 House Corvidae
fata tractabilia mutationi
Based: Pendrinn
(in the County of Exeter and the Duchy of Cornwall)
Heraldry: A white raven's head over vertical gold and black bars.
Leader: Corvus Corvidae
House Corvidae is one of the three Great Houses of feudal Albion and thus their influence is pervasively and permanently woven into the very fabric of the land and the often turbulent history of the peoples and factions of Albion.
In politics, the house has traditionally taken a more conservative standpoint and places particular value on maintaining cultural standards and wisdom. It is no surprise then that those that seek to break the rules in search of power will find strong opposition in House Corvidae, and goes some way to explain the planned genocide against the household conceived by Roxanne.
Roxanne was a powerful daemon and wore a pleasing shape for Corvus Corvidae the former Lord General and would be King of Albion. The pair were the central protagonists that set the then Lions of Albion on the route to a well documented civil war which ended with a new faction of Albion called the Harts in control of the country and the Lions under Corvus in exile. It is not known how many of the lost generation were killed or remain simply unaware of their heritage and distant from Albion.
The families’ reputation and name was restored by the son of Corvus and the new leader of the House, Cadarn Corvidae in 1098. Cadarn married Queen Elspeth Pendragon and acted as Lord Protector and Prince of Albion. Prince Cadarn, a powerful daemonologist would later sacrifice his own liberty to ensure that Roxanne was forever distant from the affairs of the household of Corvidae, his son, King Edward and the populace at large.
The House is formed by four distinct families and bloodlines; Corvinae, Hroc, Rook and Piconas. The surname ‘Corvidae’ is granted as a title and may only be used by the leader of House Corvidae, regardless of family or bloodline.
The first verified record of the family is found with one Rook Hroc, the closest advisor to Arthur II who became Lord Chancellor of Albion. The position would become hereditary and was passed to the most capable member of the family for many successive generations. Over the centuries the name of the household like many other noble families evolved to reflect the changing dialect and the old ‘House of Rook’ was restyled to ‘House Corvidae’.
When the bloodline of the monarchy was lost, leaderless Albion fell into ruin until in 848AF, Chancellor Ravern of House Corvidae spoke with the leaders of the other Great Houses of Hunter and Karlennon and the three agreed to take responsibility for the rulership of Albion in the absence of a monarch. The leader of each of the three households shared this task as Lord General and formed a Great Council where all the Nobles of the land could meet.
So the mould of the household was set from the early times of the House of Rook, as relentless seekers of lore to better advise and also defend the Pendragon monarchy from its enemies within and without. To this day the mastery of the arcane remains the central concern of House Corvidae.
Under the leadership of a new Corvus Corvidae and with the dark shadow of Roxanne bound and gone forever a new chapter has opened and the lost generation who escaped her sinister designs are returning home.
Compiled from various
sources by the hand of Corvus Corvidae
Spring 1107 |
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