House Crane

House Crane is a large Vandal House located in the Kingdom of Lucerne where they dominate the province of Southern Tree Hill and the capital of the province in Crane Castle. House Crane is the vassal of House Scott, and they have been this way since the departure of House Targaryan.

House Crane dominates the province of southern Tree Hill, of which much like northern Tree Hill, and western Tree Hill is sparsely populated and is mainly farmland. House Crane`s main holding is Crane Castle of which is a very large castle surrounded by a significant town, and is a meeting point for the southern lands. House Crane has taken to raising a large amount of horses and they have taken this as their main point of export with many of the great houses of Lucerne all buying horses raised in the Crane Lands.

House Crane would suffer the least of the Scott Houses during the Orcish Invasion of Tree Hill as they were cut off from being able to assist, and they had none of their members in the city. House Crane would remain isolated for years following the siege, and this led to a sort of independance that many in the house came to enjoy more then paying taxes. During The Journey House Crane was alerted by House Tyrell to the develepments but refused to send men, and thus when Tree Hill was eventually liberated the news got out that they had not assisted and they became blacksheep in the Tree Hill region. There Lord in Dustin Crane became known as Cowardly Crane, and was insulted throughout the entirety of the Invasion of Westbridge where House Crane would take part in. During the events following the Invasion of Westbridge they were targeted by Dan Scott of whom offered them redemption if they sided with him, and thus House Crane fell behind Dan in order to try and regain their once reputable situation in Tree Hill.

History

Fall of House Targaryan

Main Article : House Targaryan

Fall of House Targaryan Once there were three friends that had started the Kingdom of Lucerne. Today we say goodbye to one of our friends, and hello to a new world without one third of our hearts.

“My father used to tell me that there were three major houses in the Kingdom of Lucerne that were our friends without any question. House Targaryan was one of those three. ” — Bill Lovie Aryes Targaryan II. would be the Lord of Tree hill following the death of his father Aryes Targaryan I. and he would oversee the complete embarrassment of his House from Lucerne. His reign started simply enough but it took a dramatic and horrifying turn when there was a hostage situation caused by two vassal houses in House June against House Cash. The two houses had been stuck in a battle over some farm land east of the city, and were unable to solve it diplomatically, and some of the more headstrong members of the two families had gotten into a fight at a tavern where two members of House Cash ended up dying alongside several guards for each house. When Aryes went to the estate of house June in order to solve the problem he was accidentally taken hostage by the House June honor guard and during the early part of the captivity he was tortured using a fire pick against his arms. Eventually a member of House June entered the honor guard station and discovered the beaten body of Aryes targaryan, and having never meant for that to happen House June immediately let him go, but the damage was done. Destruction of House June Aryes Targaryan II. “He supposedly locked himself completely in his room not allowing anyone to see him. He was frightened, and one could understand why, but he allowed that fear to overtake him, and destroy everything we had built.” — Aryes Targaryan III. When Aryes targaryan returned to tree hill he withdrew himself into the keep of Tree Hill and basically disappeared from the public eye for almost a year. During this time he was tended to through the dropping of food at the door, and only his sister Shaelenia was allowed to come into his room, and even she is said to have been kept at a great distance by the now disturbed Aryes Targaryan. When he finally came out of his office he was completed unkeped and he had nails that were insanely long. He had dropped an immense weight due to the fact that he had eaten so little over the time he was hidden. But on top of the physical change he was emotionally changed as well as he had become unhinged mentally and now saw visions, and heard voices. The once quiet peacemaker ordered the Tree Hill army to march on the House June estate and kill everyone inside. As this was happening and over the year previous the leadership of House Tyrell had been making movements in order to sap the support of House Targaryan, and knowing that the Targaryans would most likely take revenge for the imprisonement of Aryes the Tyrell's would promice both House June, and House Cash that they would come to their aid in the event that the Targaryans attacked them. The Tree Hill army acting under the command of Aryes Targaryan would marshal and besieged the House June where they would surrender themselves only a few days into the siege, as it was clear that outside assistence was not coming in the form of House Tyrell of whom had promiced them they would help them. As this happened the army of the Tyrells would arrive from Highgarden, and they joined the more southern Stormlands houses as the siege continied of the small hold of House June. “Noone had seen it coming, but afterwards noone could stop the momentum of death and destruction that Aryes had unleased when he killed House June.” — Earl Scott Aryes at this point would arrive at the estate and despite hearing the pleas of House June that they had no meant to imprison the Lord of House Targaryan he wouldn't hear it and killed the two June members that had come under the protection of the Guest Right, and following this commanded his army to massacre everyone inside the castle. When many of the houses refused this Aryes turned to his brother Aegon Targaryan of whom led the Targaryan forces into the now opened castle where they killed everyone inside. When the massacre was complete the city was shocked at the near complete destruction of a large noble house (with only the youngest son, and his sister surviving the massacre due to the intervention of Drunten Targaryan), but in this instance the city felt that since house June had started it perhaps this action was necessary. The next retaliation of Aryes targaryan was far beyond the acceptable scenario of tree hill though, and it was finally the moment the large Tyrell at the edge of the city had waited for. Destruction of House Cash “It is said that so great was his hatred that he burned them alive himself. Screaming and laughing while he did it.” — Mastir Tyrell House cash was the other house involved in what Aryes came to believe was a plot to capture and embarrass him, so Aryes once again ordered the tree hill army to do his bidding through the destruction of House Cash. Unfortunately for Aryes the army wasn't willing to destroy House Cash so Aryes was forced to turn to the House Targaryan honor gaurd who moved quickly in the massacre. The honor gaurd moved throughout the house cash home and murdered nearly the entire house in a three hour battle that spilled into the street and ended up leading to the deaths of almost 200 people. With this kind of death count the people of Tree Hill turned swiftly against House Targaryan and their started to be open resisting against their movements. As this rebellion continued the ire of House Lovie was brought in through the involvement of James Lovie who left Lucerne in a convoy to Tree Hill and would arrive in a week. The Week “By that point we were basically just praying to god that James would arrive in the city before the Tyrell's got their hands on us. Despite the fact that we were still members of the royal family of Tree Hill we started to hear the calls against us in the streets.” — Aegon Targaryan House Targaryan was now in open revolt amongst themselves as well as Aegon Targaryan said they must all stay together but Drunten Targaryan wanted to hand over Aryes Targaryan and try to appease the mobs that were out for blood now. This blood lust was spilling into the streets as the members were being verbally and physically attacked in the streets after the massacre of House Cash of which caused them to have to hide themselves into their estate within the city. The House Targaryan estate was what the current Scott Keep was and thus it was built into the cliffs in the center of the city, and from this it was extremely heavily defended, but by this point the Tyrells had picked their side. The Tyrells would lead the army of Tree Hill in sieging the Targaryan estate, and they were able to kill a large number of the Targaryan honor gaurd during the intial assaults on the keep. In only two days following James Lovie getting the letter and leaving Lucerne the House Targaryan estate became under siege by the citizens of Tree Hill along with House Scott, and House Tyrell. The siege continued for three more days before the gate of the estate was finnally breached, and the city waited with held breath for what the people would do as punishment to House Targaryan. The siegers entered the estate and begin gathering together all of House Targaryn and before House Scott - who didn't want violence done before James Lovie arrived - could stop it the House was marched to the center of Tree Hill where House Tyrell had erected a temporary executioners square. As this was happening several of the more level headed houses joined with House Scott where they massed themselves in a possible belief that they might storm the square and fight the Tyrells over the violence they were doing. Over the course of three hours the members of House Targaryan were brought to stand before the city of Tree Hill, and depending on the wishes of the city they were exectuted. The violence reached its apex as the Tyrells executed Shaelenia Targaryan the young sister of Aryes but before they did a man of House Lonmout would sexually violate her as her head was bound prepared to be killed, and this caused the already insane Aryes to go completely insane. The last to be judged was Aryes Targaryan, and before he could say a word Kraven June the eleven year old surviving member of House June stepped forward and stabbed Aryes Targaryan through the neck killing him. With the trials all done the surviving members of House Targaryan retreated back to their estate where there was full scale looting underway. House Scott moved into the estate and offered House Targaryan protection, and it was this act that basically saved what remained of House Targaryan. “House Scott saved the rest of them because I was five minutes from ordering the killing of every remaining Targaryan in the town. Five minutes longer and House Scott loses the chance of saving them.” — Mastir Tyrell In the end in the four hour trial of House Targaryan thirty two members of the House were dead including its patriarch in Aryes Targaryan II., and the remainder were in the custody of House Scott of whom had taken them alongside the rest of the houses allied to the Scotts and fled outside of the city. By this point the Tyrells had gone completely in on retaking Tree Hill, and trying to gain back what they had lost with the rise of House Lovie, and so they massed their forces and moved towards the Scotts in a movement that if it had more time would have resulted in a battle between the Scott forces, and the Tyrell's. Before the two could fight though the arrival of the vangaurd of the Lovie forces in House Swan would stop any further violence, and as the Swan troops entered the city they would alongside several neutral houses move to stop the rioting in the streets that the Tyrells had incited. Arrival of James Lovie See Also : James Lovie “I arrived to a scene of madness and death. People were running around trying desperatly just to stay alive, while fires seemingly burned out of control. While all this happened Mastir Tyrell and his sons would meet me as if they hadn't done a thing. Had they of shown any kind of remorse I would have given them the lordship, but when I realized not only did they not regret it but they were happy it happened I knew they couldn't have it.” — James Lovie When James Lovie arrived in Tree Hill his worse fears were realized as he walked amongst the ruins of the center of the town and the piles of bodies that he discovered. As he saw the body of Aryes Targaryan he was approached by the leadership of Tree Hill of whome was their to explain to him what had happened to House Targaryan. As each house told him that House Tyrell was responsible he finally came to House Tyrell and prepared to meet their delagation. House Tyrell at the time was led by Mastir Tyrell and he would meet the King of Lucerne at the burnt out remains hobbled together alongside his young son Olenna Tyrell and his other family members. When he met with James Lovie he nearly assumed that House Tyrell was going to be given command, as Mastir didn't see anyone elce who was even possible outside of House Scott, and House June but House June was nearly destroyed. So when James Lovie said to him that he would have to think about what the next step was Mastir became agitated and nearly spoke with hostility towards James, but he was silenced by his brother before he would have been executed. Aemon Targaryan would lead the exodus of the Targaryans from Tree Hill. “He left me standing there and I still knew in my mind that we had it in the bag. I maen litteraly every house with the power, wealth, and influence to be given lordship was either dead, fled, or was us so for me there was no real option.” — Mastir Tyrell When James left he went with his gaurd to find House Scott who many had said acted with courage when they saved the remainder of House Targaryan who were now under the protection of House Lovie. With House Scott were the remainder of House Targaryan and the only male of any true age was Aemon Targaryan and when he arrived he wanted to know from Aemon what he thought he should do. When he found Aemon he was gathering together the members of his family, and preparing to leave. James wanted him to stay and continue as the Lord of the city but Aemon knew that their time in Tree Hill was done. No matter what they did, or how they acted their image was tarnished and House Tyrell would kill the rest of them if they wanted. James relented after a time, and accepted that one part of the triumverate that had created the Kingdom of Lucerne was gone, and he attemted to get his advise on who they should pass the lordship too. Aemon thought was that they should pass it to House Scott as they were the only ones who kept their head right when the bad stuff started happening. James Lovie would take this into regard, and also under the advise of Jacob Vorn he would command that the Arch Duke of Tree Hill would be House Scott, and that if the Tyrells made any attempt to remove the Scott's then the Tyrells would be branded enemies of the Kingdom of Lucerne, and hunted to the ends of the Earth.

Noteable Members

Family Members

• † Reginald Crane. Killed during the Skorraholt Revolt
  • † Talia Crane. Killed during the Skorraholt Revolt
    • † Markus Crane. Killed during the Battle of Lyons
      • † Natalie Crane. Died of Sickness
        • Dustin Crane
          • Lillian Oldervik
            • Waymar Flowers
          • Falena Crane (Falena Fauce)
            • Orival Crane
              • † Cedrella Crane (Cedrella Varryn). Died during childbirth
                • Cedrella Crane II.
              • † Estrid Orane. Killed during the Rebellion of Low Swabia
                • Larra Crane
              • Sasha Roses
                • Orival Crane II.
                • Lyla Crane
          • Various Women
            • • Amantha Darkmore
                • Elron Darkmore II.
                • Jalna Darkmore
                • Alice Darkmore
            • Jaelle Flowers
            • Aerys Flowers
            • Selysha Flowers
            • Cerwyn Flowers
            • Tollen Flowers
            • Soelle Flowers
            • Taslyn Flowers
        • Theresa Swift (Theresa Crane)
        • † Lacey Crane. Died of sickness
        • † Dorin Crane. Killed by Swabian Nationalists
          • † Madlene Crane (Madlene Kummel). Killed by Swabian Nationalists
            • † Jana Crane. Killed by Swabian Nationalists
              • Albert Redlich
                • Jana Redlich II.
            • † Irena Crane. Killed by Swabian Nationalists
            • Lacey Crane
        • † Markus Crane II. Killed during the Battle of Lyons
          • Hanna Crane (Hanna Radnitz)
            • Markus Crane III.
            • Hanna Crane II.
        • † Reginald Crane II. Killed during the Griffons Roost Plot
        • Oleyna Crane
          • Damon Marbrand
    • † Edric Crane. Killed during the Skorraholt Revolt
      • † Gerda Crane. Killed during the Skorraholt Revolt
        • Edric Crane II.
• † Tristifer Crane. Killed during the Skorraholt Revolt