House Halden
Elisande II wears the Caldren Crown; her eldest child, Aurel, is heir. The house has held the throne since Arden I came through the female line in AL 1902.
House and country →People of AL 2314
There is no war without a household.
Power travels through families, councils, crews and neighbours. These are some of the people already named in Kethra’s record. Start with a life, then follow the place and institution around it.
The ruling houses
Seven houses and their offices
House Carrow
Jory I’s death brought his daughter Clemence I to Arvenne’s throne in AL 2302. The house has ruled since AL 2075.
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House Amberline
Princess Valeska III rules Cordale. Two brothers were lost on the Serell convoys; the Almanac does not yet name them.
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House Wychwood
Duke Osric VII rules Hastholm and remembers the Corridor War from inside a volunteer frame.
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House Callow
Queen Nesta IV reigns in Sallow. An older house, Meresby, claimed descent from Captain Ingrid Sallow; that claim still shapes the kingdom’s ceremonial precedence.
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House Whitlock
King Asger XI is unwell. Crown Princess Petra is the named successor; the Almanac has not established her parentage.
Asger XI · Crown Princess Petra
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House Kessrin
Vardane’s Imperator is elected, not born to the office. Casimir IV holds it; his cousin Konrad commands Kessard.
House and country →Known connections
Where their lives meet
Kinship, succession and public disagreement change what a decision costs. The links below name documented relationships; a shared surname alone does not establish parentage.
- Elisande IIMother and eldest childPrince Aurel
- Asger XIReigning king and named successorCrown Princess Petra
- Casimir IVCousinsKonrad Kessrin
- Beata RasmussenRivals for the Compact chairNnamdi Kovac
- Beata RasmussenDues order and residents’ protestZara Mensah
- Cassia RendtYard council and crew assemblyObi Tarran
Courts and houses
The people behind the emblems
Crowned of Caldren · Aletheia
Elisande II
She inherited the Crown when Corin IV died of illness during the Corridor War. The Armistice ended the fighting, but left Caldren dependent on Vardane for fuel.
Of House Halden, reigning since AL 2289. Her eldest child, Prince Aurel, is heir apparent.
Explore their world →Heir apparent · Caldren Crown
Prince Aurel
Born in the year Hearthport fell, he has never known a Crown that controlled all its own fuel.
Elisande II’s eldest child, born AL 2284. His public duties and private life have yet to be recorded.
Explore their world →Queen of Arvenne · Arvenne
Clemence I
Her father died suddenly. Twelve years into her reign, a Crown garrison on Stair-side soil is a choice she cannot leave to custom.
Daughter of Jory I, of House Carrow. Her government favours the Shield Clause.
Explore their world →Princess of Cordale · Cordale
Valeska III
She lost two brothers on the Serell convoys. Her principality still makes its living insuring voyages through contested waters.
Of House Amberline. Cordale favours the Shield Clause if the Caldren Crown pays for it.
Explore their world →Duke of Hastholm · Hastholm
Osric VII
He commanded volunteer frames in the Corridor War. He wants Hastholm’s own army strengthened before anyone offers it Crown troops.
Of House Wychwood. He governs in person, while the Estates can block taxes and laws.
Explore their world →Queen of Sallow · Sallow
Nesta IV
Sallow’s queens sit first at Landfall Day. The poor kingdom of the Meres guards that honour as fiercely as its waterways.
Of House Callow. Her government opposes the Shield Clause and fears limits on seeding reedland.
Explore their world →King of Ormsby · Ormsby
Asger XI
Crowned in the first year of the Corridor War, he is now unwell. The Seven wait to see what follows him.
Of House Whitlock. Crown Princess Petra is the named successor; their precise family relationship is not established in the Almanac.
Explore their world →Heir to Ormsby · Ormsby
Crown Princess Petra
Asger is unwell and the Shield Clause is undecided. The next reign may inherit both questions at once.
Petra is 44 in AL 2314. The Almanac names her Crown Princess without specifying her parentage.
Explore their world →Imperator of Vardane · Vardenhold
Casimir IV
Elected by the Imperial Families, he rules during the concession rush that pushes Vardane deeper into the belt.
Of House Kessrin, elected AL 2303. Marshal Konrad Kessrin is his cousin.
Explore their world →Marshal of Kessard · Kessard
Konrad Kessrin
A seat on the Marshal Council belongs to a cousin of the Imperator. Kinship and command meet in Kessard.
A member of House Kessrin and Casimir IV’s cousin.
Explore their world →Beyond the courts
The people who make the world move
President of Pellmoor · Pellmoor
Liz Hale
The mine engineer’s daughter says Pellmoor’s defence is its reserve, not somebody else’s garrison.
A Plain Reckoner from Grimholt. As the Seven’s Speaker this year, she controls the Council agenda and opposes the Shield Clause.
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First Consul · Tessmere
Ilse Varro
She has opened quiet talks with the Crown about a defence treaty while the coast guards its Refuge Law.
First Consul since AL 2311. The Tessmere city plan deliberately gives no street to a sitting consul.
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Portreeve of the Line · Glasswater / Saltline
Nilufar Oakes-Tamaru
She chairs a Congress of twelve free ports that meets at Saltline on the double spring tide.
Portreeve of Glasswater and Portreeve of the Line since AL 2310. The Saltline plan does not name a street for the sitting chair.
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First Burgess · Brightwick
Lark Vintner
Brightwick’s ten-year guild term ends this year. In a city that bought its independence, the next vote matters.
First Burgess since AL 2304; elected by the Guild Council.
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Speaker of the Holds Compact · Eldvang
Wynne of the Hesket line
The moot-staff passes at the Thaw Moon sitting. Until then she must speak for free holds between two charter powers.
Of Kettleby, a Rewriter, and Speaker since AL 2312.
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Lamplighter · The Wick
Sunniva Asante
Once a trimmer at Taper, she now asks whether thirty Lamps can be bound to a treaty by one Council vote.
Chair since AL 2311 and author of the Binding Articles’ first draft. She cannot stand again at Lampfall 2314.
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Chief Voice of Ring Thirty-One · Kethra orbit
Zara Mensah
A failed seal killed 96 people. The ring’s residents asked for a binding vote on dues and were refused.
Zara leads the Residents’ Voices of Ring Thirty-One. About 11,000 outer-ring households have withheld dues.
Explore their world →Chair of the Vesper Compact · Vesper Prime
Beata Rasmussen
She signed the Dues Order after the Ring Thirty-One disaster. This year the Master of Works challenges her seat.
Of the Roster Bench, Chair since AL 2309. Nnamdi Kovac opposes her at Compact Day.
Explore their world →Master of Works · Kethra orbit
Nnamdi Kovac
The guilds’ candidate for Chair stands against Beata Rasmussen while the Compact argues over repairs and dues.
Head of the Works Bench since AL 2305.
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Yardmaster · Cinder Hollow
Cassia Rendt
The Coalition’s yards build the metal that other powers need. Their Council wants Hearthport returned.
Chair of the Council of Yards since AL 2311. Obi Tarran speaks for crews in a separate assembly.
Explore their world →Crew Speaker · Cinderbelt
Obi Tarran
Workers have their own chamber beside the Council of Yards. He carries their voice into the Coalition’s decisions.
Chair of the Assembly of Crews since AL 2312.
Explore their world →A record, not a finished census
The Almanac names rulers and officers more often than fishers, mechanics, clerks or children. Those lives need the same care. The world’s reference pages remain available while its personal stories grow.
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