House Tarbeck

House Tarbeck is a large Vandal House based out of the town of Haelbrooke where they have taken control over the town's leadership. House Tarbeck is the vassal house of House Lannister, and despite being a part of the rebellion against the forces of House Lannister their status as a vassal of the Lannisters has not decreased.

House Tarbeck came to prominence when they journeyed south from Lorraine, and came to found themselves in the eastern part of the valley of Lucerne. During their time here they became very close to House Tyrell, and they formed a barrier on the eastern part of the valley that the Tyrell's used to control the east. This relationship came to an end when during the Driving Tide the Tyrell's were pushed out of power, and in this moment the members of House Tarbeck silently became independant of the rest of the valley, although this didn't last very long as they were quickly invaded by House Lannister under the pretence of the Lannisters fighting for William Lovie. This siege moved all the way to the village of Haelbrooke where House Tarbeck was centered, and during the siege they were taken control of by the Lannisters. Following this they were loyal until the reign of Lann Lannister and during this time they engaged in a brutal rebellion against the Lannisters but following the rebellion they rejoined the fold, and have regrown their powerbase in Haelbrooke.

Valley of Lucerne
House Tarbeck came to prominence when they journeyed south from Lorraine, and came to found themselves in the eastern part of the valley of Lucerne. During their time here they became very close to House Tyrell, and they formed a barrier on the eastern part of the valley that the Tyrell's used to control the east. This relationship came to an end when during the Driving Tide the Tyrell's were pushed out of power, and in this moment the members of House Tarbeck silently became independant of the rest of the valley, although this didn't last very long as they were quickly invaded by House Lannister under the pretence of the Lannisters fighting for William Lovie.

Vassal
This siege moved all the way to the village of Haelbrooke where House Tarbeck was centered, and during the siege they were taken control of by the Lannisters.

Rebellion
Despite his name being nicknamed the Clever, the reign of Lann Lannister shall be remembered as a dark time for House Lannister. During this time Lann Lannister was terrible at leading the house and he caused extensive damage to the House's fortunes. His failure and the redicule he recieved is a major reason for the behavior of Tywin Lannister. During this time the personal lands of House Lannister were beset by rebellion, and it only went full blow into conflict after Tywin begin exerting some control over the house and the vassals saw that he wasn't as stupid as his father. The Vassal Houses of House Lannister in the form of House Reyne, House Tarbeck, and House Nane all grouped together and attempted to take control of Lannistane. In a stroke of the future stupidity of Lann Lannister he allowed himself to be meniplulated by his wife, and his mistresses into allowing his brother Tylin Lannister to massacre several women, and children of the houses that had rebelled inside the city of Lannistane. This massacre led to an even greater turn of events which could not be slowed no matter how hard anyone in the house tried. In a last ditch effort Lann once again listened to his mistress and had his brother Tymen Lannister - who was the most able mind in the leadership at the time - go to the town of Haelbrooke and attempt to discuss the problems between the two. Tymen warned him that after the massacre of so many members of their houses they would react violently towards him, but he rejected this advise and insisted on sending Tymen.

Death of Tymen Lannister
When Tymen arrived he was accompanied by a small force of some fifty of his personal gaurd, and the entire force was taken under gaurd to the center of town where Tymen understood bad things were about to happen when the military leaders of the houses greated him instead of the leadership of the house. He was correct, and oer the course of the next three hours the entire group was executed and their heads were put into bags and sent back to Lannistane. With the murder of Tymen the leadership of House Lannister was now completely controlled by Tylin Lannister, and the mistress of Lann Lannister, which meant that things were not going to go well. Tylin was given free reign and his brutal actions led to a further increase in the conflict, which threatened to embroil the involvment of the actual Kingdom of Lucerne when a letter was sent to Lann Lannister that James Lovie was prepared to involve himself before he had another situation like what happened with House Targaryan. With this in mind the rebels attempted to drag the conflict on so that House Lovie would become involved in the conflict, and this meant that they moved their forces to take control of the villages around Lannistane thereyby blocking the forces of House Lannister inside the fortress.

Stalemate
With the rebels fortifying themselves it tok the violence of Tylin Lannister to break the sieg. Tylin took a large force of Lannister forces and went behind the lines, right inside the village of House Nune, and engaged in a quick siege which led to the deaths of nearly the entire House Nune. With this violent act the other rebels changed their stance and begin to move directly towards a siege of Lannistane itself. During this intial drive to the city the members of House Lannister reacted to the defeat of the force of Tylin Lannister, and following the defeat their was going to be no mercy for the merciless Tylin Lannister and he was executed and his body blown into the wind after being lit on fire while still alive.

Battles
The region was beset by battles as the outnumbered forces of House Lannister battled for their lives, but were pushed back inch by inch to Lannistane. As victory for the rebels seemed sure Lann Lannister gave the command of House Lannister's army to his son Tywin and following this decision the tides of the conflict changed. Where Lann's command structure was filled wiht morons Tywin surrounded himself quickly with skilled commanders, as well as those loyal to him. As the rebels besieged the city he held them off for weeks while he secretly plotted with House Reyne. Tywin offered House Reyne the lands of House Nane if they would turn against the rebels and join with House Lannister, and House Reyne was open to this if the situation changed and put House Lannister in a position of power. So knowing what he had to do, Tywin moved his forces out the north gate of Lannistane and met the rebels on the field of battle.