Nortburg

Nortburg is a castle located southeast of Lucerne, and within the northern section of the Kingdom of Lucerne. Nortburg is important for two different things firstly the location of the House Lovie estate, and the second being Castle Nortburg which houses the House Lovie estates. Nortburg is the ancestral home of House Lane of whom is the knightly house of House Lovie and guards over the House Lovie castle Nortburg.

The fishing operations were ended with its expansion under James Lovie as it took on the position of becoming a major port through the construction of a cannel from Nortburg's river connecting to the Great Royce River.

Nortburg was founded during the reign of James Lovie and it would be founded over the tiny fishing village of Nortburg. House Lane became influential during the years of James Lovie when he begin construction of the House Lovie estates in the village of Nortburg, and he decided to pick House Lane as the knightly house that would defend that castle. Nortburg was slowly built into the river, and the walls expanded to a large area around the estate and in the most impressive piece the construction of the House Lovie stables which bred the horses used by House Lovie and House Lane, along with several other House Lovie loyalist houses.

History

Early History

Nortburg was founded during the reign of James Lovie and it would be founded over the tiny fishing village of Nortburg. House Lane became influencial during the years of James Lovie when he begin construction of the House Lovie estates in the village of Nortburg, and he decided to pick House Lane as the knightly house that would defend that castle. Nortburg was slowly built into the river, and the walls expanded to a large area around the estate and in the most impressive piece the construction of the House Lovie stables which bred the horses used by House Lovie and House Lane, along with several other House Lovie loyalist houses.

Nortburg Tournament of 5125 Look out there Alice. Did you ever imagine we would be hosting men, Dwarves, and Elves for what is quickly becoming our honeymoon.

Nortburg Tournament of 5125 Main Article : Nortburg Tournament of 5125 “A tournament signals that the reign of the new king will be one of great success. I know that there is much to do, and no one understands that as much as I do. But we must also look to consolidate our holdings. You have a lot of goodwill and this will only help us later your grace.” — Jacob Vorn IV. Following the crowning of William Lovie III. as the new King of Lucerne he met with his council within the Lucernian capital and they went bout devising there next steps of action. Following some of the more extensive plans he met with the Shadow Council, and Jacob Vorn IV. of whom now stood as the King's Archbishop and the group would decide they needed to know more about the regions around them and also repair damage and they would do this by planning a tournament at Nortburg and invite foreign dignitaries to the tournament alongside the most influential of nobles of Lucerne. Also invited to the Tournament would be the Trachtenberg family of whom were the blood cousins of William Lovie incluing his uncle Frank Trachtenberg, and two cousins Michelle Trachtenberg, and Kristen Trachtenberg all of whom William wanted to repair relationships with most specifically with Michelle who he came to understand had been treated quite terribly by his father. The Trachtenberg side of the family had become distant due to several instances, most notably the imprisonment of Bill Lovie's cousin Katia Lovie the Matriarch of House Trachtenberg in the city of Berne. True Sons of Lucerne “William you need to understand that Berne is hell itself. Your brother is losing control more and more every day. We are attempting to control the situation but its a tinder box waiting to explode.” — Hanna Arryn A large force under a white flag and led by Kieth Schwartz, and Alistair Bedregen arrives at the tournament ground carrying also the flag of the True Sons of Lucerne. The arrival of these True Sons would cause William himself accompanied by the Shadow Council and Charlie Swan to confront them and while at first wanting to bar them from the tournament as they were basically traitors the arrival of Hanna Arryn, and Aria Arryn would lead to William speaking privately with Hanna and Aria. Speaking to the two alongside Leven Martell, and Charlie Swan he would discover that the situation in Berne was growing completely out of control and that was why they had agreed to all the demands of Sean Lovie and had come here. Seeing that his friends were in grave danger he would agree to play along with the plans of the True Sons and allowed Danzal to take part in the tournament. Following this meeting with Hanna and Aria he would meet with Kieth Schwartz who was like an uncle to him during his childhood and the two would talk over everything that had happened with Kieth admitting to everything and for the first time giving William a true glimpse at what Bill had been going through and why he had chosen to do all the things that he had done. Another of the members of the group to come under the flag was Harrold Hardyng of whom as a dire hard member of the rebellion against Sean Lovie would sneak himself into the force with the help of Alistair and when he arrived he met with Teri-Jacob Vorn IV. and together in secret the two worked out steps for Harrold to take to help with the eventual retaking of Berne. Look at the world father. You were born into this land. You grew up here. These people swore their lives to you. How could you have done all of this? Look at everything you have done. You destroyed a city. Killed hundreds of good men out of fear. Is this how you want to be remembered father. Is this the world you want to leave behind? I know you were a good person once. Don't end it all here. Don't do this. For me father. For everything I supposedly mean to you. Don't do this. "Tell me about Amber." "She is safe but misses you dearly." "I know you may not feel the same way, but I want you to know how truly amazing it is to see you again Will." His face rose with a smile as he looked at me and it brought me back to thinking about the man who had helped teach me how to swim when I was a boy. He was a constant throughout my youth taking on my fathers role for those months when he could barely leave the tower. "You know I cannot same the same. And you know why." "I want you to know that I am sorry. I want you to know that he is sorry." "Do not speak of him here or this conversation will end." "That hatred that you feel. That's what drove him William." "I know my friends would never let me do the things you let him do." "Your friends love you. As your fathers love him." "Love doesn't mean you let those you love go mad with no attempt to stop them." "You look at it now and believe that if you started talking about killing your own daughter that what Jasper would stop you. Leven would stop you." "They would. As you fucking should have!" I knew I was being too loud. The tournament was not even close to starting so the numbers here were low, but this was all so fresh. I could not be seen as being my father. "They would do as we did. They would speak to you like I spoke to your father. I told him of the madness of what he was thinking. I told him that he had lost himself in that damn book. I did everything your friends would do. The only further step I could have taken was the one thing I could not do." "They would." "Look me in the eyes William and tell me that you truly believe that one of those people hovering outside this tent would ever raise a sword against you." Following the conversation between Kieth, and William Kieth would leave the tournament as he was a soldier of Bill Lovie and not Sean Lovie and did not care if the plan of Sean succeded or not, and thus he would return to Orleans where he would report to Bill Lovie about the conversation that he and William had. With the departure of Sean Lovie the remaining elements of the True Sons of Lucerne were mainly William loyalists and in this way he would meet again with Hanna but this time she introduced them to House Krinner and House Dorin of whom led by Harrold Krinner, Trailen Dorin and accompanied by prominent heirs in Danzal Krinner, and Trailen Dorin II. they would be shown to be loyalists who were more then ready to assist when the time came to destroy the forces of Sean Lovie. The Riverlands Meeting the Elves Following the Second Battle of Minus Ithil the Elves of High Forest would come to understand that the alliance between Gondor, Lucerne, and High Forest was something that they should work towards and as they followed the Lucernians into the relief of Tree Hill they would also send a large force to Nortburg to celebrate at the tournament. Alongside sending a force led by Taflarion Stormrage, and his wife Helian Stormrage, and their daughter Tonlia Stormrage, alongside her husband Cadwyr Winterdew the High Forest government back in the capital would also make several large movements for advancing the alliance itself when Malfurion Stormrage would contact the forces of the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas, and the Atmer Empire and told the two forces that they needed to send forces to the tournament as the new king of Lucerne was someone who truly was willing to try and change things for the better. The Sindar Elven Kingdom of Quel'Thalas sends representatives in the form of Alleria Windrunner, and Marinda Oakwhisper to the tournament as well with the purpose of arranging a stronger relationship with the Kingdom of Lucerne's new King. The Atmer Empire would send members of the Atmer Elven great house in the form of the House of Finwe to the tournament and these Elves used Magi portals to enter the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas and then travelled into Lucerne alongside the force led by Alleria. These Atmer Elves would be the first of the High Elves to enter the Kingdom of Lucerne in an almost uncountable time and led by Elendil Finwe III., his daughter Alais Finwe, and sons Talais Finwe, and Anar Finwe IV. of whom have come to discuss an alliance with William and Lucerne. The Elves appear very honorable about their intentions and the talks go well, with Hedrik Clegane III. leading the negotiations with the High Elves, and despite eventually leaving it would be so successful that William would make his intentions known to them by inviting the Elves to found a small settlement in Frosthelm. The Elves like the idea and Elendil sends his sons back to Ulthuan to make the arrangements while he will accompany William for the next while. End of a Betrothal “He's a monster.” — Sansa Starke The Starke's had come on mass to the Tournament of Nortburg and during this time it was believed that Sansa Starke, and Joffrey Lannister would get a lot of time together to get to know eachother, and while this was true with Joffrey, and Sansa going on a walk together and having a good time, this would alter dramatically later that night. The Manderlys As the tournament is only a few days from starting the final invitees arrive in the form of the Manderlys of whoom William meets with several representatives of the Manderlys who control the White Knife and during this conversation he and his father in law Charlie Swan are able to arrange a marriage between Winfred Manderly, and Miley Black. In this arrangement he and Charlie Swan decide that they will send Lucas Scott of whom is deemed by many to be the hero of the Siege of Tree Hill and thus someone they want to remain close too, but also William has become obsessed with Brooke Scott and thinks on her constantly believing that this will give him a chance to see her again. Arrival of Brooke Scott “Our being together was not a mistake William. Our being together has led us to this moment. No matter what way you look at this our child will be amazing. Our love guarantees that.” — Brooke Scott Following the end of the tournament William and the group prepare to return to the capital where they will plan out the reconquest of Berne, but this changes with the arrival of Brooke Scott of whom breaks down crying in front of him as he stands with Leven, and Jasper and William quickly takes her away from the two into a back room where before he is able to say anything she reveals her stomach showing she is nearly four months pregnant from the time they last saw each other. Realizing in that moment she appears more pregnant then Bella he ponders the consequences of this but she doesn't demand anything just wishes him to help her with her grandfathers funeral.

Houses

House Lane

See Also : House Lane

House Lane is a medium sized house located in Castle Nortburg which is located southeast of Lucerne city. House Lane are the ancestoral Knightly House of House Lovie, and in this role the house had been the gaurdians of Castle Nortburg where the House Lovie estates are located south east of Lucerne. House Lane has been known for its signature dark black armor with yellow coating on the shield that have made them gain the nickname of the golden eagles.

House Lane became influencial during the years of James Lovie when he begin construction of the House Lovie estates in the village of Nortburg, and he decided to pick House Lane as the knightly house that would defend that castle. House Lane would be drawn close to the inner circle of House Lovie throughout the years, and they have been definetly clear that they are dire hard loyalists to House Lovie. During the events of the Journey House Lane would be split as to the direction that they were going to go, but when the heir of House Lane in Steve Lane decided against supporting Bill Lovie and joined with William Lovie III. the fate of House Lane was intertwined with William Lovie, and since then House Lane has gained more influence due to the close relationship between Steve Lane, and William Lovie.

House Lovie

See Also : House Lovie

Nortburg
Flag of House Lovie
William Lovie III. the current King of of the Kingdom of Lucerne
Power Level	Royal House
Kingdom of Loyalty	Kingdom Of Lucerne
House Banner
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Vital statistics
Founder	William Lovie
Current Leader	William Lovie III.
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Date of Founding	Years before the Driving Tide the first members of House Lovie appeared on the scene.
Headquarters	Lucerne
Level of Control
Level of Control	The Royal House of the Kingdom of Lucerne meaning they control the entire Kingdom of Lucerne.
Loyal Houses	Vassal Houses House Martell House Highmore House Faraday House Cullen House McCarty House Jackson Knightly Houses House Steinmare House Aubern House Lane
Demographics
Race	Human
Ethnicity	Vandal

House Lovie is the dynasty that rules the Kingdom Of Lucerne. It is a family made up of the original German Tribesman who settled the region. A relatively minor family, they would become the most powerful in the region when the Driving Tide came toForks. There first leader in William Lovie would be hailed by the people of the Valley as their greatest leader, and the rest of Europe viewed him as a truly great man as well.

The Lovie Family has ruled over the Kingdom of Lucerne since its inception and has had some truly devestating moments for the family. Its first King was William and he is deemed by Lucernians to be the father of all the valley as he both founded the Kingdom and grew it. His sons were destined for greatness until his younger son John Lovie lost his mind and killed his brother and then ruled murderously for three years. He was replaced eventually by James Lovie who was a quietly effective leader. His son Bill Lovie started off well but lost his mind during the catastrophic Battle of Lyons and then caused mass devestation. His son was Andrew Lovie and he has ruled effectively and expanded the Kingdom of Lucerne to levels never before imagined.

House Lovie is perhaps the largest and most powerful House of the Vandal People, and because of this is often seen as the shining example of the Vandal people. There control of the Valley of Lucerne would further hasten the growth of the Vandals in the Valley of Lucerne, and since the days of the Driving Tide the Vandals have been ruled effectively by House Lovie. House Lovie has two split off parts of their houses of which one is now a Gothic House mainly, and the other maintains its Vandal heritage, but either way this Gothic mingling has led to the House being in a higher control position of the Goths.

Alongside being the largest Vandal House in Europe House Lovie also has the notion of being the most powerful House that worships the Dragon as their religion. The members of House Lovie have been staunch believers up until the rule of Bill Lovie nearly changed things against that tradition. Either way the fact that House Lovie is a Dragon worshipper has led to a large percent of the population of the valley supporting this as well, and nearly all the powerful Houses have become Dragon Worshippers in order to further their relationship with House Lovie.

The Current Leader of the Family is William Lovie III. and he has created numerous children which lead the prospects of House Lovie in the future to be quite bright.