House Banner

House Banner is a large and powerful Vandal House located in the town of Juetenburg and inside the region called the Divine Lands. House Banner had retained its independance for generations and is known for its dedication to the Dragonoph religion and the fact that they once had at their height some four dragons. House Banner has been in a rivalry with House Karstarke since the betrayal of House Starke led House Banner to assist House Starke and this led to the deaths of their dragons. Since this time House Banner has constantly attempted to regain a dragon, and before the town was sacked they were close to aquiring a dragon egg from Pontus of whom only wanted a single item in return of which was captured by House Urnet during the sacking of Juetenburg.

Jeutenburg was founded following the collapse of the land following the Downfall of Numeron, and its first inhabitents were Vandals who had crossed the Rhine during the Vandal migration. The largest power within the town quickly becameHouse Banner of whom rose to power after its founder was succesful on a dragon's dream. This led to House Banner controlling a dragon for many years, until during a period of conflict they sided with House Starke, and were pushed into that conflict. Despite their dragon and large forces they were unable to save House Starke, and to add insult House Karstarke would kill their dragon during the battle, and the two young dragons he had spawned. Since this time House Banner has constantly attempted to regain a dragon, and before the town was sacked they were close to aquiring a dragon egg from Pontus of whom only wanted a single item in return of which was captured by House Urnet during the sacking of Juetenburg. Following this Juetenburg would turn its attention westward where they joined into an alliance between themselves, Koenisburg, and Grandlen of whom remained independant but promised to aid eachother in case of conflict. This worked to protect Juetenburg for many generations and by the time of the Journey the town had some sixty thousand people and a large army to defend the town. Jeutenburg would be threatened by the Kingdom of Bolten and this would cause their alliance to go to the Kingdom of Lucerne for assistence. Despite assurances that if they attacked they would be declaring Casi Belle for the Kingdom of Lucerne the Kingdom of Bolten would sack Jeutenburg. Despite their defences and army Jeutenburg put up little fight and was sacked by the vengeful army of Bolten. As the army of Bolten moved on the town was occupied by House Karstarke of whom had an ancient vendeta with the town, and they acted brutally towards the population executing people for perceived loyalty to Lucerne. Following the retreat of the forces of Bolten the town was bypassed by the main Bolten army and was then besieged by the forces of House Lannister, House Clegane, and House Banner. The fighting continues as the Lucernians have surrounded the town and are fighting the lingering Karstarke forces who have little hope of survival.

Early History
Jeutenburg was founded following the collapse of the land following the Downfall of Numeron, and its first inhabitents were Vandals who had crossed the Rhine during the Vandal migration. The largest power within the town quickly becameHouse Banner of whom rose to power after its founder was succesful on a dragon's dream. This led to House Banner controlling a dragon for many years, until during a period of conflict they sided with House Starke, and were pushed into that conflict. Despite their dragon and large forces they were unable to save House Starke, and to add insult House Karstarke would kill their dragon during the battle, and the two young dragons he had spawned. Since this time House Banner has constantly attempted to regain a dragon, and before the town was sacked they were close to aquiring a dragon egg from Pontus of whom only wanted a single item in return of which was captured by House Urnet during the sacking of Juetenburg. Following this Juetenburg would turn its attention westward where they joined into an alliance between themselves, Koenisburg, and Grandlen of whom remained independant but promised to aid eachother in case of conflict. This worked to protect Juetenburg for many generations and by the time of the Journey the town had some sixty thousand people and a large army to defend the town.

Sack of Juetenburg
Main Article : First Bolten-Lucerne War


 * Domeric_Bolten1.jpg"The Kingdom of Bolten was the first time we were ever met agressively by an oponent, and at first we were shocked at their actions. I determined quickly that they had to be stopped at any cost, and this led to our promise to defend our two major allies in the region, and a massive influx of our troops into the region."
 * -William Lovie III.

With the taking of Westbrige the region of Bolten became more interested in its own growth and in particular they really wanted to get the Lucernian army involved in pitch battles which they had the numbers to survive. In order to do this they begin threatening several allies of Lucerne in western Westros in the form of Koenisburg, and the town of Jeutenburg. While these threats rancheted up the Kingdom of Lucerne did exactly what the Boltens hoped they would do when they brought huge forces to bear on the defences of the Westros river crossing of Levin. The Lucernians also made it known that any action taken against their allies in Koenisburg, or Jeutenburg would be deemed a decleration of war against Lucerne itself. This promice to defend meant a lot to the two towns, and most believed that with that the conflict would be ended before any blood was spilled. This idea changed quickly when the Kingdom of Bolten sacked Jeutenburg in a massive siege that took place in the guise of a peace mission.
 * Sack_of_Juetenburg.jpg"Jeutenburg was still on fire as the army of the Boltens moved towards the city of Koenisburg, and if not for our earlier speed it would have been the white marble of Koenisburg burning next."
 * -Jon Snow

Jeutenburg was given very little quarter with nearly half the city killed, and the survivors forced to live under the occupation of House Urnet, and House Karstarke of whom House Urnet spent their time ransacking the city of its ancient wealth and history. As House Urnet it was the vengeance of House Karstarke that was taken out on the town as they executed many of the town for percieved loyalty to Lucerne. As the army of Bolten did this their was devision as the forces under the command of Domeric Bolten, and House Hornwood would protect several areas within the city, and were the main reason the entire city wasn't massacred. With conflict between this force, and the more chaotic forces of Ramsey Bolten looking likely a raven arrived from Roose Bolten who tasked them with quickly moving towards Koenisburg before the Lucernians could react. Following this the army of the Boltens moved very quickly to camp itself outside the walls of Koenisburg thereby threatening the survival of the city for the first time in its history.

Retaking of Juetenburg
Following the retreat of the forces of Bolten the town was bypassed by the main Bolten army and was then besieged by the forces of House Lannister, House Clegane, and House Banner. The fighting continues as the Lucernians have surrounded the town and are fighting the lingering Karstarke forces who have little hope of survival.

Family Members

 * &dagger; Fedor Banner. Died of Old Age
 * &dagger; Sommer Banner. Died during the sacking of Jeutenburg
 * Nikolas Banner
 * &dagger; Adala Banner. Died during the sacking of Juetenburg
 * Erma Banner
 * Corina Banner
 * &dagger; Minnie Banner. Died during the sacking of Juetenburg
 * Theo Banner
 * &dagger; Arthur Banner. Died during the sacking of Juetenburg
 * Klara Banner
 * &dagger; Otto Dragoon. Died during the sacking of Juetenburg
 * Gerlinde Banner
 * &dagger; Kaspar Banner. Died during the sacking of Juetenburg