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Berne is a secretive fortress city built into the west side of the Lucerne Mountains. It has always been technically a member of the Kingdom Of Lucerne, but for a long period of time it was under the control of Sean Lovie's side of the rebelion and under the control of the True Sons of Lucerne. Following the capture of the city in the Fall of Berne it has become a Lord city in the Kingdom of Lucerne and is close to being connected by tunnel to Lucerne.

Berne is populated by Vandals due to the fact that when it was being populated this was mainly done by House Arryn of whome brought much of their servents, and all of their vassal houses when they left. Because of this it is the most homeogenuous of the Valley of Lucerne cities and for this reason a center of the Vandal culture in Lucerne.

The city was constructed by Bill Lovie for being the basic last stand spot for the Kingdom of Lucerne, and its construction was placed in high regard due to Bill's growing belief that the Kingdom was going to be destroyed and they had to flee to the mountains. Bill Lovie would make a costly mistake when he sent the non-loyalist House Arryn to take control of Berne as their were other houses that owed him a lot more and had he of picked someone other then House Arryn he may have held the city far longer then he did. The city was a well run city for a time until Sean Lovie would arrive in Berne and take control of the city under the banner of the True Sons of Lucerne, and he would turn it into a nightmarish city where he commited violence on an unspeakable level. This changed when Andrew took control of it after the Lucerne Civil War, and since then it has expanded to be the center of the western trade with the Elves.

History

Construction

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House Arryn

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When Byron Arryn and the rest of his house arrived in Berne they all marvalled at the beauty of the town, and they understood quickly how much of a fortress the city was. House Arryn spent the first years of their reign in Berne continueing to increase the mining that went on in the town, as well as furthering the underway which was part of the command by Bill Lovie. It was while this was going on that the young prince Andrew Lovie would begin the Journey which would dramatically change the fate of House Arryn and Berne. House Arryn did not send any troops to assist House Lovie, and the young prince as they were meant to appear as if they no longer existed. But when Andrew Lovie returned to Lucerne victorious and proceeded to banish Sean, and Bill Lovie from the KIngdom House Arryn was about to be unable to hide themselves. While Bill Lovie fled westward to the fallen city of Orleans with what remained of his Circle of Magi, Sean Lovie retreated to Berne under orders from his father to use the city to launch a civil war against his brother. In this copasity the growing insanity of Sean entered Berne and while he was greeted by the people as the royalty he believed he was, Sean treated this with indignation and in fact through a gaurd off the walls of Berne in his march into the city.

Sean Lovie

See Also : Sean Lovie

With Sean's arrival in the city, Berne was no longer under the control of House Arryn but was now under the control of the newly created goverment of Sean Lovie self-entitled the True Sons of Lucerne. The rule of the True Sons of Lucerne was pure madness, and the peaceful and growth oreanted nature of House Arryn was replaced by a madness enduced chaotic nature which led to violence in the streets. Murderes all around. Sean Lovie is said to have exectuted a person a day towards the later days of his reign in Berne, and if murder was all he did then that was one thing but he in fact made a sport of trying new things and his raping, and sexual deviancy became out of control while in Berne.

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Murder of Allison Arryn

It was during this dark time where Byron's rule had been taken over by Sean Lovie that the social climbing member of House Arryn in Allison Arryn rose to prominance as she allowed Sean to act out many of his sexual desires on her. This gave her a growing amount of power, and for a time she came to believe that she was even controlling Sean. When she learned she was pregnant with his child she came to understand how little she controlled when she told him the news. The best description of the events was by Ezio Ederiz who was in the room when it all went down.

"I watched as Allison entered the room with a skip to her step. Her smile was always one that she had manuphactured in her mind, but today as she entered I noticed a genuine nature to her eyes. As she approached the mad prince he barely even moved his eyes from the poor women that was on her knees pleasing him. It was moments like this that made me want to walk over and kill him. Looking back I could have done it. The room had maybe four people that would defend him and I could have killed them with ease. Perhaps it was cowerdess. Perhaps it was something elce entirely, but before I could further examine the situation she blurted out to Sean who was still being assisted by the poor women I might add. She blurted out to him that she was pregnant with his child. As she waited with that extatic look on her face the entire room went silent. Everyone stopped what they were doing which included the women with Sean. Perhaps it was that she had stopped that caused the rage. Maybe it was the fact that deep down he understood that he shouldn't father anything. Whatever it was he simply got up walked over to Allison who still had a look of pure happiness and pushed her to the ground before taking out his knife and stabbing her repeatadly in the stomach."

-Ezio Ederiz

With the murder of Allison the situation in Berne became uncontrollable. The Members of House Arryn had lost one of their members, and following the murder Sean Lovie held Amanda Heard under his control in a cage by his bed.

Governance

Lord of Berne

The city is ruled in the way of all Lucernian cities with its overall direction being the responsibility of the King of Lucerne, but the day to day actions being done by the Lord of the city. The Lord is the feudal leader of the city, and has final appointment of all of his Yarls, and Thanes thus making him able to control the leadership caste of the city.

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See Also : Byron Arryn

Byron Arryn is the son of Talbot, and Mernia Arryn making him both a member and the current patriarch of House Arryn. Following the Battle of Berne he was retained by Andrew Lovie who remade him the Lord of Berne. Byron Arryn has two siblings in the form of Amber, and Talbot Arryn of which his sister Amber is the matriarch of House Heard before her death in the Battle of Tree Hill, and his brother Talbot accompanied their father to the Battle of Lyons and was struck down while fighting. Byron Arryn married Ella Arryn when he was young and with her and before she died he had three children with her in the form of Aria, Spencer, and Byron of which Aria is a popular member of the house of whome is taking over the role of her mother since Ella died, his son Byron was the heir to the throne of House Arryn until his suprising betrayal left him following Bill Lovie into exile, and his final daughter Spencer has become very involved militarility in House Arryn and fought well during the Invasion of Westbridge. With Ashley Martin he has one other child in the form of Hanna Martin of whome upon the death of Ashley became a member of House Arryn and created a lot of problems amongst the house.

Byron is a man who lusted after power and influence for so long that when Bill Lovie came to him with what appeared to be a brilliant offer to Lord over the new city of Bern, Byron said yes with little thought. As Lord of Berne, Byron made great strides towards increasing the power, and importance of Berne, and he had hoped that these efforts would be met with approval by Bill Lovie, but instead he discovered that Andrew Lovie's victory during the Journey meant that his lord Bill Lovie was exiled from Lucerne and the mad prince Sean Lovie arrived in Berne. Under control now from Sean Lovie Byron was forced to watch as some terrible things were done to the citizens of Berne, and during this time he attempted to save his family and as many people as he could. With the end of the Lucernian Civil War, and his reputation increasing after the battle, he has been left in a place of Lordship over Berne.

Yarl

The Yarl of the city is the most powerful military position of the city. The position is appointed by the Lord of the city, and the individual serves 3 year terms but can be removed if a serious infraction is commited.

The current Yarl of the city is (find one) who is a member of the House Arryn honor gaurd.

Thanes

The Thanes are individuals who have a specific task to accomplish in the city. Each Thane is responsible for the role they have been placed, and like Yarls they are appointed by the Lord.

Noteable Thanes

City Layout

Berne

The city of Berne is built deep inside the mountains and it is approachable through a winding opening, and then a vast field, followed by another vast field. Each of these is defended by defences that are built into the mountains meaning they cannot be assailed until you reach the deepest sections of the mountain and by this point you probably have very little forces left.

The city is obviously in Orc held territorry but is nearbye Quel'Thalas so it has some protection but it suffers more attacks then any other city in Lucerne.

Travel can be done westward through the road out, but most travel is accomplished through the Underway which is the vast underground tunnel road that connects Berne with Lucerne.

Demographics

Ethnicity

Religion

Houses

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House Arryn

See Also : House Arryn

House Arryn is the main house and Lord House of the Lucernian city of Berne.

Originally from Forks, their discontent in their importance in the city led Bill Lovie to use them when he began construction of Berne. When they arrived at Berne they were at first effective leadership for the town, and were the main reason it grew in the beggining as quickly as it did. Once Andrew Lovie banished Sean Lovie during the end of the Journey they found their position basically taken over by Sean, and his True Sons of Lucerne.

The House was a central member and also very unwilling member of theTrue Sons of Lucerne . They played a significant role in the Lucernian Civil War as they were used by the True Sons as the figureheads for the movement, and in this way were forced to do some very violent things by the order of Sean. At the end of the war many in their house were executed for treason but due to the love Andrew had for Hannah Martin and the efforts of a few of the members of HOuse Arryn they were allowed to retain their lordship over Berne.

House Krinner

House Krinner

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House Krinner is a medium sized Goth House located within the Kingdom of Lucerne inside the city of Berne. House Krinner is one of the earliest of the vassal houses of House Arryn and they form the backbone of the military detatchment that House Arryn relies upon for most of their campaigns.

Their motto is, “As High as Honor.” and they have formed this motto off the model that their Lord House in House Arryn uses as theirs. This motto stands on the fact that they feel that they are an ancient line of a family that makes the example they set for everyone elce vastly more important then just being wealthy, and powerful.

House Krinner was originally apart of the larger House Morint but during the years before the Driving Tide several members of House Krinner were married to daughters in House Morint and the daughters were so loyal to House Morint that they took much of what made that house work into their new house creating a new house. During this time House Krinner was a vassal of House Krinner, but this changed when during the Driving Tide House Morint was mauled during the fighting and its Lord died along with his only sons meaning the house was basically gone for all intensive purposes. With this in mind, House Krinner became the vassal of House Arryn following the Driving Tide, and they became more heavily situated inside Forks then they had been before. When House Arryn moved to Berne they were obviously followed by their vassals and House Krinner was no exception to this, and they became one of the primary houses within Berne upon arriving.

House Dorin

House Dorin

See Also : House Dorin

House Dorin is a medium sized Visigoth House that lies inside the Kingdom of Lucerne and makes its center of operations within the city of Berne. House Dorin was given to House Arryn as a vassal shortly after their sudden arrival in the Kingdom of Lucerne and since this day they have done everything possible to prove their loyalty to their Lord House.

Their motto is, “As High as Honor.” and they formed this motto based on the motto of their Lord House in House Arryn. This motto stands on the fact that they feel that they are an ancient line of a family that makes the example they set for everyone elce vastly more important then just being wealthy, and powerful.

House Dorin is one of the youngest houses in the Kingdom of Lucerne as they only reached the valley of Lucerne during the reign of James Lovie, and the numbers they brought with them were deemed at first to be a threat considering that the other Visigoth houses didn't know of House Dorin, but it was deemed after a time that they would become a member of the Kingdom of Lucerne and in this way they were given to House Arryn as a vassal house.

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House Heard

See Also : House Heard

"My House deserved a better fate then what it found. My sister did not deserve to fall the way she did and no matter what I do from this point on the House I grew up with is gone. Nothing left but the memory of the good days."

-Mike Heard

House Heard is a very minor house in theKingdom Of Lucerne that has become a tributary House of House Arryn.

Once a mightier house they fell into this position when their male heirs were killed during the events of the Plague, and the only surviving member was Amber Heard who married Benjamin Arryn and thus basically merged the two houses. House Heard now uses the House Arryn sigil as their own as the two have ceased being seperate Houses.

Mike Heard the male son of Amber Heard, and Benjamin Arryn decided following the death of his sister during the Battle of Berne that the House Heard name was gone, and he would completely enter the ranks of House Arryn. This means that perhaps one of the top ten largest houses in Lucerne had fallen into extinction in less then 15 years, a truly magnificant fall that mirrors perhaps only the fall of House Targaryan.

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