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{{Noble House
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|housename=House Wisent
|+ align="bottom" style="caption-side: bottom" | '''Arms and Words of House Wisent'''
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|image=http://www.oakthorne.net/pics/wiki/to-find-a-way/wisent.png
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|words=To Find A Way, or Make One
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|status=Minor House
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|seat=Wisenwood
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|lord=Josian Wisent
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|lady=Elizabel Harclay
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|realm=The North
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|heir=[[Ayrant Wisent]]
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|liege=Eddard Stark
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|cadet=None
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|vassals=[[House Blackhorn]]
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|maester=[[Tolbric Storm|Tolbric]]
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|weapon=Steelhorn, a Valyrian steel longsword (now Braavosi blade)
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|founder=Torrhen's Bull
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|founded=Age of Aegon's Conquest
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|def=30 (10 Free)
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|inf=41 (1 Heir, 3 daughters)
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|land=68
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|law=20
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|pop=18
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|pow=37
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|wlt=30
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==Domains==
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* [[House Wisent Domains Map]]
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* [[House Wisent Actions]]
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* '''House Fortunes:''' -5 due to Law, +0 due to Population, +3 due to Maester, +(2d6-6) due to Godwood.
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===[[Wisenwood Domain]]===
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A fair-sized domain of crofters and farmers, the Wisenwood domain is named for its center, [[Wisenwood Town]]. Wisenwood Town has grown up around the ancestral seat of House Wisent, Wisenwood Tower. It has grown and shrunk several times over its long history, but has always had a population of smallfolk who tend to crofts and fields in the flatlands around it. Wisenwood Tower sits on a tall hill overlooking the town, with a large godswood behind it, the Weeping Gardens of Wisenwood.  The town's road is less than a day's ride from the Kingsroad. (Land: Plains; Small Town, Road; 30 pts)
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* '''[[Wisenwood_Town#Wisenwood_Tower|Wisenwood Tower]]:''' ''Tower'' The fairly old fashioned and austere tower that has served as the seat of House Wisent since its founding. (Defense: 10 pts)
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* '''[[Wisent_Troops|Wisenwood Greencloaks]]:''' ''Trained Garrison'' The town also features a garrison, which is home to the Wisen household guard. The town garrison is usually armed with mace and shield, wearing soft leather, though their armory does have ring mail in case of attack. (Power: 5 pts)
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* '''The [[Wisent_Troops|Bulls of Wisent]]:''' ''Trained Infantry'' The town's garrison also fields a unit of trained infantry, the Bulls of Wisent. The infantry are the Bulls of Wisent, ring-mailed, and wielding mauls. They recently suffered casualties at the hands of a bandit army that has forced them to recruit new, untrained recruits. (Power: 5 pts)
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* '''The Weeping Gardens of Wisenwood:''' ''Godswood'' A walled-in garden in the middle of a godswood, with an impressive fountain spring in its center, and the Old Wise Man, an ancient weirwood tree, in its northern edge. (Wealth: 5 pts)
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* '''[[Tolbric Storm|Maester Tolbric]]:''' A recent arrival from the Citadel, Lord Josian sent for a maester for help bringing his domains back from several generations of mismanagement (and madness). (Wealth: 10 pts)
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* '''New Market:''' Lord Josian originally attempted to build a new market, but sadly ran out of the funds to complete it. With the aid of Maester Tolbric, however, House Wisent has managed to finish the necessities for constructing the market, and is even now working to get it operational. (Wealth: 10 pts; Operational in 11/294 AL)
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===[[Palewood Domain]]===
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A forested domain along a branch of the White Knife that cuts into the Wolfwood, [[Palewood]] Village is often used by House Wisent as its fortified hunting lodge. A small hamlet of woodsmen and lumber-cutters have sprung up around the weirwood-crafted Palewood Tower, which overlooks a branch of the White Knife that powers the lumber mill and provides transport for those trading barges looking for fine oak, fir and elm wood. It is something of a wild place, even by the standards of the North; its only military presence are called the Wisent Wise, a family tradition of guerrilla woodsmen who defend the Palewood with bows and axes. (Land: Hills; Lightly Wooded, Hamlet, River)
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* '''[[Palewood#Palewood_Tower|Palewood Tower]]:''' ''Tower'' A tall tower constructed of weirwood and pale stone, the Palewood Tower has a reputation as a cursed thing with denizens of the Wolfswood. It serves as a secondary seat for House Wisent, most often used as a hunting lodge. (Defense: 10 pts)
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* '''The [[Wisent_Troops|Wisent Wise]]:''' ''Trained Guerrillas'' Crack troops of woodsmen and forest-stalkers, armed with bows, axes and soft leather armor. (Power: 5 pts)
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===Other===
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* '''[[House Blackhorn]]:''' ''Power:'' 20
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==Members of the House==
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===''To Find A Way, or Make One''===
 
'''Realm:''' The North<br>
 
'''Liege:''' Lord Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell<br>
 
'''Lord:''' Lord Josian Wisent, Lord of Wisenwood (age 38)<br>
 
'''Lady:''' Lady Elizabel, Lady of Wisenwood (age 34)<br>
 
'''Heir:''' [[Ayrant Wisent]], Josian's younger brother (age 30)<br>
 
'''Other Scions:''' ''Josian and Elizabel's children:'' Kaila (age 15), Cimbre (age 12), Dania (age 9)<br>
 
'''Seat:''' Wisenwood, at the southeastern edge of the Wolfswood<br>
 
'''Age:''' Established, in the time of Aegon's Conquest
 
==Members of the House==
 
 
* '''Lord Josian Wisent:''' Lord of the House, and older brother to Ayrant. Has only daughters for children, and thus no proper heir. Josian is a woodsman and hunter born, and has a number of friends among other Houses in the area with whom he goes on hunting trips. He can be quite unpleasant when drunk, but is generally likeable enough. (Age 38)
 
* '''Lord Josian Wisent:''' Lord of the House, and older brother to Ayrant. Has only daughters for children, and thus no proper heir. Josian is a woodsman and hunter born, and has a number of friends among other Houses in the area with whom he goes on hunting trips. He can be quite unpleasant when drunk, but is generally likeable enough. (Age 38)
 
* '''Lady Elizabel Wisent:''' Josian's wife, and mother of his three daughters. Originally of the Harclay clan of the mountains, Elizabel was called the "Moon's Beauty" among those clans for her poise and attractiveness. She is still very much the fierce mountain woman, and very much her husband's equal. (Age 35)
 
* '''Lady Elizabel Wisent:''' Josian's wife, and mother of his three daughters. Originally of the Harclay clan of the mountains, Elizabel was called the "Moon's Beauty" among those clans for her poise and attractiveness. She is still very much the fierce mountain woman, and very much her husband's equal. (Age 35)
* '''Ayrant Wisent:''' The Heir of House Wisent, and Josian's younger brother. He was recently called back to Westeros after an extended time in Braavos as the result of a scandal and banishment by his father. (Age 30)
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* '''[[Ayrant Wisent]]:''' The Heir of House Wisent, and Josian's younger brother. He was recently called back to Westeros after an extended time in Braavos as the result of a scandal and banishment by his father. (Age 30)
 
* '''Kaila Wisent:''' The oldest daughter of the House, Kaila is 15. She is a great deal like her mother, and spends a few months every year with her favorite aunt Mara Harclay with the mountain Harclays. As such, she's a capable hunter, much to Josian's ire. He wants her to be a proper young lady, in order to attract a husband. (Age 15)
 
* '''Kaila Wisent:''' The oldest daughter of the House, Kaila is 15. She is a great deal like her mother, and spends a few months every year with her favorite aunt Mara Harclay with the mountain Harclays. As such, she's a capable hunter, much to Josian's ire. He wants her to be a proper young lady, in order to attract a husband. (Age 15)
 
* '''Cimbre Wisent:''' The middle daughter Cimbre is a sweet young girl of 12, with a head for fairy tales and other stories. She is still very attached to Nanna, and frequently moons after Garwyn. (Age 12)
 
* '''Cimbre Wisent:''' The middle daughter Cimbre is a sweet young girl of 12, with a head for fairy tales and other stories. She is still very attached to Nanna, and frequently moons after Garwyn. (Age 12)
 
* '''Dania Wisent:''' The youngest daughter at age 6, Dania is just old enough to get into trouble, frequently sneaking away from the household to mix with the crofters and smallfolk. (Age 6)
 
* '''Dania Wisent:''' The youngest daughter at age 6, Dania is just old enough to get into trouble, frequently sneaking away from the household to mix with the crofters and smallfolk. (Age 6)
 
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* '''Cormont Snow:''' Ayrant's bastard son by [[House Dustin|Serise Dustin]], Cormont spent his first eight years of life in Barrowton with his mother, doing his best not to be noticed and embarrass his mother. When he turned eight, shortly before she married a Dustin household knight, Cormont was sent to live with his Uncle Ruthlyn at the [[Shadow Tower]] on the Wall. He recently met Ayrant for the first time, when his father came to the Wall to give him the option of coming to live with him, after discovering the boy's existence. He is acclimating slowly to his new role in House Wisent.
 
==Retainers of the House==
 
==Retainers of the House==
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* '''[[House Blackhorn]]:''' A household of landed knights in service to House Wisent, the Blackhorns have been given Blackhorn Tower, which guards a road through the Wolfswood.
 
===Wisenwood Retainers===
 
===Wisenwood Retainers===
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* '''Ser [[Garwyn Blackhorn]]:''' The second son of [[House Blackhorn]] serves as Master-of-Horse for Wisenwood, and a household knight for the House.
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* '''Marten Blackhorn:''' The youngest son of House Blackhorn is in training as a page at the Wisenwood seat.
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* '''[[Tolbric Storm|Maester Tolbric]]:''' A recently-arrived southron maester, Tolbric has proven his worth many times over in aiding Lord Josian with the management of the household affairs. He has also found himself with a great fondness for the cheeses of the North, so much so that the local smallfolk have dubbed him the "Mouseter" for his love of their dairy handicrafts. He is almost always accompanied by multiple animals.
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* '''Carenzo Itaro:''' Ayrant's Braavosi manservant. Carenzo's mother was Westerosi, and he's always been curious to see what it was like. (Age 25)
 
* '''Nanna Snow:''' A bastard-born woman of the mountain clans, Nanna is an old woman with a great deal of herbal lore. She is rustic and illiterate, but with a head full of songs, stories and folklore from the mountain-folk. She serves the Wisents as nanny. (Age 68)
 
* '''Nanna Snow:''' A bastard-born woman of the mountain clans, Nanna is an old woman with a great deal of herbal lore. She is rustic and illiterate, but with a head full of songs, stories and folklore from the mountain-folk. She serves the Wisents as nanny. (Age 68)
* '''Carenzo Itaro:''' Ayrant's Braavosi manservant. Carenzo's mother was Westerosi, and he's always been curious to see what it was like. (Age 25)
 
* '''Daenar Harclay:''' A strong warrior and the Castellan of Wisenwood Tower, Daenar is Lady Elizabel's cousin some twelve years her senior. He is a rough, great-bearded warrior of the mountain clans. (Age 46)
 
 
* '''Ser Ormun Ironsmith:''' A fourth son of House Ironsmith, Ironsmith is a knight and Master-at-Arms for Wisenwood, and has command of the garrison and infantry. He squired under Lord Waldren, the father of the current Lord and Heir. He and Lord Josian are the best of friends. (Age 42)
 
* '''Ser Ormun Ironsmith:''' A fourth son of House Ironsmith, Ironsmith is a knight and Master-at-Arms for Wisenwood, and has command of the garrison and infantry. He squired under Lord Waldren, the father of the current Lord and Heir. He and Lord Josian are the best of friends. (Age 42)
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* '''Captain Morros Sand:''' Originally trained as one of the Bulls, Captain Sand is a Dornish-born bastard who came with his mother to Wisenwood when he was still a babe-in-arms. He has served as captain of the Greencloaks for a few years and was recently made castellan after demonstrating a high degree of military leadership at the Battle of [[Taevis Hill]].
 
* '''Ser Ryfe of Barrowton:''' A hedge knight infamous for being something of a drunkard, Ser Ryfe was the knight Ser Garwyn used to squire for. The man, quite old now, has a small house in Wisenwood Town, though he is of course always welcome at the hearth of Wisenwood Tower. He is the former Castellan of Wisenwood. (Age 62)
 
* '''Ser Ryfe of Barrowton:''' A hedge knight infamous for being something of a drunkard, Ser Ryfe was the knight Ser Garwyn used to squire for. The man, quite old now, has a small house in Wisenwood Town, though he is of course always welcome at the hearth of Wisenwood Tower. He is the former Castellan of Wisenwood. (Age 62)
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* '''Bory of the Wise:''' As a young man of the wildling peoples during the rule of Lord Waldren, Bory came to Wisenwood, having narrowly escaped the Night's Watch. Lord Waldren was impressed at the young man's capacity for survival and battle skills, and immediately declared the wildling and his young children as people of Wisenwood, demanding that the Night's Watch depart in peace. Bory's skills quickly brought him to membership in the Wise of Palewood, and one of his daughters has followed in his footsteps. He is now a grandfather and one of the well-respected members of the Wise. He was recently taken on as a full retainer by House Wisent after accompanying Ayrant to the Wall, and then to Torrhen's Square (and south to the Name Day Tourney in Highgarden).
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* '''Jonelle Branley:''' A very intelligent and pretty young woman, Jonelle is the daughter of a knight who died in service to House Dustin, and was part of Serise Dustin's retinue. She found friendship with Maester Tolbric, however, and eventually betrayed Serise Dustin's confidences by revealing to House Wisent the existence and whereabouts of Cormont. Fortunately, Jocasta Ryswell took a liking to her, and asked House Wisent to take the poor young lady on as a lady-in-waiting for Kaila. She has since quite taken to the household, although she spends nearly as much time with the maester as she does with Kaila.
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* '''Miss Cecily Grand:''' A recent addition to House Wisent's retainers, Cecily has been retained as a music and dancing teacher for the Wisent girls, and a court minstrel in general. Both Cimbre and Dania absolutely adore her.
 
===Palewood Retainers===
 
===Palewood Retainers===
 
* '''Ser Tarmon the Archer:''' A hedge-knight from the Wolfswood, Ser Tarmon is both the castellan of Palewood, and the commander of the Wisent Wise. (Age 35)
 
* '''Ser Tarmon the Archer:''' A hedge-knight from the Wolfswood, Ser Tarmon is both the castellan of Palewood, and the commander of the Wisent Wise. (Age 35)
 
* '''Tobin the Wise:''' One of the Wisent Wise, Tobin is an experienced old hunter who serves as the Master-of-the-Hunt for House Wisent. He can usually be found at the Palewood Tower. (Age 49)
 
* '''Tobin the Wise:''' One of the Wisent Wise, Tobin is an experienced old hunter who serves as the Master-of-the-Hunt for House Wisent. He can usually be found at the Palewood Tower. (Age 49)
* '''Braedyn Hill:''' The Wisent kennelmaster, Braedyn is a grizzled old veteran missing one eye. He loves the House's mastiffs, and they he. The Wisent kennels are found at the Palewood Tower. (Age 47)
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===Deceased Retainers===
==Traits==
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* '''Daenar Harclay:''' A strong warrior and the Castellan of Wisenwood Tower, Daenar is Lady Elizabel's cousin some twelve years her senior. He is a rough, great-bearded warrior of the mountain clans. (Age 46)
* '''Defense:''' 28 (20 Invested; 8 Free)
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* '''Influence:''' 41 (40 Invested; 1 Free)
 
* '''Lands:''' 53 (53 Invested)
 
* '''Law:''' 11 (House Fortunes Roll: -5)
 
* '''Population:''' 23 (House Fortunes Roll: +1)
 
* '''Power:''' 37 (37 Invested; 0 Free)
 
* '''Wealth:''' 19 (15 Invested; 4 Free; House Fortunes Roll: +3 due to Maester, +(2d6-6) due to Godswood)
 
===Defense===
 
House Wisent maintains two fortifications in its domain: the ancient Wisenwood Tower, and the newer Pale Tower.
 
* '''Wisenwood Tower:''' A small tower originally built along the Kingroad where it met the Wolfswood south of Castle Cerwyn, Wisenwood is a very strong and respectable tower-keep now surrounded by the small town of Wisenwood.
 
* '''Pale Tower:''' Built in the time of Maegris Wisent, the Pale Tower is built all of weirwood that retains its gleaming white color to this day. Though the Pale Tower had sinister origins, it is now a favored hunting lodge for the family, situated in the deeps of the Wolfswood as it is. A small hamlet, Palewood, has grown up around the tower there.
 
===Influence===
 
Aside from its Lord Josian Wisent and his Lady Elizabel, the Wisent family consists of their three daughters Kaila (10 pts - eldest girl), Cimbre (5 pts - second girl) and Dania (5 pts - third girl). The family has also recently sent for its estranged uncle, Josian's younger brother Ayrant Wisent. (20 pts - male heir).
 
===Land===
 
House Wisent has good lands.
 
* '''Wisenwood:''' A small town built up around Wisenwood Tower, Wisenwood is less than an hour's travel from the Kingsroad. (Plains; Road, Small Town; 30 pts)
 
* '''Palewood:''' A small hamlet made up primarily of foresters and woodland crofters, grown up around the Pale Tower. (Hills; Lightly Wooded, River, Hamlet; 23 pts)
 
===Power===
 
The military forces House Wisent can call upon are as follows:
 
* '''[[House Blackhorn]]:''' A banner house from deeper within the Wolfswood. (20 pts)
 
* '''Trained Infantry:''' The footsoldiers of House Wisent are usually garrisoned in Wisenwood. (7 pts)
 
* '''Trained Garrison:''' Wisenwood maintains a garrison of peacekeeper forces. (5 pts.)
 
* '''Trained Guerillas:''' The tradition of the Wisent Wise, forest-men skilled in fighting from treetops in defense of Maegris' Pale Tower continues into the modern day. These days, they aren't bandits and wildlings, but the woods-wise men and women of the Palewood hamlet sworn to help defend their home. (5 pts)
 
===Wealth===
 
House Wisent's investments include:
 
* '''Maester [[Tolbric Storm]]:''' Lord Josian, recognizing the limitations of his own governing skills, sent to the Citadel requesting the assistance of a maester. (10 pts; +3 to House Fortunes roll)
 
* '''The Weeping Gardens of Wisenwood:''' An extensive set of gardens grown up around the Godswood of Wisenwood. (5 pts; +[2d6-6] to House Fortunes rolls)
 
 
==History==
 
==History==
* '''Glory:''' +6 Def, +3 Infl, +1 Law, +3 Pow
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{| align="right" style="background:white"
* '''Favor:''' +3 Inf, +3 Lands, +4 Law, +2 Pow
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!Lords of House Wisent
* '''Villain:''' +3 Inf, +6 Pow, -1 Law, -6 Pop
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* '''Victory:''' +5 Def, +6 Infl, +5 Pow
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|Years Unknown
* '''Conquest:''' -5 Def, +3 Infl, +6 Lands, -5 Law, +2 Pop, +1 Wealth
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|Torrhen's Bull
* '''Madness:''' -3 Def, -6 Infl, -1 Lands, -2 Pop, -3 Wealth
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===Lords of House Wisent===
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|?? - 72 AL
* '''Torrhen's Bull''' (exact years unknown)
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|Tauryn Wisent
* '''Tauryn Wisent''' (exact year of lordship unknown; died 72 AL)
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* '''Maelryn Wisent''' (72 - 79 AL)
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|72 - 79 AL
* '''Torrhen Wisent''' (79 - 99 AL)
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|Maelryn Wisent
* '''Josiah Wisent''' (99 - 123 AL)
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* '''Kromyn Wisent''' (123 - 150 AL)
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|79 - 99 AL
* '''Ayrant Wisent''' (150 - 195 AL)
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|Torrhen Wisent
* '''Maegris Wisent''' (195 - 202 AL)
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* '''Korvan Wisent''' (202 - 214 AL)
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|99 - 123 AL
* '''Tauryn Wisent''' (214 - 245 AL)
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|Josiah Wisent
* '''Krovan Wisent''' (245 - 267 AL)
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* '''Waldren Wisent''' (267 - 288 AL)
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|123 - 150 AL
* '''Josian Wisent''' (288 - 293 AL; Current Lord)
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|Kromyn Wisent
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|150 - 195 AL
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|Ayrant Wisent
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|195 - 202 AL
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|Maegris Wisent
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|202 - 214 AL
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|Korvan Wisent
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|214 - 245 AL
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|Tauryn Wisent
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|245 - 267 AL
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|Krovan Wisent
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|267 - 288 AL
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|Waldren Wisent
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|288 AL - Present
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|Josian Wisent
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===Founding===
 
===Founding===
 
'''The Age of Aegon's Conquest (circa 3 - 5 AL)'''<br>
 
'''The Age of Aegon's Conquest (circa 3 - 5 AL)'''<br>
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Most recently, the taint of madness has once again struck House Wisent, leaving some to wonder if the whole bloodline is somehow cursed. With the death of his beloved Lady Cimbria in 281 AL, Lord Waldren slowly began to lose touch with reality. For several years, he saw enemies where there were none, and even sometimes believed that his wife was still alive. House Wisent's holdings suffered, most especially after a deeply embarrassing attendance as a guest at a wedding in House Cerwyn left most of the Northern Houses aware of Lord Waldren's instability. There are some who feel that Waldren's death in 288 was a mercy to the House. (Madness: -3 Defense, -6 Influence, -1 Lands, -2 Population, -3 Wealth)
 
Most recently, the taint of madness has once again struck House Wisent, leaving some to wonder if the whole bloodline is somehow cursed. With the death of his beloved Lady Cimbria in 281 AL, Lord Waldren slowly began to lose touch with reality. For several years, he saw enemies where there were none, and even sometimes believed that his wife was still alive. House Wisent's holdings suffered, most especially after a deeply embarrassing attendance as a guest at a wedding in House Cerwyn left most of the Northern Houses aware of Lord Waldren's instability. There are some who feel that Waldren's death in 288 was a mercy to the House. (Madness: -3 Defense, -6 Influence, -1 Lands, -2 Population, -3 Wealth)
 
===Recent History===
 
===Recent History===
'''255 - 294 AL'''
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* '''255 AL:''' Waldren Wisent weds Cimbria Tallhart
* ''255 AL:'' Waldren Wisent weds Cimbria Tallhart
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* '''256 AL:''' Cimbria gives birth to their first child, Josian.
* ''256 AL:'' Cimbria gives birth to their first child, Josian.
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* '''264 AL:''' Cimbria gives birth to their second child, Ayrant.
* ''264 AL:'' Cimbria gives birth to their second child, Ayrant.
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* '''266 AL:''' Cimbria miscarries and falls ill, rendering her infertile.
* ''266 AL:'' Cimbria miscarries and falls ill, rendering her infertile.
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* '''267 AL:''' Lord Krovan dies of a flux; Waldren becomes Lord Wisent.
* ''267 AL:'' Lord Krovan dies of a flux; Waldren becomes Lord Wisent.
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* '''277 AL:''' Josian is wed to Elizabel Harclay. She is accompanied to Wisenwood by Nanna Snow and Daenar Harclay.
* ''277 AL:'' Josian is wed to Elizabel Harclay. She is accompanied to Wisenwood by Nanna Snow and Daenar Harclay.
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* '''279 AL:''' Elizabel gives birth to their first child, Kaila.
* ''279 AL:'' Elizabel gives birth to their first child, Kaila.
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* '''281 AL:''' Lady Cimbria falls while riding her horse, and is accidentally trampled by the spooked horse, killing her.
* ''281 AL:'' Lady Cimbria falls while riding her horse, and is accidentally trampled by the spooked horse, killing her.
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* '''282 AL:''' Elizabel gives birth to their second child, Cimbre. A scandal erupts when Ayrant Wisent (then 18) is accused of raping Serise Dustin of House Dustin; it is considered resolved when Lord Waldren banishes Ayrant. Lord Waldren's sanity begins slipping.
* ''282 AL:'' Elizabel gives birth to their second child, Cimbre. A scandal erupts when Ayrant Wisent (then 18) is accused of raping Serise Dustin of House Dustin; it is considered resolved when Lord Waldren banishes Ayrant. Lord Waldren's sanity begins slipping.
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* '''284 AL:''' Garwyn Blackhorn is fostered at Wisenwood.
* ''284 AL:'' Garwyn Blackhorn is fostered at Wisenwood.
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* '''287 AL:''' Lord Waldren embarrasses House Wisent with his insanity at a wedding hosted by House Cerwyn.
* ''287 AL:'' Lord Waldren embarrasses House Wisent with his insanity at a wedding hosted by House Cerwyn.
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* '''288 AL:''' Lord Waldren dies of a summer fever. Josian becomes Lord Wisent. Elizabel gives birth to their third child, Dania. Garwyn Blackhorn becomes the squire of Ser Ryfe of Barrowton.
* ''288 AL:'' Lord Waldren dies of a summer fever. Josian becomes Lord Wisent. Elizabel gives birth to their third child, Dania. Garwyn Blackhorn becomes the squire of Ser Ryfe of Barrowton.
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* '''292 AL:''' When Ser Ryfe of Barrowton is too drunk to compete in a tourney, his squire Garwyn Blackhorn dons his armor and rides in his place, expecting to take a fall and slink off the field. Instead, he wins, felling a knight of House Whitehill. Lord Josian rewards the young man for his bravery by knighting him.
* ''292 AL:'' When Ser Ryfe of Barrowton is too drunk to compete in a tourney, his squire Garwyn Blackhorn dons his armor and rides in his place, expecting to take a fall and slink off the field. Instead, he wins, felling a knight of House Whitehill. Lord Josian rewards the young man for his bravery by knighting him.
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* '''293 AL:''' Kaila is betrothed to Orthian Tallhart. Lord Josian sends a letter to his brother in Braavos, designating him as Heir to House Wisent and asking him to return.
* ''293 AL:'' Kaila is betrothed to Orthian Tallhart. Lord Josian sends a letter to his brother in Braavos, designating him as Heir to House Wisent and asking him to return.
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* '''294 AL:''' Current Year
* ''294 AL:'' Current Year
 
 
 
==Wisenwood Tower==
 
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===Ground Floor===
 
* '''Cellars:''' The cellars are half-buried, and remain quite cool year round. As such, they often house sleeping servants at night during the warmer months. The walls here are stocked with drink, bags of root vegetables and plenty of cured meats, much of it hunted by the lord.
 
===First Floor===
 
* '''Kitchens & Main Hall:''' This grand chamber is - in the old style of such fortifications - both preparation and dining hall. The family rarely dines here, however, save when there are guests. As such, the servants have most of the run of this area. With its grand hearths, it is often quite warm, and as such serves as the bedding-down place for many servants at night.
 
===Second Floor===
 
* '''Solar:''' A warm, pleasant room with ample natural lighting, the Solar is where the family is usually found. The lord's desk is kept near the entrance, with seating for the house's women to do their embroidery and other household work beside the hearth. The southern portion of the chamber has a fair-sized table where the family take their meals.
 
===Third Floor===
 
* '''Heir's Chambers:''' X
 
* '''Daughters' Chambers:''' The household's daughters share a room and a large curtained bed here. Nanna Snow also sleeps here, in a smaller bed shoved off into one of the corners.
 
* '''Maester's Chambers:''' House Wisent has prepared one of its few chambers for the sole use of their new maester, outfitting it with a decent bed with thick coverlets and furs, a desk and shelves for the books and other possessions he brings with him.
 
===Fourth Floor===
 
* '''Garret:''' The garret has been turned into the Lord and Lady's chambers, and the nursery (though there are no younglings in it now). The chambers are always kept locked, as the household's moneychest can be found here.
 
===Roof===
 
* '''Rookery:''' The southeastern tower, originally basically unused, has been refurbished to act as a basic rookery for the ravens that House Wisent's new maester is bringing with him.
 
 
 
==Palewood Tower==
 
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A squat tower in the dim recesses of the nearby Wolfswood, the Palewood Tower has something of a sinister origins. It earned its name for the ample use of cut weirwood that XXX the Mad cut down and put to use in the tower's building, and to this day they retain their bleached, bone-like appearance. Despite these unsavory origins, Palewood Tower sees ample use by House Wisent as a hunting lodge.
 
===Ground Floor===
 
* '''Cellars:''' The cellars here are staged, and kept well-stocked with the spoils of many a hunting expedition.
 
===First Floor===
 
* '''Lower Hall:''' A hall with ample seating for armsmen, hunters and other men-at-arms, the lower hall is intended for entertaining the retinues of any guests. When it is not in such service, the servants are permitted to use it for their own purposes. More than a few of the locals have also gotten permission from Lord Wisent to hold wedding feasts and other large celebrations, as well; indeed, the lord usually contributes a large haunch of venison or boar to the feast as his gift.
 
===Second Floor===
 
* '''Great Hall:''' The gathering spot for members of the House and their guests. The Great Hall doesn't often see use. The Great Hall has a single, massive table, with seats at its upper end, and benches along the rest of it, and its walls are hung with generations of hunting trophies.
 
* '''Kitchens:''' Thanks to the frequent hunting successes of Lord Wisent, the kitchens here are amply prepared to cook very large haunches and cuts of meat, indeed, up to and including roasting entire boar.
 
===Roof Floor===
 
* '''Bedroom Garret:''' Kept in ready condition for any of the House who might arrive, this bedroom is richly appointed, with a curtained bed and comfortable seats beside the large fireplace, over which usually hangs Lord Wisent's most recently-stuffed trophy.
 
* '''Caphouses:''' When a noble is in residence, the caphouses serve as sleeping chambers for their guests, or retinue if there are no guests. They have several beds apiece, though they are usually bare, waiting to be made when the servants receive word of visitors.
 

Latest revision as of 10:17, 18 February 2012

House Wisent
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To Find A Way, or Make One
Status: Minor House
Seat: Wisenwood
Current Lord: Josian Wisent
Current Lady: Elizabel Harclay
Realm: The North
Heir: Ayrant Wisent
Liege: Eddard Stark
Cadet Branch: None
Vassals: House Blackhorn
Founder: Torrhen's Bull
Founded: Age of Aegon's Conquest
House Traits
Defense: 30 (10 Free)
Influence: 41 (1 Heir, 3 daughters)
Lands: 68
Law: 20
Population: 18
Power: 37
Wealth: 30

Domains

Wisenwood Domain

A fair-sized domain of crofters and farmers, the Wisenwood domain is named for its center, Wisenwood Town. Wisenwood Town has grown up around the ancestral seat of House Wisent, Wisenwood Tower. It has grown and shrunk several times over its long history, but has always had a population of smallfolk who tend to crofts and fields in the flatlands around it. Wisenwood Tower sits on a tall hill overlooking the town, with a large godswood behind it, the Weeping Gardens of Wisenwood. The town's road is less than a day's ride from the Kingsroad. (Land: Plains; Small Town, Road; 30 pts)

  • Wisenwood Tower: Tower The fairly old fashioned and austere tower that has served as the seat of House Wisent since its founding. (Defense: 10 pts)
  • Wisenwood Greencloaks: Trained Garrison The town also features a garrison, which is home to the Wisen household guard. The town garrison is usually armed with mace and shield, wearing soft leather, though their armory does have ring mail in case of attack. (Power: 5 pts)
  • The Bulls of Wisent: Trained Infantry The town's garrison also fields a unit of trained infantry, the Bulls of Wisent. The infantry are the Bulls of Wisent, ring-mailed, and wielding mauls. They recently suffered casualties at the hands of a bandit army that has forced them to recruit new, untrained recruits. (Power: 5 pts)
  • The Weeping Gardens of Wisenwood: Godswood A walled-in garden in the middle of a godswood, with an impressive fountain spring in its center, and the Old Wise Man, an ancient weirwood tree, in its northern edge. (Wealth: 5 pts)
  • Maester Tolbric: A recent arrival from the Citadel, Lord Josian sent for a maester for help bringing his domains back from several generations of mismanagement (and madness). (Wealth: 10 pts)
  • New Market: Lord Josian originally attempted to build a new market, but sadly ran out of the funds to complete it. With the aid of Maester Tolbric, however, House Wisent has managed to finish the necessities for constructing the market, and is even now working to get it operational. (Wealth: 10 pts; Operational in 11/294 AL)

Palewood Domain

A forested domain along a branch of the White Knife that cuts into the Wolfwood, Palewood Village is often used by House Wisent as its fortified hunting lodge. A small hamlet of woodsmen and lumber-cutters have sprung up around the weirwood-crafted Palewood Tower, which overlooks a branch of the White Knife that powers the lumber mill and provides transport for those trading barges looking for fine oak, fir and elm wood. It is something of a wild place, even by the standards of the North; its only military presence are called the Wisent Wise, a family tradition of guerrilla woodsmen who defend the Palewood with bows and axes. (Land: Hills; Lightly Wooded, Hamlet, River)

  • Palewood Tower: Tower A tall tower constructed of weirwood and pale stone, the Palewood Tower has a reputation as a cursed thing with denizens of the Wolfswood. It serves as a secondary seat for House Wisent, most often used as a hunting lodge. (Defense: 10 pts)
  • The Wisent Wise: Trained Guerrillas Crack troops of woodsmen and forest-stalkers, armed with bows, axes and soft leather armor. (Power: 5 pts)

Other

Members of the House

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  • Lord Josian Wisent: Lord of the House, and older brother to Ayrant. Has only daughters for children, and thus no proper heir. Josian is a woodsman and hunter born, and has a number of friends among other Houses in the area with whom he goes on hunting trips. He can be quite unpleasant when drunk, but is generally likeable enough. (Age 38)
  • Lady Elizabel Wisent: Josian's wife, and mother of his three daughters. Originally of the Harclay clan of the mountains, Elizabel was called the "Moon's Beauty" among those clans for her poise and attractiveness. She is still very much the fierce mountain woman, and very much her husband's equal. (Age 35)
  • Ayrant Wisent: The Heir of House Wisent, and Josian's younger brother. He was recently called back to Westeros after an extended time in Braavos as the result of a scandal and banishment by his father. (Age 30)
  • Kaila Wisent: The oldest daughter of the House, Kaila is 15. She is a great deal like her mother, and spends a few months every year with her favorite aunt Mara Harclay with the mountain Harclays. As such, she's a capable hunter, much to Josian's ire. He wants her to be a proper young lady, in order to attract a husband. (Age 15)
  • Cimbre Wisent: The middle daughter Cimbre is a sweet young girl of 12, with a head for fairy tales and other stories. She is still very attached to Nanna, and frequently moons after Garwyn. (Age 12)
  • Dania Wisent: The youngest daughter at age 6, Dania is just old enough to get into trouble, frequently sneaking away from the household to mix with the crofters and smallfolk. (Age 6)
  • Cormont Snow: Ayrant's bastard son by Serise Dustin, Cormont spent his first eight years of life in Barrowton with his mother, doing his best not to be noticed and embarrass his mother. When he turned eight, shortly before she married a Dustin household knight, Cormont was sent to live with his Uncle Ruthlyn at the Shadow Tower on the Wall. He recently met Ayrant for the first time, when his father came to the Wall to give him the option of coming to live with him, after discovering the boy's existence. He is acclimating slowly to his new role in House Wisent.

Retainers of the House

  • House Blackhorn: A household of landed knights in service to House Wisent, the Blackhorns have been given Blackhorn Tower, which guards a road through the Wolfswood.

Wisenwood Retainers

  • Ser Garwyn Blackhorn: The second son of House Blackhorn serves as Master-of-Horse for Wisenwood, and a household knight for the House.
  • Marten Blackhorn: The youngest son of House Blackhorn is in training as a page at the Wisenwood seat.
  • Maester Tolbric: A recently-arrived southron maester, Tolbric has proven his worth many times over in aiding Lord Josian with the management of the household affairs. He has also found himself with a great fondness for the cheeses of the North, so much so that the local smallfolk have dubbed him the "Mouseter" for his love of their dairy handicrafts. He is almost always accompanied by multiple animals.
  • Carenzo Itaro: Ayrant's Braavosi manservant. Carenzo's mother was Westerosi, and he's always been curious to see what it was like. (Age 25)
  • Nanna Snow: A bastard-born woman of the mountain clans, Nanna is an old woman with a great deal of herbal lore. She is rustic and illiterate, but with a head full of songs, stories and folklore from the mountain-folk. She serves the Wisents as nanny. (Age 68)
  • Ser Ormun Ironsmith: A fourth son of House Ironsmith, Ironsmith is a knight and Master-at-Arms for Wisenwood, and has command of the garrison and infantry. He squired under Lord Waldren, the father of the current Lord and Heir. He and Lord Josian are the best of friends. (Age 42)
  • Captain Morros Sand: Originally trained as one of the Bulls, Captain Sand is a Dornish-born bastard who came with his mother to Wisenwood when he was still a babe-in-arms. He has served as captain of the Greencloaks for a few years and was recently made castellan after demonstrating a high degree of military leadership at the Battle of Taevis Hill.
  • Ser Ryfe of Barrowton: A hedge knight infamous for being something of a drunkard, Ser Ryfe was the knight Ser Garwyn used to squire for. The man, quite old now, has a small house in Wisenwood Town, though he is of course always welcome at the hearth of Wisenwood Tower. He is the former Castellan of Wisenwood. (Age 62)
  • Bory of the Wise: As a young man of the wildling peoples during the rule of Lord Waldren, Bory came to Wisenwood, having narrowly escaped the Night's Watch. Lord Waldren was impressed at the young man's capacity for survival and battle skills, and immediately declared the wildling and his young children as people of Wisenwood, demanding that the Night's Watch depart in peace. Bory's skills quickly brought him to membership in the Wise of Palewood, and one of his daughters has followed in his footsteps. He is now a grandfather and one of the well-respected members of the Wise. He was recently taken on as a full retainer by House Wisent after accompanying Ayrant to the Wall, and then to Torrhen's Square (and south to the Name Day Tourney in Highgarden).
  • Jonelle Branley: A very intelligent and pretty young woman, Jonelle is the daughter of a knight who died in service to House Dustin, and was part of Serise Dustin's retinue. She found friendship with Maester Tolbric, however, and eventually betrayed Serise Dustin's confidences by revealing to House Wisent the existence and whereabouts of Cormont. Fortunately, Jocasta Ryswell took a liking to her, and asked House Wisent to take the poor young lady on as a lady-in-waiting for Kaila. She has since quite taken to the household, although she spends nearly as much time with the maester as she does with Kaila.
  • Miss Cecily Grand: A recent addition to House Wisent's retainers, Cecily has been retained as a music and dancing teacher for the Wisent girls, and a court minstrel in general. Both Cimbre and Dania absolutely adore her.

Palewood Retainers

  • Ser Tarmon the Archer: A hedge-knight from the Wolfswood, Ser Tarmon is both the castellan of Palewood, and the commander of the Wisent Wise. (Age 35)
  • Tobin the Wise: One of the Wisent Wise, Tobin is an experienced old hunter who serves as the Master-of-the-Hunt for House Wisent. He can usually be found at the Palewood Tower. (Age 49)

Deceased Retainers

  • Daenar Harclay: A strong warrior and the Castellan of Wisenwood Tower, Daenar is Lady Elizabel's cousin some twelve years her senior. He is a rough, great-bearded warrior of the mountain clans. (Age 46)

History

Lords of House Wisent
Years Unknown Torrhen's Bull
?? - 72 AL Tauryn Wisent
72 - 79 AL Maelryn Wisent
79 - 99 AL Torrhen Wisent
99 - 123 AL Josiah Wisent
123 - 150 AL Kromyn Wisent
150 - 195 AL Ayrant Wisent
195 - 202 AL Maegris Wisent
202 - 214 AL Korvan Wisent
214 - 245 AL Tauryn Wisent
245 - 267 AL Krovan Wisent
267 - 288 AL Waldren Wisent
288 AL - Present Josian Wisent

Founding

The Age of Aegon's Conquest (circa 3 - 5 AL)
House legends speak of Torrhen's Bull, a powerfully built warrior who served Torrhen Stark, the last King of the North. After the devastation brought to the North by Aegon's Conquest, Torrhen raised many of his most valiant fighters to positions of nobility, in accordance with Andal and Targaryen tradition. Though many so named were already clans sworn to the Kings of Winter, Torrhen's Bull and his family were elevated to a position of honor as House Wisent. (Glory Founding; +6 Defense, +3 Influence, +1 Law, +3 Power)

The Wolf's Favor

187 AL
House Wisent demonstrated their loyalty and strength in battle against the Ironmen, who plagued the coasts of the North all during the Targaryen reign of Daeron II. When they began to range far into the mainland, scouring through the Barrowlands, House Wisent were among those who answered the Stark call to arms. When Lord Ayrant Wisent's son Maegris was captured and tortured by the Ironmen, he gathered his allies and led the attack on the Ironman emplacement, a captured keep in the Barrowlands. Against all odds, the Northmen were victorious and very fortunate - the keep was hosting a gathering of Ironmen leaders planning their next move, the majority of whom were slain. For this act of bravery, House Wisent was greatly honored by House Stark, including receiving as a gift a longsword of Valyrian steel named Steelhorn. (Favor; +3 Influence, +3 Lands, +4 Law, +2 Power)

Maegris the Mad

195 - 202 AL
House Wisent remembers this time as perhaps its darkest time. The son of Ayrant Wisent, young Maegris, never fully recovered from his time among the Ironmen. This worsened after the death of Lord Ayrant, and Lord Maegris became actively cruel and paranoid. Sure that the agents of Ironmen were everywhere, he undertook drastic measures to protect his lands, pressing peasantry into military forces and forcing those who remained to build fortifications. His fervency served him well for years, however - other Houses never saw the depredations upon his smallfolk. They only saw his military force and power growing, and honored him for his efforts. In the end, however, Maegris recruited bandits and wildlings as his personal military forces, leaving them to run amuck and prey on his smallfolk while he hid in his Palewood Tower, a monstrosity built almost entirely of cut down weirwoods. (Villain; +3 Influence, +6 Power, -1 Law, -6 Population)

A Return to Honor

202 AL
Eventually, however, Maegris' madness threatened to destroy House Wisent. He banished his younger brother, Korvan, accusing him of conspiring against him, and shut himself up in his Palewood Tower. Finally, Korvan could no longer sit idly by while his elder brother destroyed the House, and he gathered a force and marched on him. The war - still known in the Barrowlands as the War of Bulls - devastated Wisent lands. In the end, however, Maegris leapt to his death from Palewood Tower, screaming at his brother's forces in impotent rage. Lord Korvan's boon companion, Ser Taenis Blackhorn was given lands and a lordship for his part in putting down the monster Maegris. (Victory: +5 Defense, +6 Influence, +5 Power)

Rivalry

200 - 246 AL
The full extent of Maegris' madness was best shown in the lesson of Ser Rogar Balinger of House Balinger. Ser Rogar was a knight sworn to House Wisent, until Maegris' paranoid convinced him that the man was trying to poison him. In the dead of night, Maegris ordered some of his wildlings to burst into the man's quarters and capture him. He was lashed to a pole in front of Palewood Tower and then burnt alive after nearly a week of winter exposure. From that day, House Balinger swore oaths of enmity against House Wisent. Even the defeat of Maegris did not convince them to back down. Finally, after two generations of antagonism and petty vendetta-seeking, the conflict boiled into full-blown war. In the end, House Balinger was defeated and its lord forced to take the black. His wife and their children (including the heir) escaped, however, disappearing to places unknown. (Conquest: -5 Defenses, +3 Influence, +6 Lands, -5 Law, +2 Population, +1 Wealth)

Blood Will Tell

281 - 288 AL
Most recently, the taint of madness has once again struck House Wisent, leaving some to wonder if the whole bloodline is somehow cursed. With the death of his beloved Lady Cimbria in 281 AL, Lord Waldren slowly began to lose touch with reality. For several years, he saw enemies where there were none, and even sometimes believed that his wife was still alive. House Wisent's holdings suffered, most especially after a deeply embarrassing attendance as a guest at a wedding in House Cerwyn left most of the Northern Houses aware of Lord Waldren's instability. There are some who feel that Waldren's death in 288 was a mercy to the House. (Madness: -3 Defense, -6 Influence, -1 Lands, -2 Population, -3 Wealth)

Recent History

  • 255 AL: Waldren Wisent weds Cimbria Tallhart
  • 256 AL: Cimbria gives birth to their first child, Josian.
  • 264 AL: Cimbria gives birth to their second child, Ayrant.
  • 266 AL: Cimbria miscarries and falls ill, rendering her infertile.
  • 267 AL: Lord Krovan dies of a flux; Waldren becomes Lord Wisent.
  • 277 AL: Josian is wed to Elizabel Harclay. She is accompanied to Wisenwood by Nanna Snow and Daenar Harclay.
  • 279 AL: Elizabel gives birth to their first child, Kaila.
  • 281 AL: Lady Cimbria falls while riding her horse, and is accidentally trampled by the spooked horse, killing her.
  • 282 AL: Elizabel gives birth to their second child, Cimbre. A scandal erupts when Ayrant Wisent (then 18) is accused of raping Serise Dustin of House Dustin; it is considered resolved when Lord Waldren banishes Ayrant. Lord Waldren's sanity begins slipping.
  • 284 AL: Garwyn Blackhorn is fostered at Wisenwood.
  • 287 AL: Lord Waldren embarrasses House Wisent with his insanity at a wedding hosted by House Cerwyn.
  • 288 AL: Lord Waldren dies of a summer fever. Josian becomes Lord Wisent. Elizabel gives birth to their third child, Dania. Garwyn Blackhorn becomes the squire of Ser Ryfe of Barrowton.
  • 292 AL: When Ser Ryfe of Barrowton is too drunk to compete in a tourney, his squire Garwyn Blackhorn dons his armor and rides in his place, expecting to take a fall and slink off the field. Instead, he wins, felling a knight of House Whitehill. Lord Josian rewards the young man for his bravery by knighting him.
  • 293 AL: Kaila is betrothed to Orthian Tallhart. Lord Josian sends a letter to his brother in Braavos, designating him as Heir to House Wisent and asking him to return.
  • 294 AL: Current Year