House Anguill

"Faithful and Fearless"

House Anguill, led by the venerable Lord Piers Anguill, is a well to-do house that oversees trade along a stretch of the Blue Fork south of the Twins.

Stats and pregame History
House Anguill was originally founded when a hedge knight from the Westerlands, one Erik 'Eel' Tanner, was awarded a parcel of land for his valiant actions during Aegon's Conquest, a stretch of plains and wetlands on the southern banks of the Blue Fork. Lord Erik Anguill and his descendants continued to win glory and respect by participating in several successful conflicts over the years as wandering knights and occasionally generals, until the War of the Usurper. The patriarch of the house at the time, Luthor Anguill, fell in the opening skirmishes, and was succeeded by his son Piers. The new Lord Anguill elected to consolidate their fortunes by improving the infrastructure of the wharf town of Dartmoor, but remained supportive of their liege lords. After a brief period of peace, Piers met with scandal and the persistent derision of other Lords of the Forks due to his refusal to aid the house's neighbours during the Greyjoy Rebellion. Instead, they fortified their position, unwilling to send reinforcements or supplies and expose themselves to river raiders. While their caution did result in the fending off of several raids by ironmen and opportunistic bandits headed upstream, it also made Lord Piers the target of derision in the following years, with his gloomy countenance, grip over the marshlands and his muddied reputation earning him the nickname 'Murklord'.

The rule of House Anguill is somewhat insular, traditionalist and pious. The preservation of their people and their house has always been their foremost goal. The presence of a white marble Sept in the centre of Dartmoor, commissioned by Warrick Anguill, Lord Anguill's great-grandfather, has traditionally given the Anguills a strong religous backing and an increased sway over their equally pious people. However, the current heir of the house, Tomas, has returned from the courts of Riverrun after serving Lord Loarn as an attendant for the past five years. His time in the courts has endowed him with keen diplomatic skills, as well as notions of expansion and reclamation of the respect his house has lost.

Defense 34 (Small Castle-30)

Influence 22 (Firstborn son-free, firstborn daugher-10, second son-10)

Lands 36 (Plains+grassland+stream+light wood=10, Wetlands+Small Town+river-26)

Law 36 (-1 to house fortune rolls)

Population 25 (+1 to house fortune rolls)

Power 22 (veteran infantry-9, trained archers-8, trained garrison-5)

Wealth 33 (Sept-15, Market-10)

 Income and Expenditures 

-Hosted Tournament (-5 wealth = 28)

-House fortunes I: +2 wealth = 30

-House fortunes II: +3 wealth = 33,

History: Established (4 events)

Favour > Favour > Infrastructure > Scandal

Family
Lord: Piers 'Murklord' Anguill, age 46

Piers Anguill, son of Giles Anguill, son of Luthor Anguill, son of Warrick Anguill the Pious, is a stern and dutiful man utterly devoted to the wellbeing of both his family and the souls under his protection. Somewhat bitter at the stain on his reputation earned during the Greyjoy Rebellion, he takes great solace in his faith, often seen at the front of the service at the Dartmoor Sept. A competent fighter and steward, he is content to govern his stretch of the Blue Fork, supporting his children in their various pursuits. However, he has a reputation for being somewhat merciless in the persecution of lawbreakers, an approach reinforced by his piety to the point where some among his peers view him as a grim arbiter of the Seven.



Heir: Tomas Anguill, 22 Bastard Daughter: Kaelin Rivers, 22
 * Diligent, Just, Greedy, Cowardly
 * Madness. Temperate, Honest, Envious, Cowardly

Daughter: Linya Anguill, 17
 * Dwarf. Charitable, Sociable, Greedy, Slothful

Son: Pierson Anguill, 15
 * Diligent, Charitable, Lustful, Gluttonous

Retainers

Septon Hayle Ser Hugh of the Vale
 * Sociable, Trusting, Shy, Deceitful

Master-at-Arms Ser Jed Rivers (Hedge Knight and bastard of the Axegifts- gold crossed pikes on a red background) Master of the Hunt Kaelin Rivers (see Family)
 * Lisp. Diligent and Sociable, Proud and Gluttonous.
 * Ugly. Kind, Brave, Decietful, Ambitious

Steward Derik Hollis
 * Patient, Trusting, Greedy, Ambitious