Houses of Tridon, Part XIII

The House of Varanath was founded Joseph Goldenstein who chose a place near his home village of his birth, which was near the great Varanath mountain. Thus he named his House Varanath.

The coat of arms for Varanath was a volcano on a field of dark blue. After the time of the Chosen the coat of arms changed to a wolf and an axe imposed upon the volcano. The House colors are dark blue and gray.

Varanath is 54 days ride from Bloodhelm, east of Eton half way between Eton and the Tsalagi Mountains.

In the time of the High King's Sword the population is about 25,000 people, mostly humans though some elves and dwarves. Most of the population of the House are ranchers and trappers, thus the city is not very big. Varanath imports grains, textiles, horses, sea food, paper, elven and dwarven goods. They export ores, smelted metals, weapons, timber, gems, jewelry, and furs. Joseph was an original member of Peter's Company of the Dragon and a loyal friend. Varanath supports Peter's son, Stephan, even though he's the second son (about 50 years after Peter becomes High King). Varanath is near a semi-active volcano that causes earthquakes but has not blown its top in known history. The little soil that can be worked is, but the country is rugged and cattle is the primary means of feeding the country. Mines and smelters are plentiful and have been a means of making Varanath quite rich. For the most part the people hare are peaceful and happy. A bandit group has been spotted and encountered in the west branch of the Tsalagi Mountains, but they have not been apprehended as of yet. Jospeh's eldest granddaughter, Josephine, is in line to inherit for his son died at the Battle of Battledrawn ten years ago. She is a capable woman of twenty five, supports the High King and will lead forward the House into prosperous times.

The common alignments here are Chaotic Good, Neutral Good, and Neutral.

The noble Houses of Varanath number four: Volcanus, Miner, Weaponsmith, and Terra.
(When Noshi retakes her House, in a story I do hope to get published, there are no noble Houses because they were all killed)

In the time of the High King's Sword this is the most loyal to the High King, whom ever he may be, and is the seat of the Northern Alliance.
Tomorrow: Tayke, the lost House
(Just as a side note, I shall make a chart with House coats of arms, colors, noble Houses and leaders for the major points in time when I've gone through all the Houses, which we have four more to go)