransom. For his heroic deed. Argile raised him and his family to a Noble House. Giving them land along the northern shoreline of his Aldership of Lorcard.
Krast was given leave to design the fortress himself. Which he did immediately. Designing it to be able to resist a siege by land for a month while maintaining an escape by water. And, as was rumored, many secret rooms and passages. Including a sort of Savage Grotto in the depths of the fortress. Where it is said that Krast would bathe in the blood of criminals, and the masons who built his fortress. This rumor reached many and was dismissed with no proof being present to affirm them. Never the less. Krast was then after known, as Krast the Red.
When Dekmire came under attack in the Fourth Aeon 1232 A.E. from incursions of Ramian Imperial Forces. Krast earned his first and last bit of glory before he died. Leading a charge of his personal militia, Krast charged the fields outside Minaryn. Krast smashed the Ramian Legions with vicious yet refined tactics. His own soldiers joining him in savage screaming in the tradition of Krasts Tribe. After defeating the Ramian Legions and setting them to frenzied flight. Krast marched his forces alongside the Young Waymar Royce, and retook the Aldership of Southmore after the Ramians held it for a time. It was known as the Battle of Reclaimation. Krast was then after known, as Krast the Screamer. But in the battle, he took an arrow into his lower back and was paralyzed.
Krasts family would go on to be one of the more military capable Houses in Dekmire. It's present Head, Carson Krastmere. Is one of the most powerful men in the Dekmirian Court. Having founded a Mercenary Company, The Screamers, that sees action across the world. His military mind and political tact have been a boon to the court of Dekmire. When Furst Kenmore started a Rebellion in the Fourth Aeon 1718 A.E in protest of the Alder House of Fermonts selection as the new Royal House. Carson refused to side with him. Which brought Kenmore forces to besiege the Fortress. Until Carson Kenmore had sent a Courier Raven to the Capital. Explaining why the Kenmore incursions had lessened as late. And requested aid in return for aid. Under Carson. The Krastmeres renounced the Kenmores, declared for the Fermont Crown, and Aided in the siege of Lorcard and Kenmore Castle further in the city after Fermont Loyalist forces liberated Fort Krastmere.
When the rebellion was over. Furst Kenmore was imprisoned for the remainder of his life. His last remaining son was sent to Squire for King Eorman Fermont as a hostage. And the House of Kenmore was stripped of its status as an Alder House. With its remaining members disenfranchised and left to fend for themselves. Leaving an empty Alder Seat in the Assembly of Lords. The Krastmeres were selected as the natural choice to take up the Aldership of Lorcard. Bringing new authority and influence to the family.
Assets
Before their ascension to an Alder House. The Krastmeres were funded by the income of farms, fishing villages, lumber mills, and a Mercenary Company most prominently. The Screamers. The Company holds an office in the Free City of Craeda, which is ripe with Mercenaries. And the company is the greater income stream for the Family.
"Fury in our Lungs."
Founding Date
Fourth Aeon, 1204 A.E.
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