| Kingdom of Weerhousen | |
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| Type of Goverment | Absolute Monarchy |
| Head of State | Queen of Weerhousen |
| Secondary Leaders | High Dukes of Weerhousen |
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| Location | Central Europe |
| Capital | New Lahmia |
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| Languages | Frankish |
| Demonym | Weerhousians |
| Religion | Official Religions
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| Races, and Ethnicity | Franks |
| Population | Placeholder |
The Kingdom of Weerhousen is a large Human/Vampire Kingdom that lies in the region above the mountains of Lucerne, and south of the Kingdoms of Alcase, and Lorraine. The Kingdom is ruled by Queen Neferata, and her commanders in the form of the Vampire Lords, who are in the position of Dukes of her cities and control their specific areas of Weerhousen however they see fit. Unknown to the rest of Europe, the Queen and her Dukes, along with many loyal to the Royalty are in fact Vampires, and this is a secret that is kept through the brutality of the state againsts its people and to betray the secret would be to encite instant death on everyone you knew.
The White Flower is the Emblem on most of the flags, banners, and herledry that exists inside the Kingdom of Weerhousen, and this is due to the fact tha the White Flower was an ancient and important flower of Lahmia, and signals the hope of their original founding of the land to rebuild Lahmia eliminating all that was wrong and only leaving the good.
The Kingdom of Weerhousen is a Vampire Kingdom ruled with absolute power by Queen Neferata . Queen Neferata holds every inch of power, but because she grows bored, and wished to reward her Dukes, she gave over rulership of the main towns of Weerhousen to her Dukes. As time has gone on a position within the top echolon of power has opened in the mistress of Weerhousen which was created by Queen Neferata's sister Katia Beckinlate in order to give herself more power, and wealth. Through this positon she is growing to be as powerful as Queen Neferata, and the Queen is too busy with her own affairs that she doesn't care enough to curtail this action. Each of these towns reflects the ownership of its Duke, and overall bloodline, so while some areas like Strigi are ruled fairly and kindly, others like the township of W'Soran are nightmarish places of constant fear and death.
Officially the Kingdom of Weerhousen is dominated by the Temple of Vampyr which is the Vampiric religion founded by Angelica Neferata which preaches that Vampires are the progenitors of the human race, and thus allows for the humans serving them to have a reason for their terrible existence. There is one off-shoot to the official religion in the Church of Lilith of which is a Vampire religion practiced by the Sanguin, and Strigi Bloodlines, and while on the surface is of the Vampyr religion it is under the surface a Christian based religion.
Weerhousen is first analyzed from the point of view of Meghanna when she is speaking to William Lovie III. and during this she explains the current state of Weerhousen. Weerhousen would be further centered in the story Blood Lillies where in the entire story of Blood Lillies is about the rise of the Vampires, and their expansion into the Kingdom of Weerhousen.
Weerhousen begin during the darkness that followed the destruction of Lahmia, and was born from the ashes of numerous failed Vampire attempts to gain control, and finally realizing that Angelica Neferata was close to watching the end of her relationship with Stefon Vashenesh she would push for the complete conquering of Weerhousen. With Lahmia's destruction the Vampiric rulers of Lahmia fled the land and went north where they travelled for some time throughout Croatia until finally they reached Weerhousen and stopped to found what would become the Kingdom of Weerhousen. The Vampire Court managed to defeat the humans using different tactics across Weerhousen of which all resulted in their ultimate defeat, but this led to the next stage of their fight when they were forced to fight against the forces of the Trolloc of whom rampaged into Weerhousen sensing there time for conquest was now. After engaging and defeating the massive Trolloc forces of the region the Kingdom of Weerhousen would be the only true power in their region and thus for the first time in a very long time the Lahmians were able to just do whatever they want to do, and no longer had to keep one eye constantly watching behind them. Following the defeat of the Trollocs peace would end when certain more violent elements of the Vampire Court begin instigating a fight with the forces of the Kingdom of Alcase, and not realizing the true scope of Alcase this war would end any ambition of the Vampire Court to expand northward leading to their first truly disasterous defeat since their arrival in Weerhousen.
Geography[]
The Kingdom of Weerhousen is housed within the area between the Bhrine river, and the Lucerne mountains. The south section of the KIngdom is cold due to its proximity to the mountains of Lucerne, but the northern sections are located closer to the more habitable regions of the Bhrine River meaning a more generous tempurature.
Political Geography[]
To the east of Weerhousen lies the region of Trannian, which is most known for the mercantilism that is a common fixture amongst the cities there. Also east is the begginings of the large region of Westros with basically only Westbridge and Dresdan of any real importance to them.
To the west of Weerhousen lies the vast province of France, of which the only feasable way to reach France is through the Wetrian mountains where there are a series of small donkey trails which can be travelled by those who know the method of traversing them.
The entire south of Weerhousen is covered by the massive Mountain of Lucerne of which the northern edges are covered with forests which are filled with very high populations of Trolloc.
To the north is the region of Alcase-Lorraine which contains the Kingdom of Alcase, as well as having a small border with the Kingdom of Lorraine.
History[]
As shocking as their current state is, at one point Weerhousen (or Lahmia as it was known then) was a very honorable Kingdom. Ruled by the kind and generous Queen Neferata its people were in love with their lot in life. This all came to an abrubt end when Queen Neferata was offered a sip from the Eternal Drink. After taking this she eventually was menipulated into capturing and killing Jesus which led to the massive Nehekhara Empire invading and destroying the Lahmian civilization.
Vampire Court in Greece[]
Main Article : Greek-Mycenean War
| Vampires on the Run It was an entirely different world, and it took me a long time to get used to the fact that I couldn't just openly expect the people to follow me. The lands of Greece were pleasant enough, but I really just wanted to see Vashenesh smile again, and I was willing to try anything in order to make that happen. |
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Led by Ushoran Neferata the Vampire Court made there way northward and while they traveled a distraught Angelica was basically living in the coffin that W'soran had created for the recently resurrected Stefon Vashenesh. With Angelica basically out of the leadership picture it was Ushoran, and Hercuso that took control of the Vampire Court leading them towards Hashin where they planned on retreating out of Lahmia from. With her forces managing to reach the small port of Hashin they captured the fleet present there and corralled the survivors northward towards the island of Crete where they had active relations with the Mycenean Empire. When the group landed in the Cretan city of Knossos they numbered several hundred Vampires, as well as thousands of Lahmian footmen, and knights and in this way they were a rather powerful group. Making an alliance with King Nicius Atraedai of the Mycenaean Empire the Vampire Court would at first attempt to devise a plan where in they could raise an army and take back Lahmia, of which Angelica was noticeably silent on this plan. As Abhorash planned to retake Lahmia news came into the Greek plains that the Empire of Nehekhara had sacked the capital of Lahmia and was garrisoning the entirety of the kingdom. Alongside just the garrison was the fact that several of the Apostles of Jesus had made there way into the land and were preaching of the demon hood that was the Vampires and realizing that this meant the population would soon be lost to them it was Angelica that made the decision to forget Lahmia.
Angelica was emotionally wrapped up in attempting to heal Stefon of the spiritual damage that had been done to him, and thus was unable to really use her leadership at this point, and thus others who were becoming more interested in blood and violence begin to take over. Without a guiding leadership for returning to Lahmia the vampires followed the lead of their queen when they accepted that the Kingdom of Lahmia was lost to them for now. While the Vampire Court of Lahmia was staying in Crete planning their next moves it would be the anger that many felt over their defeat in Lahmia and being forced to live in a foreign land that would lead to much of the court including Angelica Neferata to start losing themselves in the blood lust they felt. As this violence escalated and Godrick and the other sensible Vampires of the Lahmia court saw no other options it would be Godrick that left the court in disgust for their behavior and traveled northward where he stayed for some time on the island of Minthios. Also leaving during this time was Vincent Godfrey who had fallen under the influence of Godrick and having never really recovered from what happened at the Battle of Cache he left with his friend. Anai Heretee would during the time of the Vampire Court staying in Greece would fall in love with the young Greek Prince Fadil Heretee of whom unwilling to move on without him would turn him into a vampire but put the blame on one of her progeny of whom she then betrayed and killed playing herself as the savior of Fadil. Massacre of Korinth[]Main Article : Massacre of Korinth Meghanna, Tormund, and Elasus are following Hercuso at the request of Stefon when he leaves the island of Crete and travels by boat accompanied by some of his personal guards, and the three latch on the boat stowing away in the bottom level covered in fish guts to hide their smell. Arriving on Kinthros they watch as Hercuso and his men meet with Hasani Merneith and they watch as the two discuss a meeting that is being held at the capital of the island in Kinthros. Timandra travels to the city of Kinthros where Duke Dimitris Panides attempts to stage a meeting of the different dukes on Kinthros for what he wants to be a mutual pact to defend each other in the case the Vampires begin targeting their island again for violence. Following the group they are horrified when the group meets up with another Vampire group led by Kamilah Napata and then the three groups enter the city killing guards as they go. With only the three of them they are unable to stop the Vampires as they massacre the leaders of the city and then kill hundreds before finally fleeing the city when day gets close and they worry reinforcements may be near. Timandra attempts to leave the meeting but finds the doors blocked and several Vampires enter the meeting killing everyone inside, but Timandra is not killed instead she is raped and left for dead locked inside a closet bleeding out. Entering the keep of the city they find dozens dead including all the prominent leaders but also smell a live girl who turns out to be duchess [[Timandra Thaneas]] and when she begs for vengeance its Meghanna that turns her into a Vampire to offer her a chance at vengeance. Distractions[]
  Gospel of Godrik[]
It was on the island of Minthios that Godrick Neferata and his assembled loyalists would hear of the invasion of Argolis and the subsequent violence of the Vampires in these new lands and look on this with horror. For Godrick this was the end. He now saw no future for the Vampire Court in Greece that didn't lead to them being killed by the increasingly angry population they were ruling over. Realizing this but also understanding that he couldn't leave Greece without first getting permission from Queen Angelica he would make the journey back to Crete to see her. Returning to Crete he and his companions found the Vampire Court at Knossos had become just what they had feared it would when they had left so many years prior. Filled with the excess of the Vampire's bloodlust it was a place of nightmare for the moralistic Godrick, and thus he rushed through the streets towards the palace. Godrick, Romanos, and Vincent would meet with Angelica who at the time was without the bad influence of Hercuso who was at the time off island it was Angelica that would hear them out. Godrick would argue that he and and his supporters would be of best use to her attempting to find a new spot for the Vampires to go in the case that things went badly in Greece. At first Angelica would be uncovinsed but the arrival of Stefon would push her to say yes to them. To make sure that they were able to leave without issue the decision was made to spread the rumor that the three had been killed, and thus only Stefon, and Angelica would know where they were actually going. Following this it was Godrick, Vincent, and Romanos that left through a tunnel in the palace thus leaving the rest of the Vampire court unaware of their true mission. Vengeance of Relvia[] 
The vampires decades of free reign over Crete, and southern Greece would come to an end the moment Relvia returned to her church and discovered the destruction and death. Searching out what had happened it didn't take long for her to discover that it was the Vampires that had commited this act, and wandering the lands of Greece she discovered a land in terror of them. She visited the Dukes of Arcadea, Argolis, and Attica discovering they were all very hateful towards the Vampires but also were terrified of resisting them following the devastation done to eastern Argolis. |
The Founding of Weerhousen[]
Main Article : Weerhousen
| The Founding of Weerhousen We are the true gods of this world. We need to show the world what the gods of this world are capable of. Today we stop. Today we take ourselves a new home. |
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With their new home chosen the Lahmians begin to look at expanding outside their own fortress of Lahmia City where they had made their home base and out into the regions around the city. This expansion was ordered by Queen Neferata of whome while being the figure head of the expansion was delegating the tasks of the actual operation to her Dukes of which Abhorash, and Ushoran would take the lead in this way. The two devised a plan where in Ushoran would use diplomacy and skilled civil management in order to annex different areas that were in the area, and while this was going on Abhorash was preparing the military of the Lahmians in order to militarily defeat the humans if they resisted. In the area there were only two major forces of resistence in the form of the Dutchy of Krieger, and the Confederacy of Gregior of which the Dutchy of Krieger was rumored to be quite powerful and led by an effective leader in House Krieger. While Ushoran moved towards the Confederacy of Gregior he sent Vashenesh and Hercuso to the Dutchy of Krieger where he hoped they could get them to submit easily and avoid any bloodshed. He would also send Fadil Heratee to the realm of Ravensburg where he would be ordered to meet with the leadership of that region in House Constein. Confederacy of Gregior[]Main Article : House Gregior The Confederacy of Gregior was built around its powerful House Gregior of whome controlled a large tract of a region east of Lahmian City, and they also had a vassal Kingdom in the city state of Crailsheim which provided them with economic, and manpower to fuel their growing realm. When Ushoran arrived in the Kingdom he was quick to buy off sell swords, and other people with swaying loyalty and from these people he learned of whom the power brokers were in the realm of which every person seemed to direct him towards House Gregior and its charismatic heir Breven Gregior. Ushoran was very impressed when he met Breven and he realized very quickly that he could save thousands of lives if he were to convince Breven to simply take his people and join with the growing Kingdom of Weerhousen. Ushoran used the only tool he had at his disposal after his bribary was rejected when he threatened to kill the entirety of House Gregior if he was not listened to. Breven called his bluff and Ushoran reluctantly heeded the words of W'Soran who told him he would make Breven understand that they meant business when they were discussing matter. W'Soran would absolutely annihilate nearly half of House Gregior after he and several of his Nechrarch Vampires used Magi to warp in demons to attack and kill members of House Gregior. Following this event the two would meet again and Breven realized what he was dealing with and he allowed the annexation of the Confederacy into the Kingdom of Weerhousen. Ravensburg[] 
Ravensburg was the area that Fadil Heretee was sent to in order to pacify and bring the city state of Ravensburg into the fold. He discovered upon arriving in the region that it was very poor, but its most pressing issue was dealing with the constant raids and invasions from the Trolloc dominated forests to the south. Fadil spent nearly two months building up support amongst the populated southern towns, and villages and his growing army prepared itself to invade the Trollocs. The next time the Trollocs invaded into Ravensburg land the army of Fadil was prepared and waiting for them, and the Trollocs were massacred on such a level that the people of Ravensburg begin to clamor for him to enter a control position within the council of Ravensburg. As he and his army made their way north towards Ravensburg they were opposed by a large force led by the towns leaders who feared his influence. The two armies would maneuver themselves for some time while Fadil waited for his reinforcements to arrive in the form of Soren from the Blood Dragons of whom arrived a week later and made his way to the city of Ravensburg which was now undefended and took control of the town under the banner of Fadil's army. With their city in their enemies hand and the people now obsessively in love with Fadil the army of the town begin to desert in massive numbers until three days after the fall of Ravensburg the army was a skeleton force and Fadil would surround the remainder with his force. No quarter would be offered these men and the remainder were massacred and their holdings and wealth distributed to those houses, and individuals that had not joined them and left Ravensburg. Dutchy of Krieger[]Main Article : House Krieger  
House Krieger was always going to be the section of Weerhousen that gave them the most trouble as it had a solid, and powerful army that was led by the effective and honorable House Krieger. The conversion of this land would begin when Vashenesh, and Hercuso crossed the border with many of their Vampire Bloodline and made their way to the capital of Krieger. When they arrived on the outskirts they were way lade by the town guard of whom said they could not enter and that a series of tents would be set up so that the council of Krieger could meet with them. Vashenesh accepted this and prepared to lead his men to the area they were told to wait, when all of a sudden Hercuso became agitated about this supposed insult and raised his weapon at the guard commander. |
| The Trolloc War These beasts are the only things standing between us and our destiny. I will not allow some creatures barely above cattle to slow the progress my people have made, and because of that I want them ruined. Leave no trace of them. Destroy their homes. Destroy their people. Destroy the very memory of them. |
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War with the Trolloc[]See Also : Krax   With the Vampires staking claim to regions in Weerhousen it was only a matter of time until they upset the massive Trolloc population of the area. As the vampires extended their influence, the Duke W'soran begin massacuring villages and settlements of Trolloc in his constant search for subjects. This got to such a point that the Trolloc of the region begin marshalling under a particularly powerful Trolloc named Krax. Krax beggining raiding local human villages and towns of W'soran, but this was the wrong area to try and insite retribution from since W'soran cared little if anything for the region. As the attacks continued the Trolloc begin spreading to other regions, and attacked a village controlled by the Duke Abhorash. This would be the moment where the attacks of Krax would finally meet resistence as the forces of Abhorash marsheled themselves to destroy the attacking Trollocs. Battle of Hornish Village[]Seeing his servants under attack and a chance for war, the brilliant Abhorash marshaled his army and moved to the village. When he arrived at the village, he found only a small attack force, and was at first disappointed by the little force arrayed against him. As he approached closer though his force was quickly surrounded by the total Trolloc force. Abhorash's army was surrounded by a Trolloc force that outnumbered his by 4-1, but this only egged him on and he pulled his forces in and prepared to withstand the coming attack. Abhorash was correct and the Trolloc did simply charge the Blood Dragon force. The Ambush[]Main Article : The Battle of Gurt The war with the Trolloc of Weerhousen appeared to be going without a hitch, and it wasn't until a massive army of Trollocs ambushed Queen Neferata that they realized they were in a very hostile land. While travelling from Lahmia City to Krieger the convoy was ambushed by a large force of Trolloc. The convoy was moving with Queen Neferata, Vashenesh, Hurcuso, and a number of Vash Consteins vampires, so they were almost cocky in their arrogance. The vampires had traveled throughout Europe in the shadows and had been doing whatever they wanted, and this had blinded them to fact that they could be killed. Ushoran said it best later on. "The Queen had taken us throughout Europe, and in those hundreds of years we had killed mountains of people, and stolen an endless amount of things. All this had been done in the shadows. In the secretive way of our lives, the Queen and the rest of them forgot that we could be killed." -Ushoran Vashenesh fought by the side of the Queen, and he held the carriage for more then twenty minutes against nearly two hundred Trolloc, as the convoy was slowly wiped out he became more and more surrounded until finally during the end the Trollocs were slashing him on the back as he couldn't get around to fight all of them. Finally a large Trolloc came in and was able to defeat the severely weakened Vashenesh and kill him with a brutal slash across the neck which left him nearly decapitated. The Battle itself would end with the deaths of every vampire and human gaurd in the convoy except for the Queen and Hurcuso. When the Queen saw her beloved Vashenesh lying dead in front of her surrounded by dozens of Trolloc that were trying to kill her, she wept tears of blood. It is a very notable thing that in a battle that involved her husband, and much of her retinue she spent the entire post battle holding the body of Vashenesh and didn't even go looking for her husband Hercuso who had somewhat fled the battle in order to survive. It was only out of luck that W'Soran arrived and was able to resurect Vashenesh that saved him from death, and Queen Neferata from madness. Retribution[] |
Arnor Invasion of Weerhousen[]
Main Article : Arnor, Weerhousen
| The Sad End of Jafrey Hemsworth He was an honorable man who deserved far better then what we gave him. |
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 Meghanna may or may not have loved him, but the death of her lover left a hole in her heart. Losing Faith[] 
Whether she loved Jafrey or not wasn't what truly changed Meghanna it was the feeling that the whole thing was completely pointless. She watched as the Vampires massacred the large army and she came to understand what they had become, and that disturbed her more then anything else had ever in her life. As she walked with Jafrey's body to Arnor she felt the weight of all the decisions she had ever made crashing down on her, and nearing half way back to Arnor she was met on the road by Godric, and Eric Olden of whom would talk with her for some time about what she had done, and while Godric was understanding of her pain Eric was disgusted with her and went out of his way to make her feel worse. Following their departure she continued on her road to Arnor and after weeks of walking she finally reached the walls of Fornost where the guards were all over, and she was prepared to die until his brother Jonas Hemsworth came out and saw her face stained with bloody tears, and her carrying the badly decayed body of his brother in her arms and he knew what she was. He ordered his men to take his brother inside to the crypts of House Hemsworth and he stood and talked with the women that had for all intensive purposes murdered his brother and killed thousands of Arnor people in the massacre he was torn. He had seen how much his brother had loved Meghanna and he looked at her and knew that she too loved him. He would finally decide to let her live, and thus she was again survived the conflict that she wanted to end her, and this only broke her further. Experiments[]
Following the massacre of the Arnor army led by Jafrey he would be believed killed in the massacre but instead his spirit was captured from the field by W`soran of whom would use him for decades in twisted experiments. These experiments continued until Meghanna broke into his labratory and killed him freeing him from his torture. Even this was not enough for W`soran of whom cast a curse on him which forced him to remain within the Veil and forced to watch Meghanna`s actions until the end of time. |
Weerhousen Civil War[]
Main Article : Weerhousen Civil War
| The End of the Vampire Court Did you think there would never be any consequences. It was always coming for you sister. This moment was always coming. The only thing I regret is that it took me this long to finally do what I should have done centuries ago. |
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The true start of the Weerhousen Civil War would begin with the return of Davina Denn who would return home alongside her knight guardian Hanzal of House Strom to Ravensburg. Davina Denn had spent years in the Kingdom of Gilneas as a lady in waiting and while there she meets with the King and he reveals that things are changing in Ravensburg as the agents he has sent into Weerhousen are having success in growing the rebellious movement and that soon he will send her back to Ravensburg to pave the way for the eventual Gilneas invasion of Weerhousen. Weeks following this she receives a letter from her brother stating that things are changing rapidly in Ravensburg and she must return home immediately of which she listens to immediately travelling by boat from Gilneas back to Ravensburg. Arriving back at Ravensburg where she is greeted at the gates of the city by several councilors of the city but no members of her family, but among the group is several Vampires of which when she sees them she is attracted to one of the group in the form of Fadil Heretee but clutches her necklace of Glaurung and follows the human Councillors to Ravens Castle. Moving towards the castle she is approached by one of the vampires of whom reveals herself to be Anai Heretee the wife of Fadil Heretee and tells Davina that when she is done seeing her family and meeting with her Councillors the three vampires require a meeting as well, and they do not wish to be waiting long. After a long confrontation with the three vampires Fadil reveals to her that a sickness has wracked the city killing many including several in her family, and without another word she storms off eventually running to the keep of her family. Arriving at the keep she is met by her uncle Marcel and her cousin Marcel of whom try to slow her but she continues running throughout the keep going off instinct and eventually reaching her fathers room where she finds her mother sitting on a chair overlooking her father of whom looks as pale as a ghost. Overcome with emotions she ignores the advise of her uncle and heeds the words of Ser Vincent Lephane, and the councillers and commands the raising of the army of Ravensburg in order to find the vampires in their midst and lock them away until she can make her decision on them. Following the imprisonment of Fadil, Anai, and Circe she would ignore the cries of her brother to stop what she was doing, and looking to the sky she realized that it was high noon and with the sun out at its near peak she would command the entire town to the streets with their hands out to show they were not wearing the day ring, and after finding several Vampires among the townfolk she imprisoned them as well before command the city guard go house to house leading to the capture of two more Vampires of whom she imprisoned all within the dungeons of Ravensburg. Davina Denn finishes writing a letter to her former family in the Kingdom of Gilneas detailing the changes in Weerhousen and that the time has come to intervene, and then following this her uncle knocks on the door and the two speak for some time about the happenings. Alongside her uncle she travels with her guards to visit Fadil, Circe, and Anai in the dungeons beneath the castle where she has a long conversation with them. While talking to them she is told by her guards of the arrival of several Vampires into Ravensburg in the form of Publius Tiferis, Zalika Merneith, Turgut Nur, and Lena Rehner of whom are in the city to reinforce Fadil's original party and Davina lies to Publius there leader about Fadil never arriving and this begins a confrontation when Lena doesn't believe the story and only the quick talking of Davina stops bloodshed, and seeing they are horribly outnumbered the three Vampires leave the city threatening to return with a larger group and wipe out Ravensburg. Before leaving Lena Rehner reveals that she was the one responsible for the murder of Davina's parents and overwhelmed with rage over this Davina pulls her wand out and fires a killing spell at Lena but Lena blocks the spell with her sword striking Zalika Merneith directly killing her instantly and causing the rest of the vampires to flee leaving behind Lena of whom tries to flee as well but Davina strikes her with a second spell leaving her unable to move. Following her conversation with Fadil she makes the decision to heed his words and hands the regency to her uncle while she travels by horse with a company of a hundred knights and men at arms towards the lands of the Strigi. Rebel Alliance[]The next stage of the conflict arrives with the arrival of Davina Denn in Strigi where Ushoran Neferata is about to enter his coffin when he is interrupted by Amir Salam of whom tells him he needs to immediately come to the walls and following without question he arrives at the gates to find a large force of men at the gates with a women on horseback leading them. First Blood[]Having agreed to an alliance between himself, Godric, and Davina Denn Ushoran moves to his next stage when he leaves for his basic vassal in the Kingdom of Dorehousen, and his force arrives near the border with Dorehousen and preparing to cross the bridge into Dorehousen they are fired on from the trees and are forced to fight against ambushing vampire and human attackers carrying the flags of Nechrarch, and after a tough fight they defeat their attackers and take several prisoners including the Magi Ralic Darkslayer of whom they took with them as they crossed the border into Dorehousen. Entering Dorehousen he meets with the Lords of Dorehousen of whom quickly show their true allegiance when they see Ushoran of whom commands that they prepare the army of Dorehousen, and lock up Ralic Darkslayer. Fall of Norba[]Kamilah Napata would return to her seat at New Norba and upon her arrival and her request for the raising of the forces of the Dutchy of Norba she would be betrayed by her court which she discovered quickly had been overrun by forces who revealed themselves to be of the Kingdom of Gilneas and she would be locked up in a cell and sent eastward to Ravensburg alongside the army and population of the Dutchy of Norba. |
Goverment[]
Main Article : Dukes of Weerhousen, Queen Neferata
The Kingdom of Weerhousen is a Vampire Kingdom ruled with absolute power by Queen Neferata . Queen Neferata holds every inch of power, but because she grows bored, and wished to reward her Dukes, she gave over rulership of the main towns of Weerhousen to her Dukes.
As time has gone on a position within the top echolon of power has opened in the mistress of Weerhousen which was created by Queen Neferata's sister Katia Beckinlate in order to give herself more power, and wealth. Through this positon she is growing to be as powerful as Queen Neferata, and the Queen is too busy with her own affairs that she doesn't care enough to curtail this action. Each of these towns reflects the ownership of its Duke, and overall bloodline, so while some areas like Strigi are ruled fairly and kindly, others like the township of W'Soran are nightmarish places of constant fear and death.
The Vampire Court[]
The Kingdom of Weerhousen is ruled fuedally with an absolute monarchy ruling from the top, and this monarchy takes the form of the Vampire Court ruled over by the Vampire Queen in the form of Angelica Neferata. Standing beneath the queen of Weerhousen are several honorary titles within the Vampire court starting with the Mistress of Weerhousen of which is the heir of Weerhousen and has been held by Katia Neferata since the origin of the Kingdom of Weerhousen, and this position of Mistress also takes on many of the normal elements of a fuedal steward. Beneath the
Queen of Weerhousen[]
| Name | Title | Seat | Reign |
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| Angelica Neferata | High Queen of Weerhousen | New Lahmia | - Present |
The Court of Weerhousen[]
| Title Holder | Title | Seat | Reign |
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| Katia Neferata | Mistress of Weerhousen | New Lahmia | - Present |
| High Priest of Weerhousen | New Lahmia | ||
| Overseer of Western Weerhousen | Drakenhof | ||
| Overseer of Eastern Weerhousen | Strigi | ||
| Abhorash Ahtef | Vizier of Weerhousen | Krieger | |
| Chancellor of Weerhousen | New Lahmia |
Dukes of Weerhousen[]
The Bloodlines are basically how the Duke system works in that each bloodline is given a position as a Duke and thus able to completely control their section. The Bloodlines of the Vampires have historically been dominent over every one of the Dutchies, and counties of Weerhousen, but several including Freehold, and Ravensburg are specifically dominated by human lords to create a belief that it is not only Vampires in control.
| Name | Seat | Title Holder | Vampire Bloodline | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutchy of Strigoi | Strigi | Ushoran Neferata | Strigi | |
| High Dutchy of New Lahmia | New Lahmia | Angelica Neferata | Sisterhood of Lahmia | |
| Dutchy of Kreiger | Krieger | Abhorash Ahtef | Blood Dragons | |
| Dutchy of Sylvania | Drakenhof | Stefon Vashenesh | Vash Consteins | |
| County of Hebnon | Hebnon | W'soran | Nechrarch | |
| County of Sanguin | Castle Sanguin | Godrick | Sanguin | |
| Dutchy of Norba | New Norba | Kamilah Napata | Blood Court of Nubia | |
| Dutchy of New Memphis | New Memphis | Corvusia | Blood Court of Lahmia | |
| Dutchy of Freehold | Freehold | None | Influenced heavily by the Blood Dragons | |
| Dutchy of Ravensburg | Ravensburg | Davina Denn | None | Influenced heavily by the Strigi Vampires |
| County of Abydos | Abydos | House of Naatesne | ||
| County of New Giza | New Giza | Istaari Merneith | House of Merneith |
Demographics[]
Ethnicity[]
Religion[]
Officially the Kingdom of Weerhousen is dominated by the Temple of Vampyr which is the Vampiric religion founded by Angelica Neferata which preaches that Vampires are the progenitors of the human race, and thus allows for the humans serving them to have a reason for their terrible existence. There is one off-shoot to the official religion in the Church of Lilith of which is a Vampire religion practiced by the Sanguin, and Strigi Bloodlines, and while on the surface is of the Vampyr religion it is under the surface a Christian based religion.
Offical Religions[]
| Religion | Share of Population |
|---|---|
| Temple of Vampyr | 75% |
| Church of Lilith | 25% |
Unnofical Religions[]
| Religion | Share of Population |
|---|---|
| Church of Lilith | 46% |
| Dragonoph | 31% |
| Temple of Vampyr | 23% |
Population[]
Centers of Population[]
Each Duke is responsible for one of the major cities in Weerhousen. This policy has led to an extreme divergance in the way each city appears in the kingdom. Whether it is the harsh warrior culture of the Blood Dragons city of Krieger, or the nightmare city of Ushoran where the citizens are taken from the street and used in experiments.
| Name | Population | Leadership |
|---|---|---|
| New Lahmia | ||
| Krieger | ||
| Strigi | ||
| Windhelm | ||
| Ravensburg | 111,000 | House Denn |