House Gladius
"The Arena is where legends are born and sometimes come to die"
History
House Gladius is one of the New Blood families and like the others was not created via magical blessings from the first Highlander King nor from the Nine Deities, but rather from sound investments and mercantilism. In the case of House Gladius, their founder Sir Gladius was a Knight originally sworn to House Beowulf before breaking his Oath, he specialized in entertainment and bgean his study as an Artificer. He originally started with a traveling circus of warriors that would fight each other and his mechanical contraptions for money, and when he his family had enough he invested in an arena and invited other warriors to fight and compete against his "Battle Smiths" and his "Armorers". Since then arenas have appeared in all major cities through out the Freelands; but his descendants invested in other forms of entertainment ranging from other circuses, theaters, and brothels. Despite the Old Bloods being less than enthused by the idea of a New Blood House being of such ill-repute, they could not deny their influence and thus the King named them nobility in due time. Thus their heraldry became a bronze gear with a crossed silver hammer and sword behind it on a green background.
Naturally however, as both New Blood and as a House that was a mixed bag of ill-repute yet a generous philanthropist to the performing arts, House Gladius was the least well liked of the New Bloods. Thus when the Great Rebellion it was no surprise to find that Sir Gladius's descendants and their Battle Smiths helped create the Warforged army and fought along side it as mechanics and rearguard to keep the army moving forward. They took great pleasure in taking down House Beowulf on the field of battle and even moreso in wiping its House as whole out of the Freelands.
Today, House Gladius remains a popular source of all kinds of entertainment. Its centerpiece still is still its arenas with the largest being in the Imperial City and not too far from the Citadel of the Holy Order of the Light and the former Palace of the Highlander.
"Might is Right"
7000 - Present Day
Type
Political, Family
Alternative Names
The House of Gladiators
Demonym
Gladiuses, Gladiators
Government System
Oligarchy
Parent Organization
Location
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