House Dorfan
House Dorfan is a vassal house of House Ursa known for its wonderous inventions and fine craftsmen. The house, made up primarily of gnomes of all types, is well known to be one of the friendliest and most loyal houses, but they are anything but weak. The house's lord and founder is Tozu Dorfan and their seat is located in Deeprock Hold. Their house sigil is a white banner with a gear in the center and a hammer over it and their words are "Always turning".
Structure
House Dorfan is organized in a traditional matter with a lord on top of the family and sons being preferred for the line of succession. Where House Dorfan differs is the lord is heavily influenced by the various guilds that founded the house and must make great efforts to appease them lest they lose their power as the lord.
Culture
House Dorfan's culture is one of creativity, innovation and kinship. People from the lands of Dorfan value family above all else and are famed for their hospitality. However where Dorfan is most well known is their people's creativity and drive to create with much of the modern wonders of The Aleanza originating from a Dorfan workshop.
Assets
House Dorfan is a house of middling wealth because while they posess a large jewel mind and produce many modern wonders they are very reliant on wartime industry. Luckily for them wartime is in full swing and they now find themselves swamped with work, but with a steady stream of work.
History
House Dorfan traces its origins back to the Ironfist Conclave. House Dorfan was once an extremely wealthy and powerful guild within the kingdom of old, serving the various holds by providing technological marvels. When Adonis l united the conclave into the modern day Aleanza and the various holds were formed into houses House Dorfan was founded using their estate Castle Deeprock as their seat of power.
Demography and Population
House Dorfan is made up of mostly rural hamlets and villages all of which include a workshop of various sizes. Their only urban area is the small town that surrounds Castle Deeprock. They frown upon slavery and thus posess a very little amount and limit its spread through heavy taxation on slaves.
Territories
House Dorfan posesses territory that stretches from their keep to the border of the royal lands surrounding Pyrgos and the Heralds road which acts as a border between them and House Archdale. This territory was their ancestral homeland and they have posessed it since the days of the Ironfist Conclave.
Religion
House Dorfan are stout worshippers of The Order Tide and their patron god Moradin.
Always Turning
Type
Geopolitical, Great house
Capital
Ruling Organization
Leader Title
Family Leader
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